5killed, 7 injured as IPOB, MASSOB clash with JTF in Onitsha

  Five people were shot dead while seven others
sustained various injuries at the Niger Bridge
Head, when members of the Indigenous people
of Biafra, IPOB, and Movement for the
Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra,
MASSOB, clashed with the Joint Task Force, JTF,
which comprised of the Army and the Police,
yesterday.
Four of the victims shot dead were members of
both IPOB and MASSOB, while one person is said
to be a soldier, who was grabbed by the mob,
angry with the way soldiers opened fire on the
jubilating crowd that included non pro-Biafra
agitators, and fell four of them before they ran,
leaving the victims behind.
All the markets around the Niger Bridge Head,
including the Bridge Head Market, Onitsha Patent
and Propitiatory Medicine Dealers Market (Ogbo
Ogwu Market) and other markets located around
the bridge, including Abada Market were quickly
shut down, following sporadic shooting by the
military to scare the jubilant crowd away.
An eye-witness at the Onitsha Head Bridge, who
was coming from Asaba end of the bridge,
said the Biafra agitators were said to be
marching on the road near the River Niger
Bridge, chanting solidarity songs in jubilation of
the release of Nnamdi Kanu, when they were
accosted by the soldiers, who ordered them to
go back, an altercation occurred which made the
soldiers allegedly open fire on them.
Another version of the story was that, the pro-
Biafra agitators and those sympathetic to their
cause, were jubilating, singing and dancing near
the bridge, the soldiers who had been guiding
the bridge since the last shooting, got incensed
by the jubilation and opened fire on the
protesters which caused the death of unarmed
protesters.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Ali
Okechukwu confirmed the clash and accused the
pro-Biafra agitators of mobilizing over I00 of their
members to launch attack on the soldiers at the
Niger Bridge Head and even tried to dispossess
them of their guns.
Speaking on the incident, leader of MASSOB, Mr.
Uchenna Madu said the news of the release of
Mr. Kanu elicited singing, dancing and jubilation
in Onitsha and other ‘Biafran’ lands and those in
Onitsha took their dance to Chukwemeka
Odumegwu Ojukwu plaque at the Niger Bridge
Head and out of envy, and because of the
singing and dancing, and banters they were
throwing with one another, the soldiers, who
mounted a road-block there, opened fire on the
dancing protesters and killed four.
He said that no amount of intimidation,
harassment and killing of their members will
make them resort to violence, adding that “the
military is doing all sorts of things to push us into
violence, but we will never do that because that
is what has been setting us free in all the
harassment and intimidation we have been going
through.”

Obasanjo "I expect Bells University to produce a Nobel Laureate"

Former Nigerian PresidentOlusegun Obasanjohas disclosed that he expectsBells Universityto produce aNobel Laureatein 20 years of its existence.
The University, located in Otta, Ogun state, was established by him in 2004.
According toVanguard,Obasanjomade this known while addressing the management team of Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Efunrun, Delta State who paid him a courtesy call at his Abeokuta residence.

He added that he instructed the management of the University to achieve the feat of producing a Nobel Laureate over time.

Obasanjo also disclosed that part of the reason he established the school was to provide the much needed expertise for the Nigerian petroleum industry.
He assured the nation that the ongoing effort being put in by the establishment will develop the petroleum industry.
Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Akii Ibhadode, who led the team in his opening remarks commended Obasanjo for the initiative of establishing the institution.

TheVice-Chancellor, however, stressed the need for adequate funding of the institution.

Chris NgigeUnemployed youths will be employed as teachers

Dr. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment has clarified that not every graduate is entitled to the promised N5,000 by the federal government.
The minister made this known at the 5th anniversary ofBinaFoundation and graduation ceremony of its students in Enugu.
Ngige added that most graduates will be employed as teachers to reduce the rate of unemploymentin the country.
He explained that contrary to the widely-held belief that the N5,000 was meant for all youths, only the vulnerable ones amongst them would benefit.
He said, “TheAPC governmentanchored delivery on three pillars; security of lives and property, improving economy under which employment creation is the third sub-head, and infrastructure revival.

“Most unemployed graduates would be converted to teachers. The move is equally aimed at boosting the education sector,” he said, when asked how the Federal Government plans to combat unemployment.
Ngige noted that majority of the current crop of teachers in public schools were half-baked.
“Most of our schools have half-baked teachers. We want to redefine our schools and make them what they are.
“We are also building skill acquisition centres. We have 12 of them across the country. The era of white-collar industry is gone.
“Nobody in Nigeria will be unemployed, people will learn how to use their hands.”

ASUP Retirees honoured with N1mn each

TheAcademic Staff Union of Polytechnics(ASUP),Ken Saro Wiwa Polytechnic(KENPOLY) Chapter Bori, Rivers Sate, has appreciated three of its members who retired from the polytechnic recently with N1 million each.
TheNationreports that the union received this bounty during ts end-of-year congress meeting held at the polytechnic convocation arena in Bori, the capital of Ogoni.
Acting Rector,Dr. Georgewill Onengiye, disclosed that the main reason for rewarding the retirees is to show that the union has the welfare of its members at heart.
“It has been one of ASUP’s rituals; and we have decided not to abandon it. This year only three member of the union are retiring. Though we don’t have enough to do this but we have no option but to honour them. This is our own way of saying goodbye,” he said.
One of the recipients,Mr Rowland Siminialaye, was very grateful for the gift.
“I want to thank God that today my colleagues have decided to appreciate and honour us. It is something I will not forget. I joined the polytechnic five years after its establishment. We did our best to ensure that the school is where it is today. To be frank I am humbled with the union’s gesture,” he said.

Country Bans Whatsapp Messenger For Two Days

Popular messaging app owned by Facebook, WhatsApp, has been banned in Brazil for two days.
According to a reports the app was banned for failing to comply with a court order.
“The company did not attend the court order [and so] the prosecution requested the blocking of services for a period of 48 hours, based on the law,”according to the 1 criminal court of São Bernardo do Campo in São Paulo in its statement. The CNBC reports that the case for which WhatsApp has been banned is related to the use of voice-over-internet (VOIP) calls through WhatsApp. The report states that Brazilian phone companies have argued that this classifies WhatsApp as a telecommunications company and as such should be governed by Brazilian laws. All the major mobile networks have been told to block access to WhatsApp for two days starting from 2am GMT on Thursday.
Techcrunch reports that over 93% of the Internet users in Brazil – about 110 million people, use WhatsApp so as to avoid excess phone bills. Meanwhile, Telegram, a rival messaging service which is popular for its security features, has gained excess traffic in Brazil since the court’s ruling passed. In a tweet the company said it had 1.500.000 and counting, SMS-Gateways overloading. Hang on, your codes are coming! We’ve got all hands on deck to accommodate the crazy load. Jan Koum, founder of WhatsApp, said he was “disappointed” in the decision of the Brazilian court via a Facebook status (which was liked by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg). WhatsApp currently averages 900 million monthly active users worldwide.

If your mobile phone is more than 5 years old, you won’t have Internet in 2016 – Report

On the morning of Jan. 1, 2016, anyone with a cell phone more than five years old will be unable to access the encrypted web — which includes sites like Facebook, Google, and Twitter — according to a new plan to upgrade the way those sites are verified.
It might not be a big deal in New York or San Francisco, where a 5-year-old phone is treated as an antique, but in some parts of the developing world up to 7% of internet users could find themselves suddenly cut off from the world’s most popular sites, according to research recently published by Facebook and CloudFlare.
A full country list, showing the percentage of people who will be cut off, is on CloudFlare’s blog, but some of the most affected countries will be Yemen (5.25% of browsers), Egypt (4.8%), and China, with over 6% of the country no longer being able to safely access encrypted sites. It might not seem like a lot, but Prince says over 37 million people could be affected.
These are some of the numbers published by CloudFlare. According to cybersecurity experts, Facebook’s numbers of estimated people affected are even higher.

Yobe State University Final Admission List – 2015/16

The Yobe State University (YSU) 2015/2016 academic session final batch admission list of candidates offered provisional admission into the university various first degree programmes is out.

Just like the YSU Merit Admission list, Yobe State University (YSU) final admission list too has been uploaded on the university portal.

Yobe State University (YSU) final admission list for the 2015/2016 academic session is accessible via http://www.myschoolgist.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/yobe-state-university-final-admission-list.pdf


9ja School Gist Team congratulates all the candidates that made it to Yobe State University final admission list.

FCE Zaria NCE 1st, 2nd & Pre-NCE, Admission List 2015/2016

Federal College of Education, Zaria NCE 1st batch, 2nd batch & Pre-NCE,admission list for the 2015/2016 academic session is out.

The Federal College of Education (FCE) Zaria first batch and second batch admission list for the 2015/2016 academic session containing the names of candidates admitted into the college various NCE programmes are out.
FCE, Zaria 1st batch admission list has been successfully uploaded online, and it is accessible for the university admission status checking portal @ http://www.fcezariaonline.net/admission /search.html.

Go to http://www.fcezariaonline.net /admission/2ndlist.htmlfor the second list.
When you get to the admission status checking portal, search for your name on the list.