Articles by "education"

Showing posts with label education. Show all posts

00:24:00 , ,


NYSC director of corps mobilization, Frank Ekpunobi has died
Frank Ekpunobi, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director of Corps Mobilization has died. His demise was announced today in a statement by the NYSC Acting Director of Press and Public Relations, Adeyemi Adenike.

The statement reads: “With deep sense of loss, the Director General National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Suleiman Zakari Kazaure, Management and the entire NYSC Family regret to announce the transition of Chief Frank Ekpunobi FNIM, who until his demise was the Director, Corps Mobilization, National Youth Service Corps, National Directorate Headquarters, Abuja. Chief Frank Ekpunobi was a great asset to the scheme and will be remembered for his sense of diligence, discipline, commitment and loyalty to the organization. He will be sorely missed.”

Late Ekpunobi, a 1984 graduate of Sociology/Anthropology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka joined the National Youth Service Corps in 1986 as Inspector 2. He had brilliant career in the Public Service, rising steadily on the job and by dint of hard work, attained the position of substantive Director on 1st January, 2015.

Prior to his elevation to the pinnacle of his career, Ekpunobi had functioned as Head of secretariat, National Governing Board; Head of Administration, office of the Director General, National Youth Service Corps; State Coordinator, NYSC Secretariat, Kogi; as well as Coordinator, NYSC FCT Secretariat, Abuja.
Read more»

10:16:00 , , ,

Good day to you comrades, Respected elders, Stakeholders and Elders statemen.

It is with a heart dedicated and committed to a better *STUDENTS' MOVEMENT* that I comes up with a dream of making it a better place to be; hence, I present to you *COLLECTIVISM 2017: MORONKOLA TESLIM ABIOLA AS THE NEXT NANS JCC CHAIRMAN OYO AXIS*.

*COLLECTIVISM 2017: OUR VISION*
To create a Students centred Administration with an alluring inspiring atmosphere where we can all co-exist peacefully with a sole goal of repositioning our ASSOCIATION.

*COLLECTIVISM 2017: OUR MISSIONS*
- To provide Altruistic leadership
- Repositioning our Association for greater heights
- To encourage Intellectual Unionism
- To prescribe Radiant Radicalism when needed
- To set up Constructive Administration
- Respect for the Rule of Law
- Transparency et Accountability.

*COLLECTIVISM 2017 : OUR PROMISES*.
Our intending programs, Our promises which are realistic and altruistic are summarized under three (3) broad headings to form an acronym: *I.C.E.*!!! Viz:

• *I: Innovations*

• *C: Continuity*

• *E: Eradications*

What is *I.C.E.*?

*Martin Luther King* opined that the fight for equity and meritocracy in governance is for all, not just one. We must together ensure that the leadership of students movements is in safe hand as the common good of the students and their peaceful co-existence is very germane.  As part of our *Collectivism Agenda*, we have promises which are *Realistic* and *Feasible*. Our agenda caters for Senators, Stakeholders, Elders and Cadres. The acronym *I.C.E.*:-

*INNOVATIONS*
Breaking new grounds and inventing opportunities through hands-on creativity and services to the students of which this is *"PRO BRONO PUBLICO"* of the students' leaders to the entire students is our first promise.

We will find Innovative ways of making the Association Self-Sufficient; Getting a Legal Adviser for the Association, Intellectual Struggle (using Legal means), Approach Organizations, Companies and Well-To-Do Individuals for Sponsorships, Bursaries and Scholarships.

_*CONTINUITY*_

With your supports and prayers, *Administrator General Toheeb Niniola* has achieved so much, but the job is not done. There are still individuals who want to reverse the wave of development and liberation, they want to stand in the way of what's right, what's just and what benefits you.

Now is not the time to reverse the change, a vote for us is a vote for progress, we will continue to listen to you and seek more platforms to gather your views. We will make sure we make ourselves ever more accessible than we currently are, so that you may know who to come to when you deem fit.

We're ready to continue with the piloting and salvage the association through prompt intervention to issues regarding the students and masses, empowerment of students and students' leaders through seminars and workshops, empowerment of stakeholders and cadres through sponsorships and facilitation of loans and grants for interested members of the association.

_*ERADICATIONS*_

When evil men would seek to perpetrate an *unjust status quo*; good men must seek to bring into being a *real order of justice* - *Martin Luther King Jnr*.

As part of our *collectivism agenda*, we have plans to eradicate the following:

- Unilateral Decision Making and Bad Working Relationship amidst Executives.

- Social vices in Students' Movement. All these  vices are bad traits that are against the morality of the society and Mankind.

- Obnoxious Policies of the Government and Managements.

- Hooliganism and Thuggery.

- Bad Eggs who are bent upon Defaming our dear Association and Destabilizing Students Movement.
- Partisan Politics as we are aware that General Election is forth coming

We need to get *united* against all these odds as we are fully aware that no man has monopoly of anything be it knowledge, wisdom, violence, finance etc.


Observing the associations( *NANS* ) psyche is like watching a clock; once it gets to 12, it starts to repeat itself all over again. I am aware that you might have heard the best of manifestoes in the past but I want to assure you that we the _*Team MoronkolaTeslimAbiola4NANSChairman*_ have analyzed and developed strategy to solve myriads of issues affecting our dear association, issues hindering the students movement in the state and we have fashioned out  ways to improve the welfarism of our students (as students welfarism is Paramount to us).

- Most important is to get a vibrant Lawyer for the association in order to guide us through our pursuit of victory in struggle as we will not hesitate to forge ahead in fighting our struggles.

- We will continue to lead the students in vigorous pursuit of a more professional conduct (Legal Means).

- We will strive to foster productivity by depending on more critical and independent thinking of the executives and the ideologies of committees and sub-committees that might be constituted.

- We will strive to establish a strong bond and find affiliation with the superior arms of the association and other associations.

- We will fashion out ways to accommodate and facilitate different programmes, seminars and workshops

- We will partner with government, NGOs and other bodies to organize forums that will enlighten the students, rehabilitate the needed ones.


We are here to consolidate on the projected plans of this outgoing government that are already in motion and to develop new ideologies that will be in beneficial to our common growth. With you and us; Better NANS is achievable, a very good association which the generations yet unborn will be proud of what we the current leaders bequeath to them.

We are indeed here to tell you that *Better NANS is achievable*

_*Adekunle Adesiyan*_

D.G
*MoronkolaTeslimAbiola4NANSChairman*
  Ibadan, Nigeria.
Read more»

09:19:00 , , ,




 Dear Comrades,

It is with no news that our noble association is about to undergo a transition process, a process that will see us transit from a state of greatness to a state of higher-greatness. Oyo state unarguably has positioned herself to have the most peaceful, ideological and intellectual comrades. This we have proven and re-proven over and over again.

There is no doubt that our past leaders have set pace, they have broken records, and they have agitated, led and won student struggles. The greater joy is that as the young leaders of the new generation, we are in a better position to set even more.

Being part of several student movements, most importantly the current administration has exposed, groomed and prepared me with significant experiences necessary to administrate the affairs of our association to the next level.

Comrades, I have come to realize that, re-positioning our association for greater heights will require that we move from our subtle state of individualism to much better state of collectivism. In collectivism lies our strength, in individualism lies our woes.

It is high time we questioned the cold wars of our great leaders which developed the current cracks being penetrated by the oppressors.

It is high time we revitalized the chemistry between our different ideologies and embrace the ultimate ideology.

It is high time we understood that no matter the ideology we have based our actions and orientations, without the Supreme Ideology of Collectivism, our disunity will continue to make us less powerful.



Therefore it is in the utmost spirit of solidarity, that I humbly request you support me in the actualization of the COLLECTIVE AGENDA.

My definition of a collective agenda is simple; it is a strategic agenda for a mass-based association in which we can leverage the past and current efforts of our leaders to collectively champion our struggles but not without a united war-front.

 It is an agenda of the students by the students and for the students.

An agenda which is all encompassing

An agenda that does not discriminate.

An agenda devoid of violence but saturated with intellectualism.

An agenda that seeks first the welfare of student as the pinnacle priority.

An agenda that gives power to the students and their leaders.

An agenda that will improve on the current state of instilling sanity and prevent non-students from “COMING to RAID” our rights.

An agenda that seeks to empower our students, kick against victimizations, oppression and legitimately demand our rights.

 An agenda to humbly direct the affairs of this administration with a united set of executives and senators.

An agenda to sustain and project beyond the current achievements of our struggles.

An agenda that gives the utmost stake to you THE STUDENT!
Therefore, I humbly request you support the COLLECTIVE AGENDA!

Vote TESLIM MORONKOLA ABIOLA as the next Chairman, National Association of Nigerian Students Joint Campus Committee Oyo State.
Read more»

12:31:00 ,

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has advised the Federal Government to set up a special fund for the development of private universities in Nigeria.

Oba Adeyemi gave the advice on Saturday at the 5th convocation of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD).

“This university is an exemplar in learning and character. It is moulding Nigeria’s future leaders in the best fashion.

“And I believe it won’t be out of place for the federal government to give special intervention funds for private universities,” the Alaafin said.

TheNewsGuru reports that 21-year-old Ahwin Kevin Akporode of Department of Mechanical Engineering emerged the overall best of the 869 graduating students with cumulative Grade Point Average of 5.00.

The university also conferred honorary Doctor of Letters on former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof Peter Okebukola and an American Philanthropist and President of Project CURE Foundation, Dr Williams Douglas.

Earlier in an address of welcome, founder of the university, Chief Afe Babalola, said the university would not deviate from its focus to bridge the existing gap in functional education in Nigeria by its pragmatic approach to teaching.

He appealed to the federal government to construct a airport in Ekiti, saying such project was long overdue, taking into cognizance the feats achieved by the university and its contributions to nation building.

“We started this university with about 250 students seven years ago, but today, we have 8,000 students here. We were able to achieve this because we deviated from the norm of just going to university to get certificates.

“We also exposed them to skills acquisition in baking, farming, Internet expertise, and other entrepreneurial skills that can make them cope under the present Nigeria’s economy.

“So the type of graduands you are seeing are thorough-bred graduates who can effectively stand on their own, “ Babalola said.

Also speaking at the ceremony, Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, reminded the graduands to detach themselves from the erroneous impression that acquisition of university certificates would automatically make their lives better.

“It will be wrong for you to think that people only go to university to acquire certificates: No, it goes beyond that. What university education means is the training of a complete being,” Fayose said.

“I owe this achievement to my parents. My father’s strict military background and my mother’s guide as a teacher helped me a lot.

“When I got to ABUAD, I also applied the aphorism of our founder, which is industry, determination, learning and character. The combination of all these helped me a lot,” the young graduand said.

Read more»

12:29:00 ,

OWING to limited spaces in the universities, only 30 per cent out of the 1.7 million candidates who wrote the unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) will be admitted this year, National Universities Commission (NUC) Executive Secretary Prof. Abubakar Rasheed has said.

Prof. Rasheed spoke at a one-day public hearing on the regulatory conflict between JAMB and universities in offering admission in Nigeria.

The hearing was organised by Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund on Tuesday.

The NUC boss said the limited spaces in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions have made admission crisis inevitable.

According to Rasheed, the only way to avert admission crisis is to either expand access or create more universities to accommodate students.

“The crisis of admission in this country is inevitable. Unless we expand spaces, we shall continue to have admission crisis in this country.

“Every exam has its own problem. We believe JAMB exam is credible and all of us operating in the system respect the results of JAMB exam,” he said.

JAMB Registrar Prof. Is-haq Oloyede said there was no conflict between JAMB and universities.

Prof. Oloyede said most of the candidates, who sit for its examination annually do not have the required qualification to gain admission.

He said: “It is not true that we have 1.7 million candidates that are ready to go into the Nigerian university system. Of the 1.7 million that took the exam, I can say conveniently that not more than 30 per cent of them are not prepared for admission; they are just trying. They do not have the five O’Level required to go into the university.

“Secondly, let me also let us realise that 10 per cent of the 1.7 million that we see or 1.9 million as the case may be, they are not what can be categorised as belonging to the net enrolment ratio for entering tertiary education. They belong to the gross enrolment ratio.

“Eighty per cent of candidates sitting at the point of sitting do not have the O’Level at all. They are awaiting results. So, when we are building our theories and analysis, we need to be very cautious.

“If you score 400 over 400 if you do not have the five O’Level, you cannot come into the university. The basic qualification is the five O’Level.”

Read more»

12:28:00 ,

Obafemi Awolowo University is a ‘great’ institution that has over the years developed a culture of glorifying students’ failure.
The school is one of the Universities that rarely produce first class students and the reason for this is best known to the lecturers.

Some lecturers in Nigerian Universities like to form bad guys with their students and they do that with first-class arrogance. A lot of students have had encounters with lecturers telling them they will not graduate, the lenient one would promise you a poor very grade irrespective of your performance in the test.

Lecturers like these according to the students abound in OAU and they wear their principle glorifying failure like a badge of honour. Graduating with first-class from Obafemi Awolowo University is one of the most difficult things to achieve in Nigeria.

It is almost impossible because some departments in the University have developed a culture of not producing first class graduates.

While other departments produce graduates year in year out, these departments have proved that first class award is not a for everyone in their domain, not even for the most brilliant students.

Recently, Aarinola Olaiya broke a 28-year-old record in the University as she emerged the first student of Surgery to graduate with distinction in 28 years.

This prompted a conversation based on the conclusion of a Twitter Nigeria influencer that lecturers in a faculty or department that does not produce a first-class student in five years should be fired.

A lot of people reacted to this tweet and called out the department in OAU where it is difficult to make first class.

So, if you are considering admission into these departments, you have to prepare yourself for the culture. The culture of glorifying failure in OAU.

1. English:

The OAU English department has not produced any first class student in more than three decades.

According to a student of the department, the last distinction graduate of the department is now an old senior lecturer in the department. And ever since, no student has been dimmed brilliant enough to merit the award.

2. Geology:

If making first class in the study of the earth and its structure was a passport to heaven, no student studying Geology in OAU would make heaven.

It is that certain. So certain that the lecturers usually prepare the minds of the students that they can not get first class no matter how brilliant they are. Geology is one of the most dreaded departments in this university and for decades, no student has been celebrated in the department.

3. Surgery:

In Surgery department, it is a good news that no student has been able to make first class for the past 28 years. This seems to be a department where making first class is seriously frowned at.

Unfortunately, for the department, a student of the department, Aarinola Olaniyan recently broke the jinx and her fellow students could not but celebrate her victory over the department.

4. Political Science:

This department has also failed to produce any first class graduate in so many years. This culture has even made some students to give up on chasing first class because first class has not happened to any student in the past and is not likely to happen in future.

5. Chemistry:

According to a graduate of this department, graduating with distinction in Chemistry is not as terrible as it is in Geology but it is rare to come across a first-class student in the department.

It takes like three to four years to see a first class graduate in this department, it is a serious issue but not as serious as the case in Geology and medical faculty.

However, this is not to say Nigerian Universities should distribute first class award to every Tom Dick and Harry, nevertheless, the students deserve to be rewarded appropriately for their efforts rather than victimizing them because the department or faculty wants to maintain a record of no first class

Read more»

10:14:00 , ,
Earlier today, WAEC disclosed that invigilators are being drugged by students in a bid to make use of ‘expos’ in the examination halls.
In a bid to curb this practice, the academic regulatory body has launched a full fledged regalia to be worn by all WAEC invigilators before proceeding to their individual centres.
This custom outfit comes with a water sack, a fully loaded gun and small juju.
The academic body hopes the additional accessories would foster further co-operation between the invigilators and the little individuals hoping to come bearing gifts of dangerous chemicals hidden in food, money and soft drinks.
A newer version of the regalia is said to be released by 2025. We believe this would come with winged-features to enable instant take-off should these little expo-carrying and chemical-wielding beauties decide to come to examination halls with grenades and IEDs.
Do you think this is a nice idea ?
Read more»

10:11:00 , ,

About 21,780 out of 33,000 teachers have failed the primary four examination administered to test their competence by the Kaduna State government.
Owing to the mass failure, the state is now shopping for 25,000 new teachers as one of the plans to restore quality to education.
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State unveiled the planned recruitment when he received a World Bank delegation in Kaduna on Monday, reported the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
“We tested our 33,000 primary school teachers, we gave them primary four examinations and required they must get at least 75 per cent but I am sad to announce that 66 per cent of them failed to get the requirements.
“The hiring of teachers in the past was politicised and we intend to change that by bringing in young and qualified primary school teachers to restore the dignity of education in the state,” the governor said.
He stressed that teachers would be redeployed across the state to balance the teacher-pupil ratio.
“We have a challenge with the teacher-pupil ratio in the urban schools; there is a concentration of teachers that are not needed.
“In some local government areas, it’s a teacher-pupil ratio of 1-9 while in some places it’s 1-100,” he said.
The governor said in a bid to improve the education sector, the school directors decided to enrol their children in public schools starting from this academic session.
The World Bank representative, Dr. Kunle Adekola, expressed appreciation to the state for investing in education and for the priority given to the girl child.
“This state has demonstrated and supported us to achieve our goals,” he said.
Adekola said the World Bank would invest N30 million in Rigasa Primary School, which has a population of about 22,000 pupils, as part of its support for the state.
The Education Intervention Fund by the World Bank and other collaborative development partners is providing support to about 13 Northern states and a state each from the other four geopolitical zones in the country.
Read more»

10:07:00 , ,
We received a mail from a concerned ESUT student, in which he explained the case of the on going fraud scandal eloping the school at the moment.
Read his mail below:-
There is fracas in the SUG government of ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
The SUG president(CMR Eze Victor Uchenna) has been causing commotion with the union and it has led the the arrest of the financial sec and Tresurer,the incidence which is the
SUG president trying to siphon money belonging to the union to his personal account after lying that School’s VC is aware(which he is not) and forging the signature of the stundent’s secretary general and the Dean students affairs which the financial sec,
treasurer and the rest of the excos ruled against of which the president had already withdrawn three million naira from the union’s account and the whereabout of the money is  unknown with no reasonable explanation,trace nor has any project been excuted by the president.
A patron of the SUG and stakeholders of the university decieded to call a meeting to resolve the fracas with them,on that faithful day,all invited for the meeting were seated expect for the
SUG president only for the venue to be raided by the men of ANTI CULT ENUGU SQUAD and arrested the both the financial sec and tresurer and held them in their cells for a week.
The students are calling for the impeachment of the president and a good review of the student union account
PLEASE SHARE THIS UNTIL IT REACHES EFCC,NANS AND ANY AUTHORIZED AUTHORITY.SO THAT THIS TYRANT PRESIDENT CAN BE BROUGHT TO BOOKS
See the photos he shared along side below:-
Read more»

10:53:00 ,

This is to inform the general public especially candidates interested in sitting for the 2018 January/February WASSCE (Private Candidates) commonly referred to as WAEC GCE, that the registration has commenced.

The West African Examination Council, WAEC has announced the conduct of two series of examination for WASSCE for Private candidates starting from 2018

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION

Intending candidates for the West African Senior School Exam Certificate, WASSCE for Private Candidates 2018/19- First Series are hereby informed that registration would be online.

MODE OF PAYMENT

Candidates are expected to pay a registration fee of thirteen thousand, nine hundred fifty naira N13,950 at any of the approved bank or any accredited agents to obtain the registration pin and information VCD.

Access Bank P.lc

Diamond Bank P.l.c

Eco Bank Ltd

Wema Bank P.l.c

First Bank Of Nig.

FCMB

GTB

Heritage Bank

Sterling Bank

Skye Bank

Stanbic IBTC

Standard Chattered Bank

Zenith Bank

Union Bank

UBA

Unity Bank

In addition candidates will be required to pay the sum of N500 to the banks/accredited agents

REGISTRATION PERIOD

The Normal registration period is from Monday October 9th 2017- Friday December 29th, 2017. After obtaining registration pin, candidates should log on to www.waeconline.org.ng for registration.

“Candidates should also note that the registration procedure has been designed to accommodate biometric features that will be used for validation at the exam center.

REGISTRATION

Candidates must complete online registration within two weeks of first access on the website during registration periods.

They should ensure that their names, gender, passport photographs, date of births and subjects are correct.

They are also to print the admission Photo-card as evidence of registration, this will serve as their photo-card during the examination.

The result checker pin will also be included.

Only Digital Personal Scanner should be used for finger print registration.

E. CANDIDATES WITH DIS-ABILITIES AND IMPAIRMENT

Candidates with disabilities/ impairments will also register online like other candidates but they must clearly state their disabilities/ impairment e.g blind, low vision, spastics, speech, e.t.c

G. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Candidates should view the Information VCD before they register for the examination.

2. Candidates should note that examination fees are not refundable.

3. Candidates should print the examination Timetable at the completion of their registration.

4. Entries must be uploaded with good quality passport size photographs, not “wait and get” photographs.

The background of such photographs MUST NOT BE BLUE OR RED. The size should be 275 by 314 pixels.

Entries with unacceptable passport photographs will be rejected.

5. Candidates should study the Regulations and Syllabuses as well as the Timetable for the examination which they can download from WAEC’s website (www.waeconline.org.ng ) using their registration PIN.

6. All candidates must go to their examination halls in mufti and without arms. No professional uniform of any kind will be allowed. in the examination hall.

7. The entire results of candidates who sit for the examination in more than one centre will be canceled.

8. Smoking is not allowed in the examination hall.

9. Any candidate that comes into the examination hall with mobile phone and /or electronic or communication gadgets will have his or her entire results cancelled.

10. All candidates must ensure that their entries are correctly uploaded, as the Council will not be held responsible for errors in. candidates’ particulars.

request for correction will be entertained on any information which a candidate voluntarily gives at the point of registration as soon as the examination commences.

11. Candidates must come into the examination hall with their original photo cards.

12. Candidates who engage in examination malpractice will not only have their results canceled but may be prosecuted

Read more»

14:52:00 , ,

Dear respected ladies, there exist some rules of engagement that many ladies fail. You are engaged now, really, what next? Yes, it is marriage fever next! But did I mention you are only engaged but not married, yet?

Some reasons why most ladies feel used and dumped is when they get intoxicated by the ring affixed to their finger by some guy and the guy does not show up thereafter, maybe, after having her countless times!

My dear ladies , don’t you think you are worth more than somebody’s bed material?

Let’s cite some areas that get ladies intoxicated while wearing the ring:

1. You are only engaged not married.

I understand you must feel like a wife already but the fat truth is, you are not his wife yet but a name in his wife-list. Do you know? I bet you do not. Do not be overjoyed by the ring, rather be overjoyed by the wedding night. Ladies should keep their body untouched while hanging around the person you are engaged to.

Yes, you may say ‘I’m his wife to be so it does not matter if I give him my body.’ Another piece of truth there is, notwithstanding that the body is yours, you really are not his wife to be until you become his wife! During that period, men may propose to ladies who they think are outstanding, special and better than any other ladies in the world.

Have you imagined; what if he thinks you so cheap and sees a more outstanding a lady who has your clone qualities but deprives him sex which you give him in plenty buckets? Oh dear, he has slept with you so, that ‘special you’ bar is decreasing and will continue to decrease any female pride you may have shown, even peradventure, you get married. He may even end up dumping you politely and going for someone better(that part that you feel you have been over-used).

What is my point?

Don’t you have sex with the person you are engaged to. Keep your pride. Tell them simply should they try to deceive you saying ‘you are my wife to be already, so you shouldn’t deprive me sex.’

Dear, stand for your rights and what will help you afterwards, tell him, also logically that ‘yes, I maybe your wife to be, so, if I am your ‘so wife to be’, why can’t you wait till the wedding night? ‘

Tips: Ladies who don’t indulge in sex before marriage earn more respect, longer marriage than others. Reason is, their husbands seem to keep that first respect she has shown. Failure to observe the rule of engagements may lead to regrets.

2. Most men giving engagement rings are not ready for marriage. Don’t get ensnared by this. This is a cup-filled reason you have to always study your partner in the course of dating them. They will only hover around you longing for the juicy hannah montanna. Yes, they are humans, they know most girls will get lured wearing their deceptive rings.

3. When you find someone good, stop looking for someone better. It explains itself. Use your instinctual calculating brain-book to harness the equation.

4. Stop longing to wear a guys’ ring, you are NOT the lord of their rings. Yes, I understand that age doesn’t favour women when not married but even at that, don’t be desperate to wear a guy’s ring.

Guys, normally do notice desperate ladies when it comes to marriages and the wolf-like may come to hang their ‘ring’ on your finger to have you then disappears, then, this chase for marriage may end in suffeRING.

Read more»

19:01:00 , , ,


A Junior Secondary School 2 pupil of Agbara Commuinty Junior Secondary School, Ogun State,identified as Asmau Ajibade, has  been declared missing by her guardians who are not aware over her whereabouts seven days after she left home for school.

The girl lived with the guardians, Alhaji Rauf Adetona and Alhaja Ajarat Adetona, on Area 8, Road 810, Block AM, Plot 18, OPIC Estate, Agbara, off Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Ogun State.

It was learnt that Ajibade had left the house at about 7.30am last Monday in her school uniform.

The belief in the house was that she had gone to school.

The guardians became apprehensive when it was 4pm and she had not returned home.

Record of the school reportedly revealed that she was absent that day.

Ajarat said the girl had been living with them since she was four years old, adding that she was surprised by her disappearance. She said it was the first time she would leave home without returning.

She said, “She went to school on Monday and has not returned. Her teachers told us that she didn’t come to school that day.

“But a cobbler around here told us that he fixed her torn sandal that morning. The cobbler said she seemed to be in a hurry as she told him that somebody was waiting for her.

“She had never done anything like this, although her teachers had told us that she was keeping bad company; and I warned her to stop associating with bad people.

“Her parents had divorced. His father died while she was six months old. She had been living with us for 11 years now. Her attitude that morning did not show that she planned to do anything.”

Rauf told our correspondent that he was on his farm when a call came in that Ajibade was missing.

He said they were told at the school that Ajibade might have absconded with some of her school friends, adding that the incident had been reported at the Agbara Police Station.

He said, “She always prepared the food she would eat at the school and did same that morning. My wife gave her money in addition to the food and she thanked Alhaja and left. I went to my farm around 9am. At about 4pm, my wife called me that Asmau (Ajibade) had not come back home.

“I told her to be patient because she came home around 3.30pm at times. When it was 5pm, she called me back and said she had gone to Asmau’s school, but she didn’t see her.

“On Tuesday, we went back to the school. The teachers at the school told us that she had become a wayward girl and had been moving with a friend who had been expelled from the school.

“We reported at the police station on our estate and we were told to come back on Wednesday if we didn’t see her.

“On Wednesday, we were directed to the Agbara Police Station. The police collected her picture from us and promised to radio other divisions. They said she might have eloped with a boy.”
Read more»

18:32:00
Two United States Attorneys, Bruce Fein and Bruce DelValle of Fein& DelValle PPLC have met with ten Nigerian witnesses on the suit filed in the United States District court of Columbia against 14 Nigerian defendants for their complicity in the 2016 torture and extra-judicial killings of pro Biafran agitators during their peaceful protests.

The two attorneys who arrived Nigeria three days ago met with the families of the victims at an undisclosed location and also extracted various statements from them which were deposed as affidavits of facts to the suit.
Ten Biafran plaintiffs are seeking millions of dollars as damages to compensate for their grievous losses and suffering following the alleged gruesome killings of pro Biafra agitators in Nkpor and Onitsha , Anambra State and Aba, Abia State in 2016 during the peaceful demonstration for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.

The identities of the plaintiffs are hidden for security reasons while the case name is John Doe , etal vs Tukur Yusuf Buratai etal civil action No. 1:17-cv-01033. The case has been assigned to United States District Judge Ellen S. Huvelle, appointed by President William Jefferson Clinton.

Speaking to Daily Sun in an exclusive chat, Attorney Bruce Fein said they were in Nigeria as a follow up to the suit already in court because of Biafra agitators who were murdered as a result of high level military and security agencies infringement of their rights to freedom of assembly and expression while the state governors could not also protect the demonstrators.

He explained that under the United States law, those human rights crimes are prosecutable in the United States courts even though the plaintiffs and defendants are citizens of the country, Nigeria.
Fein said after filing the case in the US court, they were able to convince the judge that revealing the identities of the complainants /plaintiffs in the suit could result in retaliations and danger against their families, hence the reason the court settled for the name John Doe etal so that it can proceed anonymously.
He confirmed that 13 defendants out of 16 have been effectively served with the court summons and noted that the Igbos and Christians have the right to live in the country and enjoy their full rights as citizens of Nigeria.

The Nigerian facilitators, Emeka Umeagbalasi, board chairman, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law and Okpalaezenri Emeka Onyeso of the Forum for the Promotion of National Ethos and Values, in their separate remarks noted that the struggle to ensure justice for the victims and families of those who died through the use of state power of coercion while engaging in peaceful protest is a noble cause that must be pursued to a logical conclusion.

They thanked the Ekwenche Organisation of Chicago, USA for their role in the suit, noting that the capability of countries to set up laws that regulate and protect all fundamental rights of man within the context of the United Nations Declarations, Covenants, Conventions and other multilateral treaties, and punish offenders, to a very large extent, influence the level of human development in most countries of the world

Other defendants in the suit included former Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, former Commander 302 Artillery Regiment, Onitsha, Col Ibrahim Maigeri and Governors Willie Obiano and Okezie Ikpeazu of Anambra and Abia States among others
Read more»

21:09:00 ,


NECO 
 
The National Examinations Council (NECO), on Thursday, released the June/July 2017 Senior Secondary Schools results.
It said 745,053 candidates, representing 70.85 per cent of the 1,051,472 that sat for the examinations, got at least five credits, including Mathematics and English Language.
The results were announced at the NECO headquarters in Minna, the Niger State capital, by the Registrar of the Council, Prof. Charles Uwakwe.
Uwakwe said the performance of the candidates in this year’s examinations represents 1.11 per cent improvement when compared with 2016.
Read more»

19:03:00 , ,


National Youth Service Corps can be fun and exciting yet a great time to define your goals in life, a time to build relationship, or any number of other things. It is a step closer to “real life” when there are pitfalls and landmines along the way that can derail one on the path to fulfilling your dreams and careers in life.

There are some major dark sides of National Youth Service scheme which are pathetic, thinking of various abnormalities participants are brewing on a daily basis which are

1. Having secret love affairs with students
Some male corps members are nothing but paedophiles as they are fond of taking advantage of the innocence of students entrusted with them to gain sexual gratification. It’s very disgraceful to see male corps members jubilating when posted to primary/ secondary schools because they know they stand a very good chance of sleeping with girls that are below the age of consent.

This is the height of stupidity being perpetuated by some male corps members and that’s what some of them spend their time doing for a whole year then they return back home the same way they left.

2. Extravagant spending/ lack of saving culture
Spending recklessly, lavishly and ostentatiously on irrelevant things are common traits among some corpers of today. They eat with their two hands, go into debts and will still demand more money from home. In fact, even their khakis and jungle boots can easily be recognized by every beer palour in their environment where they normally have rendezvous. These are people who will return back home empty handed after their service year after which they will begin to constitute nuisance in the society by becoming IPOB and Afonja when joblessness hit them.

3. Lusting after ladies
It’s not new to us that some male corps members are fond of chasing and sleeping with both village and rural girls out of NYSC exuberance. In fact, I, Tosyne2much, have even witnessed a scenario when a male corps member sighted his crush by and quickly dashed into his room to change into his khaki and jungle boot so that the girl will know he’s a serving corper.

Some of them impregnate these girls in the process and will head to NYSC secretariat for redeployment to another state in other to avoid shame and embarrassment. This is how notorious some guys can be and that’s how curses follow them anywhere they go.

4. Married/Engaged Woman disguising themselves as single ladies in orientation camps
Many of us must have seen married and engaged women stupidly falling in love with random guys in orientation camps because of stomach infrastructure at mami market. These are ladies who find it difficult to their hold body for three weeks in the absence of their husbands/boyfriends. I remember when I was serving in Kano in 1995, a married woman and a guy were caught doing it on parade ground and were both sent packing.

5. Stupidly falling in love with play boys
Most ladies, if not all, get carried away by the euphoria of NYSC and that’s why there’s a high possibility of losing your girlfriend the moment she goes for service. This is the time they cohabit and flirt with anything that has two legs since their boyfriends are out of sight.

They can even flirt with rifraffs such as native doctors and palm wine tappers forgetting they have boyfriends somewhere, and at the end of the day, they return home with syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, genital herpes, trichomoniasis, HIV/AIDS, etc.

6. Rebel against native laws
No matter how some rules seem to be old-fashioned, corpers should endeavour to pay obedience to them especially those that are serving in villages or Shari estates. It has been observed that some corps members usually rebel against what they deem to be outdated laws because they feel they’re too educated to obliged to them and that’s how many of them invite problems into their lives. E.g sleeping with people’s wives, oro festival, etc.

7. Picking pockets and stealing
Some corpers are notorious thieves who exhibit their stealing prowess in orientation camps and have been caught vandalizing people bags just to steal their money, phones, chargers, clothes, caps etc; and when they get caught and excommunicated from camp, they put the blame on their village people who don’t even know their Call-up numbers. That was how a corper vandalized my bag and stole the three packs of Gold circle condom I took to camp and left me stranded.

8. Sleeping with NYSC Officials to get posted to juicy places
So many female corps members have been caught sleeping ladies with soldiers, camp commandants, gate men and photographers with the hope of being posted to juicy places. At the end of the day, they still get posted to ridiculous places where they have no access to light, water and network

9. Not allowing the service year to pass through them
First degree is now gradually fading out as employers believe it is no longer enough to equip you for a competitive labour marker and that’s you must have something special to offer that will give you an added edge instead of expecting people to bow their heads for you because you think you have a BSc. Many corps members don’t consider going out of their ways to add to their knowledge but only fantasize about how they will work in Chevron after their service year.

10. Pride
Making friends and meeting new people right from the basic orientation exercise in camp increases people’s chances of getting connected to the right people. Getting acquainted with the right people can be very resourceful because they may be very useful in your job search.

Some corps members remain stagnant not because they are not resourceful but because they are too proud and pompous. They feel they are above any other person therefore they don’t see themselves mingling and discussing with people that can help their situation.

Thanks for reading
Read more»

12:37:00 , ,





A dietician and food expert, John Tehinse has warned Nigerians against cooking Moi-moi and other foods in nylons as it produced dioxins, a toxic substance that causes cancer.
Tehinse gave the warning on Tuesday in Ilorin at an awareness campaign on food safety organised by the Food Safety Awareness Campaign Initiatives, funded by the European Union.
In his lecture entitled: “Food Safety Control System in Nigeria”, he said that cooking Moin-moin in nylon had become widespread while people were unaware of the dangers.
The food safety expert said nylons or cellophane bags produced dioxins when heated, adding “they are a group of chemically-related compounds that are persistent environmental pollutants (POPs)’’.
Tehinse further warned that dioxins were highly toxic and could cause reproductive and developmental problems, damage the immune system, interfere with hormones and also cause cancer.
He advised people to use the traditional leaves to cook the food.
“Food business is not only to make money but a calling to protect public health and ensure what they offer to consumers is safe,” he said.
Read more»

11:29:00
There are somethings you as a graduate need to put in check before submitting your CV to any organisation :

1. Distance
2. Work Experience
3. Having full Knowledge about Computer
4. Background of Organization
5. Is it through Job Agency
6. Format of Sending Curriculum Vitae/Resume to Organization email
7. Job Related:
8. Standard/Structure of Organization

Let’s discuss them one after the other:

1. Distance:

Most companies considers distance a major factor as it serve as a strict criteria when short listing job applicant, because they wouldn’t want a situation where the worker will be late to work/or be delayed due to traffic, and also in case of emergency.

Moreover employers also don’t want to be a burden on you especially when the pay is not much or probably maybe the business is a medium scale enterprise. So my advice is when applying for that job considers the distance to your place of residence.

2. Work Experience:

Believe me or not most companies are not ready to employ any job applicant who has minimal or little experience in the job field, or do not meet required level of experience because the management usually consider the stress involved in training you to suit the job applied for. E.g. a learned accountant who has been in the company for 5years resigned , and they need a new accountants for the job, definitely they will be requiring the services of a chartered accountant with good experience.

3. Having full knowledge about Computer Operating System:

The mistake most job applicants make especially fresh graduate lying about being a computer literate in their resume. For instance when the job required you to have full knowledge about major operating and application software.

You can’t just have basic knowledge on how to operate a computer with a little know how of Microsoft word and expect that this will help you edge pass that job interview. You need to be well conversant with most Microsoft office application .e.g. excel, PowerPoint and other office software.

4. Background of Organization:

When applying first make a background check on that organization, do they have a website, social media page such as facebook, twitter and others, does the company appears in most website who list major business .e.g. Vconnect, businesslisting.com. Because most companies are fake, some are just there to exploit fresh graduate of their money.

5. Is it through Job Agency:

Well it is not a new thing that most organization engage the service of this agency companies for employer due the stress of searching for applicant, but we have to be careful when applying because 50% of this agency are fake, they don’t really have a job toffer, some even liaise with small companies to rob off applicants all in the name of job vacancy. So the best advice is research well on that agency company.

6. Sending Curriculum Vitae/Resume to Organisation email:


Some applicants are negligent on the way they send CV to organization, you will see subject of email as .e.g. Latest Cv, My Cv, Updated Cv, and many more. my advice is always followed the required format stated by the employer in order not be disqualified, especially when the person assessing all sent CV is not the patient type, he/she may simply ignore your cv.

7. Job Related:

We understand you may have been unemployed since you finished your service year, but always ensure that that job applied for is related to your field of study, unless stated otherwise as part of job requirement, for example accompany may need an account officer for a particular position, an applicant with Accounting qualification will be considers first before a candidate with Marketing or Public Administration educational qualification.

8. Standard/Structure of Organisation

Ensure to run a check on the organization after applying, is it a big, medium or small business organization, sometimes we don’t know the nature of organization majorly because some of this job comes from Job Agent, but never the less we need to be careful with answers provided during interview especially when it comes to salary issue.

With this few tips I hope I have clarified some things to our young and fresh graduate seeking that dream job.
Best of luck to you all. And always never settle for less, though great thing start small.

Read more»

11:27:00



Being offered admission into a university is the prayer of every Nigerian students. This is because the number of students far outweighs the number of universities we have in Nigeria.

Universities are not even helping the matter at all because most of them admit students based on “long-leg” which i know you understand what i mean. This post is focusing on reasons you might not be offered admission by the school you choose.

These reasons are based on my research, so i hope you trust them.

1. UNABLE TO MEET CUT-OFF MARK FOR YOUR COURSE

This is the most common reason why most of the students are being rejected yearly. For the new-bie, let me explain what i mean by cut-off mark. Cut-off mark is the bench mark or let me say boundary at which you as a student must reach before been offered admission  into a certain university.

There are factors that determines cut-off mark and example of those are; the number of candidates that choose the course, the high or low pass rate of JAMB/screening examination and so on. Cut-off marks are prone to increase or decrease by those factor i gave. I will explain more on the factors i gave and how cut-off mark is being derived my next post.

2. WRONG SUBJECT COMBINATION IN JAMB EXAM

This is one avoidable mistake students commit every year. I will always advise a student to make some little research about the course they want to apply for in JAMB exam, and one of those research is finding out about the subject combination for the course. You can simply do this by checking the brochure provided by JAMB. It won’t cost you anything to do this little research because it is capable of destroying your admission this year. Take note!!!!

3. AGE REQUIREMENT

Though some students below the age requirement of a particular school devise ways to get admitted but i won’t advise any student to take the risk of passing JAMB exam and being denied admission simply because of your age (you know how painful it can be).

Most schools requires the student to be 16 years old on or before October 1st. I have seen a student that was denied admission because of he was below the age requirement despite meeting other requirements that would have qualified him for the admission slot. So i will advise any student that he or she should
make sure that he/she will be 16 years old on or before October 1st.

4. FAILED A CORE SUBJECT IN WAEC/NECO/GCE EXAM

I find it hard to believe that some students apply for admission despite failing a core subject in WAEC/NECO/GCE exam. Maybe they want to try their luck but to be sincere with you, no niversity will offer such student an admission slot except the student uses “long-leg” which i know you understand what i am saying.

5. USING TWO SITTING RESULT

This is also a criteria that cab disqualify a student during admission process. A lot of candidates you are competing with, uses one sitting result and you know the federal universities favour one sitting result more. Why? The answer is simple; simply because they believe candidates with one sitting result are more educationally sound. You got my point? Yeah!!! I will explain more on the disadvantages of using two sitting result in my next post.
Read more»

15:35:00 ,



 
Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo
From RUGIPO PRESS COUNCIL

(The Pen-Pushers)

RUGIPO releases 2017/2018 admission screening exercise form.

The management of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo invites all candidates that applied for admission into the institution during 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) and those who did not apply.

But willing to secure admission into the Polytechnic and scored 150 and above that they should register on-line for screening exercise for 2017/2018 academic session into the Polytechnic which will commence on Tuesday 11th September, 2017.

The candidates are enjoined to visit the website of the Institution (www.rugipo.edu.ng) for further information and to also get the scratch card to access the website from the following organizations.

1.  First Bank PLC, Owo, Akure, Ondo, Ore, Okitipupa and Igbokoda.

2.  Heritage Bank PLC, Akure, Ikare and Owo.

3.  Any post office in Ondo, Ekiti, Lagos, Osun & Oyo States.

Also available at Higher Institutions Consultant Centre (HICC) office, behind the Director of academic Affairs, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo.

The scratch cards will be made available with effect from 10th September, 2017 & close on 3rd November, 2017.
Read more»

03:01:00 ,



The management of the University of Ibadan (UI) has condemned and rejected the new Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) cut off marks for universities admission for 2017/2018 academic calendar.

A statement released by the university management, reads: “The Management of the University of Ibadan wishes to inform the public about the recently announced cut off marks of 120 for University Admission that UI will not lower her standards.

The Nigeria’s premier university still maintains her position in academic excellence and standards in order to continue to aspire towards becoming a world-class university.

It should worry us as patriots that candidates who scored just 30% in UTME can be admitted into some of our universities. Yet, we complain of poor quality of our graduates. You can hardly build something on nothing.

The consolation here is that since JAMB started conducting this qualifying exam in 1978, UI has never admitted any candidate who scored less than 200 marks out of the maximum 400 marks.

This remains our position as an institution aspiring to be world-class. Reality is that only about four other universities in the country have such high standard.

In fairness to the Registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, he repeatedly stressed at the Combined Policy Meeting held Tuesday, 22 August, 2017 that the Senate of each university still has wide powers for admission in the spirit of autonomy.

It is also gratifying to note that the Honourable Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who chaired the meeting, apologised publicly for canceling Post UTME Screening last year.

To be fair to the incumbent Registrar of JAMB, he was not the Registrar when the policy somersault of cancelling POST UTME test was made last year. Prof Oloyede’s appointment was effective 1 August 2016, while the Policy Meeting for that year had held some two months earlier.”
Read more»
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)
WELCOME | MYNAIJNEWS - Getting you Informed and Satisfied © 2011 - 2017. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by Blogger

Author Profile Area

{picture#http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s480x480/e35/14723177_222492774881148_3836833047320199168_n.jpg} I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. {facebook#http://www.fb.com/mynaijnews} {instagram#http://www.instagram.com/official_mynaijnews} {twitter#http://www.twitter.com/mynaijnews_home} {google#https://plus.google.com/+LIJOKAEXPERTAYODELE} {pinterest#http://www.pinterest.com/mynaijnews}

Contact Form

Name

Email *

Message *

Powered by Blogger.