UI Announces Resumption Of Academic Activities

This is to inform students of University of Ibadan that the management of the institution has announced resumption of academic activities.

Students are expected to arrive halls of residence as from 15th June, 2016 while academic activities will resume June 20th, 2016.

This decision was taken at the institution senate meeting held yesterday.

It will be recalled that the university was shut down in April following protest by students of the institution.

TASUED Reschedules Post-UTME 2016 Screening Exercise And Regsitration Deadline

The management of Tai Solarin University has shifted the deadline for 2016/2017 post-UTME registration. The new deadline is now June 17th, 2016. If you are yet to register, you can still do so now following instructions on this link: http://myschool.com.ng/tasued/news/45544/tasued-post-utme-de-2016-date-cut-off-mark-eligibility-and-registration-details.html, the screening exercise has been re-scheduled. The new date is nowJune 18th and 19th, 2016 for all UTME students.
Venue is Main Campus of the University, Ijagun by 7.00am and 10.00am respectively.
The screening date for Direct Entry (200 Level) applicants shall be announced at a later date.

Candidates should prepare for e-test and bring along the following to the venue of the screening exercise:
(i) Original colour print-out from the On-line registration
(ii) Original JAMB Result slip with passport photograph.or
Direct Entry Registration Slip.
(iii) Application fee receipt for post UTME
6. WARNING:
(i) Electronic calculators, cell phones (GSM, CDMA, etc.) and other electronic devices are not allowed in the venue of the screening exercise
(ii) Candidates are to arrive at the screening venue an hour before the commencement of the exercise.
The results of the screening exercise should be checked on the University website after the screening exercise.
All correspondence on the screening exercise should be directed to[email protected]or to the Admissions Officer at the University Main Campus, Ijagun, P.M.B. 2118, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.

LAUTECH Notice On Mid-Harmattan Semester Break 2015/2016

The Vice Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University, (LAUTECH) on behalf of Senate and upon recommendation of the Committee of Provost and Deans, has approved that Semester Break in respect of the 2015/2016 Harmattan Semester be observed by 100 – 500 – Level Students with effect from Monday, June 13, 2016 and until further notice.
Meanwhile, academic activities as they have to do with Postgraduate Students and Undergraduate Students on Internship programme are not affected by the break. Also final year students are free to consult their project supervisors during the break.
All students should please note that the 2015/2016 Harmattan Semester Examinations will commence immediately on resumption after the break.

ABUAD 1st Batch Admission Screening Date And Details For 2016/2017 Announced

The first admission screening Exercise of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) is scheduled to hold on Saturday 18th, June 2016 by 10.00am.
Registered candidates are to visithttp://admission.abuad.edu.ng/to print your preferred Screening Centre Card.
Candidates are advised to be at exam venues 30 minutes before the exam.
Criteria For Screening and Mode of Assessment:
College of Law:Knowledge of current affairs, verbal, analytical, and perceptual reasoning
College of Medicine and Health Sciences :Knowledge of science, spatial, numerical and perceptual reasoning
College of Engineering :Technical Ability, Numerical Reasoning, and Acuity Skills
College of Sciences :Knowledge of science, analytical skills, and perceptual reasoning
College of Social and Management Sciences :Acuity, spatial, analytical skills, and perceptual reasoning.
Note:All candidates are to be properly dressed.
Screening centres:

Main campus :Afe Babalola University, Ekiti state

Abuja :Garki secondary school, area 10, Garki, Abuja

Lagos :Afe Babalola Auditorium, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos

Port Harcourt :Rivers State College of Arts, Rumuola Road, Port Harcourt

Warri :Montessori International College, 66 Airport Road, Opposite Delta Career College, Warri

Ibadan :Afe Babalola International Study Centre, AB plaza, oshuntokun avenue, bodija, ibadan.

Calabar :Government Technical College, Main Avenue Calabar.
Enugu :Bishop Otubelu Juniorate Secondary School, Hill View, Trans Ekulu, Enugu.
Screening Requirements:
1) Jamb Original Result Slip with your Passport photograph.
2)Completed Bio-Data Application Form
3)O-level Results
4)Original copy of birth certificate
5)Testimonial
6)Reference Letter
7) 2 recent passport photographs
8)Writing materials
9)Evidence of payment (bank tellers)
10)Completed form for change of university (for candidates changing to abuad)

Muslim group rejects new Batch A Stream II orientation date, says PCMs are fasting

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has rejected the June 13 date fixed for the National Youth Service Corps 2016/17 Batch A (Stream II) orientation course.
In a statement Thursday, the group said the date coincided with Muslim corps members’ Ramadan fasting.
“It is illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional for NYSC to hold camp at a time when its Muslim members will be deprived of their freedom of worship and the liberty to practice their creed without fear,” MURIC said in the statement issued by its Director, Ishaq Akintola.
“This planned camp is exclusive, discriminatory and parochial.”
The new date was fixed after several postponements and cancellations, prompting rumours that the programme had been scrapped.
But the NYSC in a statement said the date was fixed after President Muhammadu Buhari approved and released funds for the scheme.
The NYSC orientation programme would run from June 13 to June 29 nationwide.
MURIC noted that any Nigerian institution dealing with schedules and programmes is expected to consider the dates and periods of important festivals, rituals and religious practices.
“This should form the core of its logistics. It is our humble opinion that NYSC headquarters has failed in its strategic planning by allowing its next camp to clash with the Ramadan period,” said Mr. Akintola, a professor.
“What happened to 21st May, 2016, which was the date earlier picked for the orientation?
“We do not want to believe that the shift was deliberately planned to coincide with the Ramadan season with a view to excluding prospective Muslim corpers.
“MURIC is not trying to indulge Muslim youths. Fasting is no joke and it certainly cannot be combined with the physical challenges which characterize the NYSC camp.”
The Muslim group also noted that eligible Muslim graduates would want to be part of the service but “the obstacles standing in their way are gargantuan”.
“Firstly, morning drills in NYSC camps are known to be rigorous and the soldiers in charge will not take excuses,” Mr. Akintola said.
“Dehydration sets in later in the day particularly in the hotter regions of Nigeria. Ramadan period is therefore not the best time to hold NYSC orientation camp.
“Secondly, adequate sahuur (early morning meal taken approximately between 4 am and 5.15 am) cannot be guaranteed in the NYSC camp. Neither can the futuur (meal taken at sunset to break fast ) be timely as camp schedules are bound to ignore and subsume this very important period.
“Thirdly, attending orientation camp and partaking in the energy-sapping activities on empty stomach is an indubitable invitation to health crisis.
NYSC may therefore be inviting Muslim corpers to step on landmines in the planned orientation camp if it holds as presently scheduled.”
The fourth issue, Mr. Akintola, continued, is the spiritual angle.
Mr. Akintola said fasting is compulsory for every Muslim adult, adding that any obstacle put in the way of Muslims to make it impossible for them to fast is an encroachment on their fundamental human right and a flagrant violation of Nigerian Constitution.
“There is more to Ramadan than ordinary fasting,” he said.
“That is on the surface. The whole month of Ramadan is a period of spiritual dedication. There are so many other spiritual exercises in which Muslims engage, the tafsiir (exegesis of the Qur’an) session, the taraawih (late evening supererogatory prayers) and nawaafil (night supererogatory prayers).
“Only the deep can call to the deep. All these cannot be possible in the NYSC camp.” He concluded