5 Reasons Why Nigerians Are So Religious

An average Nigerian is a very religious person. It is common place to find most Nigerians spend a productive part of their day in the church or at the mosque. Nigeria as been rated as one of the most religious nations in the world and to think that this very religious nations also ranks as one of the most corrupt in the world leaves any logical mind in confusion. A lot of people (even Nigerians themselves) may have wondered why Nigerians love religion so much! In helping the curious minds, INFORMATION NIGERIA in his piece brings you 5 reasons why this is so…
Religion is an escape: The Nigerian state is structured in a way that it offers no alternatives for its people. With high unemployment rates, improper social amenities, family and societal struggles, the church or mosque becomes an escape for the average Nigerian.
Motivational institution: Church/religion in Nigeria has become some sort of motivational institutes. Pastors are usually more of motivational speakers thank they are preachers of the good news. Because the state of Nigeria has left many downtrodden, they find succor in the motivational talks even though they know it only edify their body, not their soul.
Miracles: Nigerians are always in constant search for miracles. With horrible health facilities and high cost of hospital bills and medication, religion have been the last resort. Nigerians will gladly troop to churches and mosques or any other religious outfit that offer miracles to heal their diseases which would have cost a fortune to heal by doctors.
Laziness: People nowadays do not want to work, they just want to go to use religion as a front to make easy cash. For Christians, they would rather fast and pray 7 days of the week than go out and make a living and earn their daily bread.
Societal pressures: The pressure from the society to be prosperous like our mates, be married at a certain age and so on, has driven many Nigerians to become religious. You see religious leaders promising husband to unmarried ladies or the prospect of finding one in their religious gathering if only you would join and be loyal and committed.
Do you agree???

UTME 2016: Candidates Can Now Complete Their Registration—JAMB

GThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) wish to inform all 2016 UTME candidates who initiated the process of registration but could not upload and complete it as at Feb. 5 could do so within 48 hours starting from 12 midnight of Tuesday, Feb. 23.

This was promulgated by the board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin and issued on Tuesday in Lagos.

According to the statement, the website will be opened to such candidates till 12 midnight of Thursday Feb.25 when it will be be finally closed.

“The board wishes to state that the directive does not cover fresh registration but only those who had either done offline registration or visited our website but could not submit.

“The board wishes to state that all arrangements for the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have been concluded and examination will commence as earlier slated.

“Candidates are also urged to print their examination slips for the schedules of their date, venue and time allotted to them and other necessary information,” the statement said. (NAN)

Kwara Poly Student Shot Dead By Suspected Cult Members

Report reaching us confirmed that a National Diploma (ND) II student of Kwara state Polytechnic, Ilorin was on Monday evening shot death by suspected cultists.

9ja School Gist Team gathered that the victim was a suspected member of another rival cult group.
It was reported that the victim was shot at a far distance without any effect on him, a development that reportedly prompted the ‎assailants to chase and grab him and then fired several gun shots on his head to kill him and then ran away.

The security guards on duty were said to have quickly alerted the police who immediately came to the scene of the incident to carry the remains of the ND2 student away and deposit it at the mortuary of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital that same monday night.

The Registrar of the Polytechnic, Pastor Moses Salami, who confirmed the development, said that since the incident happened on Monday the men of the Nigeria Police and that of the Directorate of the State Security Service had been mounting surveillance on the campus to check likely reprisal attacks.

“It’s true that after the staff have closed for work on Monday around 7.30pm, we learnt that one ND2 student was shot dead and the police was immediately alerted.

“They arrived the scene of the incident and took his corpse away to University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. Since then, the security agencies have been coming to our campus to investigate the incident”, he said.

Also, the Police Public Relations Officer in Kwara state, Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed the development, saying however that he was yet to be officially briefed.

“Yes, I heard that a student was killed in the Kwara state Polytechnic on Monday, but I’m yet to be officially briefed”.

UI Withdraws 97 Students Over Poor Performance

Authorities of University of Ibadan have withdrawn over 97 students of the institution for failure to obtain the minimum academic requirements at the end of the 2014/15 session.
According to the bulletin of the university, the withdrawal of the students, which has been approved by the Senate.
The affected students were from seven faculties in the institution. Some of the students were in final year.
The bulletin, which was signed by the Registrar, Olujimi Olukoya explained that three of the students voluntarily withdrew from the institution. It states, “Senate at its meeting approved that the candidates whose names appear on this list should withdraw from the University for failure to obtain the minimum academic requirements at the end of 2014/2015 session.”

Beware!! Doing This On The Internet Can Send You To Prison – NCC

The Nigerian communications Commission (NCC) has warned Nigerians that the cyberspace is not aan venue to promote hatred as there are laws guiding against such.
This was made known by Mr Tony Ojobo, the director of public affairs of the commission on Monday, February 22 during a discussion on what the new media has to do with cybercrime act.
The programme which was part of the week-long Social Media Week was geared towards examining the issue of cybercrime and how it affects the new media.
Ojobo who was part of the discussant explained that a lot of laws were available which internet users have failed to familiarize themselves with.
He noted that people misuse the cyberspace by making xenophobic, comments, hate speech which are contrary to what is allowed.
He cited an example that if a person receives contents that contained child pornography and shares with other persons using the internet; the person is likely to go to prison even though he did not produce the material.
Speaking with naij.com, The NCC public affairs director encouraged the use of the cyberspace with sense.
“Developed countries don’t want regulation of the internet but it is necessary in developing countries to prevent cyber-crimes.
Nigerians are not reading the law which is why media users, bloggers and journalist are sometimes sent to prison when they don’t get their facts right.”
Ojobo explained that the laws were not there to deny Nigerians their freedom of expression but to prevent people from inciting hatred.

See DELSU Pre-Degree Admission List Online – 2015/16

Delta State University, DELSU pre-degree admission list for the 2015/2016 academic session is out.

This is to inform all the candidates that participated in the Delta State University (DELSU) pre-degree entrance examination for the 2015/2016 academic session that the management of the institution has released the names of candidates offered provisional admission.

DELSU pre-degree admission list has been uploaded online.

How to Check DELSU Pre-Degree Admission List.

1.Go to DELSU pre-degree admission status checking portal @ http://www:delsu.edu.ng /201516admission.aspx,

2.Enter your application number where required,

3.Finally, click on ‘Check’ to access your admission status.

Clearance and registration will commence soon.

WAEC to Commence CBT Examination Mode Soon

West African Examinations Council, WAEC perfecting plans to migrate into the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode for its examinations.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is considering migrating to the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode of examinations for it examinations, the Registrar disclosed in Lagos.

The Registrar of council, Dr Iyi Uwadiae, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

According to him, the council is considering all variables available to ensure that the entire process is not messed up.

He, however, noted that the council was not in a hurry to migrate because the council basically conducts achievement tests and not selection tests.

“We have looked at the issue of CBT and found that this is not a selection test, where one can deal with paper and pencil.

“With that, you can easily migrate to CBT, but for an achievement test where you train people to become engineers, medical doctors and others, there will be need for practical experience.

“So, they do not just train them practically in the class, they equally need to be tested on theory.

“Again this background, therefore, we are collaborating with other examination bodies and experts outside Nigeria to ensure that when we start, we will not mess up the entire process.

“And what is expected of the candidates can still be achieved,’’ he said.

Uwadiae noted that the council was being cautious in getting it done because there were many things involved.

“We are not in a hurry to move in there but with time, we are going to migrate into it and start with the objective tests.

“We have to still do the practical aspect because we want to be sure that all schools are on the same level.

“They must be on the same level in terms of learning and all other aspects so that we can be able to have confidence on the reliability of the continuous assessment and practicals, which their teachers will give us.

“For now, we cannot say what we get from these teachers are reliable as we insist on continuous assessment.

“We need to go to these schools and match them against any standard tests,’’ the registrar said.

On the persistent poor performance of candidates, Uwadiae said the issue was not peculiar to Nigeria alone.

He noted that effective teaching and learning were no longer taking place in schools, coupled with the issue of dearth of infrastructure.

According to him, students seldom stay in the classrooms; they spend more time on the internet and do not read and all that.

He explained that such students were not expected to perform miracles during examinations.

“We compare our standards with that of other examination bodies in Nigeria and internationally and so we cannot lower our standards.

“Our examinations are taken by candidates of five different countries and it is the same examination.

“We have our own internal mechanism, as well as a very functional research outfit.

“For every examination, we do a research to find out why candidates perform poorly and if after this, we still have some doubts, we do what is called post item analysis.

“Invariably we find out that our items are not bad.

“The teachers are the ones who set the questions, moderate and mark them; we only collate and release results as adjudged by the experts,’’ the council boss added. (NAN)

UTME 2016: Candidates Can Now Complete Their Registration—JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) wish to inform all 2016 UTME candidates who initiated the process of registration but could not upload and complete it as at Feb. 5 could do so within 48 hours starting from 12 midnight of Tuesday, Feb. 23.
This was promulgated by the board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin and issued on Tuesday in Lagos.
According to the statement, the website will be opened to such candidates till 12 midnight of Thursday Feb.25 when it will be be finally closed.
“The board wishes to state that the directive does not cover fresh registration but only those who had either done offline registration or visited our website but could not submit.
“The board wishes to state that all arrangements for the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have been concluded and examination will commence as earlier slated.
“Candidates are also urged to print their examination slips for the schedules of their date, venue and time allotted to them and other necessary information,” the statement said. (NAN)