Young and Cerebral Essay Competition 2015: Win Prizes Worth Over N200,000

Top youth radio show “Young and Cerebral” is back with 2015 Young and Cerebral competition tagged “The role of innovation in creating the Nigeria of my dream”. This year’s winners will take home cash prizes, smart phones, laptops and printers. This competition is opened to people between the ages of (18-35 years old).
The 2015 Young & Cerebral Essay Competition showcases and rewards the creative #‎writing‬ talents of young people across Nigeria, providing a platform for them to compete with their peers in the different regions, which make up this unique nation. This #essay‬ is in line with Young & Cerebral’s mission, which essentially is to inspire, to empower and to provide opportunities for the youth segment.
Young and Cerebral Essay Competition Topic.
The Role of Innovation in Creating the Nigeria of My Dreams
Young and Cerebral Essay Competition Rules & Regulations.
1. The competition is open to citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
2. All candidates must be legal residents of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
3. The candidate must be aged between 18-35 years
4. The essay must be typed in Microsoft Word
5. The essay submitted must not be more than five hundred and Fifty words (550 Words). Failure to comply with this shall lead to automatic disqualification.
6. All entries must be written in English language.
7. The candidate must only apply based on the topic that should be submitted electronically. Multiple applications will be disqualified.
9. The candidate’s bio-data shall be used by Young & Cerebral for publicity purposes.
10. Plagiarism will not be permitted. All entries must be properly referenced. Please note that information from Wikipedia or any wiki links websites are not allowed as forms of reference for this competition:. The research must reflect appropriate and relevant reviewed journals as well as legitimate websites.
Young and Cerebral Essay Competition – How to Apply.
All applications should be sent toec2015@y oungandcerebral.com in MSWord using “Book Antiqua” fonts/size 12 with the applicant’s full details (Full Names, Age, Gender, Email Addresses, Phone Contact, School/Institution, State of Residence). Only Successful candidates will be contacted.
Winners will be announced in December, on our radio programme, social media platforms and the winning articles will be published in a major print publication and across several websites, blogs and more.
Entry Opens:12th October, 2015
Deadline:12th November, 2015

Nigerian Army 74 RRI Pre-Screening Result, Zonal Screening Date

This is to inform all the candidates that participated in the Nigerian Army 2015 74 Regular Recruits Intake (RRI) for tradesmen/women and non-tradesmen/women pre-screening examination on the Saturday, 3rd October, 2015 , that their results are now available on the Nigerian Army recruitment website. Successful candidates will be eligible to participate in the Zonal Screening Exercise.

The Nigerian Army 2015 74 Regular Recruits Intake (RRI) pre-screening examination results are accessible from http://www.narecruitment.org/. 

Supply your Application Number (e.g. 74RRI/AA/123/0123456) where required and then click on the Get Result button to get your result.

9ja School Gist Team congratulates all the candidates that made it to the Nigerian Army Zonal Screening Exercise.

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Nigeria Education 'PTDF overseas scholarship has not been cancelled'

Reports that thePetroleum Technology Development Fund(PTDF) overseas scholarship scheme has been cancelled are false.
The Executive Secretary of PTDF,Femi Ajayi, made the clarification while speaking withDaily Trustat a two-day workshop on collaboration between Oil and Gas Centres of Excellence and Nigerian tertiary institutions.
Ajayi explained that the Fund only restructured the terms of the scheme.
"The PTDF has not cancelled the scheme,"the Executive Secretary said.
"The point I have made is that as much as possible we want to increase capacity building locally here and because of that even our training partners; we have told them that going forward, people that we would be favourably disposed to, are those partners who are ready to encourage our domestication drive.

"We are asking them to come and set up shops in our country here, to do what they are doing for us over there, here."

He further explained that cancelling the scheme is not likely to ever happen because of the importance of encouraging interaction interaction.
"In fact we are not likely to be able to cancel it outright because don’t forget, there is a need for intellectual interaction and diffusion even within the country.
"If you bring scholars who trained in the US, Germany and the ones that trained in the UK, the mix is the best you can have and be better for you because we are combining the expertise from so many places."

The PTDF is a Federal Government parastatal established to develop petroleum technology and building indigenous manpower for Nigeria's oil and gas industry.

Akwa Ibom Education Gov Udom vows to deal with corrupt school administrators

GovernorUdom Gabriel Emmanuelof Akwa Ibom State has said the government will deal with administrators who mismanage funds allocated to their schools.

Speaking on a radio programme in Uyo the state capital, Udom said he would not hesitate to dismiss heads of primary and secondary schools found guilty of corruption.

“This government will not tolerate any further mismanagement of subvention given to schools and any school head found guilty of this will not be spared," he said.

“This administration is committed to zero tolerance to corruption and this must be standing practice for all public officers of the state.’’

Reports say the immediate past governor of the state,Godswill Akpabio, stopped the allocation because of the malpractices.

In Ekiti Govt college hit by strange disease, 300 students hospitalised

At least 300 students of the Federal Government Girls’ College in Efon Alaaye,EkitiState, are hospitalised after being infected with a strange disease.
According to reports, parents have already withdrawing their children from the school as news of the epidemic spread on Thursday.
It was gathered that the diseased is suspected to be Cholera, as some of the victims have been treated and discharged, but a chunk of them are still being treated.
Symptoms of the disease was said to have started manifesting on October 10, and according to the school principal, Grace Ogunyomi, the case was reported to the state government but no immediate action was taken - only routine medical attention was said to have been provided.
However, the state GovernorAyodele Fayose, is said to have immediately directed the state Commissioner for Health, DrOlurotimi Ojo, to deploy medical personnel to stop the spread of the disease.
Mrs. Ojo dismissed reports that the disease is cholera, he said it wasdiarrhea.
It was initially believed that the students’ food must have been contaminated, but it was later found that the source of the disease was not from their food.
The Commissioner said,“We alerted the water corporation to chlorinate their water. They have about six boreholes and we have got them chlorinated, because we knew as professionals that the water could be a source,” he said.
“We are trying to look into their environment, so that we can get where such could have broken out. We want to know how they dump their faeces and how they dump their sewage.
“We have taken the blood samples of students infected to the hospital and preliminary test shows that it was not cholera. It was diarrhea and vomiting. We are sending the samples for further test to confirm that it was not cholera.”
She assured that there is no cause for alarm as government would ensure the situation is nomalised.