FG Bans local gin, ogogoro

The Federal Government on Monday banned the consumption of local gin, popularly called Ogogoro in all parts of the country.

The decision was sequel to deaths in Rivers and Ondo states due to food poisoning allegedly caused by the consumption of local gin.

The government however confirmed that the death toll in Rivers State had risen to 38 and 18 in Ode-Irele, Ondo State, following the consumption of local gin.

The Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, Dr. Paul Orhii, in his reaction to the death of 38 persons in Rivers State, told journalists that the recent incidents in the state and that of Ode-Irele, in Ondo State were associated with the consumption of locally made gin.

According to him, considering the risk in the consumption of locally made gin, it has become imperative to “warn the public to desist from the consumption of unregistered locally made spirits (Ogogoro) and other unregistered bitters.”

Orhii also warned that government “would confiscate all illegally brewed alcoholic beverages” across the country.

The NAFDAC boss also recommended “immediate reporting and evacuation to the nearest tertiary health institution as quick intervention can save lives.”

He said the NAFDAC team met with the Ondo State Commissioner for Health and Director of Diagnostic Services and an official of the World Health Organisation, who visited Ode-Irele to obtain first hand information.

He added, “A preliminary investigation by the National Centre for Disease Control and WHO, ruled out any infectious diseases and confirmed the possibility of poisoning as the cause and in turn advised NAFDAC to conduct further investigation.

“The symptoms suffered by victims included vomiting, abdominal pain, blurred vision, headache, dizziness and loss of consciousness with subsequent sudden deaths of 18 victims.”

Orhii, who was joined by the Director of NCDC, Prof. Abdulrahman Nasidi, explained that all indications showed that “these symptoms are the hallmark signs of methanol poisoning.”

JAMB Extends Direct Entry Registration Closing Date – 2015

JAMB Direct Entry application form closing date and sales of scratch cards deadline have been extended – 2015/2016 academic session.



Yet to register for the 2015 Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB Direct Entry or purchase the registration scratch card? We are pleased to inform all prospective Direct Entry candidates that JAMB has announced a new date for the stopping of registration and sales of scratch cards.

Sales of Scratch Cards now ends on Saturday, June 27, 2015 while Registration too now ends on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.

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Meet The University Don Who Says He Has Cure For AIDS

A University Don, Professor Maduike Ezeibe of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State, has claimed his recent therapy for the dreaded Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome is real and effective.

According to Ezeibe, he discovered the therapy when he decided to join the medical world to search for a solution to HIV/AIDS.His research into the therapy known as ‘Antivirt’ (Anti-Viral Therapy) started in 1994, but he was able to discover the therapy in 2013 when his research was published in the British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, Ezeibe explained.

Mr Ezeibe says two essential minerals, aluminum silicate and magnesium silicate, used in producing the therapy, are mostly found in Umuahia and parts of Abia State which then gives him an upper hand. It will also make the therapy which he claims would take an average of two or three months to cure cheaper and affordable. 

Inspiring! Man who sold Nylon bags, served as a bus conductor and Laborer in Lagos emerges Speaker, Lagos Assembly

Very Inspiring story. Mudashiru Obasa, a politician representing Agege Constituency 1, who started his life as a street hawker who sold Nylon bags and wrist watches and later became a bus conductor and Laborer, all to eke a living while growing up in Lagos, today became the new speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly. He is pictured above taking his oath of office. Congrats to him. Read about his early beginning below...



"I grew up in the Papa Ashafa area of Agege and there is hardly anything I have not done to make money, except armed robbery. Maybe I was too young to be an armed robber, but talking about hustling, there is hardly any type I have not gone into. I did all this on my own volition and not because my father could not afford to pay my school fees, but the friends I grew up with were always in one engagement or another. We would go to Agege Motor Road to sell nylon bags.

Then, 12 nylon bags is half the price when we buy and you would make times two of the amount you invested. Within few hours, you would have sold an encouraging amount. I was once a bus conductor, I was a labourer…just mention it. For me, I don’t believe in staying idle and that is why when people approach me asking for assistance to help them pay their children’s school fees, their accommodation and others, I ask them who is going to pay the next one. So why don’t you find something to do? For me, I don’t believe in staying idle and that is why when people approach me asking for assistance to help them pay their children’s school fees, their accommodation and others, I ask them who is going to pay the next one.
So why don’t you find something to do? That’s also why I don’t strongly believe in unemployment. If your father is not Dangote or Otedola and co, then you must look for something to do. It is only one with such as a father that can dictate where he wants to work. You have to be engaged, you have to do something to cross to another level,” he told PM news.

FALLEN HEROES: THREE CORPS MEMBERS DIED IN ROAD ACCIDENT

Three corps members undergoing their National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) reportedly died while returning back home at the end of their orientation camp last week.

According to our source mhizblinks; who sent the pics to our handle NaijaCorpers on IG; The dead ‘corpers’ are member of  Batch A 2015 stream 1 who just finished their orientation camp.  She said she was also in Delta camp with them and 3 of them are good friends.

Here is a group selfie the 3 friends took together while on camp.

One of them Amarachi Erondu was buried yesterday by her family.



RIP to our fallens heroes.

in kano-Student jailed for stealing 75 litres of diesel, other valuables

Kano magistrate court for allegedly stealing 75 litres of diesel and other items.

Sarki, a resident of Yakasai Quarters of Kano metropolis, appeared on Monday before magistrate Fauziyya Isa Sheshe on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, trespass and theft.

According to the police First Information Report (FIR), Sarki, along with one Danfulani who is still at large, had on April 25, 2015, stolen four trailers’ batteries and 75 litres of diesel at Sharada Company Limited, located at Sharada Industrial Estate, Kano.

All items were valued at N115, 000.

The offence was said to contravene Sections 97, 349 and 287 of Penal Code Law.

Pleading guilty to the charges, the accused begged the judge to temper justice with mercy.

Following his plea, the prosecutor Mijinyawa Aluta applied for a date for summary trial of the accused person.

Magistrate Sheshe granted the application.

She adjourned the case to June 10 for trial and ordered the accused to be remanded in prison custody.

NOUN Student arrested on fraud allegation

A student of the National Open University, Osogbo Study Centre, has been arrested for alleged fraud.

Olusola Akinlotan, a student of the National Open University, Osogbo Study Centre, has been arrested by the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for alleged fraud.

The NSCDC also arrested two other suspects who were members of a fraud syndicate; Olayiwola Oladayo and Bolarinwa Adebayo, a.k.a. Dodo.

Akinlotan, who was said to have abandoned his studies at the university when he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, was, however, arrested on Monday when he approached NOUN to transfer his study centre to another location outside the state.

The suspect and other members of the gang were said to have been engaged in defrauding unsuspecting persons by arranging fake visas and travel documents for them.

According to a statement by the NSCDC, they duped an Enugu based businessman, Nnamchi Nichodemus, of a sum of N700,000 through a dubious travelling transaction in November 2014.

The businessman was said to have been tricked into paying the said money into an account belonging to Akinlotan, who was promised a sum of N105,000.

The NOUN student was said to have immediately gone to the bank to collect the money through the Automated Teller Machine and the counter. He allegedly handed over the balance to Oladayo for onward transmission to Adebayo a.k.a. Dodo.

The statement read, “Akinlotan, who was arrested within the premises of the 0pen university, while trying to process his transfer of study centre to another location outside Osun State, led the NSCDC to the hideouts of the other two suspects.

“Desperate to get off the hook, the suspects offered bribe to the NSCDC officers who arrested them, but they turned down the bribe in line with the principle of the corps.

“The suspects have since been handed over to the EFCC by the state Commandant of the NSCDC, Tajudeen Balogun, for prosecution.”

A student of Cardinal Hayes High School, Latrell Davis, has been banned from graduation

A student of Cardinal Hayes High School, Latrell Davis, has been banned from graduation for shouting “F*ck Jesus” at a Catholic Mass.
  

A student of Cardinal Hayes High School, Latrell Davis, has been banned from graduation for shouting “Fuck Jesus” at a Catholic Mass.

According to a Daily Caller report, Davis committed the crime on May 12 while the school was holding a Catholic Mass in an auditorium.

He passed by and loudly exclaimed “Fuck Jesus.”

The school says he Davis will be allowed to graduate but will not be allowed to attend his graduation ceremony, holding on Saturday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

His mother thinks the punishment is too much.

“I didn’t go to my own graduation, so I want to be proud to see my son graduate because he’s labelled as a statistic,” she said.

“Coming from an African-American teen mother, the odds were really against him.”

Davis has claimed that he was only asking a question when shouted.

“When I passed the auditorium door, I heard someone say, ‘F Jesus, and then I turned around, and the door was still open, and I repeated it, like questioning it," he said.

"So I was like, ‘F Jesus?'”

The school however claims that other students saw Davis actually enter the auditorium and loudly shout his sacrilege, adding that his ban from the graduation is “final.”

“Every educational institution must maintain discipline if true learning is to occur,” the school's tough discipline policy says.

Cardinal Hayes High School is a Catholic high school for boys in the Concourse Village neighbourhood of the Bronx, New York City.

Lagos State Polytechnic 30 students expelled for examination malpractice

At least 30 students of the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH are on the institution’s expulsion list for examination malpractice.


LASPOTECH entrance.  (Laspotech.net)
Students of the School of Part-Time Studies Regular (SPTSR), Ikorodu main campus are writing their first semester examination.

It was gathered by PM News that the affected students in all departments have already been placed on expulsion list for engaging in exam malpractice in the course of writing their first semester examinations.

According to reports no exam day passes without students entering the examination hall with 'chips' or 'bullets' and they are usually being caught by the eagle eyed internal/external invigilators who are always on the lookout for cheats.

Last weekend, some students were seen begging their invigilators who caught them with microchips tuck in-between their thighs while some wrote answers on their palms with biro.

At the Olowogbowo Hall, a pregnant woman caught cheating was rolling on the floor, begging for mercy.

She was not the only one caught in that hall. Two other students were also caught cheating and were all given malpractice form to fill.

As the exam started, the students began to copy from prepared answers they had written on their palms before a senior lecturer from the Department of Mass Communication, whom students had always accused of having magical prowess for exposing cheats, accosted and caught them.

Just when he stepped in, he pointed at the three of them to stand up and show their palms and instantly, the pregnant woman fell on the floor to start begging for forgiveness, a plea the lecturer refused to heed.

The three victims had answers written on their palms with biro and when caught, they were asked to place their hands close to their faces and a snapshot was taken of them and were also instructed to stretch their hands forward for another snapshot before they were asked to continue with their work as a malpractice form was awaited.

The same episode took place at the School of Technology classroom 9. A HND1 student from the Department of Mass Communication was caught with what was described by fellow students as “extreme”.

The lady resumed for the semester two weeks before her first semester exam kicked off on 9 May.

She had no Continuous Assessment  in all the 8 courses offered in her class for this semester. She said her admission came late and she never knew academic activities had commenced since January and exam date was approaching.

It was discovered that she came with already prepared answers into the exam hall with two A-4 papers and the roving Alfa invigilator caught her and handed her over to the security officials who were around the hall.

A malpractice form was given to her to fill which she rejected and insisted that she should be forgiven as a first time offender.

After much arguments between the exam officials and the lady, the invigilator had to fill and sign the form on her behalf. This our reporter gathered,
would compound the fate that awaits her.

A student said that LASPOTECH is one of the terrible schools in Nigeria to enter the exam hall with prepared answers also known as ‘expo’.

“If you think you are smart and enter the exam hall with anything implicating, you will regret it and face the music. I really cannot say if they pray for students to enter the exam hall with ‘expo’ because the way they swoop on us inside the exam hall is something else.

“On Saturday, while we were writing our exam at the Computer Science Hall, a senior lecturer named Mr. Jerry came to our hall asking the internal invigilator if they had caught any student; that the outgoing rector was looking for whom to sign out.

“You can see why I said everything in this school looks like planned work? How can such a radical statement come from a man old enough to father many of us inside the exam hall?”

LASPOTECH operates a system where any student caught is never invited to face a panel on time, but allowed to pay school fees until he is approaching the final year before he would be invited to face exam committee.

If you are lucky, which is very unlikely, you get a slap on the wrist and where the odds are against you, which is mostly the case, you are asked to leave the school after wasting money and time.

P.M.NEWS Campus Square gathered that 20 students were sent packing from the school three semesters ago over exam malpractice. The students who were caught by invigilators during the examination were kept in the dark for more than two semesters before they were sent out of the school. Some of the students who were involved claimed that they were not given fair hearing while some claimed that they never faced any examination malpractice panel.

According to Anthony Iraya, a second year Mass Communication student, “I was caught with a piece of paper on the day we were writing Citizenship Education 2 last year. I tried to explain myself to the female invigilator that I wasn’t doing anything with the paper I was caught with but she wouldn’t listen to my explanation.

“The paper that I was caught with belongs to me but it happened that I forgot to dispose of it before entering the exam hall. It was during revision with other students that I was noting some points on the said piece of paper but never knew that the paper got stuck in-between my exam card and I went inside the exam hall with the paper.”

Anthony further said he never expected the fate that befell him because the woman who caught him promised to make him repeat the course. He said he consequently failed the course and was sent away from the school without any fair hearing.

It was gathered that he paid N110,000 for his National Diploma 1 and had already bought textbooks for his National Diploma 2 before receiving the news of his expulsion.

Odejimi Olufela who was also affected has since stayed away from the school premises after being told of the latest development.

Another female student from the same Department of Mass Communication simply identified as Abbey was said to have been involved in a case of impersonation.

A Higher National Diploma 3 student was said to have sat for the exam on her behalf on the day she wrote her Yoruba examination. The student who sat for her was caught by a senior lecturer who claimed the student was not supposed to be in the hall for the course.

The impersonator refused to disclose the identity of the person he was sitting for until he got his own letter of expulsion.

A senior lecturer who does not want his name mentioned, said the students were lucky the school decided their fate on time. He cited an instance where the school did not say anything and waited until the student was preparing for his graduation before a letter was handed over to him.

RSUST Postgraduate Admission Form Now On Sale – 2015/16 [Detailed]

Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST postgraduate programmes admission application form for the 2015/2016 academic session is now on sale. Snapshots of online registration procedure were also included and attached.



Authorities of the the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, invite application from suitably qualified candidates for admission into Postgraduate Programmes of the university for the 2015/2016 academic session.

RSUST Available Postgraduate Programmes.

A FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
1. Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics / Extension
a) Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)
i) Agricultural Economics
ii) Applied Economics and Policy
iii) Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

B-) Master of Science(M.Sc.)
i) Agricultural Economics
ii) Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology
iii) International Economics and Finance (Part-Time only)
iv) Environmental Economics and Policy (Part-Time only)
v) Social Work and Community Development

c) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
i) Agricultural Economics (Production Economics, Agricultural Finance)
ii) Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology
iii) International Economics and Finance (Part-Time Only)
iv) Environmental Economics and Policy (Part-Time Only)
v) Social Work and Community Development

2. Department of Animal Science (PGD, M. Sc, PhD)
i) Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry
ii) Animal Production and Management
iii) Animal Physiology and Reproduction
iv) Animal Breeding and Genetics

3. Department of Crop and Soil Science (PGD, M. Sc, PhD)
i) Crop Science (Crop Production, Crop Physiology, Horticulture; Plant Breeding and Genetics; Seed Science and Technology; Farming Systems and Environment; Environmental Crop Science; Entomology; Plant Pathology).
ii) Soil Science (Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy, Soil Physics and Conservation, Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry, Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Technology; Soil Survey and Land Use Planning; Pedology; Environmental Soil Science)

4. Department of Fisheries
a) Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)
i) Aquaculture
ii) Marine Biology
iii) Fisheries Biology
iv) Fisheries Policy and Management

B-) Master of Science (M.Sc.)
i) Aquaculture
ii) Marine Biology
iii) Fisheries Biology
iv) Fisheries Policy and Management
v) Fish Nutrition

c) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
i) Aquaculture
ii) Marine Biology
iii) Fisheries Biology
iv) Fish Nutrition
v) Fisheries Processing and Utilization
vi) Fisheries Policy and Management

5. Department of Food Science and Technology (PGD, M. Sc, PhD)
i) Food Microbiology and Biotechnology
ii) Food Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
iii) Food Quality Control and Assurance
iv) Food Process and Storage Technology

6. Department of Forestry and Environment
a) PGD, Forestry and Environment
B-) Masters, Forestry (MF)
c) M.Sc., Forestry and Environment
d) Ph.D., Forestry and Environment
Areas of Specialization:
i) Silviculture
ii) Forest Resources Economics
iii) Forest Pathology
iv) Forest Soil, Hydrology and Microbiology
v) Wildlife Ecology
vi) Agro-Forestry
vii) Forest Biometrics
viii) Wood Science
ix) Environmental Forest Ecology
x) Tree Improvement
xi) Phytomedicine Resources

B. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
1. Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering
a) Environmental Engineering (M.Tech., PhD)
B-) Farm Power and Machinery Engineering (PhD only)
c) Soil and Water Engineering (M.Tech., PhD)
d) Rural Development Engineering (PhD only)
e) Post Harvest Process Engineering (PhD only)

2. Department of Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering
a) Chemical Engineering (PGD, M.Tech, and PhD)

3. Department of Civil Engineering
a) Structural Engineering (M.Tech, PhD)
B-) Civil Engineering (PGD)

4. Department of Marine Engineering
a) Naval Architecture and Ship Building (M.Tech.)

5. Department of Mechanical Engineering
a) Applied Mechanics and Design (PhD Only)
B-) Thermo-Fluids Engineering (PGD, M. Tech., PhD)
c) Master of Engineering Management (MEM only)

6. Department of Electrical Engineering
a) Power Engineering (PGD, M.Tech., PhD)
B-) Electronics Engineering (PGD, M. Tech.)

C. FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
1. Department of Architecture
i) M. Sc., Architecture

2. Department of Estate Management
i) PGD, Estate Management
ii) M. Sc., Real Estate

3. Department of Urban and Regional Planning
i) M. Sc., Urban and Regional Planning

D. FACULTY OF LAW
a) PGD, Petroleum and Environmental Law
B-) Master of Laws (LL.M)
c) PhD
i) International Law and Human Rights
ii) Petroleum and Environmental Law
iii) Business and Industrial Law
iv) Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence

E. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
a) PGD
i) Accountancy
ii) Banking and Finance
iii) Management
iv) Marketing
v) Mass Communication
vi) Office and Information Management

B-) M. Sc., Accountancy with options in:
i) Accountancy
ii) Taxation
iii) Public Sector Accounting

c) M. Sc., Banking and Finance with options in:
i) Banking and Finance
ii) Quantitative Finance
iii) Corporate Finance
iv) Financial Markets

d) M. Sc., Management with options in:
i) Human Resources Management
ii) Industrial Relations
iii) Business Policy
iv) Organizational Behaviour

e) M. Sc., Marketing
f) M. Sc., Mass Communication
i) Communication and Development Studies
g) PhD
i) Accountancy
ii) Banking and Finance (with options as in M.Sc. programme)
iii) Management (with options as in M. Sc. programme)
iv) Marketing

F FACULTY OF SCIENCE
1. Department of Applied and Environmental Biology (PGD, M.Sc., PhD)
i) Applied Microbiology and Industrial Microbiology
ii) Applied Environmental and Industrial Entomology
iii) Marine Biology, Marine Pollution Studies
iv) Plant Pathology
v) Environmental Biology

2. Department of Chemistry
a) PGD
i) Chemistry
B-) M.Sc.,PhD
i) Analytical Chemistry
ii) Organic Chemistry
iii) Inorganic Chemistry
iv) Biochemistry
v) Physical Chemistry
vi) Environmental Chemistry

3. Department of Medical Laboratory Science (PGD, M.Sc., PhD)
i) Medical Microbiology
ii) Chemical Pathology
iii) Hematology and Blood Group Serology

4. Department of Mathematics / Computer Science
a) PGD
i) Applied Statistics
ii) Computer Science
B-) M.Sc.
i) Computer Science
c) M.Sc., PhD
i) Applied Mathematics
ii) Applied Statistics

5. Department of Physics (PGD, M.Sc., PhD)
i) Solid State Physics
ii) Theoretical Physics (Plasma Physics, Fluid Dynamics)
iii) Applied Geophysics

G FACULTY OF TECHNICAL AND SCIENCE EDUCATION
1. Postgraduate Diploma
i) Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)
ii) Postgraduate Diploma in Technical Education (PGDTE)

2. Department of Business Education (M.Ed.)
i) Business Education

3. Department of Educational Foundations (M.Ed; PhD)
i) Educational Management
ii) Adult Education and Community Studies
iii) Educational Measurement and Evaluation
iv) Guidance and Counseling

4. Department of Science and Technical Education (M.Sc.,PhD)
a) Agricultural Education with options in:
i) Administration
ii) Community Development
iii) Agricultural Resources and Environment
B-) Science Education with options in:
i) Biology Education
ii) Chemistry Education
iii) Physics Education
iv) Mathematics Education

c) Technical Education with options in:
i) Building Technology
ii) Electrical/Electronic Technology
iii) Mechanical Technology

NOTE: SANDWICH PROGRAMMES are run at Masters and Postgraduate Diploma levels by the Faculty of Technical and Science Education.

RSUST  Postgraduate Programmes – Admission Requirements.

Applicants with the qualifications in the underlisted categories shall be eligible for admission into the postgraduate programmes; however, candidates must fulfill the matriculation requirements of Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt.

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS

Holders of a Third Class Degree in the subject area applied for or a Second Class (Lower Division) degree in a related discipline obtained from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology or any other recognized Institution or equivalent status,
Holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) with at least lower credit classification or its equivalent in a related discipline, obtained from a recognized Institution.
MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES

A candidate seeking admission into the Full-time/Part-time Master’s degree programme must possess a Bachelor degree with at least Second Class Division in the relevant discipline.
A candidate who holds PGD, PGDE or PGDTE with CGPA of 3.50 or above in the relevant discipline may apply for the Master’s Programme.
Candidates for the M.Ed. degree programmes offered in the Faculty of Technical and Science Education should possess EITHER a good Bachelor’s degree (not lower than Second Class Division) in a relevant teaching subject OR Higher National Diploma or its equivalent with at least lower credit classification in addition to PGDE or PGDTE with a CGPA of 3.50 obtained from this University or any other recognized institution.
PhD PROGRAMMES

A candidate for a PhD programme shall possess a Master’s degree with a CGPA of 3.50 or above, on a five-point grade system, in a relevant discipline obtained from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology or any other recognized institution of higher learning of equivalent status present himself or herself for a qualifying interview, if need be.

A candidate for a PhD programme in the Faculty of Management Sciences must possess a Master’s degree with a CGPA of 3.50 or above in the relevant discipline. Holders of Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degrees can only be considered for admission into the relevant Master of Science (M.Sc.) programmes.
No person shall be admitted to a programme unless his/her application has been approved by the Postgraduate School Board on behalf of Senate and on the recommendation of the appropriate Faculty Committee. Every applicant shall submit with his/her application the following:

Copies of certificates and certified academic transcripts.
Letter of reference from previous academic institution, stating in support of (i) that applicant is qualified to undertake advanced studies and research and that he (the Referee) is confident that the applicant will benefit from undertaking the programme.
Note: In addition to the conditions above, a candidate may be required to present himself/herself for a selection test and/or oral interview.

RSUST  Postgraduate Programmes – Duration.

The full-time Postgraduate Diploma programmes run for a duration of two semesters (minimum) and four semesters (maximum) with or without project writing.
The full-time Postgraduate Diploma programme in Engineering runs for a duration of three semesters (minimum) and six semesters (maximum) with project writing.

The full-time Master’s Degree Programme with dissertation is structured to last for a minimum of two Semesters and a maximum of four
The full-time Master’s Degree Programme with dissertation in Faculty of Engineering is structured to last for a minimum of four semesters and a maximum of six
The full-time Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Programme with Thesis runs for six semesters (minimum) and eight semesters (maximum).
Part-time studies usually take twice the duration allowed for full-time programmes. However, the part-time PhD programmes last for ten semesters (minimum) and twelve semesters (maximum).
RSUST  Postgraduate Programmes – Method of Application.

Applications for admission to any Postgraduate programme shall be made on line by logging onto www.ust.edu.ng and e-payment of twenty-five thousand naira (N25,000.00) only, using interswitch verve enabled cards. Application forms should be completed on-line, downloaded and hard copies submitted to the Secretary, Postgraduate School along with photocopies of certificates.

For PhD applicants, brief research proposals on their intended areas of study should also accompany the application forms. It is the responsibility of applicants to ensure that copies of their academic transcripts are forwarded under cover directly to the Secretary, Postgraduate School, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt.

The last day for submission of applications is 1 0th July, 2015.

CLICK HERE  (pdf) to download the steps/screens that will serve as a guide to help you easily and successfully complete the online application process for a place in the Post-graduate school here at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology.