Sokoto State University Release 2015/2016 1st Batch Admission List

This is to inform all candidates who applied for admission into Sokoto State University for 2015/2016 academic session that the first batch admission list of successful candidates who have been offered provisional admission into various degree programmes of the Sokoto State University for the 2015/2016 academic session has been release.

PROCEDURE FOR ACCESSING SOKOTO STATE UNIVERSITY 2015/2016 ADMISSION LIST
1.Candidates can check their admission status via this link: http://www:ssu.edu.ng/postutme /index.php
2.Enter your UTME Reg Number
3.Click on “Check Result” to access your admission status

Congratulation to all successful candidates.

KSU Release 2015/2016 Departmental Cut-off Marks

The management of Kogi State University (KSU) has released the departmental admission cut-off marks for the 2015/2016 Academic session.

Faculty of Agriculture
Agriculture (40%)
Food science (40%)
Home Science (40%)
Fishery & Aquaculture (40%)

Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Arabic Language & Literature (40%)
English & Literal studies (45%)

History & International Studies (48%)
Islamic Studies (40%)
Philosophy & Religious Studies (40%)
Theatre Arts (45%)

Faculty of Education
All departments in the faculty of education (40%)
Faculty of Law
Common Law (58%)
Faculty of Medicine
Medicine (59%)

Faculty of Management
Accounting (50%)
Banking & Finance (47%)
Business Administration (47%)
Public Administration (44%)
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Biochemistry (50%)
Microbiology (50%)
Biological Sciences (43%)
Chemistry (40%)
Geology (44%)
Physics (40%)
Mathematics (40%)
Computer Sciences (48%)
Industrial Chemistry (40%)
Faculty of Social Sciences
Economics (46%)
Mass Communication (53%)
Political Science (46%)
Sociology (45%)
Geography & Planning (42%)

LASPOTECH Release 2015/2016 Admission List

hThis is to inform all candidates who duly registered and participated in the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) 2015/2016 Post-UTME screening exercise that 1st batch admission list of successful candidates who have been offered provisional admission into the Lagos State Polytechnic for the 2015/2016 academic session has been release.

The list as gathered by liveschoolnews.com.ng grapevine has been pasted on the school admission notice board.
The list has also been uploaded on the school portal.

Candidates can now check admission status by following procedure below;
PROCEDURE FOR ACCESSING LASPOTECH 2015/2016 ADMISSION LIST
1.Candidates should visit; https://www:admission.mylaspotech. edu.ng /Login?ReturnUrl=%2fGuest
2.In the landing page, Enter your username and password in the spaces provided
3.Click on the “Login” button to access your admission status.

University EducationJonathan's TETFund saved Nigeria from'brain evacuation'— Bogoro

Nigerian would have lost all the best brains to foreign countries if theTertiary Education Trust Fund(TETFund) had not been formed as an intervention agency by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

The Executive Secretary of TETFund, ProfessorSuleiman Bogoro, said this during an interview withDaily Trustin Abuja.

According to him, strikes by theAcademic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) led to the Fund's establishment, and better fortunes for education at the tertiary level.

"If the early ASUU strikes had not led to the establishment of TETFund and improved salary structure for lecturers, like someone said, there would not be brain drain, but brain evacuation," Bogoro said. "Nobody that sees himself, as an intellectual would have wanted to teach in Nigerian universities.
Bogoro said the Fund made the Nigerian institutions attractive enough to keep the best brains interested. "As a result of the sustained intervention and improved funding in our tertiary institutions, today we can afford to keep first class graduates in the system.
"Ten to 15 years ago, our first class graduates in courses like mechanical engineering, medicine would prefer to go into banking than teach.
"These were terribly negative signals that TETFund has helped nip in the bud."
He added that the Fund has over the years helped in training academic staff in the institutions.
“We have done a lot also in the area of academic staff development, by sending out this class of people to different universities within the country and abroad including Ivy League institutions, to better their lot, by acquiring masters and doctorate."
TETFund was formed in 2011 under the TETFund ACT, 2011, charged with the responsibility for managing, disbursing and monitoring the education tax to public tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

Free Education In Nigeria Buhari may forget his campaign promise — APC lawmaker

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President Goodluck Jonathan and President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari (USA Africa)
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A lawmaker representing Kazaure Federal constituency at the House of Representatives,Mohammed Gudaji, has said President Muhammadu Buhari may forget that he promised to provide free education to Nigerians.

Speaking in Dutse, Gudaji said he felt the need, as a lawmaker and member of theAll Progressives Congress(APC), to remind the President of what he said during his campaign.

According to him Buhari's many engagement may cause him to forget, hence the need for a reminder.

"As you might be aware, things will be too much on our President as such he may likely forget with this vital promise he made of providing free education if voted into power," Gudaji said.

"There is urgent need to alert him so that parents will stop taking their children to private schools and end up paying exorbitant amount as school fees of their wards."

The lawmaker noted that free education would be a relief to parents because the cost of private education is very high

He however urged Nigerians to be patient for the expected change to happen.
It will be recalled that Nigeria's First Lady,Aisha Buhari, said education is the main focus of her husband’s government

Treasury Single Account ASUU questions Buhari's TSA policy, warns of implications

TheAcademic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) has criticized PresidentMuhammadu Buhari's Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy, barely a month after theAcademic Staff Union of Polytechnics(ASUP) expressed similar concerns.

According to ASUU, the TSA could constitute bottlenecks in the smooth running of the Nigerian University System if hurriedly implemented.

President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nasir Isah Faggae (Edu Wheel)
Speaking during the National Executive Council (NEC) Meeting of the union held in Owerri, ASUU National President, ‎Dr.Nasir Isa Fagge, said the Federal Government must deliberate over the policy with university representatives to make is workable.

The TSA, introduced to block financial leakages and prevent mismanagement of government's revenue, unifies all government accounts through a single treasury account, enabling it to prevent revenue loss and mismanagement by revenue-generating agencies.

"There is no way any university can operate freely without having financial autonomy and the union will fight against any plans to deny us such,’’Fagge said.
He explained that the autonomy enables universities to make long and short term plans and taking it away will have consequences.

It will be recalled that, in mid-September, ASUP National President, ComradeChibuzo Asomugha, had advised Buhari to provide a special consideration for educational institutions in the country as regards the TSA.

University of Ilorin UNILORIN's admission process is not discriminatory — VC

The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has dismissed insinuations that it discriminates in its admission process in favour of people from Kwara state, adding that it does not discriminate Nigerians from any part of the country.

TheUniversity of Ilorin(UNILORIN) has dismissed insinuations that it discriminates in its admission process in favour of people from Kwara state.
Speaking withDaily Trust, the Vice Chancellor of the University, ProfessorAbdulganiyu Ambali, said the intuition does not discriminate Nigerians from any part of the country.

Ambali said the regulations laid out by theJoint Admissions Matriculations Board(JAMB-) are strictly followed.
"It is an insinuation that we have to really educate ourselves on because the University of Ilorin is a federal government institution that has the rules and regulations governing admission by JAMB and we make sure that at faculty level, those that are going to implement that adhere strictly to the JAMB rules and regulations,"he said.

"There is equal opportunity for everybody irrespective of where they come from.

"In fact, the University of Ilorin is one of the few universities that pride themselves of having representation from all the states of the federation in terms of employment or admission."

Ambali explained that the guidelines are followed strictly in line with Federal character, even where it leaves some qualified candidates out.
"For example, our admission quota for Medicine is just 150 candidates for a whole class and when you share that among the 36 states each state gets probably five or four and when we have 10 people with 230 which is our minimum for medicine, the college will then take the best four among the 10.

"The college may take somebody with 230 from Osun and leave somebody with 236 from Oyo because there are other candidates who scored higher than that from Oyo."


"JAMB says if the quota is not followed accordingly, we will end up training doctors only from one state and before you realize it, the country will not be stable because you have greater manpower from one state of the federation than the others."

UNILORIN is one of the universities that receive very high number of applications.

Recently, Ambali said only 7,800 of the 65,000 candidates that sat for its Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be admitted for the 2015/2016 session.

No UNIZIK 2015/2016 2nd Admission List, Says School Authority

Authorities of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) wish to inform members of the public, especially all UTME candidates who applied for admission into the institution for the 2015/2016 academic and did not see their names in the 1st batch/merit admission list that the institution will not release any general second list.

The Director of Information and Public Relations, Dr. Emmanuel Ojukwu who made this assertion, disclosed that the only pending list now is for Pre-science, affiliate institutions and Direct entry candidates.
He stated that there are fraudsters who are currently collecting some money from candidates promising them admission in the second list adding that it is criminal as there is nothing like that.
The PRO advised candidates to be properly guided as money lost as a result of payment to anyone, is such a person’s liability.
He urged candidates to report any staff of the University who extorts money from them for admission purposes atinfo@ unizik.edu.ng ordir_ipr@ unizik.edu.ng.

UNILORIN At 40 University of Ilorin “needs more money” — VC

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali, has said the institution is in need of funds to execute important projects as it celebrates its 40th anniversary this month.
In an interview withDaily Trust, the Vice Chancellor said the university has a number of important projects it needs to execute.

"The university needs more money," Ambali said.
Vice Chancellor of UNILORIN, Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali (UNILORIN)
"I think that is the usual thing because we
have, in our plans, a few projects that we need to execute.

"For instance, we want a self-sell laboratory which costs some money because self-sell research is the state of the art research that needs a separate infrastructure, as well as the equipment to drive it."

He noted that the institution plans to be more financially stable and relevant to society in the coming years.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AmbdulGaniyu Ambali
"I foresee a more buoyant University of Ilorin in a few years to come; a university that would be able to make more impact in the society and make more money for itself."

UNILORIN, located in the ancient city of Ilorin, capital of Kwara State, was established in 1975 as a University College affiliated to the University of Ibadan (UI).

National Youth Service Corps 30-yr-olds, part-time students eligible for exemption, exclusion certificate — NYSC

Nigerians who are over 30 years old when they graduate from the university are eligible for exemption certificates, theNational Youth Service Corps(NYSC) has said.

The Director, Press and Public Relations of the NYSC,Bose Aderibigbe, said this while speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the unveiling of new certificates of national service.

Aderibigbe also stated revealed that students of non-regular institutions will be issued exclusion certificates.

"Those who qualify for the certificate of exemption are graduates who are above 30 years at the time of graduation or recipients of the National Presidential Honours Award," she said.

Director, Press and Public Relations, Mrs Bose Aderibigbeof the NYSC, Bose Aderibigbe (Premium Times)
“Persons who have joined the Armed Forces, Police, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Security (DSS) are also issued certificates of exemption."

Letters of exclusion are issued to part-time and distance learning students and those who have not been able to pass through the normal university or polytechnic system.”

9ja School Gist gathered that the new certificates of national service has advanced security features and the passports of corps members.

National Youth Service Corps 30-yr-olds, part-time students eligible for exemption, exclusion certificate — NYSC

Nigerians who are over 30 years old when they graduate from the university are eligible for exemption certificates, theNational Youth Service Corps(NYSC) has said.

The Director, Press and Public Relations of the NYSC,Bose Aderibigbe, said this while speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the unveiling of new certificates of national service.

Aderibigbe also stated revealed that students of non-regular institutions will be issued exclusion certificates.

"Those who qualify for the certificate of exemption are graduates who are above 30 years at the time of graduation or recipients of the National Presidential Honours Award," she said.

Director, Press and Public Relations, Mrs Bose Aderibigbeof the NYSC, Bose Aderibigbe (Premium Times)
“Persons who have joined the Armed Forces, Police, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Security (DSS) are also issued certificates of exemption."

Letters of exclusion are issued to part-time and distance learning students and those who have not been able to pass through the normal university or polytechnic system.”

9ja School Gist gathered that the new certificates of national service has advanced security features and the passports of corps members.

Fed Poly, Nasarawa Release 2015/2016 Admission List

This is to inform all the candidates who duly registered and participated in the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa 2015/2016 Post-UTME and HND full-time entry screening test that the admission List of successful candidates who have been offered provisional admission into the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa for the 2015/2016 academic has been release.
liveschoolnews.com.ng grapevine learnt that candidates can also check their status from their various departments.
PROCEDURE FOR ACCESSING FED POLY NASARAWA 2015/2016 ADMISSION LIST
1.Candidates can access their admission status on the school portal by clicking on the following link; http://www.fedpolynas.edu.ng/portal/.
2. On the landing page, click on admission status
3. On the page that pop-up, enter your Application Number.
4. Click on the “LOGIN” button to access your admission status
This is following the publication of the admission Merit List on the school’s Notice Board by the assigned admission committee.
Registration shall commence immediately to last for 14 days – where after, the late registering students shall be charged to pay extra as penalty before they will be considered to continue in the flow of the registration exercise.
Candidates are requested to check online and make hard-copy print-out of admission notification slips – attached with their credentials for screening.
Candidates are required to proceed and make payments of their Registration Fees from any commercial Bank via the e-tranzact payment platform only.
Candidates are requested to carefully note that other unauthorized payment outlets may surface claiming same responsibility. Payment shall only be allowed through e-tranzact Only.
Congratulation to all admitted students.

Fed Poly, Offa Release 2015/2016 ND Full-Time Admission List

This is to inform all candidates who duly registered and participated in the Federal Polytechnic Offa 2015/2016 Post-UTME screening exercise that the admission list of candidates who have been offered provisional into the Full-Time National Diploma (ND) programmes of the Institution for the 2015/2016 academic session has been release.

The Federal Polytechnic Offa 2015/2016 ND Full Time admission list has been fully upload on the school portal. Candidates can check their admission status by following the procedure as projected below;

PROCEDURE FOR ACCESSING Federal Polytechnic Offa 2015/2016 ND Full Time ADMISSION LIST
1.Candidates should visit; http://www.portal.fpo.edu.ng /Default.aspx?tabid=162
2.Enter your application Number
3.Click on “CONTINUE”button to access your admission status
Congratulation to all successful candidates.

Beware Of Fraudsters! DELSU Warns Students

This is to inform staff, students and other members of the University Community that information at the disposal of the University Management indicates that some faceless individuals are using the name of the University to defraud some unsuspecting students of the University over scores upgrading.

These students have been asked to pay the sum of N5,500 as follows: Name of Account: Pharm. Ojo T. Odemwingie ,Acct. No.: 3091802315, Bank: First Bank PLC, The fraudsters also claim that only those who pay the above sum and submit their tellers would have their scores upgraded.For the avoidance of doubt and to set the record straight, the University Management has no connection with such arrangement and has not directed any group of students to make any form of payment in respect of scores upgrading. Accordingly, all students are advised to disregard such information and should not in any guise part with any amount to these fraudsters.
The University Management has directed the security personnel to investigate and ensure that all those behind this show of shame are brought to book. Please be guided!

LASU Re-Opens Students’ Registration Portal For 2014/2015 Rain Semester

The University Management at its meeting of Wednesday, 7th October, 2015, magnanimously approved the re-opening of the students’ registration portal for the Rain Semester of the 2014/2015 Academic Session. The students’ registration portal will be re-opened from Monday, 12th October-Wednesday, 14th October, 2015.

The University Management re-opened the portal on compassionate ground after taking into consideration requests and appeals by the students.

Management thereby directs students who have not completed their online course registration to avail themselves of this opportunity, as there will be no further extension after the expiration of the approved duration.

It will be recalled that the students resumed for the Rain Semester of the 2014/2015 Academic Session on Monday, 31st August 2015, while registration portal had earlier been opened on Monday, 7th September, 2015 and closed on Monday, 21st September, 2015.

Auchi Polytechnic Release 2015/2016 HND Admission List

Auchi Polytechnic Release 2015/2016 HND Admission List. This is to inform all candidates who duly registered and participated in the Auchi Polytechnic 2015/2016 Post-UTME screening exercise that the 1st batch admission list of candidates who have been offered provisional into the Full-Time Higer National Diploma (HND) programmes of the Institution for the 2015/2016 academic session has been release.

The Auchi Polytechnic 2015/2016 HND Full-Time admission list has been fully uploaded on the school portal.
PROCEDURE FOR ACCESSING AUCHI POLYTECHNIC HND 2015/2016 ADMISSION LIST
1.Candidates should visit; http://www.auchipoly-online.com /admissionlistcriteria.php
2.Select your programme of study
3.Department
4.Course of Study
5. Click on “Check Admission Status” to access your admission list

FG Release New NYSC Certificates (Photo)

The Federal government on Tuesday, unveiled new National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificates to be issued to corps members at the conclusion of the mandatory one year service to their fatherland. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony in Abuja, the Director General of the NYSC, Brig-Gen. Johnson Olawumi said the scheme took the step to wage war against forgery and impersonation.

The DG, represented by the Acting Director of Certification, Alhaji Aliu Daura, explained that the new certificate would be embossed with the carrier’s photograph in line with the global best practices. According to Olawumi, the issuance of the new NYSC certificate would take effect from Batch ‘C’ 2014, who will be passing out on 15 October.

“In our concerted effort to make the operation of the NYSC conform with global best practices, the scheme engaged in the holistic e-nysc solution with effect from Batch ‘C’ 2014 where prospective members register online before proceeding to the orientation camp. This resulted in the enhancement of issuance of NYSC certificates namely; Certificate of National Service, Certificate of Exemption and Letter of Exclusion.

“With effect from Batch ‘C’ 2014, all certificate of National Service bear passport photograph of the corps members at the upper right hand corner of the certificate. “This is to guarantee the security of our certificates from forgery and to block all chances of impersonation. Therefore batch ‘C’ 2014 corps members, who are due to pass-out on 15 October, 2015 will have their certificates embossed with their photograph,” he clarified.
Shielding more light on the categories of the NYSC certificates, the Director of Press, Mrs Abosede Aderibigbe said Certificate of Exemption is issued to a Full-time graduate, who is above the age of 30 at the time of graduation or such corps member is a staff of security agencies like Armed Forces, Nigeria Police, Department of State Security, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Recipients of National Presidential Honours Award.

For Letter of Exclusion, Aderibigbe further said that it was designed to take care of corps population, who are graduates of Part-time, Distance Learning and Sandwich programmes, adding that issuance of letter of exclusion commenced in 2001, and that, they would be able to register and print their letters on line. She noted that the scheme had gone digital, therefore verification of NYSC certificate could now be done electronically.

Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti 5,000 students to miss out as Ado Poly offers 2000 slots

About 5000 of the 7000 prospective students who sat for the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(P-UTME) of theFederal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, will not be admitted.

The Rector of the polytechnic, DrTheresa Akande, a statement by the institution’s spokesman, Prince Ade Adeyemi-Adejolu, said the institution has only the capacity to admit 2,000 of the applicants for its National Diploma (ND) program.

She said this in view of its carrying capacity as allotted by theNational Board for Technical Education(NBTE).

The Rector said all is being done to ensure a smooth conclusion of admission processes towards the commencement of the 2015/2016 session.

9ja School Gist gathered that 2015 Post-UTME test was held from Monday the 5th and Friday 9th of October.
Giving the low admission figures, applicants often jostle for slots, sometimes resorting to bribing officials to influence the process.

Last year, during the institution’s admission process, Akande had warned applicants to shun admission agents or 'face the wrath of the law'.

620,000 children out of school in Katsina - UNICEF

UNICEFsays the household mapping conducted inKatsinaState indicated that no fewer than 620,000 children were out of school.
The UNICEF State Coordinator, MrShehu Mohammad, made this known at the launch of the 2015Enrolment Drive CampaigninKankia, Katsina State.
Mohammad, who said that girls recorded 55 per cent out of the number, attributed the development to the negative perception of formal education.
He also hinged the development on the value placed on girl-child education in the northern part of the country.
The coordinator further revealed that a report published in 2012 showed that about 8.7 million of primary school age children were out of school inNigeria.
He added that 74 per cent of them never entered school while five per cent were classified as dropouts.
Mohammad said UNICEF adopted the enrolment campaign as one of the key intervention initiatives under the Girls Education Project 3 (GEP3).
According to him, the project targets enrolment of additional one million girls in five northern states.
In his remarks, Gov.Aminu Masaristressed the importance of girl-child education, pledging that his administration would continue to accord education top priority due to its importance in nation building.

Masari called on people of the state to enrol their children in schools, pointing out that the government had already designed policies to develop the education sector.
Also speaking, the Emir of Katsina, AlhajiAbdulmumini Kabir, called on parents to enrol their children in schools.

The emir directed traditional rulers in the state to continue to partner with other stakeholders to improve the education sector.
He urged district and village heads in the state to embark on inspection visits to schools in their domains.
Kabir, however, lamented the dearth of qualified teachers, saying that the development was affecting the education sector negatively

Rufus Giwa Polytechnic RUGIPO Rector faces jail for refusing to reinstate sacked staff

A contempt of court suit has been filed against the acting Rector of theRufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO), Ondo State, Engr.Boniface Ologunagba.

Workers of the polytechnic filed a suit through their lawyer, Mr.Femi Falana(SAN), at the Industrial Court sitting in the Ondo state capital, Akure, over Ologunagba's alleged refusal to comply with court judgement ordering him to reinstate some members of staff who were sacked by the management of the Polytechnic in January 2013.

Rector of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO), Ondo State, Engr. Boniface Ologunagba (RUGIPO)
According to aThe Nationreport, they want "an order committing the rector of RUGIPO to prison for failure to obey the judgement of this honourable Industrial Court delivered on September 30, 2014."

The disengaged workers comprise 22 non-teaching and 10 teaching staff who were relieved of their duties on the excuse of ongoing reconstruction at the school.
But, following the appeal of a ruling by Industrial Court delivered on September 30, 2014 and returning 15 of the staff on the ground that they were wrongly sacked, the Appeal Court sitting in Akure on June 26, 2015, upheld the reinstatement of the 15.

But the Rector had allegedly being avoiding being served the court process so as to avoid obeying the ruling that the workers sho9uld be reinstated.

He was however accosted by a court bailiff, who was accompanied by armed policemen, and served the court processes, about two weeks ago at Ogbese town in Akure North LGA.