Emma Okorie “Students in private university will transform the country” says chancellor

Mr Emma Okorie, the Chancellor of Rhema University, Aba, says private universities in Nigeria have the capacities for producing better graduates.

Speaking in a recent interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the award night organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to honour the commission’s 20th anniversary and the International Human Rights Day.
As one of the honored ambassador, the chancellor believes provision of adequate amenities and teaching methods is of huge advantage to private universities.
“We take time to groom our children and very soon, private university students will revolutionise the country.
“If we transform these children, they will in turn impact positively on the public and they will transform Nigeria,’’ he said
Although, the chancellor also highlighted the need for government to look into the teaching and living standard of both private and public schools student, he also address the issue of student right.
“Every human being ought to have value for life and basic rights for livelihood; I think people should be matured not just narrow minded.
“The greatest thing that God created is human being and service to human being is the greatest service in life.
“An average student should live well and have necessary amenities for him or her to achieve the best,’’ he said.
Other award recipients included Mr Femi Falana (SAN), Ms Maryam Uwais, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma , Mr Festus Okoye, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin and the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN)
Others are Dr Emmanuel Okonkwo, Mr Zaaki Azzay, Mr Chino Obiagwu, Mr Mike Omeri, Beni Lar, Sen. Rabi’u Kwakwanso and Sen. Umaru Dahiru and Sen. Ita Enang.(NAN)

In Kebbi Association distributes admission forms free to 60 indigent students

Banganna District Development Association in Kalgo Local Government Area of Kebbi said it had distributed free admission forms to 60 indigent students in the state.
AlhajiAttahiru Mohammed, the Chairman of the association made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kalgo on Sunday.
He said the forms were distributed free of charge to qualified indigent students of the area, adding that the forms were for admission into NCE and Diploma programmes.
Mohammed said the association had spent N125,000 to procure the forms that to enable the beneficiaries secure admissions into polytechnics and colleges of education.
He said the association would expand the scope of the scheme to accommodate more beneficiaries.
``We are determined and committed to promote the educational quest of our people,``he said.
Mohammed added that the association procured the forms from the monthly contribution of members.
He commended members for prompt and consistent payment of their monthly contributions.
The chairman said the first batch of the beneficiaries included 30 males and 30 females.
He said that the association would support them with small stipends when they secured admission into schools of their choice.
One of the beneficiaries,Bagudu Ibrahim, lauded the efforts of the association, assuring that they would justify the resources invested in them.

In Jigawa Government to distribute 7,000 computers to students

The Jigawa Government on Sunday said it had purchased 7,000 computers for senior secondary school students in the state.
The State Governor, AlhajiMuhammad Badaru, disclosed this at the inauguration of a Remedial Programme and Pilot Testing of E-Learning Approach in Dutse.
Badaru said that although 20,000 computers were required by the students, government had purchased only 7,000 for now.
He said that one computer would be assigned to three students until the remaining 13,000 computers were delivered to the government.
Badaru said that steps were being taken to prepare and train students on digital technology.
According to him, examination bodies in Nigeria are gradually shifting from papers and pen examination to computer-based tests.
The governor also said that his administration spent N500 million on payment of various examination fees for more that 118,000 candidates in 2015.
Badaru said plans were underway to ensure that all schools in the state, from primary to tertiary institutions, embraced electronic-learning.
Earlier in her remarks, the State Commissioner for Education, HajiyaRabi Ishaq, said that the introduction of remedial programme would help to improve quality of education in the senior secondary school.
Ishaq said that only six per cent of the students that sat for West African Examination Council (WAEC) in 2015 obtained five credits including Mathematics and English.
She said that the statistics showed that the students had not been learning well, hence the decision of the state government to urgently intervene.

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Muslim Group attempt to assasinate Chief of Army Staff in Zaria

 The Nigerian Army says the Shitte Muslim Group in Zaria attempted to attack the convoy of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai this afternoon. The Muslim group allegedly opened fire at the convoy of the Army Chief. 7 people have been reported dead from the incident.

JAMB Delists 4 State-Owned Institutions in Osun

Joint Admission and Matriculation Boar, JAMB delisted four state-owned tertiary institutions in Osun State on the request of the state government. Over 50,000 students offered admission into the four institutions might forfeit their admissions. Ogbeni (Governor of the State of Osun) ordered the four institutions to advertise admission for vocational and remedial studies.
Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, Governor of the State of Osun
Four tertiary institutions owned by Osun State Government have been delisted from its Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) website. They were said to be delisted for next two academic sessions on the request of the state government over plans to restructure them.
The institutions are Osun state Polytechnic Iree, Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke, Osun State College of Education, Ila Orangun, and Osun state College of Education, Ilesa.
The President of OSPOLY Alumni, Iree who is spokesperson of the alumni bodies, Mrs. Mobola Odebode said state government had written to JAMB to delist the affected institutions for the next two years in order to give way for its proposed restructuring of the institutions.
Odebobe who was flanked by other alumni Presidents said the state government has refused to listen to the voice of reasoning on the rumoured merger of the four tertiary institutions stressing that Governor Rauf Aregbesola is trying to obliterate polytechnic education in the state.
She said that most of the affected admission seekers to these institutions had been offered provision admission for 2015/2016 academic sessions but were surprised to find out that their potential schools are no longer on the JAMB portals.
Her words: “It is painful that despite pleas from traditional rulers, host communities, political parties, students, market women, Alumni Associations and well meaning Nigerians, the government has refused to listen to he voice of reasoning on the matter. As products of institutions, we had resolved to continue the struggle to protect the existence of these institutions.
”Part of the frustrations we envisaged is already manifesting. It is before the public knowledge that the state government, last week sacked over 250 workers in Osun state Colleges of Education, Ila Orangun and Ilesa. These institutions already lack academic and non academic staff for the past five years.
”Also, over 50,000 students who applied to the four state owned tertiary institutions through Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will be denied admission as the government has written to the admission body to delist these four institutions for the next two years. This means that none of the affect state-owned institutions is on the list of JAMB.”
Odebode also disclosed that Osun state government had ordered the four institutions to advertise admission for vocational and remedial studies thus querying the government on why polytechnic should lay the role that a technical college could play more effectively.
She said “It is rather ironical that at a period that China is converting universities to polytechnics to advance the technological education as a key for the growth AF development of the country, the state of Osun government is trying to obliterate polytechnic education.
“We are so confident that the government wants to destroy the whole system for their private business benefits. We are fully aware of correspondences between some private institutions approaching the affected institutions to divert their admitted students to their various schools,” Odebode added.
The alumni body however condemned the alleged dismissal of the over 250 workers and demanded for their reinstatement.
The associations also demanded that the state government withdraw the letter written to JAMB to allow admission to the affected institutions ad allow candidates who have been offered provisional admission to continue their programmes.

No More Automatic Employment for OAU 1st Class Graduates

Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU would no longer give automatic employment to any of its first class graduate again. With 45 first class at this year convocation, it would be hard to accommodate the figure.

The Vice Chancellor, Obafemi Awowolo University, Ile Ife, Prof. Bamitale Omole, yesterday said the university would no longer offer automatic employment to graduates who make First Class degree.

See also: OAU 41st Convocation Ceremony Programme of Events.

Omole who linked the main reasons to dwindling economic situation biting badly, said in the past, the authority can absolve one to three first class but today the institution has had increased figures.

He noted that the idea of giving automatic employment to First Class graduates by the university was designed in the 1980s to retain them because they were not always willing to remain in the academics. But with 45 first class at this year convocation, it would be hard to accommodate the figure.

I knew Having A Girlfriend Will Come With Distractions - UI Best Graduating Student

The 2015 Convocation and 67th Foundation ceremony of the University of Ibadan saw Sadiq Olayinka Olamide emerge as the best graduating student of the institution.
In a chat with newsmen, the young graduate of Veterinary Medicine attributed his success to God's favour and assistance, support of his family and undivided attention to his studies.
Talking about his social life as a student, he said;
"I must also say that I didn’t entertain any form of distractions not even from friends or the opposite sex. I did not attend social functions anyhow and I did not also have any girlfriend or what you may refer to as a lover because I knew having one would come with distraction here and there."
"So, I married my book by concentrating on my studies and I thank God for crowning my effort with success."

Ministry Of Education Sets Up Committee To Investigate 10 Tertiary Institutions

The Minister of Education Malam Adamu Adamu has inaugurated an ad hoc committee to investigate 10 tertiary institutions in the country.
This followed petitions received by the ministry over allegations of abuse of due process, mismanagement, immorality, fraud and corruption, among others levelled against the management of the institutions.
The affected institutions are Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Kastina State; Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State; University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom, and Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State.
Others are University of Abuja, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, University of Calabar; Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State; Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State and Yaba College of Technology, Lagos State.
According to minister, the responsibilities of the ad hoc committee are;
To carefully study and investigate allegations in the petitions on the institutions or individuals.
To seek to determine the veracity of claims and counter-claims by considering the circumstances and talking to as many witnesses as possible.
To meet and interview the writers of the petitions and establish the basis of their claims.
To ensure fair hearing by meeting with, and listening to explanations from all those against whom petitions have been written.

Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic (NUBA POLY) have successfully released the ND-2015/2016 2nd batch admission list

The List is currently accesible on the JAMB Portal.

Candidates can now check their result on the JAMB Portal with the steps below;

Steps To Check The 2015/2016 2nd Batch NUBAPOLY Admission List
Visit www.jamb.org.ng

Click On Check Admission List

Enter Your JAMB Reg Number And Check

Bookmark This Page As You Will Be Updated When Its Out On The School Portal

Congrats To Those Admitted!!!

Official List Of Courses Offered By Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic {NUBAPOLY} For JAMBITES

The following courses are approved by the management of Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic for all JAMBITES To register.
Agriculture
Agricultural Engineering/
Technology
Agricultural Technology
Engineering/ Tech/Env
Architectural Technology
Building Technology
Civil Engineering Technology
Computer Engineering Technology
Electrical/Electronics Engineering
Estate Management And Valuation
Mechanical Engineering Technology
Office Technology And Management
Quantity Surveying
Urban And Regional Planning
Health
Science Laboratory
 Technology
Sciences
Computer Science
Statistics
Social Science
Accountancy
Banking And Finance
Business Administration & Management
Mass Communication
Public Administration

UNILAG Registration Schedule And Screening Procedure For UTME Supplementary And DE Candidates 2015/2016

All newly admitted undergraduate students whose names are on the UTME Supplementary and Direct Entry Admission List are requested to report at theMain Auditorium Foyer,University of Lagos fromThursday, December 10toWednesday, December 16, 2015for registration as from9.00am. Candidates are advised to follow the underlisted registration procedure strictly.
1. REGISTRATION SCHEDULEDATE
FACULT Y/COLLEGECOURSESVENUE
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2015ARTSALL COURSESMAIN AUDITORIUM FOYERBUSINESS ADMIN.
ALL COURSESCOLLEGE OF MEDICINE
ALL COURSES
EDUCATIONALL COURSESENGINEERING
ALL COURSESENGINEERING
ALL COURSESENVIRONMENTAL SC.
ALL COURSES
LAWALL COURSES
SCIENCEALL COURSESSOCIAL SCIENCES
ALL COURSES
1. SCREENING PROCEDURE
Stage 1: Uploading of Documents
Login to the Unilag Students Portal ( www.unilag.edu.ng) and fill the biodata form, print the Screening Form (students are expected to upload the underlisted documents while filling the Biodata form)
– Birth certificate
– Letter of reference
– Testimonial from secondary schools attended
– Certificate of state of origin
– JAMB Admission letter
– Previous Degree Certificate (DE students)
Stage 2: Screening
Candidates are expected to proceed to screening centre and submit four copies of the underlisted documents to the Registration Officer:
1.SCREENING FORM GENERATED FROMSTAGE 1
2.UTME RESULT SLIP
3.UNILAG POST-UTME RESULT SLIP
4.O’ LEVEL RESULT CERTIFICATE (WAEC / NECO) ORSTATEMENT OF
RESULT WITH AN ONLINE VERSION OF THE RESULT
1.LETTER OF REFERENCE FROM A REPUTABLE CLERGYMAN/IMAM/LAWYER/SENIOR CIVIL SERVANT
2.BIRTH CERTIFICATE/SWORN DECLARATION OF AGE
3.TESTIMONIAL FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED
4.CERTIFICATE OF STATE OF ORIGIN
5.JAMB ADMISSION LETTER
6.PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPHS (12 COPIES)
Stage 3:Post Screening
After successful completion of screening, go for data capture and make payment for obligatory charges at designated banks. Information on this will be given during the screening exercise.
Stage 4: Faculty and Departmental Registration
Candidates are requested to visit their Faculties and Departments for registration.
Stage 5: Final Enrollment
Final enrolment is compulsory for all fully registered students. This will commence onThursday, 17thDecemberand ends onFriday, 18thDecember, 2015. All candidates are expected to submit a copy of the following documents to the Registration Officers as well as Department and Faculty.
° Completed and duly signed Students Biodata
° Completed and duly signed Students Information Form (SIF)
° Payment Acknowledgement Receipt
Impersonation is a serious offence and anybody found guilty of this will automatically forfeit his/her admission and may be handed over to the police.

EKSU To Begin A Two Year Conversion Of HND Certificate To Degree

Authorities of the Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti has concluded all necessary arrangement to begin a two-year programme that would lead to the conversion of Higher National Diploma (HND) certificate to degree.
Speaking to liveschoolnews.com.ng grapevine, the vice chancellor of EKSU, Professor Oye Bandele, said on Thursday, that the university would also convoke a summit on internally generated revenue (IGR) with intention to make every faculty a viable revenue generating sources to make up for the dwindling funds accruing to the institution.
Speaking about the poor attitude of students to the payment of school fees, Bandele, who resumed on December 1, following the expiration of his predecessor’s tenure, Professor Oladipo Aina, said the nonchalant attitude to payment could frustrate his efforts in the provision of infrastructures and welfare packages.
He said the university is compiling data of students owing the university and that appropriate steps would be taken from December 20 against those that are indebted to the university.

UNIABUJA Supplementary Admission List 2015/2016 Out On JAMB Portal

This is to inform all intending students of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), that the 2015/2016 supplementary Admission List of successful candidates is now available on JAMB’S website.

Candidates who participated in its 2015/2016 Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), can now check their admission status on jamb website by clicking on the following link;
http://www.jamb.org.ng /postregistrationefacility /CheckAdmissionStatus.aspx?i
On the landing page, Enter your Jamb registration number in the space provided.
Click on the title“CHECK admission status”.

Note that the lists are been uploaded regularly so candidates are advised to keep on checking their admission status on JAMB website if you are yet to see your name. Also any admitted candidate that his/her admission details differs from the one yet to be uploaded or already uploaded on the preferred institution’s website should immediately report such to the admission office of his or her preferred institution for further instruction.
Congratulations in advance.

Poly Student Dies During Abortion (Photo)

 The Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of a 20 year old National Diploma (ND) Science Laboratory Technology (SLT) student of the institution, Wunmi Agbeluyi after a herbalist allegedly helped her to terminate the pregnancy.
Liveschoolnews.com.ng grapevine gathered that the decease simply identified as Wunmi Agbeluyi met her untimely death after her supposed boyfriend (the herbalist) who allegedly put the deceased in the family way and in a desperate bid to terminate the pregnancy gave her some concoction to drink in order to flush it down.
Late Wunmi Agbeluyi
However, detectives in the Ondo State Police command have picked up the herbalist. He is currently being quizzed at the Special Investigative Bureau (SIB).
Reports from Police detectives indicated that the deceased who is now an orphan was the daughter of a herbalist. The suspect, according to findings is an apprentice to the father of the deceased when he was alive. liveschoolnews.com.ng grapevine gathered that the suspect has been showing interest in the deceased before her father’s death but was hindered because the late father disapproved of the relationship.
But when the father later died, the suspect walked his way into the heart of the deceased and a relationship ensued and he begin to fend for her. Some years into the relationship, the unexpected reportedly happened and the suspect reportedly prepared a concoction for his lover to terminate the unwanted pregnancy.
It was gathered that the lovers agreed that they were not ready to be parents hence the option of an abortion. The deceased was said to have taken the concoction and after some days she develop-ed severe abdominal pain. Sensing that trouble was knocking at his door, the suspect was said to have rushed her to a private hospital where the doctor who was recently picked up and quizzed by detectives helped them to evacuate the remnants of the pregnancy.
After the flushing by the doctor in the private hospital, her persistent complaint of abdominal pain made the suspect to relocate her to the State general hospital where she later gave up the ghost.
Contacted, the Police Image Maker Femi Joseph said the suspect is in police custody. Joseph assured that the matter was still under investigation and findings would be made public.

Father In Court For Infecting His 6 Year Old Daughter With A Deadly STD

A 35-year-old man, Harrison Agu has been arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Lagos State, for allegedly defiling his 6-year-old daughter on countless occasions and in the process infecting her with a s3xually transmitted disease.
The man who resides at 23, Rotimi Omotosho Street, Isheri Osun, Lagos with his family was charged with indecent treatment of a minor, an offence that carries a seven-year imprisonment if found guilty.
The police prosecutor in the case,
Inspector Simon Imhonwa , had told the court that the father of three had been s3xually abusing his daughter for the past three years.
The accused began the assault in 2013 when the child’s mother was away for the compulsory one year NYSC.
It was during this period that the child fell ill with a serious infection in her genitals for the first time.
Thereafter, the mother of the child observed that the child’s genitals regularly produced a foul smell with discharges.
The mother took the child to the hospital where it was confirmed that she had been defiled and infected with the disease.
The mother said her child told her that Agu always asked her to remove her jeans and pants and then he will put his hand in her ‘bum bum’ (vagina) and if she refuses, he beats her.
The prosecutor said.
He further told the court that police investigations into the case further revealed that the child had been physically and emotionally abused since she was aged 3.
However, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charge and the Magistrate,
Mrs Bola Osunsanmi, admitted him to bail in the sum of N500,000, and ordered that the file be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice.

CBN plans soft loans for one million graduates

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday announced that a low-interest loan scheme for one million young graduates would commence next year.
The governor said the special loan scheme, which would be managed by the central bank in collaboration with commercial banks, was part of the strategy of the Federal Government to boost the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises sub-sector and curtail unemployment among the youth.
Emefiele made the disclosure in Lagos during the opening ceremony of the seventh Annual Bankers’ Committee Retreat.
The CBN governor said, “We need to get more and more people to be employed, and we will need the support of the banks to begin to see how we lower our risk acceptance criteria to give support to our young graduates.
“In the course of the next few weeks, we will be unfolding a plan of support of the CBN to create employment for at least one million young graduates in Nigeria in 2016. That will entail support from Nigerian banks and our development institutions to see how we will channel these concessionary loans to companies that are MSMEs.”
Emefiele said the plunge in commodity prices, especially crude oil, had led to sharp fall in the nation’s revenue, adding that Nigeria and other oil exporting countries were facing hard times, a situation that necessitated the need to diversify the economy away from oil.
According to the CBN boss, the MSMEs represent the engine room of growth of any economy and there is a need for Nigeria to focus on the sector in order to weather the trying times.
He said, “The drop in commodity prices is a major thing that has affected the country. What that means is that your revenue has dropped and we are facing very serious pressure on our external reserves and exchange rate. What that does is that we all need to think about how we should come together and see what we can do as a people to shield ourselves from what is happening. So, we need to do whatever we can to protect the economy.
“We are entering a phase where we believe that the SMEs must be the only priority for growth in our economy. I must say that the Nigerian banking sector has not played an active part in supporting the SMEs, but this is not without reasons. We had issues in the past where people took loans and didn’t pay.
“The SMEs are seen as drivers of growth in any economy. Nigeria has 37 MSMEs. The CBN has a N220bn MSME facility. We have used various approaches to stimulate lending to the SMEs through that fund and I must confess that we are not doing enough on that because less than half of that fund has been disbursed today.”
Emefiele urged the bank MDs and heads of financial institutions at the meeting not to shy away from lending to the real sector, adding that the proposed loan scheme for young graduates must work.
He said, “Let’s give the young graduates a chance. The SME programme is going to be separate from the N220bn MSME fund, and I am saying if you (the banks) refuse to support, your money that we would have released through the Cash Reserve Ratio, we will take that money and lend it through any channel that will give these young graduates jobs.
“We all need to think together and agree because there is no need to release the money to you and all you do with the money is buy treasury bills. It can’t continue. We need to think about the best ways to diversify this economy away from oil.”
Meanwhile, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who was also present at the opening of the retreat, disclosed that the Federal Government would be borrowing to stimulate the economy.
She said Nigeria was facing a very challenging economic situation and there was a need to focus on the SME sector to boost growth.
According to her, the government will be doing all that needs to be done on the fiscal side of the economy to ensure that the money that will be borrowed is not spent on recurrent expenditure but on capital projects.

Pupils attack teachers with guns in Osun

Some teachers at Anglican High School and Adenle Middle School in Osogbo narrowly escaped being shot when some cultists invaded the school compound and chased out teachers.
The school which houses student population of about 7,000 is made up of Anglican High School 1-5 and some students of Adenle Middle School.
Our correspondent gathered on Thursday that the crisis was caused by some students who knew they could not pass the qualifying examination the state wanted to conduct to select those whose WAEC fee would be paid by the state government.
But some said the crisis started last Friday when a student identified as Toib and his colleagues stormed the school premises with dane guns to attack a member of Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme ( O’ YES cadet) who they had issues with.
A teacher told our correspondent that Toib and his gang chased a female Home Economics teacher out of the class when the trouble started.
The invasion of the school forced other students and workers to flee.
The Friday invasion was said to have forced the school authorities to invite policemen but the cultists mobilised more members and attacked the police even on Monday.
The development, it was gathered led to the instruction given to the teachers by the Nigeria Union of Teachers that all teachers should stay away from school because of the threat to their lives.
It was further learnt that the Osun State Ministry of Education had also closed down the school to prevent any death.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Mr. Lawrence Oyeniran, when contacted declined to make any comment on the crisis.
He said, ” This is a subject I don’t want to talk about. Maybe you can see the deputy governor and ask her your questions.”
However, the NUT chairman, Mr. Amudah Wakeel, when contacted said the crisis was so serious, adding that some of the teachers were lucky to have escaped being shot dead by the rampaging cultists.
Wakeel said, ” Some cultists among the students invaded the school. They wanted to kill some of the teachers. They took dane guns to the school but our members were fortunate.
“A member of ‘OYES’ cadet was injured with an axe by the students but he survived. The police were deployed to prevent the situation from leading to loss of lives. We have instructed our members to stay away from the school because of the threat to their lives.
“The union has the power to instruct members not to go to school if their lives were threatened and this is exactly what happened. The teachers stopped going to school and the government has closed down the school.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Folasade Odoro, when contacted told our corespondent that seven suspects were arrested in connection with the crisis.
It will be recalled that a teacher at the Oosgbo High School was injured with an axe following the bloody clash between students of the school and students of Government Technical College, Osogbo, in 2014.

Healthy Eating FG to provide milk for millions of students

Worried about the state of malnutrition of Nigerian students, TheFederal Governmenthas made plans to provide a litre of milk a day to over 30,000,000 children in secondary and primary schools under the school feedingprogramme.
According toUNESCOinvestigations, 24 per cent of Nigerian children under the age of five are under weight while 37 per cent are malnourished.
Vanguardreports that the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed that the Federal Government is determined to tackle the case of malnutrition in the country. The case of unhealthy eating, he said, will result in low intelligent quotient of children.

n a meeting in with West African Milk Company (WAMCO) in Abuja, Ogbeh also disclosed that next year, the government will embark on a programmeto develop massive grazing grounds for cattle to improve the quality of beef and milk in Nigeria, while also making things a little more comfortable for cattle rearers.

He also explained that his ministry will acquire 10 deep water rigs from the Borno State Government and build windmills to operate wells that will provide water for the planned grazing grounds.

Responding, Managing Director of the company, Mr. Rahul Colaco, explained that WAMCO, producer of Peak milk brand which has been in operation in Nigeria for about 60 years, was committed to creating the most professional and attractive dairy production in the country.

In Enugu Undergraduate earn PhD scholarship through text message

Leader, Enugu State House of Assembly,Mr. Ikechukwu Ezugwu, every year, awards scholarshipsto indigents students in various tertiary institution in the country
This year, an undergraduate of Geology, University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, Paul Chidozie, 26 was one of those who got the honors.
Paul Chidoziealso impressed the House of Assembly leader when he wished Ezugwu well on his birthday and expressed his appreciation for the scholarship through a text message.
South East Voice watched as tears of joy rolled down freely on the House Leader’s chicks with nostalgia, that out of 20 persons who benefited from the yearly scholarship scheme, only Chiedozie deemed it fit to come back to show appreciation and wish him many happy returns on his birthday.
Ezugwu told South-East Voice that in the last three years, he had marked his birthday by reaching out to the less privileged.

I decided to celebrate my birthday annually by selecting two undergraduates from 10 wards in Udenu Local Government Area on merit for the award of scholarships. This is the third year into this scheme and I am bent on expanding, so that more people would benefit.
“Usually, November 24 is my birthday which I have decided to be marking with giving of awards. Out of the undergraduates that have been receiving this, Chiedozie was the only one who remembered to wish me well on my birthday. I was so touched emotionally and that singular gesture has earned him a full scholarship to PhD level.

“Even if am not alive (God forbid) the machinery to ensure that he studied to PhD level has been put in place. My prayer is that at some point in life, the beneficiaries will do unto others, that which has been done unto them. I urge them to prudently utilize the funds to advance the course of their academic pursuit. Shun vices that will detract them from giving their career utmost attention.