National University Commission (NUC) Graduates Arts And Humanities Vacancy

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Arts and Humanities Staff

Location: Abuja

Requirements/Qualifications

• Interested candidates must be graduates of any of the above-mentioned course/field from any approved Nigerian and recognized foreign universities with minimum of Second Class Lower Honours Degree.
• Masters inrelevant fields will be an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
7th September, 2016.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates are to forward 10 copies of their Curriculum Vitae and a hand written applications to:
The Office of the Director,
Management Support Services (DMSS),
26, Aguiyi Ironsi Street,
PMB 237,
Garki GPO,
Maitama - Abuja.

Note: Only the shortlisted candidates will be invited for aptitude test and subsequently interview.

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Could this Be The Longest Tongue In the World?

20-year-old Florida woman Gerkary Bracho Blequett who is able to touch her elbow, earlobe and eye by extending her tongue could own the ‘world’s longest tongue’.

Barcroft Media reported that Gerkary’s lizard-like licking talent has attracted an online following of more than 1 million people who watch her YouTube videos.

The young adult believes she has the longest tongue in the world.

“People’s reactions are different,” she told the news website. “Some people react like, ‘That’s nasty,’ some people react like, ‘Whoa, I wanna see it again,’ and some people just get scared.”

Blequett said sheshe discovered this gift when her friends dared her to try licking her eye.

She said realizing she could also touch her elbow and earlobe was “shocking.”

According to Blequett “A lot of people are like, ‘Oh my god, you’re the girl from that video,’” she told Barcroft. “It’s crazy.”

Now Blequett is warming up to wants to beat the current Guinness World Record holder Nick Stoeberl, whose tongue measures 3.97 inches long, according to Barcroft.

Karina Blequett, Blequett’s mother, believes her daughter will take the title and e very famous.

“She is going to be very famous with her long tongue,” Karina Blequett told Barcroft.

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ASUU Urged NUC To Dissaprove Additional State Universities.

Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, had called on the National Universities Commission, NUC, not to grant operational licence to any state government that approaches it for such.


The union made the call at a press briefing organised by its Lagos zone comprising University of Lagos, Akoka; Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye; Lagos State University, Ojo; Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun Ijebu and the Federal University of Agriculture, FUNAAB, Abeokuta.

The briefing was held at UNILAG with all the chairmen and other officers of the chapters in attendance.
The Lagos zone coordinator of the union, Prof. Olusiji Sowande, who spoke at the briefing, said the group was strongly against the establishment of new state universities at least for now based on the fact that many of the existing ones were in serious deplorable conditions.

He said many states were not economically viable to run one university effectively let alone establish new one.

The ASUU boss, who teaches Animal Science at FUNAAB named Ondo, Edo and Bayelsa states as case studies, arguing that many state governments now relied heavily on money from the TertiaryEducation Trust Fund, TETFund, and the Needs Assessment Intervention Fund to run their universities.

According to him, apart from the deplorable conditions of its university at Akungba-Akoko and Okitipupa, Ondo State government still owed workers three month salaries and yet the state governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko went ahead to establish a third university.

“Also, Governor Adams Oshiomole of Edo State who has failed in funding Ambrose Alli University has also established another university, and likewise Governor Seriaki Dickson of Bayelsa State established another university at a time workers at the Niger Delta University had not be paid for five months.

“And one common thread among these new universities is that they are all sited in the communities of governors that brought them to life.

“So, there is no need to establish other universities when the ones on ground lack basic infrastructures and facilities to make them perform as 21st century universities,” he said.

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I Handed Over Nigeria With The Largest Economy In Africa - Jonathan

Following the accusation by the Buhari led goverment that he inherited a bad economy from his predecessor, former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has responded that he handed over a Nigeria that was economically viable to his successor.


The Buhari-led Federal Government since assumption of power last year, has continued to accuse it’s predecessor of being responsible for the country’s current economic challenges.

But the former President, in his response to these criticisms, maintained that he handed over the best Nigerian government with the largest economy in Africa to Buhari.

In a statement he personally signed, Jonathan said, “I took over a Nigeria that was the second largest economy in Africa with a GDP of $270.5 billion in 2009, I handed over a Nigeria that had grown to become the largest economy in Africa and the 24th largest economy in the World, with a GDP of $574 billion.

“I inherited a Nigeria in which the trains were not working, and handed over a Nigeria in which citizens can safely travel by trains again.

“I inherited a Nigeria that was a net importer of cement, and handed over a Nigeria that is a net exporter of cement.

“In 2009, the richest Nigerian was the 5th richest man in Africa, but I handed over a Nigeria that produced the richest man in Africa.”

Federal Government Set For Re-screening of 2000 Immigration Recruits From August 29

The Federal Government has said it would commence the re-screening of 2,000 recruits of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS who were “dispersed” after being trained and issued employment letters in February last year.




As reported by the Vanguard, the statement was issued on Monday in Abuja by the spokesman of the NIS, Ekpedeme King, saying that the decision was reached in the aftermath of an emergency meeting of the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration, and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB) on the 11th of August 2016.

“The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) wishes to inform the 2000 applicants for employment into the Service who were irregularly issued letters of employment in February, 2015 that the Federal Government has approved the review of the case.

“Following an emergency meeting of the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration, and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB) on the 11th of August 2016, the following guidelines were issued for the screening of the applicants:

“Consequent on the above, applicants whose names are listed in the NIS website: www.immigration.gov.ng are requested to report to the NIS Headquarters Abuja with their academic certificates, birth certificate, previous employment records (if any), indigene certificates (originals and photocopies), two passport photographs, and in batches according to the time-table”.

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By the schedule, Assistant Superintendent of Immigration II, ASI2 (CONPASS 08) from all the states between Abia and Jigawa in alphabetical order would take their turn on August 29 while those that fall between Kaduna and Zamfara states would have theirs on August 30.

For Assistant Inspectors of Immigration, AII (CONPASS 06) those from Abia to Jigawa state would sit for the screening on August 31st while those from Kaduna to Zamfara would have theirs on September 1st.

For Immigration Assistants IA1 - IA3 (CONPASS 3,4,5), those from Abia to Edo states would be screened on September 2, Ekiti to Kwara, September 3 and Lagos to Zamfara, September 4.

“The general public should please note that the exercise is not a call for fresh recruitment. Therefore, no application for recruitment should be forwarded to the NIS”, the service warned.

After the botched 2014 recruitment into the service the then president, Goodluck Jonathan, instituted a committee to assist the CDFIPB conduct a fresh recruitment. The exercise has since been bugged with controversies following the dispersal of the 2,000 fresh recruits at the advent of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.

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SHELL Livewire Programme 2016

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), operator of the NNPC/Shell/Total/Agip Joint Venture (SPDC JV) announces the commencement of the 2016 LiveWIRE Nigeria Programme specifically targeted at youths in Ogoniland.
LiveWIRE is a youth enterprise development programme supported by the SPDC JV.  The programme aims to inspire, encourage and support young entrepreneurs aged 18-35 to start their own businesses through the provision of training and startup finance.

The LiveWIRE programme objectives are to:
•    Enable youths to establish businesses by providing business planning and management skills through the
     Become a Successful Business Owner Course’.
•    Provide business startup grants for candidates with the best business plans.
•    Link successful candidates to third parties like banks, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and     
      allied financial institutions.
•    Provide a volunteer mentoring programme for successful candidates.

Programme content                                       
•    Pre-startup:- Value and Organise Yourself (VOY)
•    Bright Ideas workshop
•    Business Planning & Management (Become a Successful Business Owner)
•    Business Startup (How to access finance & technology)
•    Post startup (Mentoring, Incubation, Market linkages)  


Applications eligibility 

Male and female applicants who are indigenes of communities in the following 4 Ogoni LGAs in Rivers State:  Eleme, Tai, Gokana, and Khana aged between 18-35;
•    Must possess a university degree or HND
•    Must possess the  NYSC discharge certificate or certificate of exemption;
•    Must be resident in Rivers State;
•    Must have an innovative business idea; and
•    Must desire to own and manage a business.

Important Notes
•    SPDC DOES NOT DEMAND PAYMENT FROM APPLICANTS.  The application is entirely FREE of charge.
•    SPDC DOES NOT ASSIGN ‘Representatives’/‘Agents’ to assist in the application process.
•    Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted via email

How to apply

Applicants who meet the above eligibility criteria should apply online at: www.livewire-nigeria.org
Application period:

Monday August 15 to Friday August 26 , 2016

CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE

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Customer Support Representative (Contract Staff) At Zoto Nigeria

Job Title: Customer Support Representative (Contract Staff)
Location: Lagos
Job Description

• Deal directly with customers either by telephone, electronically or face to face
• Respond promptly to customer inquiries
• Handle and resolve customer complaints
• Obtain and evaluate all relevant information to handle product and service inquiries
• Organize workflow to meet customer timeframes
• Direct requests and unresolved issues to the designated resource
• Prepare and distribute customer activity reports
• Communicate and coordinate with internal departments
• Follow up on customer interactions

Application Closing Date
5th August, 2016 .

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their Application and CV's to: careers@zoto.com.ng

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