Nigerian Law School Bar 1 School Fees Payment Procedure 2015

Nigerian Law School, NLS school fees payment procedure for newly admitted Bar 1 June 2015 students [Nigerians and Foreigners].

After the announcement of the amount to be paid as school fees by the Nigerian Law School Bar Part 1 students for 2015, the management of the institution released the procedures for the payment of the school fees.

GO TO ANY BRANCH OF ZENITH BANK AND PAY STIPULATED AMOUNT IN STEP 4 TO THE NLS ACCOUNT FOR BAR PART I SCHOOL FEES
ACCOUNT NAME: NLS SCHOOL FEES COLLECTION, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 1130009118
ENSURE YOUR PAYMENT REFLECTS YOUR FULL NAMES STARTING WITH THE SURNAME
NIGERIANS: N250,000.00 FOREIGNERS: $ 5,300.00 PLUS N85,000.00
Log on to the NLS website http://www.nigerianlawschool.edu.ng
Click on NLS Portal
Click on Check Application Status
Click on ‘Click Here to pay school fees’ – This option is available only for applicants on Full/Provisional Admission.
Enter your log in details, you will be taken to the payment tab
Upload a scanned copy of your bank teller or any other evidence of payment (Note: The file size should not exceed 35KB-)
Enter other details requested in the on line payment form and Submit.
CAREFULLY WRITE YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER IN A SAFE PLACE, you will need it to print your payment page.
Click on the tab ‘ Print Payment Page’
CAREFULLY WRITE YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER IN A SAFE PLACE, you will need it to print your admission letter.
ITEMS TO BRING FOR REGISTRATION IN THE LAW SCHOOL

Evidence of Payment – Original Copy and a photocopy of Your Bank Teller or any other evidence of payment – These will be presented in Accounts department.
Two copies of on line print out of fees payment page – These will be presented in Accounts department.
On line print out of your admission letter.
On line print out of your Acknowledgement Page.
That’s all.

University Diploma Certificates not ALLOWED for Direct Entry – NUC

Nigeria University Commission, NUC released that University Diplomas are NOT ACCEPTABLE for admissions into Nigerian Universities through Direct Entry applications.



Nigeria University Commission’s Board has observed with dismay that some Universities still run Foundation and Diploma programmes, despite the fact that the Federal Ministry of Education, through the National Council on Education has outlawed it some years ago.

It is further observed that candidates use such Diploma Certificates to seek for admission into Degree Programmes through DIRECT ENTRY applications.

The Board wishes to reiterate that such qualifications (University Diplomas) are NOT ACCEPTABLE for admissions into Nigerian Universities through Direct Entry applications.

Please accept the assurances of the Registrar/Chief Executive of the Board that the above directive will continually be duly enforced.

Sulaman Y. Muhammad
Director (Admissions)
For Registrar/Chief Executive

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Consequent on the the above decision of the National Universities Commission (NUC) against running of Diploma Programmes and Diploma Certificate by Universities, it is to be emphasized that “USE YOUR DIPLOMA CERTIFICATE FOR ADMISSION INTO THE UNIVERSITY WHERE  YOU GOT IT. IT MAY/WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSIONS INTO OTHER UNIVERSITIES”.

Please, be guided by this information.

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MO POLY EXPELS 389 STUDENTS OVER EXAM MALPRACTICE

The authorities of Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo in  Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area, has  expelled 389 students over their involvement in examination malpractice and admission racketeering.

Rector of the institution, Rev. Fr. Wence Madu, told newsmen in Owerri yesterday that some of the affected students engaged in examination malpractice, some did not enter the school through the right way while some others failed to abide by the institution’s rules and regulations.  

The Rector maintained that measures have been put in place to fish out all those who entered the institution through the backdoor, stressing that anyone caught will be shown the way out.

Fr. Madu, who reaffirmed the institution’s zero tolerance for examination malpractice, cultism and other vices, said the management is poised to repositioning the polytechnic so that its graduates can effectively compete favourably in the labour market.

He said the era of sorting/ bribery for admission is over and charged students and those seeking to enter the school to concentrate on their studies so that they can earn good scores by merit rather than by hook and crook.

Girl brings family to beat teacher up in school

event that happened in a school in Abia State. He narrated the events:

"On Monday at Ozar secondary school, Asa in Ukwa West LGA of Abia State when a student who was sent home by a teacher Mrs Njoku to barb her hair, regrouped with her mother and elder siblings to attack teachers and students.

The JSS two student, Precious Nwadike had earlier been warned by same teacher two weeks ago to barb her hair but she did not heed to the warning. On arrival to school on Monday, the student was asked to go home to get her haircut.

She left immediately only to return two hours later with the mother and four of her siblings who marched straight to the staff room and commanded the teachers to come out. Furthermore, the mother of the student, Mrs Nwadike held a teacher, pulled her cloth & ordered the sons to cut her hair. The intervention of another teacher, Mrs Osuagwu provoked the sons and one of them, Uche almost strangled her. But the quick intervention of students, led to a free for all fight in which Mrs Nwadike and children were fully prepared.' According to Izuchukwu Nwaokoma, it took the intervention of an annoymous youth corp member currently serving in the school who alerted military personnel to come to the rescue. 'Their quick arrival calmed the situation and doused the tension. Mrs Nwadike and children were arrested and taken to Obehie police station, Asa.

The Principal of the school, Mrs F.N Nwachukwu took both the wounded students and teachers to the nearest Health Center for treatment.

LAUTECH Declares 3-Day Mourning Period for 400L Student

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH declared a 3-day mourning period in honour of a 4oo-level student who slumped and died on the school football field.



The Vice-Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Prof. Adeniyi S. Gbadegesin has approved that a 3-day mourning period be declared in honour of Kolawole Fatai Morenikeji, a 4oo-level student of the Department of Chemical Engineering who slumped and died on Tuesday, June 9, 2015.

On each day of the mourning period, i.e. Wednesday – Friday, June 10 – 12, 2015, lectures will not commence until 12 noon. However, 100-level examinations and postgraduate lectures will continue during the period.

On behalf of the Vice-Chancellor and the entire Management and Staff, we sympathize with the family of the deceased and pray for God’s mercy and protection for all members of the University Community.

MTN Nigeria staffs are on a 21-day campaign to draw attention to the fundamental role of education in the development of the nation.

The exercise is under the 2015 edition of the telecom giant's ‘21 Days of Y’ello Care’ which is focused on education and will run for 21 days, from 1 to 21 June.

The annual volunteerism project, initiated by MTN Group in 2007, will see staff, in all its 22 operations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, carrying out social projects aimed at lifting communities where the company operates.

In furthering this year's theme ‘Investing in Education for All,’ the company's staff are volunteer their resources, time and skills in a number of activities to support conducive learning environment in schools.

NYSC MEMBER MURDERED IN IMO

A member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) simply identified as Akpan has been strangled to death by yet to be identified assailants in Ezuhu Umuhu Okwuato autonomous community in Aboh Mbaise Council of Imo state. The victim whose body was discovered in his apartment by neighbours was tied up and his face covered with his shirt before he was murdered.

According to an eye witness who does not want his name mentioned, “neighbours of the deceased became curious when they discovered that his door was opened and was not seen around the premises.” The source added that; “when the neighbours entered the apartment they found the lifeless body of Apkan in a pool of his own blood with his legs tied and they promptly raised an alarm which attracted the attention of the members of the community who reported the matter to the Police.

It was learnt that the late Apkan who was said to hail from Cross Rivers State, was last seen on that fateful day when he was fetching water from a nearby borehole.

However, further investigations at the Christ the Saviour Secondary School, a private School in the community where the late corps member was a teacher, revealed that his death may not be unconnected with an alleged amorous affair with a young lady in the school which apparently had not gone well with another rival who was said to have been dating the said young lady before late corps member was posted to the community.

It was gathered that the boy friend to the young lady had threatened to deal with the corps member if he fails to hands off his girl friend.

When contacted the spokesman of the Imo state Police Command , Mr. Andrew Enwerem (DSP), confirmed the incident stating that some arrests has been made while investigations into the dastardly act has commenced in earnest

Nigerian Student Solves 30-year-old Maths Equation At Japanese University

A Nigerian student named Ufot Ekong has made history at Tokai University in Tokyo, Japanese.

Ufot Ekong, has done the nation proud and also broke academic record at Japanese university by solving  a 30 year old maths equation.

9ja School Gist learnt that the Nigeria student solve a 30-year-old maths equation and also achieved the highest grades at a university in Japan for 50 years.

Ufot Ekong, who studied at Tokai University in Tokyo, achieved a first class degree in electrical engineering and scored the best marks at the university since 1965.

Ufot Ekong
He began his success early at the university, solving a 30-year-old maths equation in his first semester.

Throughout his university career Mr Ekong has won six awards for academic excellence. The brilliant mathematician worked two jobs alongside his studies to pay his way as a student.

Mr Ekong also speaks English, French, Japanese and Yoruba and won a Japanese language award for foreigners. He is currently working for Nissan and already has two patents for electronic car design to his name.

Tokai University is a prestigious private university based in the Japanese capital, which was founded in 1924. It is focused on the sciences and technology and roughly 60 per cent of all students are enrolled in these schools.

Rufus Giwa Poly Admission Forms into Full/Part-Time – 2015/16

Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, RUGIPO Coaching Class, Foundation Programme (Pre-Nd), National Diploma, Higher National Diploma, Post-Graduate Diploma, Professional Diploma And Certificate Courses admission forms for the 2015/2016 academic session are now on sale.



This is to inform the general public that the management of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO) is inviting suitably qualified candidates for admission into its Coaching Class, Foundation Programme (Pre-Nd), National Diploma (Part-Time basis), Higher National Diploma (Full-Time and Part-Time Basis), Post-Graduate Diploma, Professional Diploma And Certificate Courses  for the 2015/2016 academic session.

Click HERE (pdf) to see the list of courses available and the requirements for each programme.

How to Apply for RUGIPO Part-Time/Full-TIme Programmes Admission.

All interested candidates are enjoined to register on the polytechnic website: www.rugipo.edu.ng

The scratch card for the registration can be obtained in the under-listed banks and post-offices on payment of Ten Thousand Five Hundred Naira (N10,500) only:

First Bank Plc (Owo and Alagbaka-Akure Branches)
Skye Bank Plc
Wema Bank Plc
Enterprise Bank LTD
Post-Offices in Ondo, EKiti, Lagos, Osun, Edo, Oyo States, Abuja, Port-Harcourt and Higher Institution Consultancy Centre (HICC) office behind the Directorate of Academic Affairs of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo.
The candidates that apply for HND Programme in the Departments of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Office Technology and Management and Electrical Engineering will write the Computer Based Test.

All the HND Candidates that apply for admissions are enjoined to forward their National Diploma (ND) certificates/results and academic transcripts to:

The REGISTRAR
RUFUS GIWA POLYTECHNIC, OWO, ONDO STATE
(ATTENTION: DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS)

For further enquries, contact the following hotlines: 08034727684, 07067802143 on Mondays-Fridays between hours of 8.00am and 4.00pm
click here to apply

41 GRADUATE WITH FIRST CLASS IN UNIPORT

Forty-one graduates of the University of Port Harcourt will receive the prestigious First Class grade at the institution’s 30th convocation holding on Saturday.

The development is different from the university’s 29thconvocation where only 20 graduates bagged First Class (Honours) degrees.

The Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Joseph Ajienka, who disclosed this on Monday while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt, said 10 of the First Class graduates were from the Faculty of Humanities.

Ajienka explained that others who graduated with First Class grade were from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Education, Management Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and the School of Science Laboratory Technology.

Describing the forthcoming event as a combined 30thconvocation, which covered the 2011/2012, 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 academic sessions, the vice chancellor stated that a total of 18,363 students would receive First Degrees, Post-graduate Diplomas, Masters and Doctorate Degrees.

“A further breakdown of the figure shows that in the undergraduate category, 41 graduands earned the First Class (Honours) Degree. Out of this number, 10 are from the Faculty of Humanities,” he said.

He also disclosed that renowned industrialist, Mazi Samuel Ohuabunwa, would on Thursday deliver the 30thconvocation lecture of the University of Port Harcourt at the Ebitim Banigo Auditorium.

Ajienka, who would soon be replaced by a new vice chancellor, gave the title of the 30th convocation lecture as “Nigeria: From Consumption to a Production-oriented Economy.”

FG Bans local gin, ogogoro

The Federal Government on Monday banned the consumption of local gin, popularly called Ogogoro in all parts of the country.

The decision was sequel to deaths in Rivers and Ondo states due to food poisoning allegedly caused by the consumption of local gin.

The government however confirmed that the death toll in Rivers State had risen to 38 and 18 in Ode-Irele, Ondo State, following the consumption of local gin.

The Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, Dr. Paul Orhii, in his reaction to the death of 38 persons in Rivers State, told journalists that the recent incidents in the state and that of Ode-Irele, in Ondo State were associated with the consumption of locally made gin.

According to him, considering the risk in the consumption of locally made gin, it has become imperative to “warn the public to desist from the consumption of unregistered locally made spirits (Ogogoro) and other unregistered bitters.”

Orhii also warned that government “would confiscate all illegally brewed alcoholic beverages” across the country.

The NAFDAC boss also recommended “immediate reporting and evacuation to the nearest tertiary health institution as quick intervention can save lives.”

He said the NAFDAC team met with the Ondo State Commissioner for Health and Director of Diagnostic Services and an official of the World Health Organisation, who visited Ode-Irele to obtain first hand information.

He added, “A preliminary investigation by the National Centre for Disease Control and WHO, ruled out any infectious diseases and confirmed the possibility of poisoning as the cause and in turn advised NAFDAC to conduct further investigation.

“The symptoms suffered by victims included vomiting, abdominal pain, blurred vision, headache, dizziness and loss of consciousness with subsequent sudden deaths of 18 victims.”

Orhii, who was joined by the Director of NCDC, Prof. Abdulrahman Nasidi, explained that all indications showed that “these symptoms are the hallmark signs of methanol poisoning.”

JAMB Extends Direct Entry Registration Closing Date – 2015

JAMB Direct Entry application form closing date and sales of scratch cards deadline have been extended – 2015/2016 academic session.



Yet to register for the 2015 Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB Direct Entry or purchase the registration scratch card? We are pleased to inform all prospective Direct Entry candidates that JAMB has announced a new date for the stopping of registration and sales of scratch cards.

Sales of Scratch Cards now ends on Saturday, June 27, 2015 while Registration too now ends on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.

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Meet The University Don Who Says He Has Cure For AIDS

A University Don, Professor Maduike Ezeibe of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State, has claimed his recent therapy for the dreaded Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome is real and effective.

According to Ezeibe, he discovered the therapy when he decided to join the medical world to search for a solution to HIV/AIDS.His research into the therapy known as ‘Antivirt’ (Anti-Viral Therapy) started in 1994, but he was able to discover the therapy in 2013 when his research was published in the British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, Ezeibe explained.

Mr Ezeibe says two essential minerals, aluminum silicate and magnesium silicate, used in producing the therapy, are mostly found in Umuahia and parts of Abia State which then gives him an upper hand. It will also make the therapy which he claims would take an average of two or three months to cure cheaper and affordable. 

Inspiring! Man who sold Nylon bags, served as a bus conductor and Laborer in Lagos emerges Speaker, Lagos Assembly

Very Inspiring story. Mudashiru Obasa, a politician representing Agege Constituency 1, who started his life as a street hawker who sold Nylon bags and wrist watches and later became a bus conductor and Laborer, all to eke a living while growing up in Lagos, today became the new speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly. He is pictured above taking his oath of office. Congrats to him. Read about his early beginning below...



"I grew up in the Papa Ashafa area of Agege and there is hardly anything I have not done to make money, except armed robbery. Maybe I was too young to be an armed robber, but talking about hustling, there is hardly any type I have not gone into. I did all this on my own volition and not because my father could not afford to pay my school fees, but the friends I grew up with were always in one engagement or another. We would go to Agege Motor Road to sell nylon bags.

Then, 12 nylon bags is half the price when we buy and you would make times two of the amount you invested. Within few hours, you would have sold an encouraging amount. I was once a bus conductor, I was a labourer…just mention it. For me, I don’t believe in staying idle and that is why when people approach me asking for assistance to help them pay their children’s school fees, their accommodation and others, I ask them who is going to pay the next one. So why don’t you find something to do? For me, I don’t believe in staying idle and that is why when people approach me asking for assistance to help them pay their children’s school fees, their accommodation and others, I ask them who is going to pay the next one.
So why don’t you find something to do? That’s also why I don’t strongly believe in unemployment. If your father is not Dangote or Otedola and co, then you must look for something to do. It is only one with such as a father that can dictate where he wants to work. You have to be engaged, you have to do something to cross to another level,” he told PM news.

FALLEN HEROES: THREE CORPS MEMBERS DIED IN ROAD ACCIDENT

Three corps members undergoing their National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) reportedly died while returning back home at the end of their orientation camp last week.

According to our source mhizblinks; who sent the pics to our handle NaijaCorpers on IG; The dead ‘corpers’ are member of  Batch A 2015 stream 1 who just finished their orientation camp.  She said she was also in Delta camp with them and 3 of them are good friends.

Here is a group selfie the 3 friends took together while on camp.

One of them Amarachi Erondu was buried yesterday by her family.



RIP to our fallens heroes.

in kano-Student jailed for stealing 75 litres of diesel, other valuables

Kano magistrate court for allegedly stealing 75 litres of diesel and other items.

Sarki, a resident of Yakasai Quarters of Kano metropolis, appeared on Monday before magistrate Fauziyya Isa Sheshe on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, trespass and theft.

According to the police First Information Report (FIR), Sarki, along with one Danfulani who is still at large, had on April 25, 2015, stolen four trailers’ batteries and 75 litres of diesel at Sharada Company Limited, located at Sharada Industrial Estate, Kano.

All items were valued at N115, 000.

The offence was said to contravene Sections 97, 349 and 287 of Penal Code Law.

Pleading guilty to the charges, the accused begged the judge to temper justice with mercy.

Following his plea, the prosecutor Mijinyawa Aluta applied for a date for summary trial of the accused person.

Magistrate Sheshe granted the application.

She adjourned the case to June 10 for trial and ordered the accused to be remanded in prison custody.

NOUN Student arrested on fraud allegation

A student of the National Open University, Osogbo Study Centre, has been arrested for alleged fraud.

Olusola Akinlotan, a student of the National Open University, Osogbo Study Centre, has been arrested by the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for alleged fraud.

The NSCDC also arrested two other suspects who were members of a fraud syndicate; Olayiwola Oladayo and Bolarinwa Adebayo, a.k.a. Dodo.

Akinlotan, who was said to have abandoned his studies at the university when he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, was, however, arrested on Monday when he approached NOUN to transfer his study centre to another location outside the state.

The suspect and other members of the gang were said to have been engaged in defrauding unsuspecting persons by arranging fake visas and travel documents for them.

According to a statement by the NSCDC, they duped an Enugu based businessman, Nnamchi Nichodemus, of a sum of N700,000 through a dubious travelling transaction in November 2014.

The businessman was said to have been tricked into paying the said money into an account belonging to Akinlotan, who was promised a sum of N105,000.

The NOUN student was said to have immediately gone to the bank to collect the money through the Automated Teller Machine and the counter. He allegedly handed over the balance to Oladayo for onward transmission to Adebayo a.k.a. Dodo.

The statement read, “Akinlotan, who was arrested within the premises of the 0pen university, while trying to process his transfer of study centre to another location outside Osun State, led the NSCDC to the hideouts of the other two suspects.

“Desperate to get off the hook, the suspects offered bribe to the NSCDC officers who arrested them, but they turned down the bribe in line with the principle of the corps.

“The suspects have since been handed over to the EFCC by the state Commandant of the NSCDC, Tajudeen Balogun, for prosecution.”

A student of Cardinal Hayes High School, Latrell Davis, has been banned from graduation

A student of Cardinal Hayes High School, Latrell Davis, has been banned from graduation for shouting “F*ck Jesus” at a Catholic Mass.
  

A student of Cardinal Hayes High School, Latrell Davis, has been banned from graduation for shouting “Fuck Jesus” at a Catholic Mass.

According to a Daily Caller report, Davis committed the crime on May 12 while the school was holding a Catholic Mass in an auditorium.

He passed by and loudly exclaimed “Fuck Jesus.”

The school says he Davis will be allowed to graduate but will not be allowed to attend his graduation ceremony, holding on Saturday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

His mother thinks the punishment is too much.

“I didn’t go to my own graduation, so I want to be proud to see my son graduate because he’s labelled as a statistic,” she said.

“Coming from an African-American teen mother, the odds were really against him.”

Davis has claimed that he was only asking a question when shouted.

“When I passed the auditorium door, I heard someone say, ‘F Jesus, and then I turned around, and the door was still open, and I repeated it, like questioning it," he said.

"So I was like, ‘F Jesus?'”

The school however claims that other students saw Davis actually enter the auditorium and loudly shout his sacrilege, adding that his ban from the graduation is “final.”

“Every educational institution must maintain discipline if true learning is to occur,” the school's tough discipline policy says.

Cardinal Hayes High School is a Catholic high school for boys in the Concourse Village neighbourhood of the Bronx, New York City.

Lagos State Polytechnic 30 students expelled for examination malpractice

At least 30 students of the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH are on the institution’s expulsion list for examination malpractice.


LASPOTECH entrance.  (Laspotech.net)
Students of the School of Part-Time Studies Regular (SPTSR), Ikorodu main campus are writing their first semester examination.

It was gathered by PM News that the affected students in all departments have already been placed on expulsion list for engaging in exam malpractice in the course of writing their first semester examinations.

According to reports no exam day passes without students entering the examination hall with 'chips' or 'bullets' and they are usually being caught by the eagle eyed internal/external invigilators who are always on the lookout for cheats.

Last weekend, some students were seen begging their invigilators who caught them with microchips tuck in-between their thighs while some wrote answers on their palms with biro.

At the Olowogbowo Hall, a pregnant woman caught cheating was rolling on the floor, begging for mercy.

She was not the only one caught in that hall. Two other students were also caught cheating and were all given malpractice form to fill.

As the exam started, the students began to copy from prepared answers they had written on their palms before a senior lecturer from the Department of Mass Communication, whom students had always accused of having magical prowess for exposing cheats, accosted and caught them.

Just when he stepped in, he pointed at the three of them to stand up and show their palms and instantly, the pregnant woman fell on the floor to start begging for forgiveness, a plea the lecturer refused to heed.

The three victims had answers written on their palms with biro and when caught, they were asked to place their hands close to their faces and a snapshot was taken of them and were also instructed to stretch their hands forward for another snapshot before they were asked to continue with their work as a malpractice form was awaited.

The same episode took place at the School of Technology classroom 9. A HND1 student from the Department of Mass Communication was caught with what was described by fellow students as “extreme”.

The lady resumed for the semester two weeks before her first semester exam kicked off on 9 May.

She had no Continuous Assessment  in all the 8 courses offered in her class for this semester. She said her admission came late and she never knew academic activities had commenced since January and exam date was approaching.

It was discovered that she came with already prepared answers into the exam hall with two A-4 papers and the roving Alfa invigilator caught her and handed her over to the security officials who were around the hall.

A malpractice form was given to her to fill which she rejected and insisted that she should be forgiven as a first time offender.

After much arguments between the exam officials and the lady, the invigilator had to fill and sign the form on her behalf. This our reporter gathered,
would compound the fate that awaits her.

A student said that LASPOTECH is one of the terrible schools in Nigeria to enter the exam hall with prepared answers also known as ‘expo’.

“If you think you are smart and enter the exam hall with anything implicating, you will regret it and face the music. I really cannot say if they pray for students to enter the exam hall with ‘expo’ because the way they swoop on us inside the exam hall is something else.

“On Saturday, while we were writing our exam at the Computer Science Hall, a senior lecturer named Mr. Jerry came to our hall asking the internal invigilator if they had caught any student; that the outgoing rector was looking for whom to sign out.

“You can see why I said everything in this school looks like planned work? How can such a radical statement come from a man old enough to father many of us inside the exam hall?”

LASPOTECH operates a system where any student caught is never invited to face a panel on time, but allowed to pay school fees until he is approaching the final year before he would be invited to face exam committee.

If you are lucky, which is very unlikely, you get a slap on the wrist and where the odds are against you, which is mostly the case, you are asked to leave the school after wasting money and time.

P.M.NEWS Campus Square gathered that 20 students were sent packing from the school three semesters ago over exam malpractice. The students who were caught by invigilators during the examination were kept in the dark for more than two semesters before they were sent out of the school. Some of the students who were involved claimed that they were not given fair hearing while some claimed that they never faced any examination malpractice panel.

According to Anthony Iraya, a second year Mass Communication student, “I was caught with a piece of paper on the day we were writing Citizenship Education 2 last year. I tried to explain myself to the female invigilator that I wasn’t doing anything with the paper I was caught with but she wouldn’t listen to my explanation.

“The paper that I was caught with belongs to me but it happened that I forgot to dispose of it before entering the exam hall. It was during revision with other students that I was noting some points on the said piece of paper but never knew that the paper got stuck in-between my exam card and I went inside the exam hall with the paper.”

Anthony further said he never expected the fate that befell him because the woman who caught him promised to make him repeat the course. He said he consequently failed the course and was sent away from the school without any fair hearing.

It was gathered that he paid N110,000 for his National Diploma 1 and had already bought textbooks for his National Diploma 2 before receiving the news of his expulsion.

Odejimi Olufela who was also affected has since stayed away from the school premises after being told of the latest development.

Another female student from the same Department of Mass Communication simply identified as Abbey was said to have been involved in a case of impersonation.

A Higher National Diploma 3 student was said to have sat for the exam on her behalf on the day she wrote her Yoruba examination. The student who sat for her was caught by a senior lecturer who claimed the student was not supposed to be in the hall for the course.

The impersonator refused to disclose the identity of the person he was sitting for until he got his own letter of expulsion.

A senior lecturer who does not want his name mentioned, said the students were lucky the school decided their fate on time. He cited an instance where the school did not say anything and waited until the student was preparing for his graduation before a letter was handed over to him.

RSUST Postgraduate Admission Form Now On Sale – 2015/16 [Detailed]

Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST postgraduate programmes admission application form for the 2015/2016 academic session is now on sale. Snapshots of online registration procedure were also included and attached.



Authorities of the the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, invite application from suitably qualified candidates for admission into Postgraduate Programmes of the university for the 2015/2016 academic session.

RSUST Available Postgraduate Programmes.

A FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
1. Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics / Extension
a) Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)
i) Agricultural Economics
ii) Applied Economics and Policy
iii) Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

B-) Master of Science(M.Sc.)
i) Agricultural Economics
ii) Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology
iii) International Economics and Finance (Part-Time only)
iv) Environmental Economics and Policy (Part-Time only)
v) Social Work and Community Development

c) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
i) Agricultural Economics (Production Economics, Agricultural Finance)
ii) Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology
iii) International Economics and Finance (Part-Time Only)
iv) Environmental Economics and Policy (Part-Time Only)
v) Social Work and Community Development

2. Department of Animal Science (PGD, M. Sc, PhD)
i) Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry
ii) Animal Production and Management
iii) Animal Physiology and Reproduction
iv) Animal Breeding and Genetics

3. Department of Crop and Soil Science (PGD, M. Sc, PhD)
i) Crop Science (Crop Production, Crop Physiology, Horticulture; Plant Breeding and Genetics; Seed Science and Technology; Farming Systems and Environment; Environmental Crop Science; Entomology; Plant Pathology).
ii) Soil Science (Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy, Soil Physics and Conservation, Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry, Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Technology; Soil Survey and Land Use Planning; Pedology; Environmental Soil Science)

4. Department of Fisheries
a) Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)
i) Aquaculture
ii) Marine Biology
iii) Fisheries Biology
iv) Fisheries Policy and Management

B-) Master of Science (M.Sc.)
i) Aquaculture
ii) Marine Biology
iii) Fisheries Biology
iv) Fisheries Policy and Management
v) Fish Nutrition

c) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
i) Aquaculture
ii) Marine Biology
iii) Fisheries Biology
iv) Fish Nutrition
v) Fisheries Processing and Utilization
vi) Fisheries Policy and Management

5. Department of Food Science and Technology (PGD, M. Sc, PhD)
i) Food Microbiology and Biotechnology
ii) Food Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
iii) Food Quality Control and Assurance
iv) Food Process and Storage Technology

6. Department of Forestry and Environment
a) PGD, Forestry and Environment
B-) Masters, Forestry (MF)
c) M.Sc., Forestry and Environment
d) Ph.D., Forestry and Environment
Areas of Specialization:
i) Silviculture
ii) Forest Resources Economics
iii) Forest Pathology
iv) Forest Soil, Hydrology and Microbiology
v) Wildlife Ecology
vi) Agro-Forestry
vii) Forest Biometrics
viii) Wood Science
ix) Environmental Forest Ecology
x) Tree Improvement
xi) Phytomedicine Resources

B. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
1. Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering
a) Environmental Engineering (M.Tech., PhD)
B-) Farm Power and Machinery Engineering (PhD only)
c) Soil and Water Engineering (M.Tech., PhD)
d) Rural Development Engineering (PhD only)
e) Post Harvest Process Engineering (PhD only)

2. Department of Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering
a) Chemical Engineering (PGD, M.Tech, and PhD)

3. Department of Civil Engineering
a) Structural Engineering (M.Tech, PhD)
B-) Civil Engineering (PGD)

4. Department of Marine Engineering
a) Naval Architecture and Ship Building (M.Tech.)

5. Department of Mechanical Engineering
a) Applied Mechanics and Design (PhD Only)
B-) Thermo-Fluids Engineering (PGD, M. Tech., PhD)
c) Master of Engineering Management (MEM only)

6. Department of Electrical Engineering
a) Power Engineering (PGD, M.Tech., PhD)
B-) Electronics Engineering (PGD, M. Tech.)

C. FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
1. Department of Architecture
i) M. Sc., Architecture

2. Department of Estate Management
i) PGD, Estate Management
ii) M. Sc., Real Estate

3. Department of Urban and Regional Planning
i) M. Sc., Urban and Regional Planning

D. FACULTY OF LAW
a) PGD, Petroleum and Environmental Law
B-) Master of Laws (LL.M)
c) PhD
i) International Law and Human Rights
ii) Petroleum and Environmental Law
iii) Business and Industrial Law
iv) Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence

E. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
a) PGD
i) Accountancy
ii) Banking and Finance
iii) Management
iv) Marketing
v) Mass Communication
vi) Office and Information Management

B-) M. Sc., Accountancy with options in:
i) Accountancy
ii) Taxation
iii) Public Sector Accounting

c) M. Sc., Banking and Finance with options in:
i) Banking and Finance
ii) Quantitative Finance
iii) Corporate Finance
iv) Financial Markets

d) M. Sc., Management with options in:
i) Human Resources Management
ii) Industrial Relations
iii) Business Policy
iv) Organizational Behaviour

e) M. Sc., Marketing
f) M. Sc., Mass Communication
i) Communication and Development Studies
g) PhD
i) Accountancy
ii) Banking and Finance (with options as in M.Sc. programme)
iii) Management (with options as in M. Sc. programme)
iv) Marketing

F FACULTY OF SCIENCE
1. Department of Applied and Environmental Biology (PGD, M.Sc., PhD)
i) Applied Microbiology and Industrial Microbiology
ii) Applied Environmental and Industrial Entomology
iii) Marine Biology, Marine Pollution Studies
iv) Plant Pathology
v) Environmental Biology

2. Department of Chemistry
a) PGD
i) Chemistry
B-) M.Sc.,PhD
i) Analytical Chemistry
ii) Organic Chemistry
iii) Inorganic Chemistry
iv) Biochemistry
v) Physical Chemistry
vi) Environmental Chemistry

3. Department of Medical Laboratory Science (PGD, M.Sc., PhD)
i) Medical Microbiology
ii) Chemical Pathology
iii) Hematology and Blood Group Serology

4. Department of Mathematics / Computer Science
a) PGD
i) Applied Statistics
ii) Computer Science
B-) M.Sc.
i) Computer Science
c) M.Sc., PhD
i) Applied Mathematics
ii) Applied Statistics

5. Department of Physics (PGD, M.Sc., PhD)
i) Solid State Physics
ii) Theoretical Physics (Plasma Physics, Fluid Dynamics)
iii) Applied Geophysics

G FACULTY OF TECHNICAL AND SCIENCE EDUCATION
1. Postgraduate Diploma
i) Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)
ii) Postgraduate Diploma in Technical Education (PGDTE)

2. Department of Business Education (M.Ed.)
i) Business Education

3. Department of Educational Foundations (M.Ed; PhD)
i) Educational Management
ii) Adult Education and Community Studies
iii) Educational Measurement and Evaluation
iv) Guidance and Counseling

4. Department of Science and Technical Education (M.Sc.,PhD)
a) Agricultural Education with options in:
i) Administration
ii) Community Development
iii) Agricultural Resources and Environment
B-) Science Education with options in:
i) Biology Education
ii) Chemistry Education
iii) Physics Education
iv) Mathematics Education

c) Technical Education with options in:
i) Building Technology
ii) Electrical/Electronic Technology
iii) Mechanical Technology

NOTE: SANDWICH PROGRAMMES are run at Masters and Postgraduate Diploma levels by the Faculty of Technical and Science Education.

RSUST  Postgraduate Programmes – Admission Requirements.

Applicants with the qualifications in the underlisted categories shall be eligible for admission into the postgraduate programmes; however, candidates must fulfill the matriculation requirements of Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt.

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS

Holders of a Third Class Degree in the subject area applied for or a Second Class (Lower Division) degree in a related discipline obtained from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology or any other recognized Institution or equivalent status,
Holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) with at least lower credit classification or its equivalent in a related discipline, obtained from a recognized Institution.
MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES

A candidate seeking admission into the Full-time/Part-time Master’s degree programme must possess a Bachelor degree with at least Second Class Division in the relevant discipline.
A candidate who holds PGD, PGDE or PGDTE with CGPA of 3.50 or above in the relevant discipline may apply for the Master’s Programme.
Candidates for the M.Ed. degree programmes offered in the Faculty of Technical and Science Education should possess EITHER a good Bachelor’s degree (not lower than Second Class Division) in a relevant teaching subject OR Higher National Diploma or its equivalent with at least lower credit classification in addition to PGDE or PGDTE with a CGPA of 3.50 obtained from this University or any other recognized institution.
PhD PROGRAMMES

A candidate for a PhD programme shall possess a Master’s degree with a CGPA of 3.50 or above, on a five-point grade system, in a relevant discipline obtained from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology or any other recognized institution of higher learning of equivalent status present himself or herself for a qualifying interview, if need be.

A candidate for a PhD programme in the Faculty of Management Sciences must possess a Master’s degree with a CGPA of 3.50 or above in the relevant discipline. Holders of Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degrees can only be considered for admission into the relevant Master of Science (M.Sc.) programmes.
No person shall be admitted to a programme unless his/her application has been approved by the Postgraduate School Board on behalf of Senate and on the recommendation of the appropriate Faculty Committee. Every applicant shall submit with his/her application the following:

Copies of certificates and certified academic transcripts.
Letter of reference from previous academic institution, stating in support of (i) that applicant is qualified to undertake advanced studies and research and that he (the Referee) is confident that the applicant will benefit from undertaking the programme.
Note: In addition to the conditions above, a candidate may be required to present himself/herself for a selection test and/or oral interview.

RSUST  Postgraduate Programmes – Duration.

The full-time Postgraduate Diploma programmes run for a duration of two semesters (minimum) and four semesters (maximum) with or without project writing.
The full-time Postgraduate Diploma programme in Engineering runs for a duration of three semesters (minimum) and six semesters (maximum) with project writing.

The full-time Master’s Degree Programme with dissertation is structured to last for a minimum of two Semesters and a maximum of four
The full-time Master’s Degree Programme with dissertation in Faculty of Engineering is structured to last for a minimum of four semesters and a maximum of six
The full-time Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Programme with Thesis runs for six semesters (minimum) and eight semesters (maximum).
Part-time studies usually take twice the duration allowed for full-time programmes. However, the part-time PhD programmes last for ten semesters (minimum) and twelve semesters (maximum).
RSUST  Postgraduate Programmes – Method of Application.

Applications for admission to any Postgraduate programme shall be made on line by logging onto www.ust.edu.ng and e-payment of twenty-five thousand naira (N25,000.00) only, using interswitch verve enabled cards. Application forms should be completed on-line, downloaded and hard copies submitted to the Secretary, Postgraduate School along with photocopies of certificates.

For PhD applicants, brief research proposals on their intended areas of study should also accompany the application forms. It is the responsibility of applicants to ensure that copies of their academic transcripts are forwarded under cover directly to the Secretary, Postgraduate School, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt.

The last day for submission of applications is 1 0th July, 2015.

CLICK HERE  (pdf) to download the steps/screens that will serve as a guide to help you easily and successfully complete the online application process for a place in the Post-graduate school here at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology.