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UNIMAID ANNOUNCE COMMENCEMENT OF POST-UTME University of Maiduguri has released information requesting all prospective students to take part in the online post-Utme exceecise which is slated for the period of two weeks. The statement reads..... "This  is  to  inform  all  candidates  who  applied  for  admission into  degree  programmes  of the  University of Maiduguri  for the  2017/2018  Academic  Session  and  have  scored  160  and above  in  the  UTME,  and  a  minimum  of  Credit  in  Diploma, 10  points  in  NCE/IJMB  or  Second  Class  Lower  Division  from a  recognized  institution  for  DE  that  there  will  be  online screening  for admission. Candidates  should  visit  the  University  of  ...

UTME: 569,395 candidates score over 200 marks – Registrar The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board on Tuesday said 569,395 of the 1.7 million candidates that wrote this year’s UTME scored over 200 marks. Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar, JAMB, disclosed this at the policy meeting of the stakeholders of Tertiary Institutions in Abuja. He said 23.8 per cent of the total number of the candidates scored below 160 marks. He said the stakeholders unanimously agreed that the minimum cut-off marks for the university degree is to stand at 120. The stakeholders, according to him, peg that of Polytechnic to be 100, College of Education 100, while National Innovative Enterprise Institution remained at 110 marks. The registrar said the timelines for admission of the first choice was October 15, while the second choice would be December 15. Oloyede urged the heads of the various tertiary institutions to set their modalities for admissions exercises as it was not the board’s...

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Nigeria after nearly four months in the United Kingdom where he received medical treatment for an undisclosed ailment. The Nigerian Airforce plane carrying Mr. Buhari landed at the Abuja international airport at exactly 4.36 p.m. Nigerian time. The president is expected to inspect a guard of honour mounted by the Nigerian Army at the presidential wing of the airport, before leaving for the presidential villa at Asokoro district of Abuja. Dozens of state officials arrived the airport hours earlier to await Mr. Buhari’s arrival. More details later.

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called on the Federal government to do all within its powers to get the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, back to the classrooms. The students association made the call through its President, Comrade Chinonso Obasi, who said that the demands of the Academic Union were reasonable. “It is with deep pain and regret that NANS received the news of another indefinite strike by ASUU. “The demands of ASUU are reasonable and touch on the integrity of government, especially in the light of the fight against corruption.” The student body issued a 21 days ultimatum to government at all levels to resolve outstanding issues with ASUU. Obasi added that Nigerian students would also mobilize against politicians whose children were not in public institutions. In the coming weeks, NANS will be meeting with leaders of ASUU to find a solution to their demands. The Academic Staff of Universities in Nigeria...

The meeting was held on Tuesday at the Minister’s Conference Room The meeting between the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has ended in Abuja. The meeting, held on Tuesday at the Minister’s Conference Room, Ministry of Labour, Abuja, took significant steps toward the resolution of the issues raised by ASUU. According to the Deputy Director, Press, Ministry of Labour, Samuel Olowookere, the meeting agreed on the forensic audit of the sum of N30 billion earlier given to the ASUU in 2010. Olowookere said the meeting further agreed on monthly remittances to ASUU, while the audit last. The minister assured members of ASUU and Nigerians that government was already at work to resolve all outstanding issues in line with the present administration’s commitment to prevent disruption of academic calendar in universities. ASUU had on Monday declared indefinite strike to protest non impleme...

A statement signed by Prof. Danjuma Gambo, Director, Radio and Public Relations, on Thursday in Maiduguri stated that none of the school’s personnel resigned from duty due to attacks by the insurgents. The management of the University of Maiduguri has denied report of the purported resignation of 70 lecturers due to upsurge in Boko Haram attacks on the university community. A statement signed by Prof. Danjuma Gambo, Director, Radio and Public Relations, on Thursday in Maiduguri stated that none of the school’s personnel resigned from duty due to attacks by the insurgents. The News Agency of Nigeria recalled that the university had recently being the target of suicide bomb attacks by the insurgents. On July 7, the insurgents attacked a team of oil exploration workers from the university and the National Nigeria Petroleum Corporation. They killed five staff of the university and abducted four others. Gambo dismissed the report as “false and misleading’...

University lecturers are set for another strike over the controversial 2009 agreement they reached with the Federal Government among other issues. A meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of ASUU will hold today in Abuja ahead of the action. Yesterday, all chapters of the union nationwide held a congress as directed by its national body to decide whether or not to go ahead with the planned strike. The options given to them are: Whether it should be total and indefinite strike, one month strike, one week notice, and no strike at all. This followed the directive sent to branches by ASUU National President Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi as he was mandated by the NEC meeting held at the Nasarawa State University (NSU). Chairman ASUU-Lagos State University (LASU) Dr Isaac Akinloye Oyewunmi said yesterday that the chapter resolved in favour of “total and indefinite strike”. In August last year, the union threatened strike over thengovernment’s failure to implement t...

The primary target of the gruesome killings at a Catholic church in Ozubulu last Sunday, Alloysius Ikeagwuonwu a.k.a Bishop has denied being a drug dealer talkless of being involved in a drug war. Advertisement Below is a press statement from Bishop “My attention has been drawn to a social media campaign where it is alleged that I am connected to the Ozubulu church killing over a drug problem.For the avoidance of any doubt, I wish to inform the general public that I know nothing about the church killings and I have never been involved in drugs. I have never been arrested or convicted anywhere in the world. My businesses are legitimate businesses, duly registered. Apart from warehousing and wholesale of goods, I am also a contractor involved in the construction of roads and infrastructure in Nigeria. It’s shameful that Nigerians and the media don’t verify any story before running with them.The handwork of those who are jealous of my success and who are determined t...

By: Emmanuel Onyekwere ............." What if I die now?" The one question that has become a constant song in my heart, every day, every night; every now, every then. This question gives me sleepless nights and wakes me up at a wrong hour of a new day, drives me into hallucination, negativity, fear, desperation and anxiety. I wonder how you my friends think, do you ever ask your yourself WHAT IF I DIE NOW!!? It's unfortunate we do not care about what happens in the hereafter ...."after all we won't know what happens when we die" Have you ever wondered what ETERNITY means? It means a time without an end, a timeless time, an unending end. You either enjoy or suffer there forever!!! One must be!!! But the later is no sensible option. I saw myself in the world of pain and misery, a world of rejection and lovelessness, I survived all that and when I found out where I am, I opted for Christ, found him, professed him, and accepted him, he became my Lord and...

Surfwella , a free Wi -Fi facility , will be made available in Nigerian universities , from this week , to give a boost to Stertiary education in the country . The Chief Marketing Officer, Surfwella, Olusola Bankole , said on Sunday that the firm would make available the free Wi- Fi in all university campuses in the country . Surfwella is a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative of an indigenous 4G operator , Cyberspace Network Limited, and a platform for social and cognitive computing . “ The University of Abuja will be the first beneficiary, with the service scheduled for launch on the institution ’s campus this week Wednesday , ” Bankole said . According to him , while the firm is unveiling the service at the University of Abuja and other institutions, it is still building and adding more features on the Internet infrastructure . “ The usage is totally free . No payment , no subscription , no data purchase , and no need for modems . It is free Interne...

Identified as a businessman, he was said to have built the church in which close to 20 persons have been confirmed dead and several others injured The target of the gunmen who stormed St. Philips Catholic Church, Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been identified. His name was given as Aloysius Ikegwuonwu, a Nigerian based in South Africa. Identified as a businessman, he was said to have built the church in which close to 20 persons have been confirmed dead and several others injured. It was gathered that Ikegwuonwu was in the community on Tuesday but unknown to the attackers, he left on Thursday. On getting to the church and discovering he was absent, the gunmen turned on his father, Pa Akunwafor Ikegwuonwu, shooting his to death immediately. His mother was also said to have been shot on the arm by the attackers. She is said to still be in the hospital as at the time of filing this report. Reports have it that South Africa-based Ikegwuonwu was inv...

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, will hold a policy committee meeting on August 21 and 22 to determine cut off points for admission into various courses in Nigerian tertiary institutions for 2017. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Sunday said he had given the Board approval to hold the policy committee meeting on 2017 admission. He said the meeting will kick-start the 2017 admission exercise. The policy committee will announce the cut off points at the end of the meeting. “All stakeholders including vice-chancellors of universities, rectors of polytechnics and mono-technics and provosts of colleges of education would be in attendance,” he said in a statement. JAMB disclosed that it has sent to all institutions a soft copy of printout of candidates who chose them. “This year, the Board has sent candidates who scored 100 and above in their JAMB to the institutions in its flexible admission policy for institutions to determine the suitability ...

... Shooting caused by Feud between Brothers living Outside Nigeria - Obiano The Ozubulu community in Ekwusigo local government area of Anambra State was at the wee hours of yesterday thrown into mourning as gunmen walked into St Philip's Catholic Church Ozubulu, Anambra state and started shooting sporadically, killing 11 and injuring 18 persons, updated reports puts the number of casualties over a hundred and the deceased were reported to be around 40. On hearing the sad development, Governor Willie Obiano stormed the scene to ascertain the level of damage and sympathize with the people. Speaking at the Church premises, the governor revealed that preliminary security investigations show that the shooting was caused by a feud between two brothers from the community living outside Nigeria "This is sacrilegious, totally unacceptable in Anambra State." - Gov Obiano The deeply saddened governor asked the people to go about their businesses without fear or panic noting t...

N-Power has released list of device collection centers across the country for its volunteers. The scheme, which had earlier announced that the assessment test for N-Power Agro applicants will end August 1, advised participants to visit the centers to collect their devices. This was contained in an update on N-Power website. Full List of N-Power device collection centres and their locations are… Lagos state: – Address: Ikeja Service Centre 1 Opebi Road, Ikeja, Lagos State Ogun state – Address: Abeokuta Connect 7 Lalubu Street, Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta Ogun Oyo state – Address: Ibadan Service Centre Mobil Roundabout, Ring Road, Ibadan, Oyo Kwara State – Address: 24,Ahmadu Bello Way, Ilorin, Kwara- State Kwara Ondo State – Address: 47 Oba Adesida Road ,Ricabin House Akure, Ondo Osun State – Address: Plot 456 Iwo Road By FAN MILK , Osogbo Osun Ekiti State – Address: Ado-Ekiti PNN House Mr Biggs , Ado-Ekiti Jigawa State – Address: B...