Students campaign against breast cancer

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter of the Pharmaceutical Association of Nigerian Students (PANS) and Seplat Petroleum Development Company Limited have organised a rally to promote breast cancer awareness among Nigerians, with view to checking the spread of the disease.

The campaign, which is sponsored by Seplat Petroleum, was part of the activities designed to commemorate the 2012 annual health week of the association. The theme of the week was Global trend in Pharmaceutical practice: Nigeria’s position.x

Led by their president, Ishaq Alao, the students rallied against breast cancer in Mushin, Surulere and Akoka areas of Lagos, with special focus on Mushin model Market, Randle General Hospital, Surulere Local Government and the UNILAG campus. They educated the public, especially the women on the danger of breast cancer.

General Manager, Corporate Affairs and New Business Development, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Limited, Dr Chioma Nwachuku, said the programme was consistent with the vision of the company’s Corporate Social Responsility (CSR).

According to the Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria, ignorance and lack of support are the most common factors contributing to the prevalence of the disease in the country. Breast cancer constitutes a major public health issue globally with over one million new cases diagnosed annually, resulting in over 400,000 annual deaths and about 4.4 million women living with the disease.

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Mobil to partner Bonny on education

Mobile Producing Nigeria (MPN) has promised to partner with Bonny Kingdom Development Committee (BKDC) to provide infrastructure for education to thrive in Bonny Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State.

The General Manager, Public and Government Affairs of MPN, Mrs Gloria Essien-Danner, said this during the third edition of the Senior Secondary Schools Quiz Competition in Bonny, organised by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)/MPN Joint Venture in collaboration with BKDC. 

Essien-Danner explained that the exercise was part of the company's community relations programmes "to uplift the falling standards of education, rekindle interest and consciousness in education and encourage reading habits among pupils."

The Chairman of  the occasion, Dr Sodienye Jackmay, said the quiz competition was to restore reading habit in pupils. Jackmay advised pupils to desist from spending precious time on things that would not make any meaningful impact on their future.

The Chairman of Bonny LGA, Edward Pepple, who was represented by Mr Samuel John, commended NNPC/MPN and the BKDC for their efforts which culminated to the quiz competition that has 'undoubtedly improved pupils' performances.'

The Chairman of Rivers State Senior Secondary Schools Board, Mr Allwell Nyeso, who was represented by a member of the board in charge of Science and Technology, Mr Tonye Longjohn, decried the falling standards of education, which he said has become worrisome to government.

Nyeso, who commended the sponsors and facilitators of the event, also expressed hope that it would stimulate spirit of competition amongst participants, and impacting positively on their overall academic activities. 

Earlier in his address, Dr Jude Benstowe, who represented Recreasport, the facilitator of the competition, said the organisation has procured more current textbooks for all participating schools to improve and update their libraries, high speed lap-top computers and other prizes which would be given to the winners at the event for their personal use.

At the end of the competition, which featured four public and four private schools in the LGA, Spring Foundation College came tops to retain the first position, which it won in the last edition. It scored 28 points to defeat Community Secondary School which got 27 points. Bonny National Grammar School also secured 28 points to beat Kings and Queens High School which had 19 points.

On individual performances, Master Boizy Pepple of Spring Foundation College who answered 45 questions was declared the best pupil; Master Isaac Peters of Community Secondary School got second position with 43 questions, while his counterpart at  Bonny National Grammar School Master Christian Jumbo clinched third position by answering 31 questions.

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Release OF 2012/2013 FUNAI Post-UTME Test

The result of FUNAI Post UTME conducted on July 11^th and 12^th 2012 is hereby released. Candidates are to note that this is not an admission as that will come later.

The results presented by the school has been separated for those who chose the school as 1st choice and 2nd choice.

You will require a device or computer system that can read PDF files to view your results. Please click on the link that represents you below and scroll through to check your result

1. FIRST CHOICE CANDIDATES CLICK BELOW
http://funai.edu.ng/upload/form_downloads/First_Choice_Candidates1.pdf
2. SECOND CHOICE CANDIDATES CLICK BELOW
http://funai.edu.ng/upload/form_downloads/Second_Choice_Candidates1.pdf

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LASPOTECH Post-UTME Schedule for 2012/2013 Screening Exam is Out!

This is to inform all the aspirant who chose Lagos State Polytechnic LASPOTECH as either first choice or second choice that the scheduling and arrangement as been done to limit stress to applicants.


The scheduling contains each applicants personal information along side screening number, location, date and time of 2012/2013 post-utme screening exam.

Each candidate is to COPY OUT YOUR SCREENING NUMBERS as this will be used for verification at the exam venue.

Please click on your respective faculty below and check for your own exam details. Please note that you will require a device or computer system that can read "PDF" files;

School of Agric click here

School of Engineering click here

School of Environmental click here

School of Technology click here

ACCOUNTANCY

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

BANKING & FINANCE

INSURANCE

MASS COMMUNICATION

OFFICE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

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JAMB to Introduce Computer Based Test (CBT) from next Year

information emerging from the registrar of the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, has revealed that, starting from nest year, prospective undergraduates will be undergoing electronic testing as against the old paper-based test. This, he explained, will help check the rising cases of examination malpractices in the country, and it will also make it possible for candidates to get their results immediately.
The registrar made this disclosure while paying a courtesy visit to Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State. According to him, “the e-testing if finally introduced will check the cases of malpractices by JAMB candidates which has become a source of worry for all stakeholders… When introduced, the e-testing technology would also ensure that our candidates instantly receive the result of their examination at their centres at the end of the examination” the registrar said.
Other justifications put forward for the introduction of this approach to the test include the encouragement of computer literacy, adding that students could also use cell phones for the examination. However, the registrar pointed out that even though this will be introduced next year, it will not be made compulsory for all the candidates yet.
He concludes: “We did a survey and about 76 percent respondents approved e-testing so starting from next year we will commence putting it to practice but not until three years time that we will fully implement it, so whoever prefer manual next year and in two years time will be allowed.”

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The University of Lagos has emerged the “first and the best” in the global Webometric ranking in Nigeria.

The July 2012 Webometric ranking released on the 16th of July, 2012, by the web-based world ranking of Universities (Webometrics) at http://www.4icu.org places the University in the 1st position in Nigeria and 16th position in Africa.

The positions of some other Nigerian Universities on the July 2012 ranking table are as follows:

University Nigeria Africa
University of lagos 1 16
University of Ilorin 2 39
University of Ibadan 3 40
Obafemi Awolowo University 4 42
University of Benin 5 45

As shown in the table, the University of Lagos is the first University in Nigeria to be ranked amongst the 20 best Universities in Africa.

Webometric ranking is a measure of an institution’s presence on the web; it is computed using a number of parameters that revolve round the quantum and quality of electronic resources on a web site as well as access to such resources.

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FUTO ADMISSION HELPER 2012

Hello once again, now that you have heard about Futo rumours of mass score in the post Ume exam conducted in Futo, I believe by now you must have known your faith, for those who are yet to check kindly visit http://www.utme.Futo.imoconnect.com to check. Its totally free. And for those who need this admission by all mean and ready for what it take. Am pleased to announce to you that the opportunity is here again, if you need admission in any of the Engineering discipline note that you must have a post Ume score of 224 above before we can help you, but if you score below to minimum of 180 , then you can change to other department which we shall work for you, all you need to do is contact chuks on ☎ 08158487528 or 08100003084. Our admission is pure and 100% money back guarantee, and strictly on joint account, after you confirm your admission before you pay for the job well done. Start calling now.

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OKONJO IWEALA LAMENTS STATE OF EDUCATION

Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister

for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has

raised the alarm over the deteriorating state of

education.

The development, she said, has reached a point

where students on graduation, could not

demonstrate the necessary skills to make them

employable or innovative in the labour market.

Mrs Okonjo-Iweala spoke at a lecture entitled:

Science and technology: The key to Nigeria's

transformation, which was part of the Second

Prof Barth Nnaji Biennial Lecture series, at the

Enugu State University of Science and Technology

(ESUT), Enugu.

She said there was need to put in place

mechanisms to improve the quality and facilities

available for teaching as well as for research at

the tertiary level.

"These measures are not limited to simply

increasing funds available; collaboration

between higher institutions (national and

international), a more limited focus in research

programmes offered, and an improvement in the

culture of maintenance are all measures that will

help deliver this end.

"In the case of university research, findings

should be competition-based, to provide

incentives to enhance efficiency and strengthen

collaboration with industry."

Mrs Okonjo-Iweala further lamented that the

nation's higher institutions were plagued with

inadequate science and technology facilities and

poor materials for practical skills development.

"Many laboratories lack the basic equipment for

thorough scientific research. How, for example,

can a computer science graduate not understand

the basics of writing software codes? Nigeria is

churning out thousands of science and

technology graduates each year, but several of

them are under-employed, going into the banking

and non-scientific sectors," she said.

She noted that policy makers should be aware

that few countries could achieve development

goals, such as economic diversification, food

security, poverty reduction, without the

scientific , engineering and technical capacity to

handle 'the challenges.

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Fed Govt launches empowerment scheme for corps members

The Special Adviser to the President on Special
Duties and Social Development Matters Sarah
Pane has launched a Discovery Empowerment
programme for members of the National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC).
The initiative was launched in collaboration with
the Discovery Cycle professionals to empower
youths against challenges facing workers.
She said since the inception of the NYSC in 1973,
over two million members have been trained
with over 100, 000 corps members passing
through the scheme yearly.
"Today," Pane said, "the scheme faces several
overwhelming problems, which include poor
quality of tertiary education graduates; and as a
result, the Discovery Empowerment Programme
was introduced to increase the intellectual
process and the capacity building of our future
leaders."
She said since the inception the scheme has
failed to transform to produce youths who would
be employable, noting that it is aimed at giving
training to corp members.
She said the training would involve
professionals, who would educate them on what
they want to do after their service either to
further their education abroad or applying for
jobs in a corporate body.
She thanked the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
administration for its support for paying the fees
of some of the students. She urged other
corporate and professional bodies to take a cue
from it..
She said the body targets 3,000 corp members in
the FCT and at least 1000 corp members in every
state for training.

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UI to start Diploma in Automotive studies

The Distance Learning Centre, Mechanical
Engineering Department, University of Ibadan
(UI) and Mag Ben Technology are to kick-off a
diploma programme in automotive studies.
Its Director, Distance Learning Centre, Prof Bayo
Okunade, said this during its matriculation.
He said: “Early next year, we want to start a
diploma course in automotive studies. We
started with 32 students; now we have 262
because of the evidences from the past
participants and we are hoping that the fifth
batch will be larger."
Okunade, who said the programme was
introduced to produce competent workmen,
added that only competent students stand a
chance of gaining admission.
"This programme has received good turnout
since its inception because we make sure they
(graduands) are competent. At the end of their
programme, our students are not given
certificate of participation, but of competence.
After this batch, we are going to a higher level;
those of them who have prerequisite can go for
diploma.
"In this country we lack competent work men
who would give value for money. So, we thought
we should retrain our mechanics, carpenters,
bricklayers instead of having to import
equipment. We want people, who can execute
the project and at the same time give customers
value for money. This is fourth batch and there
will be another one before the end of this year.
The lectures are received at different locations of
the country while practical are done at various
workshops. They are taught in formal ways,"
The Managing Director, Mag Ben Limited, Mr
Gbenga Agbana, said the programme has helped
to reduce unemployment and enhanced self-
reliance for graduands. He reiterated the
commitment of the group to ensure that quacks
in the auto business are educated.
He said: "We have 10 centres; yet there are
hundreds of Nigerians still patronising quacks.
People and organisations can afford to spend
millions on their vehicles; but who are the people
handling these vehicles for them? Quacks! So, we
saw that the only thing we could do is to train
most of these people in auto technics and to
make sure they are capable of handling the
machines.
UI Deputy Registrar, DLC, Mr Kehinde Oladiji,
congratulated the matriculants for making use of
the opportunity extended to them by the
institution. Two of the matriculants Messrs
Michael James and Ganiyu Oladimeji, expressed
confidence that the training would move them up
the next level.
"My friends who came for this programme never
remained the same. So, I also wanted to move to
higher level," James said.
Oladimeji, another student who joined the
automobile profession in 1994, said he enrolled
for the programme in order to be conversant
with latest vehicles.

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Ooni calls for emergencyin education

Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, has called for
a state of emergency in the education sector.
He spoke at the awards of St. John's Grammar
School, Oke-Atan, Ile-Ife, Osun State as part of the
school’s golden jubilee.
The monarch, who was represented by Atilade
of Fashina Ife, Oba Oladoyin Ogunwusi,blamed
the spate of violence in the country on the
collapse of the school system resulting in the high
rate of illiteracy, said he would rather all
stakeholders declare emergency in the country's
education sector.
At the event, a law maker, who represents Osun
East Senatorial District, Senator Babajide
Omoworare and three others were honoured by
the school.
The gesture, which formed part of the school's
Golden Jubilee was in appreciation of the quartet
for their contributions to the uplift of the
academic and infrastructural development of
their alma mater, according to the management.
The school, founded in 1962 by the late Rev.
Father Fabian Cloutier, a French Canadian
Catholic Missionary, was said to have contributed
immensely to the upbringing of many men and
women in Ile-Ife community and the
neighbouring villages. As a result, the school's
old students' association has remained
committed to reviving its old glory.
Senator Omoworare, Dele Alabi, an engineer and
the association's President, Chief Sunday Bolaji,
were conferred with the award of excellence.
Omoworare, who passed out from the school in
1984, recently renovated the administrative
block, which houses the staff room, school hall,
and sports store, among others. He equipped the
offices with furniture and supplied a borehole to
ameliorate the water scarcity that had one of the
school's albatross for years.
The lawmaker said reforming the school system
is a business for stakeholders, including parents,
guardians and philanthropists, as, adding
government alone cannot resolve all the
challenges.
"Like every other parts of the world, education is
too important to be left in the hands of
government alone for control. There is need for
us all to rise up to the occasion and bail out these
schools from their terrible status. When we have
a well-educated society, we can begin to talk
about crisis-resolution, job creation, war against
corruption and better governance," he said.
He canvassed support for education, assuring of
the state of good works and dividends of
democracy, especially quality of education for
youths. He reminded the gathering of the
education tablet Opon Imo, which is the recent
innovation from the Governor Rauf Aregbesola-
led administration to develop model schools that
would make learning and teaching attractive to
the students and their teachers.
Presenting the award plaque, the Atilade of
Fashina Ife, Oba Ogunwusi, thanked the
recipients.
The Principal of the school, Mr Femi Makinde,
also an alumnus, praised his colleagues for their
support, encouraging others to return to their
former schools and replicate same.
"With this gesture, we must understand that
alumni associations for schools are too
important to be neglected. We must also note
that it is not until we become senators or
governors that we can give back to our school. It
does not have to be in cash at all times, even if we
can just be visiting for inspection and we report
whatever we find to other old students who
might not have time to visit, we might just be
doing a great job. Without education, the crises
facing Nigeria cannot be resolved and the best
way to return the education sector to the old
glorious days is for us all to take the bull by the
horns," Makinde said.

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FUTO POST UME 2012/2013, FUTO POST UME RESULT OUT

GOOD NEWS!!! THE LONG AWAITED FUTO 2012 POST UTME RESULT IS OUT,
How to check youe result does not require any scratch card, just log inn to utme.futo.imoconnect.com enter your reg number and your result will be displace wishing you all sucess for any complaint or assitance in admission kindly contact chuks on 08100003084\

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How To Insert Adsense Ads In Blogger Post

This will explain how to Embedd adsense ads in between posts body.

1.Generate Parsed code for adsense code because we cannot put adsense code directly in the xml.So parse it using AdParser.

2.After parsing,your ad code Should look like this.

How To Place ad above or below your post header
log in to your dashboard--> layout- -> Edit HTML
Click on "Expand Widget Template" and  scroll down  to where you see this:-

To place ad above your post header.Paste the code above this line.
To place ad below your post header.Paste the code below this line.
How To Place ad end of your post body

e.g

log in to your dashboard--> layout- -> Edit HTML
Click on "Expand Widget Template" and  scroll down  to where you see this:-



Paste the code below this line, to show your ad at the end of your post.

NOTE : To Set the Align of your ad , Insert your code like this.

center"> Your Ad code

Replace "center" with "left" or "right" for desired alignment.

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How to Insert AdSense Ads Inside Blogspot Posts

Google's Blogspot post editor (also known as Blogger) includes an HTML editor tool that lets you insert custom HTML and JavaScript inside individual posts, like many other blogging and publishing platforms. With this tool, you can insert Google Adsense advertisement codes inside blog posts to make them appear inline, rather than above or below the post or on the sidebar.

Step 1

Sign in to Google Adsense and retrieve your Adsense code for displaying an ad. Highlight and copy the code with your mouse cursor.

Step 2

Log in to your Blogger account. Click on "New Post" to create a new post with an ad inside the text or click on "Edit Post" to add the advertisement to an existing post.

Step 3

Write your post and give it a title or navigate to the section you want to add the advertisement to if you're editing a published post.

Step 4

Click on "Edit HTML." Right-click and paste the ad code where you want it to appear.

Step 5

Click on "Preview" to preview the post. Verify you are satisfied with the appearance. Click on "Publish Post."

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HOW TO MAKE MONEY E-BOOK FOR BLOGGING

Do you want to make money on the internet sharing your knowledge and insight? Do you want to develop an online voice that will bring you recognition and fame? Are you ready to learn how? My new e-book Blogging for Students will teach you how to blog, build your reputation and traffic, and how to make money from your reputation and traffic.
                                       
Blogging for Students is available for just N200. To order the e-book Blogging for Students pay N200 only to the following account:

Bank Name: GTBank (Guaranty Trust)
Account Name: Chinedu solomon
Account Number: 0109616530 

After payment email me on passydigital[a]yahoo.com or send text to 08054739636 with the following details
Your Name
email address
Or any proof of payment

Once I confirm your payment, I will send you the e-book to your email address within 24 hour. Pay before 1pm, get it before 4pm same day.

Who should buy Blogging for Students

• Absolute beginners to blogging, who may or may not have heard of blogging, but want to learn the ropes of blogging from someone who actually blogs
• The struggling blogger, who jumped into blogging because of the hype and is now about to drown in the waters of blogging disappointment. Do not give-up until you have read this book. It might just be the lifebuoy you desperately need.
• Upcoming bloggers who need new ideas to recharge their blogging
• Business owners, Marketers, PR People, who are looking for an effective tool for promoting their products and services online

This e-book is not for people who consider themselves experts in Blogging.

What you get from Blogging for Students

Blogging for Students is divided into six chapters packed with information to put you on the right path for blogging success.

1) Introduction: This chapter introduces you to blogging and reveals the secret of making money from blogging, yes the secret is out. It also runs down the tools you need as a blogger.

2) Choosing a niche: Niche blogging is a successful technique for building your reputation faster and distinguishing yourself online. This chapter will show you the benefits and niche blogging and show you how you can choose niches that are right for you and yet profitable. A lot of bloggers in Nigeria go into saturated niches like jobs or copying and pasting news, this chapter will discourage you into going for such wild goose chase and if you insist it will show the best technique for entering a saturated niche. 

3) How to setup your blog: This chapter will go into how to create your blog from choosing a blog platform and name for your blog to customising your template. All examples on blog customisation will focus on the free blog platform Blogger.

4) How to write your blog post: This chapter will teach you how to write successful blog posts that will drive traffic to your website. SEO best practices are covered.

5) Promoting your blog: This is where you learn how to promote your blog. This chapter may be considered as the heart of the book as this is where you actually get the different techniques for building your traffic and your online reputation.

6) How to make money from your blog: this chapter reveals the different blog monetisation methods, the so called direct and indirect methods. I consider this the least important part of the book. Because I believe that once you have a successful blog you can figure out how to leverage its success. It comes natural.

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Blogging for Students is available for just N2,000. To order the e-book Blogging for Students pay N200 only to the following account:

Bank Name: GTBank (Guaranty Trust)
Account Name: chinedu solomon
Account Number:0109616530 

After payment email me on passydigital[a]yahoo.com or send text to 08100003084 with the following details
Your Name
email address
Or any proof of payment

Once I confirm your payment, I will send you the e-book to your email address within 24 hour. Pay before 1pm, get it before 4pm same day.

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What bonuses come with the book

VIP membership at the forum: No book on blogging will cover everything. Once you buy this book you qualify for VIP membership of our tech forum at all student campus. There you can ask any questions about blogging and seek advice or clarifications as you go in this your blogging journey. As a VIP I will personally answer your questions and ASAP too. Once you buy the e-book register with the forum and send me your username via email, I will make you a VIP member.

SEO Best practices: although a few of these techniques where covered in the book, I have decided to create a sort of SEO cheat sheet that puts every SEO requirement together to enable you easily ensure your blog is compliant.

Blogging Timetable: As a student, I figured you will need a timetable. This timetable contains daily, weekly, and monthly tasks. This will help you manage your time.

over 50 less competitive niches but potentially profitable: In Nigeria because of the hype surrounding blogging, everyone is crowding the perceived profitable niches. This is because they see some successful bloggers making money from such niche. But just because another blogger is successful in a niche does not mean you will also be successful.

This over 50 niches list will help you device a niche you can make a name for yourself blogging before the copycats and spoilers wake-up from their slumber.

Conditional Bonus: There is also a final bonus, but this is conditional. I will personally promote the first ten blogs that I like from bloggers that bought this book on my blog, Facebook page, tech forum, and Twitter. Note it is not the first 10 to buy the book, it is also not the first 10 to submit to me. It is the first 10 blogs submitted to me that I like.

The blog must also not be in existence as at the time you bought the book and must draw from ideas in the book. (So that is your student project). The blogger must also build content on the blog for at least 6 weeks before sending their links to me.

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Blogging for Students is available for just N2000. To order the e-book Blogging for Students pay N2000 only to the following account:

Bank Name: GTBank (Guaranty Trust)
Account Name: Chinedu solomon
Account Number: 0109616530 

After payment email me on passydigital[a]yahoo.com or send text to 08054739636 with the following details
Your Name
email address
Or any proof of payment

Once I confirm your payment, I will send you the e-book to your email address within 24 hour. Pay before 1pm, get it before 4pm same day.

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Why Blogging for Students

The name may be misunderstood to mean that the book is for students. Not exactly, it is for anyone who wants to learn how to blog successfully. In order words, the student blogger. However, the book will be great for students who are smart enough to be considering potential income opportunities after graduations.

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Gateway Polytechnic 2012/2013 Post UTME Application

We wish to inform all prospective candidates of the Gate Way Polytechnic that application form for the 2012/2013 post UTME screening is on sale.

Admission & Requirements
Admission Requirements of the institution are in consonance with the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) requirements. These are 5 credits at GCE, NABTEB, WAEC "O' Level and NECO (Local and Overseas) at not more than two sittings or 4 credits at a sitting or 4 credits at a sitting.

The Credits must include English Language and Mathematics irrespective of course of study applied for.
Other Credits must be in subjects that are relevant to the proposed Course of Study.

The Polytechnic has WAIVERS for those who have not met the entry requirement of the NBTE. WAIVERS are however, at the discretion of the Academic Board of the Institution.
Candidates who have not met the entry requirements for the ND, may be admitted into the Certificate programme. Such students will however, be absorbed into the ND progrmme upon obtaining requisite 'O' Level credits.

Gate Way Polytechnic is currently selling 2012/2013 Post UTME application forms.

The forms are sold at N1,000 (one thousand naira only) in banks within the school location. Rush now to apply.

Examination date (if any) will be communicated through this website as time goes on.        

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2012/2013 NNPC/CHEVRON National University Scholarship Application

Chevron Nigeria Limited, in collaboration with its Joint Venture partner, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), is offering a number of University Scholarship Awards to suitably qualified Nigerian students.

E-applications are invited from full-time SECOND YEAR (200 LEVEL) degree students of the under-listed courses, in Nigerian Universities:
1. Accountancy
2. Agricultural Science/ Agricultural Engineering
3. Architecture
4. Business Administration/Economics
5. Chemical/Civil/Mechanical/Petroleum/Electrical & Electronics Engineering
6. Computer Science/Information Tech./Computer & System Engineering
7. Environmental Studies/Surveying
8. Geology/Geophysics
9. Law/Law & Criminology/ Law & International Relations
10. Mass Communication/Journalism
11. Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
12. Medicine/Dentistry/Pharmacy (Vet. Medicine not inclusive)


Deadline:
Closing date for receipt of e-applications is strictly July 27, 2012.

Please note:
That we will accept applications through this website address only. Hard copies of any document submitted will not be processed. All interested students are advised to complete the E-application form online at this web address only and upload all the required documents as requested at the website.

In line with the e-scholarship administration system, selected students will be invited for computer-administered qualifying tests in selected computer examination centers nationwide.
Short-listed candidates for the qualifying test will be invited by email and sms.

All applicants are here advised to ensure that GSM telephone numbers and personal email addresses are properly entered into the e-forms at the web site.
Note: Please ensure you understand the above carefully before you start this application to avoid errors and disqualification.

Click here to apply.

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18 NYSC members died on way to camp – Youth Minister

 Eighteen intending members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) were last Tuesday killed in a road accident while travelling from Imo to Taraba state for their orientation exercise, the Minister of Youth Development, Bolaji Abdullahi said on Monday. The minister said this during the flag off of the 2012 NYSC Batch A skills acquisition sensitization training programme in Abuja. He said that the issue of resuming within twenty four hours after issuance of call up letters would no longer be the case. The minister therefore sought for the review of the camp resumption deadline. “We will look into the review of the resumption time so that those to be mobilise will prepare and resume to the camp before closing of the camp without having to rush to meet up with the deadline. The exercise will start right from when final result of those to be mobilise is released from their various institutions,” Mr Abdullahi said. He said that the federal government starting from the 2012 Batch A corps members, will start an agro business grant to support and train graduating corps members going into agriculture business. “Federal government in collaboration with T.Y Danjuma foundation will be giving grant of between two to three million naira to corps members for agro business with the condition that the corper must go through a 14 days training programme and it must be in connection with another four to five corps members.” The minister further reiterated the scheme’s plan to shut out oil companies, banks and National Assembly from posting corps members to serve there as well as stopping of preferential posting. “As I earlier disclosed during the unveiling of the new NYSC policy, our corps members will only be posted to areas like agriculture, education, rural health and infrastructure in order to achieve some of the MDGs while corpers will only be posted preferentially based legitimately on marital, medical and disability ground, adding that anyone found wanting or lying about those grounds would be punished appropriately,” he said.

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National University Commission Accredit 30 National Open University Programmes

National Universities Commission has accredited 30 programmes being offered by the National Open University of Nigeria. Acting Director, Open and Distance Education of the NUC, Dr. Suleiman Ramon-Yusuf, said this at the end of a one-day advocacy forum on the Open and Distance Learning in the Nigerian University System in Abuja on Tuesday. Ramon-Yusuf, however, explained that the status of the accreditation of each of the programmes was still being processed.

He said apart from NOUN, the University of Ibadan; Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Abuja; University of Maiduguri, Federal University of Technology, Yola and University of Lagos run ODL programmes. Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie, cautioned the Senate and council of universities against the abuse of part-time and sandwich programmes. Okogie said NUC would not take kindly to institutions ignoring rules and procedures for running such programmes.

He said the commission had developed a framework to ensure standards and quality of the products of the ODL as it is obtainable in the conventional university education. Vice-Chancellor of NOUN, Prof. Vincent Ado-Tenebe, said the Open and Distance Learning of Education was “the in-thing all over the world” because of the flexibility of the programme.

He said, “It is the only thing that can salvage the world’s population, because the traditional system of education where you have the classrooms can no longer contain, especially in countries like Nigeria, where the population growth is high”. He, however, said it was unfortunate that many Nigerians were yet to appreciate the window of opportunity for university education provided by ODL. –

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Court restates ban on UNILAG name change

Students of University of Lagos in a hijacked LAGBUS bus, during a protest against the renaming of the institution in Lagos... on Wednesday.
| credits: Goke Famadewa.

A Federal High Court, Ikeja on Wednesday reaffirmed its earlier interim order restraining the Federal Government and other concerned authorities from changing the name of University of Lagos to Moshood Abiola University.

Justice Stephen Adah reiterated that the order would subsist throughout the period of hearing and final determination of the suit challenging the propriety of renaming the university through a broadcast by President Goodluck Jonathan on May 29, 2012.

This came even as the court also ordered the consolidation of the two suits filed separately by the alumni association and some students of the university.

Adah restated the interim order following a request by the plaintiffs’ lead counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, for an extension of the validity of the order.

Counsel for the respondents in the suit, in their separate responses to Olanipekun’s application, said the judge in his ruling on June 25, 2012, had made it clear that the injunction was to be alive until when the suit was finally dispensed off.

The respondents are the University of Lagos, the Senate of the university, its Governing Council, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN); and the National Assembly.

Prof. Taiwo Osipitan (SAN), represented UNILAG and its Senate, Mrs. Titilola Akinlawon (SAN), the university’s Senate; Mrs. H.E Obayagbon, the National Assembly; and Mr. J.J Usman, the Attorney-General of the Federation. They all consented to the continued validity of the order.

The judge, in a short ruling said the order would “subsist throughout the hearing and final determination of the suit.”

Following an oral application by Olanipekun, the judge also ordered the consolidation of the two suits marked, FHC/IKJ/CS/130/2012 and FHC/IKJ/CS/131/2012.

All the respondents’ counsel agreed that since the two suits had the same facts, there was the need to consolidate them.

In his application for extension of the order, Olanipekun had said the status quo which the court said must be maintained in its June 25 ruling was the name which the university had been bearing for the past 50 years.

The National President of the Alumni Association of the university, Prof. Olayide Abass and the Secretary, Femi Olatunji, on behalf of the association, instituted the suit seeking nine reliefs as the ones sought by the students.

The judge adjourned till September 21 and directied the parties to file all necessary court processes before then.

The plaintiffs, whose case is being prosecuted by at least 14 SANs, are asking the court to declare that President’s action is null and void.

Among other orders being sought by the plaintiffs is one restraining the university and its Council from complying with the President’s broadcast.

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NUC suspends licences of Lead City, six varsities

The National Universities Commission has suspended the operational licences of seven private universities for allegedly violating its guidelines in physical facilities and academic programmes.

The affected universities are Lead City, Caritas, Joseph Ayo Babalola, Tansian, Madonna, Achievers and Obong.

The Director of Press and Public Relations of NUC, Mallam Ibrahim Yakassai, confirmed this in a telephone interview with one of our correspondents on Wednesday night.

A top source, who pleaded anonymity, said the decision to suspend the operational licences of the affected universities was due to their non-compliance with the regulations guiding the operations of universities in the country as stipulated by the NUC.

“The operators of the universities affected know their offences because so many times, we have informed them about their failings but they did not take necessary steps to address their shortcomings. Anyway, It’s just a suspension and it will be lifted as soon as they do the correct things,” the sourced said.

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Boko Haram:NYSC stops posting of 14,850 graduates to North

JULY 5, 2012 BY JOHN ALECHENU, ABUJA 

At last, the National Youth Service Corps has bowed to pressure and rescinded the decision to post 14,850 corps members to troubled northern states.

It has directed the affected corps members to report at the NYSC headquarters for redeployment to states considered safe.

A statement by the Director-General of the NYSC, Brig.-General Nnamdi Okore-Affia, in Abuja on Wednesday, directed corps members posted to Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau, Kano and Kaduna states to immediately report to the NYSC headquarters for redeployment.

This came barely 24 hours after an earlier insistence by the NYSC that corps members posted to the affected areas must first report to camp before requests for redeployment could be considered.

Okore-Affia has also directed all those deployed in Yobe and Borno states to report to new orientation camps in Nasarawa and Benue states respectively.

The statement reads, “This is to inform all prospective corps members deployed to Yobe and Borno states for the 2012 Batch ‘B’ Orientation Course to note the following:

“Yobe State prospective corps members will now hold their orientation course at the Nasarawa State NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Keffi, Keffi LGA, and not as stated on their call-up letters.

“Borno State prospective corps members will undertake their orientation programme at the Benue State NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp at Wanume, Tarka LGA, and not as stated on their call-up letters.

“Date: Thursday 26th July-Thursday 16th August, 2012, as earlier published.

“In addition, all 2012 Batch ‘B’ prospective corps members deployed to Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau, Kano and Kaduna states who have collected their call-up letters but are yet to report in camp should immediately report at the NYSC Directorate Headquarters, Abuja for redeployment.”

The statement is silent on the fate of those who have already reported in camp in compliance with the earlier directive.

However, a senior official of the corps confided in our correspondent that those who had complied would not be discriminated against.

“Requests by those who responded to the earlier directive to report will be given expeditious consideration because we must not send the wrong signals to those who are law-abiding,” the official who asked not to be named said.

A female youth corps member who reported in the Plateau State camp confirmed to our correspondent on the telephone that they were given re-deployment request forms yesterday.

Fourteen thousand corps members were posted to troubled northern states.

Data obtained by The Punch revealed that 1,050 corps members were posted to Borno State, the same number was posted to Yobe State while Gombe, Kano, and Kaduna states had 2,500 corps members each. Bauchi had 1,500 while 2,300 corps members were posted to Plateau State.

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Reps want NYSC to cancel posting to ‘volatile’ states

Ripples over posting to troubled states

JULY 5, 2012  by maureen azuzh

National Youth Service Corps members

MAUREEN AZUH writes on the dilemma facing potential members of the National Youth Service Corps who have been posted to states where violence is rampant

When the National Youth Service Corps was established in 1973, it was with the aim to “reconstruct, reconcile and rebuild the country after the Nigerian Civil war” as well as encourage and develop common ties among Nigerian youths.

Unfortunately, some developments outside and within the NYSC ‘camp’ in recent times have called to question the continued relevance of the spirit behind the scheme. At the national level, some events have threatened the values that enhance togetherness, patriotism and outright sacrifice that many would want to undertake for their fatherland. That is why some people have queried the continued relevance or necessity of the NYSC.

In this era when some states in the Northern Nigeria and even the Federal capital, Abuja, seem to be at the mercy of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, it seems very obvious that the leadership of the scheme would hesitate before posting innocent and harmless youths to the troubled spots. Surprise, however, came when the NYSC, as usual, sent fresh graduates from different higher institutions to all states, including Borno and Yobe, where the activities of the sect have left many people dead in recent months.

It is however not surprising that, early in the week, those posted to Yobe, Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Bornu and Bauchi states besieged NYSC national secretariat, Abuja for redeployment.

Most of the corps members, who belong to the Batch B of the 2012 service year, in interviews with national dailies, expressed sadness and fear. On social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and even Blackberry, corps members have continued to express their displeasure at the development.

One noted, “This government is wicked and heartless. This government is a devil. Why are corps members posted to these states this time around?” Another posted, “No sane person would willingly walk into death. You either choose your life or a certificate that does not guaranty a job after service. It’s that simple.”

Although Boko Haram has not made any pronouncement against corps members, nor has it forbidden their going to serve in the affected states, the fear is hinged on the fact that the sect seems to have an issue with the Federal Government, and, as it is said, ‘corpers are government’s children’. Besides, youth corps members are symbols of western education that Boko Haram believes is evil. Even when no one directly targets the ‘corpers’, everybody is a potential victim whenever violence erupts. It is thus natural that the candidates posted to the affected states and their parents would protest.

But the NYSC authorities do not want to shift grounds. While the protests have been ongoing, a statement signed by the Director of Corps Mobilisation, Mrs Mary Kolajo, was allegedly pasted at the NYSC Headquarters in Abuja, urging whosoever wanted a reposting to do so while in camp in whatever state he has been sent to. The fact is that the corps’ officials have remained adamant with reports that they are already collaborating with the affected states on how to ensure security for the corps members posted to their states. The argument is that no participant can be redeployed until he or she reports to the orientation camp for registration.

To an average Nigerian, the fears of corps members may not be unfounded. Corps members had in the past faced one form of attack or the other in different states during service. But the morbid fear to serve in northern states began in 2011 when several ‘corpers’ were killed and others injured in the violence which followed the presidential elections in Bauchi and some other northern states.

Similarly, a graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Eucharia Remmy, was allegedly attacked and killed in Damaturu, during a bombing explosion that shook the state in late 2011. Also in 2009, a female corps member, Miss Grace Ushang, was raped to death in Maiduguri by assailants who are still at large. In the face of the seeming logjam, the NYSC appears to be the alpha and omega. Do the affected corps members have any right to say ‘No’?

For human rights lawyer, Fred Agbaje, they have every right to reject postings to the said states.

“Why would they not refuse to go there for their service?” he asked. “Who wants to go and die? It is a constitutional responsibility of the government at all tiers to ensure the welfare and security of its citizens. If the government cannot perform the social contract, that is security, then the citizens are free to reject any order given to them by the governemnt. It takes two to tango, so NYSC should stop being authoritarian because those who died last year are yet to be compensated.”

On May 31, the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig.-Gen. Nnamdi Okore-Afia, said in Abuja that female corps members prone to molestation should be trained in self defence. Rather than celebrate the decision, many corps members had, again, taken to networking sites to express their dissatisfaction at the development.

“Martial arts my foot! Same D.G that has exclusively reserved Lagos and Abuja for VIPs and oversea graduates, expecting us with no surnames to go and serve the fatherland with knowledge of taekwando, judo and karate,” a youth corps members had posted on an interactive site, Nairaland.

Another posted thus, “I just hope these so-called training programme includes explosion survival tactics and that they w’ll issue out AK47 to the northern serving corpers. Or better still, get everyone injected with kryptonite or something that’ll turn us all into superman/wonder woman as the case may be.”

Of course, not a few Nigerians would share the fear of the corps members, especially as whatever decision taken would affect, in one way or the other, many families.

Agbaje’s position is that affected parents can take a legal action against any decision to take their wards to states where their safety is not guaranteed.

He said, “There might not be an act under NYSC that provides a legal standing for parents but parents can state that the provision for their wards to face death penalty without trial or due process in some parts of the country is an affront on their human right and should be rejected. Afterall, section 17 of the Nigerian constitution provides for freedom, equality and justice for all citizens.”

Civil rights lawyer, Mr. Bamidele Aturu, reinforces Agbaje’s stance. He is of the opinion that security agencies and government have failed the citizens.

“Section 16 and 17 of the Nigerian Constitution makes it clear that security of Nigerians should be the primary concern of government. But the government has failed the citizens. It has shown that it is not on top of security issues in the country. So this can be the reason for parents to take legal action against NYSC: that it is jeopardising the lives of their wards. Whether they succeed or not is another matter but nobody wants to lose a child,” he said.

Perhaps succour is on the way for the ‘corpers’ as the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, barred the NYSC from posting corps members to volatile states in Northern Nigeria.

The House, which issued the order in a resolution, however, added a proviso that those corps members who wish to serve in such states should be allowed to do so – including their indigenes.

The states are Borno, Yobe, Kano, Bauchi, Kaduna, Plateau and Adamawa.

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