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Sunday, June 23, 2013

Must Watch Video: Canadian Minister of Defense Testifies There are Aliens Living on Earth

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Rapper Flo Rida Buys Gold Chrome-Wrapped Bugatti Veyron to "Floss and Stunt"

Monday, June 17, 2013

Expect ‘Unprecedented Heavy Rainfall’ Tomorrow, NEMA Warns Resident Of Lagos

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned residents in the southern parts of the country against severe weather which may result in unprecedented heavy rainfall.

In a statement on Monday, the agency said that the weather could bring “unforeseen stress” upon the populace.

“NEMA is issuing this early warning based on the alerts received from the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development based in Niamey, Niger Republic,” said the statement signed by Ibrahim Farinloye, NEMA’s South-West Spokesperson.

“The centre issued the warning about 4:35 p.m. (on Monday) to other related countries that may likely witness such severe weather in Central, East and West African sub-regions,” the statement added.

In Nigeria, Lagos and its surrounding states are expected to experience torrential rainfall from about 50 mm within 24 hours, according to the statement.

NEMA said that the alert means that all stakeholders must be prepared to take all precautionary steps against the warning.

“On this premise, NEMA is passionately imploring all segments of Nigerian society in the southern part of Nigeria to steps against exposing themselves to the dangers at hand,” said Mr. Farinloye.

“Parents and teachers are especially enjoined to keep watchful eyes on their wards while motorists should exercise restraints against driving in the rain and if they wish to park, they should ensure they don’t stay inside the vehicle.

“Those living in the flood plains should relocate to higher when they are experiencing heavy accumulation of flood water,” he added.

In case of an emergency, NEMA advised residents to call the agency’s Emergency Number – 080022636432; 08160581814; 08067715203; or any police station nearest to them.

Governor Jang chairs NGF meeting with 16 governors in attendance

Plateau state governor, Jonah Jang today chaired a meeting of the Nigeria's Governors' Forum with sixteen state governors in attendance.

When will Amaechi call his own version of NGF meeting? Hehehe #walking pass Oshodi chewing bitter leaf

Why we oppose use of condom for family planning - Catholic Church

Culled from Punch

The Catholic church says it opposes artificial family planning techniques, because it encourages bastardisation of sexual activities by young people and “impedes normal procreation.”

The Secretary-General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ralph Madu, made this clarification in a response to an enquiry by The Punch on Sunday.

He said, “The Catholic Church believes that modern means, including the use of condoms is morally bad because it impedes normal procreation. You can meet with your wife when you do not want children and those periods when the woman is not fertile instead of having to destroy the sperm and all other forms of artificial prevention.

“They are very artificial means and they do not really give the moral lesson that borders around the use of the sexual organs.

“The one that gives you the opportunity to exercise your sexual urge without the consequences is the natural method and the church says you should go for the natural means.”

According to him, the excuse that it reduces the spread of HIV/AIDS remains invalid and untenable, adding HIV/AIDS is a disease that is prevalent among young people.

Madu added, “When you are talking about condom among young people, you are also talking about promiscuity. People have adduced arguments in case of people with HIV/AIDS and especially couples who do not want children. The use of condom and other modern means are being bastardised among young young people because they will resort to the use of condom so that they can have sex freely without impregnating the woman or getting pregnant.

“Those are various artificial means and the church is strongly against them. Instead, the church endorsed the natural method of copulation.”

Sunday, June 16, 2013

JOB VACANCIES

BRUNEL ENERGY (DESIGN ENGINEERS)

Job
a) Provides direct and specific design engineering support in the Pipeline Engineering area to assigned project teams within the Nigerian Project Organization. Performs the assigned technical tasks in a format agreed upon between the Project Manager (PM) and the Design Engineering Services Manager (DESM). Ensures that the tasks can be completed within the framework of EMCAPs and within an agreed timeframe. Identifies, defines, and performs the assigned tasks, including finalizing pre-requisite tasks or information. Updates and reports the progress of deliverables to the PM and DESM on a regular basis.

b) Coordinates / oversees design contractor activities in the Pipeline discipline area for assigned projects.

BAKER HUGHES (TECHNICAL MANAGER)

Company Overview
Baker Hughes is a leading supplier of oilfield services, products, technology and systems to the worldwide oil and natural gas industry. By being the service company that best anticipates, understands and exceeds our customers' expectations, Baker Hughes Advances Reservoir Performance. The company's 57,000-plus employees work in more than 80 countries in geomarket teams that help customers find, evaluate, drill, produce, transport and process hydrocarbon resources. Baker Hughes' technology centers in the world's leading energy markets are pushing the boundaries to overcome progressively more complex challenges. Baker Hughes develops solutions designed to help manage operating expenses, maximize reserve recovery and boost overall return on investment through the entire life cycle of an oil or gas asset. Collaboration is the foundation upon which Baker Hughes builds our business and develops next-generation products and services for drilling and evaluation, completions and production and fluids and chemicals.

LLYOD'S REGISTER (ENERGY SURVEYOR)

Job Description
Nigeria and several countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa have been identified as one of our key growth centres for the Energy Business Stream. Whilst the work is technically and physically demanding and tough, inspectors / surveyors are well supported by a culture of strong teamwork. Within the field team, we pride ourselves on excellent execution of inspections, technical know-how, advice and application of Lloyd's Register procedures in a practical manner.

Due to increasing demand for Compliance Services, we now have a need for an Energy Surveyor in Nigeria to compliment the current team within the country. Reporting to the Commercial Manager and based in our Lagos office, this job will allow significant personal and professional development with a distinct focus for maintaining excellent service delivery to our clients whilst having a good understanding of the commercial aspects of the services that are being offered.

PLUTONC INTERGRATED LTD (NEW VACANCIES)

Company Description
Plutonic Integrated Services is a technology service delivery company that delivers global class solutions and services to Clients across Nigeria and West Africa.

PIS provides senior and management level recruitment and outsourcing services to our valued customers. Most large scale organizations and multinationals in West Africa trust PIS for provision of best resources for high level openings.

Our special areas of focus for our recruitment services include: Oil and Gas, Telecomm, Information Technology, Banking, Technology Service, FMCG, Engineering, Construction, etc.

ORION GROUP (PLANNING ENGINEER)

Provide Planning Services on various projects in the Define & Execution phase, undertaking scheduling, schedule controlling, reporting analysis, forecasting and schedule optimization on major projects development for oil and gas. This will include supervision of planners and their planning competence development.

* Review and evaluate the Contractor's schedules, plans, performance and procedures & Integrate with Client Schedules.
* Review and endorse progress measures reported by the contractors & report progress to client. Carry out resource loading /levelling, prepare S-Curves, Manpower histograms etc
* Prepare weekly, monthly report/update & business performance review reports etc for management and joint venture partners.

Enyeama: Bonus row not over

Wahala dey

Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama gives a press conference in Belo Horizonte

Nigeria captain Vincent Enyeama said that the row over bonuses that delayed the squad's arrival at the Confederations Cup had not been resolved, but the players were putting it behind them.

The African champions did not arrive in Brazil until the early hours of Sunday morning, just 36 hours before their Group B opener against minnows Tahiti on Monday, after missing their scheduled flights on Thursday.

The players were unhappy about being offered bonus payments of $2,500 (1,873 euros) following a 1-1 draw with Namibia in World Cup qualifying and had demanded double that amount from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

A truce was eventually brokered by Sports Minister Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, but on the eve of their entrance into the Confederations Cup, Enyeama revealed that the players were still not satisfied.

"We haven't settled anything, but we've moved on and everything is normal," the Maccabi Tel Aviv goalkeeper told journalists.

"We accept the criticisms, we're responsible for our actions and we stay as a team.

"For now, this act is behind us. We're professionals. We don't want to talk about this -- it's about the past and we don't want to spend our energy on these things.

"After the championship we'll revisit it, but for now we're done."

Coach Stephen Keshi, seated beside Enyeama at the pre-game press conference, refused to criticise his players, but admitted he was concerned about the effects of their late arrival.

"I'm not going to tell you I'm upset with the players. The decision depends on the circumstances around it," he said.

"We're here, which is the most important thing. We're here to make Africa proud and Nigeria proud. Whatever has happened before is behind us and we just need to concentrate and play our game.

"I'm a bit worried about fatigue. We have been working mentally and otherwise so the team is in shape, but the fatigue is what I'm worried about. I hope everything will be OK for tomorrow (Monday)."

Lazio midfielder Ogenyi Onazi had apparently been ruled out of the tournament with a knee injury, but Keshi said he could yet link up with the squad if he is able to prove his fitness in Nigeria.

"I'm still waiting for a call from Onazi," Keshi said.

"He's back in Nigeria to fix something on his knee and I hope he'll call me with good news he's coming back.

"There's a time limit. When we arrived this morning, it was the first thing we addressed. If we can get any information from Onazi, we can go ahead before the game."

Although Tahiti have just one professional player in their 23-man squad and are ranked 107 places below Nigeria in the world, Keshi dismissed the suggestion that Monday's game in Belo Horizonte would be a walk-over.