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         A school teacher, Abayomi Abdul on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly obtaining N500,000 from 14 students under false pretences.     The 49-year-old teacher who resides at No. 16, Singer Road, Ota, Ogun is facing a three-count of breach of peace, obtaining money under false pretences and stealing.      The Prosecutor, Sgt. Mike Unah, told the court that the accused committed the offences in May 2014 at Mercy Secondary School, Funsho Owolabi Estate in Abule Egba.     According to him, Abdul obtained N500, 000 from 14 students on the pretext of registering them for Junior School Certificate Examination. “The teacher, who had no intention of registering the students as promised, converted the money to personal use.     “When the school authority did not get any feedback from the accused, he was confronted and told t...

The National Universities Commission (NUC)has issued a letter of approval to the Ondo State University of Medical Sciences as the 40th state university in Nigeria. Executive Secretary of NUC, Professor Julius Okojie presented the letter of recognition to the Ondo state Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko. The NUC Scribe said the commission will also write the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB)to include the new university on the list of universities candidates who seek tertiary entrance admissions can apply to. “I wish to congratulate the government of Ondo state for the establishment of Ondo State University of Medical Sciences. “With effect from the 22nd of April 2015 the Ondo State University of medical Sciences has been recognised by the National Universities commission as the 40th state university and 139th university in Nigeria”, the letter read. Speaking shortly after he received the Letter of Recognition, Ondo state Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko ...

     The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), with its mandate of transforming Nigeria into an IT driven economy for global competitiveness and the dire need to bridge the digital divide, has since 2010 established a Scholarship Scheme for Masters (MSc) and Doctorate (PhD) Degrees in relevant areas of Information Technology (IT) obtainable in Nigeria or Foreign / Overseas Universities. Criteria: The scholarship award is strictly based on merit and is equally distributed between the six geo-political zones for PhD and the 36 States and FCT for MSc. Duration: The Masters programme will run for one year while the Doctorate programme is expected to run for three years. Eligibility: PhD :University Lecturers with MSc in any Information Technology related field are eligible to apply for sponsorship. MSc :All citizens of Nigeria with First Class or Second Class (Upper) Honours Bachelor’s degree, (BSc) in Information Technology rela...

Rainoil Limited was incorporated in November 1994 and commenced business as an Oil Marketing Company in the downstream sector of the Oil and Gas Industry in May 1997. From very humble beginnings with one Service Station in 1999 with which we entered into a Bulk Purchase Agreement with NNPC as an Independent Petroleum Products Marketing company, we have grown to a group of subsidiary companies with substantial investmentsin the following areas of the Downstream Operations: Tank Farm Operations, Jetty Services, Haulage/Distribution and Retail Outlets Operation.We are an integrated Oil and Gas Company operating in the Downstream Sector with a considerable national spread. We offer opportunities for outstanding individuals to take their careers to a high level of excellence. In abid to strengthen our workforce we are searching for dynamic and resourceful people to fill the position below: Copied from: www.hotnigerianjobs.comJob Title: Graduate TraineeLocation: NigeriaRole DescriptionWe ar...

List of successful applicants for Pressidscholarship is out. The Implementation Committee of the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development (PRESSID) is pleased to announce the names of the successful candidates for the award ofscholarshipsfor the 2015/2016 academic session as follows:S/No NAME1.ABDULHAFIZ, ONIMISI USMAN2.ABDULHAKEEM, ONIMISI MOMOH3.ABDULJELIL, IYANIWURA ADIO ADEBOLA4.ABDULRAHMAN, OLAOBAJU5.ABIODUN, ADESOLA ADETUNJI6.ADUNOLA, CHRISTIANA FASHOGBON7.ALOYSIUS, KENECHUKWU EZEILO8.ATINUKE, OMOTANWA OLALEYE9.AUSTIN, AKACHUKWU NWOKEDIUKO10.AYODEJI, AVIS ADENIRAN11.AYOMIDE, AYEYEMI AKINTAYO12.BABAJIDE, OLAOLU AKINTUNDE13.BABAJIDE, YUSUF ONANUGA14.BAYONLE, AISHAT DAUDA15.BEST, EDEKI16.CHARLES, OBIOHA OSUAFOR17.CHIAMAKA, PEACE UZOEWULU18.CHIDOZIE, DONALD OJOBOR19.CHIKA, VICTOR EZE20.CHIMA, DONATUS UJOATUONU21.CHIMA, STANLEY EKE22.CHINEDU, AZUBUIKE AJOKU23.CHINEDU, JOSEPH NWOKEDIUKO24.CHISOM, IHUAKU AKAKURU25.CHISOM, SYLVIA ANYAEZU26.CHUKWUMA, DAVID I...

List of successful applicants for Pressidscholarship is out. The Implementation Committee of the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development (PRESSID) is pleased to announce the names of the successful candidates for the award ofscholarshipsfor the 2015/2016 academic session as follows:S/No NAME1.ABDULHAFIZ, ONIMISI USMAN2.ABDULHAKEEM, ONIMISI MOMOH3.ABDULJELIL, IYANIWURA ADIO ADEBOLA4.ABDULRAHMAN, OLAOBAJU5.ABIODUN, ADESOLA ADETUNJI6.ADUNOLA, CHRISTIANA FASHOGBON7.ALOYSIUS, KENECHUKWU EZEILO8.ATINUKE, OMOTANWA OLALEYE9.AUSTIN, AKACHUKWU NWOKEDIUKO10.AYODEJI, AVIS ADENIRAN11.AYOMIDE, AYEYEMI AKINTAYO12.BABAJIDE, OLAOLU AKINTUNDE13.BABAJIDE, YUSUF ONANUGA14.BAYONLE, AISHAT DAUDA15.BEST, EDEKI16.CHARLES, OBIOHA OSUAFOR17.CHIAMAKA, PEACE UZOEWULU18.CHIDOZIE, DONALD OJOBOR19.CHIKA, VICTOR EZE20.CHIMA, DONATUS UJOATUONU21.CHIMA, STANLEY EKE22.CHINEDU, AZUBUIKE AJOKU23.CHINEDU, JOSEPH NWOKEDIUKO24.CHISOM, IHUAKU AKAKURU25.CHISOM, SYLVIA ANYAEZU26.CHUKWUMA, DAVID I...

List of successful applicants for Pressidscholarship is out. The Implementation Committee of the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development (PRESSID) is pleased to announce the names of the successful candidates for the award ofscholarshipsfor the 2015/2016 academic session as follows:S/No NAME1.ABDULHAFIZ, ONIMISI USMAN2.ABDULHAKEEM, ONIMISI MOMOH3.ABDULJELIL, IYANIWURA ADIO ADEBOLA4.ABDULRAHMAN, OLAOBAJU5.ABIODUN, ADESOLA ADETUNJI6.ADUNOLA, CHRISTIANA FASHOGBON7.ALOYSIUS, KENECHUKWU EZEILO8.ATINUKE, OMOTANWA OLALEYE9.AUSTIN, AKACHUKWU NWOKEDIUKO10.AYODEJI, AVIS ADENIRAN11.AYOMIDE, AYEYEMI AKINTAYO12.BABAJIDE, OLAOLU AKINTUNDE13.BABAJIDE, YUSUF ONANUGA14.BAYONLE, AISHAT DAUDA15.BEST, EDEKI16.CHARLES, OBIOHA OSUAFOR17.CHIAMAKA, PEACE UZOEWULU18.CHIDOZIE, DONALD OJOBOR19.CHIKA, VICTOR EZE20.CHIMA, DONATUS UJOATUONU21.CHIMA, STANLEY EKE22.CHINEDU, AZUBUIKE AJOKU23.CHINEDU, JOSEPH NWOKEDIUKO24.CHISOM, IHUAKU AKAKURU25.CHISOM, SYLVIA ANYAEZU26.CHUKWUMA, DAVID I...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)wishes to inform all 2015 Batch ‘A’ prospective Corps Members that theyare advised to start checking their names as from Friday 17th April, 2015 from their various institutions attended.While checking, they are expected to note their name and call-up numbers, especially those that didn’t pay for the Online printing of Call-up Letters.Best of luck To You all…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)says it is ready to partner with corporate organisations to empower youths with entrepreneurship skills.The NYSC Director-General, Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, made the assertion on Friday in Ilorin at the opening of a training programme for its Venture Managers.Olawumi, represented by the Director, Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneur Services, Mrs Mary Dan Abia, said the NYSC in partnership with IITA had cultivated 20 hectares of hybrid cassavavarieties at Leleyi-Kwali, FCT.The director-general also said that NYSCwas collaborating with the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation, Idofian, on the development of agricultural equipment.“We are developing a new one with Fadama III project, all to ginger our youths to appreciate farming as a worthy profession,’’ Olawumi added.He said that the NYSC farm settlement in Kwali would be expanded to 70 hectares for the cultivation of cassava.Olawumi added that the NYSC rice mill in Ebonyi would as from...

In preparation for post UTME,you can download Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, AAUA post UTME past question below. AAUA Post UTME Past Question and Answers - Download Here: To download the past question, Click Here To Download AAUA Post UTME Past Question

      The date for the 2015 NDA entrance examination for the 67th regular course admission (more like Post-UTME Screening) has been released. Members of the public and candidates who have chosen the Nigerian Defence Academy during the last JAMB UTME are hereby informed of this development. Nigerian Defence Academy 2015 Examination Date (67th Regular Course) All candidates that applied for the 2015 JAMB registration and have met the minimum JAMB cut-off mark requirement would be invited for the NDA Entrance Examination in due course. Now to the date of the NDA entrance examination – the 2015 screening test has been scheduled to hold is scheduled on Saturday 25th April, 2015. That’s no longer far away from today’s date. Like we have said earlier, this is more like the Post-UTME screening of the NDA for the 2015/2016 admission exercise. You must meet some requirements such as cut-off mark by JAMB

Delta State Bursary and Scholarship application forms for the 2013/2014 academic session are now available online. Application procedure and eligibility details are available below. The Delta State Bursary and Scholarship Board, hereby invites applications from qualified Delta State Students in Nigerian Public and Private Tertiary Institutions to participate in the 2013/2014 Student’s Special Assistance Scheme (Bursary Award) tenable in Nigeria tertiary institutions. Candidates Eligible for Delta State Bursary and Scholarship All applicants must be: 1. of Delta State Origin 2. Registered full–time Students and not part time Students. (Diploma, Masters and PhD Students are not eligible) 3. all applicants must be in year two and above in recognized Federal, State and Private Universities. 4. HND I & II Students of Polytechnics /Monotechnics. 5. 200 level and above for Colleges of Education Students. 6. Must have obtained a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2....

1,014 GET FUTA PROVISIONAL ADMISSION FOR2014/2015 ACADEMIC YEAR Out of the 5,865 candidates who took the Post- UTME examination conducted by the Federal University of Technology, Akure FUTA, 1,014 have been offered provisional admission as the University kick starts the process for the 2014/2015 academic year. Ige, Ibukun Jonathan with 92 percent recorded the highest score in the examination. He was trailed by Dada, Toluwalope Temidayo with 88%, Adediran Adejoke Oluwaseyi, Udomi Martins Chijindu, Oyemade Oluwaloba Oyedotun, Soetan Elizabeth Damilola and Ayodele Omolayo Anne who all scored 84%. Expressing his delight at the conduct and outcome of the examination, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adebiyi Daramola reaffirmed FUTA’s commitment to due process in all her operations. According to him, only the best can make it to FUTA, because FUTA’s tradition of excellence is never compromised. “We have confidence in our process all the time as far as conducting examination is concerned becau...

Professor Isaac Adewole, the Vice chancellor, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, has hinted that the institution has set up a Committee on Ebola Prevention and Preparedness, to try and produce Ebola vaccine. Nigerian Tribune reports that the Vice chancellor, while speaking at a town hall meeting in Ibadan, further revealed that the institution’s virology laboratory would be expanded and make sure it produce a vaccine that could be used to prevent Ebola. Professor Adewole said the university had concluded plans to spearhead Ebola vaccine production, and advised residents to dispel their fears as they would be adequately equipped with necessary information about the virus. He urged the federal government to investigate the allegation that the late Patrick Sawyer was paid to import the virus to Nigeria, and cautioned people against handshake. He also advised the public to avoid sick people as Ebola virus spreads quickly through body fluids of infected persons. Speaking also at the town hall m...

What may be coming to many as a breathe of solace is finally here as we can confirm to you without any shadow of doubt that the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) will not be going on strike any time soon. In an exclusive chat with one of the top members of the Union who pleaded anonymity earlier today disclaimed the rumour of his members planning to embark on any strike. He argued that they cannot go on strike for now and if the need be for it, the Federal Government will be issued a notice which will be made public. In his words, ”ASUU cannot go on strike for now, we are also reasonable individuals and we will not do anything to jeopardize the education system. If peradventure we want to go on strike, we will notify the FG early enough and engage them through pre-strike measures first”. He further explained that the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics(ASUP) and College of Education Academic Staff Union(COEASU) have just called off their strikes to give the new Minister of E...

Have you ever felt stuck in one place? Or wondered what you’re actually doing with your life? Do you feel like you have nowhere to go until you do your time, and all you can think of is how much you want to get away and move on to the next adventure? We’ve all been there, whether it is comparing our lives to others, a hangover day when we’re seriously questioning the antics from the night before or when we just have too much time on our hands. To avoid driving yourself mad, next time you’re feeling stuck or that you might not be living your life to its fullest potential, remember these few points: Find Your Passion Give yourself a break. Maybe you just haven’t found your passion in life yet, and that’s perfectly okay. After all, how are you supposed to know what you really want to do if you don’t test the waters by casting out the net as far and wide as possible? Take up a new hobby you think you might be interested in. What have you got to lose? If it doesn’t work out, you can’t say ...

Professor Maurice Iwu, said a plant commonly eaten in West Africa, popularly known as kola nut can cure the deadly Ebola virus as shown in its tracks during a laboratory tests. The Professor, who made the revelation while speaking at the 16th International Botanical Congress in St Louis in the United States of America, also disclosed that a compound taken from kola nut plant have also proved effective against some strains of flu. He stated that if the anti-Ebola compound proves successful in animal and human trials, it will be the first medicine to successfully treat the virus that causes Ebola haemorrhagic fever which is usually a fatal condition. Iwu, who set up and heads the Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme, led the research that reportedly started 10 years ago, after researchers were led to the plant by traditional native healers who said they have used the plant for the treatment of infectious diseases for centuries. Prof. Iwu who also came from a family of tra...

1. Financial Illiteracy: The main reason for poverty is that people do not have enough knowledge about money, its law, how it functions, how to make it, multiply it, save it, manage it and retain it. While the rich is looking for ideas, the poor is busy looking for money. Money flows in the direction of ideas. Eighty percent of people who win large sums of money return to their old poor lifestyles within ten years because money came to them when they were not prepared to manage it. 2. How to make money is rarely taught in the major social institutions: home, school, church. 3. The five percent of people who own ninety five percent of the money in the world, hold the keys to prosperity in secret. The rest ninety five percent will continue to work for the increase of the resources of these five percent. 4. Formal education prepares people to work for someone else. The university does not teach how to make money or own a business. The professors do not know how to create wealth, so they ...

1. Financial Illiteracy: The main reason for poverty is that people do not have enough knowledge about money, its law, how it functions, how to make it, multiply it, save it, manage it and retain it. While the rich is looking for ideas, the poor is busy looking for money. Money flows in the direction of ideas. Eighty percent of people who win large sums of money return to their old poor lifestyles within ten years because money came to them when they were not prepared to manage it. 2. How to make money is rarely taught in the major social institutions: home, school, church. 3. The five percent of people who own ninety five percent of the money in the world, hold the keys to prosperity in secret. The rest ninety five percent will continue to work for the increase of the resources of these five percent. 4. Formal education prepares people to work for someone else. The university does not teach how to make money or own a business. The professors do not know how to create wealth, so they ...

Understanding that being a student especially in Nigeria could be a very daunting task. This may be your case if you receive little or no pocket money to help you in moving around while in school. It is in this light that we has thought it wise to compose a little write up on famous businesses that students can carry out successfully while in school and still have time for their studies. So, grab a pop corn, your favorite soft drink and enjoy the write up. 1.T-Shirt Customization: This business requires your creativity as a student. looking around you, you’ll notice students love fancy and funky stuffs. learning the art of this business means you’ll have fellow students begging you to collect their money for a t-shirt write up. You can learn this simple business during your stay at home/holiday. You can start in small scale by doing the write ups on your own T-shirt, friends will like it and ask you to even do for them. Just start something. Remember the “My Oga at the Top Saga”? you ...