Impersonation: 88 Post-UTME Candidates Under Prosecution

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, UNIZIK revealed that 88 post UTME candidates are being prosecuted, other 400 on the run.
During the last post UTME conducted by the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (UNIZIK), about 88 candidates were arrested by the university and handed over to the police for alleged impersonation. The arrested 88 are being prosecuted in Anambra State.

The university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku, stated this, on Monday June 1, 2015 while briefing journalists on achievements of his administration within one year in office.
He said the candidates were arrested by the university and handed over to the police that were now prosecuting them, adding that about 400 candidates who had come to impersonate during the examination were on the run.
“We had to track down the impersonators because we have upgraded our admission process. We have digitized almost everything by introducing biometric machine which we will continue to bring sanity not only in our admission process but in controlling our students,” he said.
To ensure early release of results to students, the vice chancellor said the authorities of the institution resolved that lecturers who failed to release their result to students after one month of the examination would forfeit their salaries.
Ahaneku further stated that the university had not increased school fees for students and did not intend to do so, adding that the issue of hostel accommodation was being tackled headlong.

Boko Haram, Religious Intolerance Check radical Muslim clerics, UNILAG lecturer urges NSCIA

A lecturer at theUniversity of Lagos(UNILAG), Dr. Tajudeen Yusuf, has urged theNigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs(NSCIA) to always monitor the activities of radical Muslim clerics.
Yusuf, who was delivering the pre-Ramadan lecture organised by theFountain University, Osogbo(FUO), said clerics with radical views that may be contrary to Islamic teachings and inimical to national development should be checked.
He said the NSCIA should encourage Muslim clerics to promote religious tolerance in the interest of unity and harmony, noting that it was the failure of Islamic leaders in to check such individuals who spread dangerous views that caused the emergence of the Boko Haram sect.
"What brought about the Boko Haram?" he asked.
"It is lack of leadership. Anybody can just say anything or teach anything,
"Everybody turned themselves into Muslim clerics, nobody cautioned them."

He noted that the effect of the activities of such dangerous clerics is suffered by everyone.
"But when the Boko Haram came, didn't they kill Muslims?

"People were praying inside mosques and they opened fire on them.
"Leadership failure brought about the emergence of Boko Haram."
The don also called on clerics to make comments statements on political, economic and religious issues at every time, not just during the Ramadan period.
Yusuf teaches at UNILAG's Department of Actuarial and Insurance.

Cultism Bystander shot in the head, as 4 die in Imo cults clash

A clash between members of two rival cult groups has left four dead in Obiakpu community of Ohaji/Egbema Council Area of Imo State.
According to aThe Nationreport, one of the victims of the violent clash was oneIkewho was shot dead, an innocent passer-by.
Ike was shot in the head as the cultists chased a member of a rival gang along the busy Douglas Road, in Owerri, the state capital.

Residents of the Obiaokpu community, which has witnessed continuous cultism related activities, have deserted their homes for fear of continued violence.

Confirming the incident, the Chairman of the Transition Committee of the LGA, HonGedion Mefor, said the entire villagers have fled to communities in neighbouring Rivers State.

Islamic Justice Shari'a court remands 21-yr-old student for stabbing man

A 21-year-old student,Shahidullahi Sale, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly stabbing oneShuaibu Labaran.
Sale was arraigned before aShari’a Courtsitting at Sabon Gari, Kano, on Tuesday and charged with causing grievous hurt.
Police prosecutor, Cpl.Ahmed Magawata, said the offence that contravenes section 163 of the Kano Shari’a Law.
According to him, the victim had on May 29 reported the case to Gwagwarwa Police Division, Kano.
He said the accused had used a sharp knife to stab his victim (Labaran) in his right leg, causing him serious injury which led to his being hospitalized.
The accused pleaded guilty when the when the First Information Report (FIR) was read out to him.
Presiding Judge, MalamAbubakar Ayagi, ordered the accused to be remanded in prison and adjourned the case to June 15

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Register for UNILORIN Marathon – Your Chance to Win a Car!

Yup! The headline above is correct. University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) students, interested staff members, and ten marathoners each from seven higher institutions in Kwara State will be smiling home with a car, two million naira and other consolation prizes come October during the Marathon race with the theme “Celebrating Academic Stability”.

The marathon is part of the activities to celebrate the institution’s 40th anniversary.
Unilorin Marathon is a half marathon that stretches from a part of Ilorin Township to the school stadium. The long distance represents endurance over time which the school has done to achieve the goal of academic stability of about fifteen (15) years. This marathon as earlier explained is aimed at celebrating academic stability of the school.
The 21km race is expected to take off from Tanke area of Ilorin, through Tipper Garage, University Staff Quarters, academic areas and finally end at the institution’s stadium. This is however subject to change.
The first five male and female athletes to reach the finishing line will getN300,000, N250,000, N200,000, N150,000 and N100,000in that order, with 15 male and female getting consolation prizes as part of the packages.
Registration starts on June 1, 2015 and closes on August 15, 2015. All screened participants will be notified by September 1, 2015.

Event Schedule and Starting Time
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
TimeStart PointFinish PointDistance
8.00amFederal Secretariat, FateUnilorin Stadium11.8km
The schedule and running course are subject to change. The race will take place regardless of the weather, unless there is a weather warning from the metrology department.Time Limit: 4 hours.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!
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Bowen University Post UTME Results, Interview Details – 2015/16

This is to inform all the candidates that participated in the Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State post UTME screening exercise that they can now check their results from the university website.
Bowen University Post UTME Result.
Bowen Post UTME result is available at http://www.bowenuniversity.edu.ng/2015 Combined Post UTME.xls.
Candidates whose names appear in the list above are to report at any of the following preferred screening centres for their interview:
(i) Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State
(ii) Baptist Academy, Obanikoro, Lagos
(iii) Faith Baptist College,#1 Rumuaparaeli Street, Beside Holy Rosary Secondary School, Old GRA Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.
(iv) First Baptist Church, Area 11, Garki, Abuja.
B. INTERVIEW DATE
DATE TIME
Saturday, 11th July, 2015 9:00a.m.
C. AVAILABLE PROGRAMMES
(1) College of Health Sciences: All UTME & Direct Entry candidates
Degree Programme Options
Medicine and Surgery
Anatomy
Physiology
(2) Faculty of Agriculture: All UTME & Direct Entry Candidates
Degree Programme Options
Agricultural Economics; Agricultural Extension and Rural Development; Animal Science and Fisheries Management; Crop, Soil and Environmental Management and Food Science and Technology
(3) Faculty of Humanities: All UTME & Direct Entry Candidates
Degree Programme Options
English; History and International Studies; Communication Arts; Theatre Arts; Music;
Religious Studies and Philosophy.
(4) Faculty of Law: Only UTME Candidates
Degree Programme: Law
(5) Faculty of Science & Science Education: All UTME & Direct Entry Candidates
Degree Programme Options:
Microbiology; Biochemistry; Chemistry; Industrial Chemistry; Computer Science and Information Technology; Physics and Solar Energy; Mathematics & Statistics.
(6) Faculty of Social and Management Sciences: All UTME & Direct Entry Candidates
Degree Programm Options
Accounting; Banking Finance; Business Administration; Economics; Mass Communication, Political Science and Sociology.
D. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Candidates are requested to bring both the original and photocopies of the following documents:
a. UTME/SSCE/NECO/OL Results for UTME Candidates,
b. Direct Entry Registration Slip, Advanced Level/IJMB Results or its equivalents
c. Birth Certificate
d. Printed On-line or Off-line Acknowledgement Card
E. FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please visit our website www.bowenuniversity.edu.ng or contact: the Registrar, Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, through: Email:registrar_infobowen@ yahoo.comorregistrar@bowe nuniversity- edu.orgor call: Delani: 0708-543-4397, Kunbi: 0903-620-6970, Biodun: 08037117720 and Emmanuel: 08038187988.

FRAUD ALERT: Advice to Desperate Admission Seekers

Several “desperate” admission seekers have lost billions of naira to fraudsters who use the internet to dupe them. Studies have shown that the group of people that is most susceptible to internet fraud is the desperate or the greedy. While the desperate would go to any length to get what they want, including parting with the little resources at their disposal at any point in time, the greedy ones are forever obsessed with the acquisitive tendency until they are dispossessed, in the process, of huge financial and/or investment assets.

Cloned websites which scammers present as that of most sought-after Nigerian Universitiesare now live as Post-UTME of various public universities are about to start. An unfortunate scenario is currently playing out whereby some candidates have been made to part with as much as N25, 000 each ostensibly to be eligible to take part in the post-UTME screening test of some universities! On this phantom site, the applicants were told that their respective institutions of choice had released the cut-off mark for the 2015/2016 admission exercise and advised to start “processing” their applications.

Note of Warning to Admission Seekers.
No public varsities in Nigeria will ask you to pay “processing fee” for admission. The only pre-admission charge is very meager and it is for registration for the post-UTME test. It’s always between N1,500 – N5,000. And in any case, it will not be paid into an individual’s personal bank account.
It is obvious that it is this allure and desperation by admission seekers to enter the University that scammers have continually exploited. However, prospective candidates and their parents and guardians should not allow this allure to becloud their sense of reasoning to the extent of falling cheaply for fraudsters!
Want to be the first to know when your institution(s) of choice released the 2015/2016 post UTME screening application form? Bookmark and keep checking ‘ MySchoolGist Post UTME Updates Page‘.
A stitch in time saves thousands! Candidates, be wary!

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UNIPORT Teaching Hospital Post-Basic Nursing Form – 2015/16

Applications are invited from suitable qualified candidates for admission into 12-months Past-Basic Diploma Programme in Paediatric and Accident & Emergency Nursing in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, for 2015/2016 academic session.
UPTH Post-Basic Nursing Admission Requirements.
a) Applicants for admission into the programmes must possess the following: SSCE with 5 credits in not more than two sittings. These must include English Language, Mathematics, Biology (not Health Science) physics and chemistry. A combination of NECO and WAEC acceptable.
b) Registered Nurse/Midwife with a minimum of 1 year post qualification experience.
c) B.NSc with a PGDE is an added advantage.
Selection of candidates will be based on academic qualification and performance at the entrance examination and oral interview.
UPTH Post-Basic Nursing Admission – Method of Application.
Applicants should pay a non-refundable fee of N5,000:00 (Five thousand naira) only to Sterling Bank (UPTH Branch) for Paediatric Programme and Sterling Bank (UPTH Branch) for Accident & Emergency Programme and present the teller at the office of the Bursar in the school for the issuance of an official receipt. On presentation of evidence of such payment, obtain an application form from the Administrative Office of the School of Post-Basic Nursing Studies.
Completed application forms with photocopies of all relevant documents are to reach the Coordinators of the programmes at the School of Post-Basic Nursing Studies on or before Thursday 24th July, 2015.
UPTH Post-Basic Nursing Admission – Entrance Exam/Interview Date.
Entrance examination will hold in the SPBNS AUDITORIUM as follows:
i) Tuesday 28th July 2015 (Accident & Emergency Programme ) 10.00am prompt
ii) Wednesday 29th July, 2015 (Paediatric Programme) 10.00am prompt
Applicants should bring along writing materials for the examination. Mobile phones are not allowed into the examination hail. Applicants are to bring along original copies of their certificates and valid practicing licenses for the interview.

UNN Mid-Semester Break Starts with Immediate Effect

Authorities of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Enugu State, have issued out a notice to all students and entire University Community, that the University shall proceed on a TWO-WEEK MID SEMESTER BREAK with immediate effect.

Consequently, all academic activities on the campuses are hereby suspended for the period.
Students are by this notice directed to vacate their hostels within the next 24 HOURS, ie not later than 6pm on TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2015.

ABU ICT Research & Innovation Contest: Call for Entries

Applications are invited from suitably qualified students and young researchers of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria to submit research ideas related to ICT.
Part of the mandate of the Institute of Computing & ICT, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria is to conduct and promote ICT-based research and innovation. In line with this provision, the Institute’s Research & Development Unit has developed an initiative on Research & Innovation Contest (RIC).
The main purpose of the RIC is to discover and nurture young researchers through ICT-based research ideas By this advertisement, the Institute is inviting students and young researchers of this University to submit research ideas related to ICT.
Submitted entries will be assessed by a Panel of Judges who would shortlist the qualifying entries in the competition. Shortlisted competitors will be required to work on their ideas and present it to the Panel of Judges that would rank the competitors.
How to Submit Entries
1.Express your ideas in form of a proposal of not more than 3 pages. The proposal should contain a title, introduction, rationale and justification of its potential utility, viability, financial implication and conclusion.
2.Write a short application (not more than 200 words) expressing your interest/motivation for participating in the competition.
3.Send your proposal and application to rdu@abu.edu.ngwithin four weeks from the date of this advertisement (28-5-2015) . Late submissions will be considered for the next round of the competition.
Token Prizes
The best three ideas/projects shall win the following prizes
1.First Prize: Mini Laptop
2.Second Prize: Android 10.1” Pad
3.Third Prize: Android 7” Pad.
Most importantly, winners have chance of joining the Research and Innovation Group (RIG) of the Institute where they will be guided to develop their ideas further. This will provide opportunities for participation in other competitions at national and international levels.
You may contact the following for further information:
Dr. Wale Adedokun wale@abu.edu.ng, 08037035811
Friday Yakubu fyakubu@abu.edu.ng, 0803 242 9369

NDA: LGA Attestation & Parent/Guardian Consent Forms

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) mandates all the candidates that are successful at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Entrance Examination held on Saturday 25 April 2015 to login to it portal and download their Parent/Guardian Consent Form and State of Origin/Local Government Area Attestation Form.

To login, simply go to http://www.ndaapplicationsportal.com/.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities Union's President condemns the establishment of new Institution

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, National President, Dr. Issa Fagge Nasir has said that the 16 universities and other higher institutions established by the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan lack the necessary legal backing and so their accreditation days may be numbered.
This was made known while commenting on the four Colleges of Education upgraded to Universities by the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

He said:
“Our quarrel with the government is that universities are not just established by executive fiats like this administration is doing. So the Federal Government is only compounding the problems already bedeviling the education sector and I wonder if the incoming administration will allow this to stand.

Strictly speaking, the Federal Government is not respecting its own laws, and I wonder how you just transmute an institution without looking at its laws. What happens to its staff, facilities and infrastructure?”

According to him, the 500m Naira released by the Jonathan-led administration as take-off grant to the universities is not even enough to fund training of staff not to talk of infrastructural upgrade.

Dr. Fagge urged the incoming administration to critically assess these decisions and make impartial judgment that will benefit the mass of the people and return the country’s education sector’s lost glory

Yale student stabs colleague, jumps to death from 9th floor

A student of Yale University jumped to his death from the ninth floor of an off-campus apartment building on Tuesday morning, moments after stabbing a fellow student, according to Police reports.
The New Haven police said the events happened around 5:30 a.m. at an apartment complex across from the Yale campus.
Reports say the suspect fell six stories onto a third-floor terrace. His name is being withheld pending notification of his family.
The police say the stabbing victim, Alexander Michaud, is in stable condition at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Officials said the men were acquaintances and Yale students but released no other details

WAEC vows to maintain examination standards

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Saturday said it would continue to maintain best practices in the conduct of its examinations, irrespective of security challenges it has witnessed.
The council’s Head of National Office (HNO), Dr Charles Eguridu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the conduct of the council’s examinations was improving by the year.

Eguridu spoke against the backdrop of efforts it made in ensuring the successful conduct of its recently-concluded May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
According to him, the examinations were conducted hitch-free, with no major interruptions, unlike in the past.
He said there were no hitches in states with security concerns, adding that this was because the council used indigenes of such areas as personnel during the examinations.
“The examinations went on well; there were no major hitches during the conduct of the examinations.

“Having said this, however, I will quickly like to point out that security wise, the council had a few challenges, which had to do with communal clashes in states like Benue,” Eguridu said.
The WAEC HNO added that a youth corps member who supervised the examination in one of the states was attacked on his way home by candidates of a school.

He said the attack was prompted because the youth corps member prevented the candidates from cheating.
“We shall continue to do our best to protect our personnel and materials, to ensure safety. We shall continue to improve on our strategy in the area of security.

“We shall do our best in this aspect, even though as you know, there is no way we can deploy security personnel for every staff of WAEC or every supervisor representing the interests of the council.”
He said this would be an expectation too high to meet.
Eguridu, however, lauded the various security out

In Ekiti State government shuts down state university

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Non Academic Staff Union and National Association of Academic Technologists said they would not return to work until their salaries were paid.

The staff were being owed March to May salaries.
But the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) stayed away from the action but according to Daily Trust, they were in tacit support.
Addressing newsmen, the ASUU Chairman in the school, Prof Olufayo Olu-Olu, said the union could not take a lead role in the protest because it had yet to obtain approval from the congress.
The aggrieved lecturers shut the two gates of the institution and turned back students.
The SSANU Chairman, Comrade Kolawole Falade, told journalists that the unions arrived at the decision to embark on a protest at its meeting held on Tuesday

Rochas Okorocha "We need to make classrooms more beautiful" - Imo Governor

The Chairman, All Progressive Governors Forum and Governor of Imo State, Rochas Owelle Okorocha, said on Monday that Nigerian leaders should learn to make schools more comfortable than homes for conducive learning.
He stated his regrets at how leaders pay more attention to home beautification than making schools more conducive for learning which he said, hinders educational development in the country.
“We must make our classrooms more beautiful, comfortable and centres of attraction than our homes because it is where the future of our country lies,” he said.
Commissioning the Model Primary School built by the Sokoto State Universal Basic Education Board in collaboration with the UBEC at Mana area of Sokoto, he said the era of beautifying homes and buying flashy cars for children had gone.
He maintained that there is no future for children without education, quoting a verse of the Holy Qur’an which says “read” to buttress his argument. He pledged to build a Rocha’s Foundation College in the state.

University of Lagos 'Take education serious, make your parents proud, 1st class graduate tells Nigerian students

Korede Akinpelumi, the best-graduating student ofUniversity of Lagos(UNILAG) in the 2014/2015 session, has advised Nigerian students to take their education serious in honor of their parents.
Speaking in an interview withDaily Trust, the 21-year-old said studying is tough but inevitable.

"I know we don’t like reading," Akinpelumi said.
"It is good to appreciate the efforts of our guardians and parents by way of paying our school fees and taking care of us.

"The onus is on us, students, to make them proud always by taking our education serious because we are the future."
He graduated with 4.96 CGPA, earning a First class degree in chemical engineering.
Akinpelumi said achieving such a remarkable grade was not easy, even though he "came in through a diploma foundation programme" which prepared him for full degree studies.
"In my second year, both first and second semesters, I had A grades. Just after my second year, I was on a CGPA of 5.0," he said.
"I guess that was how it started and somehow, people knew that I was going to make it."
"So, overall, it’s been tough and challenging but tougher maintaining the first class than even attaining it."
Even the loss of his father in his final year, a period he described as "tough and trying", did not stop him.
"The emotional trauma I faced at that period because my dad was my source of inspiration and motivation toward my academic success.
The chemical engineer attended UNILAGInternational Secondary Schoolwhere he also finished as the best-graduating student with 8 A grades in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASCE).

Akinpelumi, who is about to proceed on the mandatoryNational Youth Service Corps(NYSC) scheme is now weighing his choices, between pursuing a masters and PhD or taking up a chemical engineering career in the oil and gas sector

Sacked Lecturers Reinstated By New Rivers Governor

Immediately after being sworn in as the new governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has made two important decisions.

Nyesom Wike sworn in as Rivers state governor by the Chief Judge of Bayelsa state, Justice Kate.
Immediately after being sworn in as the governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike informed public that he appoints Justice Daisy Okocha as the Chief Judge of the state.

Another important decision made by the new Rivers state governor is the reinstatement of lecturers of the Rivers state University of Science and Technology, sacked by Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi’s governing body.

Sacked Lecturers Reinstated By New Rivers Governor

Nyesom Wike sworn in as Rivers state governor by the Chief Judge of Bayelsa state, Justice Kate.

Immediately after being sworn in as the governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike informed public that he appoints Justice Daisy Okocha as the Chief Judge of the state.

Another important decision made by the new Rivers state governor is the reinstatement of lecturers of the Rivers state University of Science and Technology, sacked by Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi’s governing body.

Besides that, Wike also ordered that all the state owned courts, that suspened work, should be opened again immediately.