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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE MARKURDI 2013/2014 ACADEMIC TIME TABLE

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 6 Jan 2014 16:10:00 -0800

FIRST SEMESTER 2013/2014

S/N	DATE	EVENT	DURATION
1	Sunday 11^th May, 2014	Students return to campus
2	Monday 12^th May, 2014 – Friday 23^rd May, 2014	Registration	2 Weeks
3	Monday 26^th May, 2014 – Friday 6^th June, 2014	Late Registration	2 Weeks
4	Friday 13^th June, 2014	End of Add/Drop of Courses	-
5	Monday 26^th May, 2014 – Friday 15^th August, 2014	Lectures	12 Weeks
6	Monday 18^th August, 2014 – Friday 22^nd August, 2014	Revision	1 Week
8	Monday 25^th August, 2014 – Friday 12^th September, 2014	Examinations	3 Weeks
9	Saturday 13^th September, 2014 – Saturday 27^th September, 2014	First Semester break	2 Weeks
10	Friday 10^th October, 2014	First semester results to be ready for consideration by all Department Boards	4 Weeks
11	Friday 24^th October, 2014	First semester results to be ready for consideration by all College Boards	2 Weeks
12	Friday 31^th October, 2014	First semester results to be ready for consideration by Senate Committee on exams	1 Week
13	Thursday 20^th November, 2014	First semester results to be ready for consideration by Senate	3 Weeks

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ASUU: Lectures In UNILAG to Cover up the lost Grounds

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 6 Jan 2014 15:56:00 -0800

As academic activities resumed at the University of Lagos, yesterday, Monday January 6th, the institution’s branch of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has promised to make sacrifices to make up for lost time.

The Chairman of the university’s chapter of ASUU, Dr. Oghenekaro Ogbinaka, gave the assurance in Lagos.

Lecturers in public universities embarked on an indefinite strike under the directive of ASUU on June 30, 2013. They called off the strike on December 17. 2013.

The lecturers were agitating for Federal Government’s full implementation of an agreement it entered into with the union in 2009.

Ogbinaka said that the union was satisfied with steps the government recently took to ensure that the country’s university system was on the same pedestal with those of many other countries.

He said that University of Lagos lecturers would ensure that areas that suffered during the strike were covered qualitatively.

He urged students to work hard to make up for the lost time.

According to him, the Federal Government had demonstrated willingness to create a conducive teaching and learning environment in public universities.

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LASU ASUU THREATENS STRIKE

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 03:21:00 -0800

Dr Adekunle Idris, Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos State University, Ojo (LASU) chapter, on Monday called on the State Government to urgently address some burning issues in the institution.
Briefing journalists in Lagos, Idris urged the state government, university council and management to address the lingering issues to forestall looming crises.
He said that the ASUU congress in the university had mandated the executive committee to explore avenues of dialogue to resolve the contending issues.
The union leader, however, said that they may be forced to declare an industrial action if the dialogue with the government failed to achieve the desired result.
Shedding light on the issues at stake, Idris said that the state government had not implemented the Universities Miscellaneous Provision Act 2012 in LASU.
“This law was passed by the Federal Republic of Nigeria for effective running of universities and we were part of ASUU /FG 2009 agreement.
“One of the provisions of the agreement is that academic staff on professional cadre shall retire at age 70 and non-academic staff at 65.
“It also says that principal officers shall serve for a single term of five years,” he said.

*Student of the Lagos State Univesity protesting hike in school fees

Idris said that the state government had, during a deliberation with the institution’s four unions on Dec. 31, 2010, promised to implement the agreement but failed to do so.
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2013 the year of ASUU

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 03:01:00 -0800

The concept of Man of the Year (changed to Person of the Year in 1999) was developed by Time Magazine in 1927 to recognise and feature a person, group, idea or object that “for better or for worse…has done the most to influence the events of the year.”

It took me only a few minutes to decide that there was no single person in Nigeria in 2013, who “influenced the events of the year” to the point of being named Man of the Year. True, there were notable individuals who made significant splashes, but there were even more interesting developments for which groups of individuals were responsible. Although each of the developments was specific to a particular sector of our national life, many citizens were affected beyond those sectors. The four major developments, which dominated the news “for better or for worse” in 2013, are: Corruption in the economic sector; terrorism in the security sector; 2015 politics in the political sector; and the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities in the education sector. Most events in 2013 were influenced by one or more of these developments.

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FUTO 2012/2013 Newly approved Academic Time Table

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:16:00 -0800

FUTO Senate has approved an updated 2012/2013 Academic Calendar. The adjusted 2012/2013 ACADEMIC CALENDAR is as follows:

Week 1: January 5 - 11, 2014

Students return to Campus/Revision

Week 2: January 12 - 18, 2014

Rain Semester Examinations

Week 3: January 19 - 25, 2014

Rain Semester Examinations

January 25, 2014 - End of 2012/2013 Academic Session.

January 26, 2014 - Beginning of 2013/2014 Academic Session

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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University 2013/2014 admission list out view list here

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:02:00 -0800

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University have released her 2013/2014 Remedial Admission List.
Students who have not accessed theirs can do that by downloading it in the
University Portal here
or by scrolling down here to view thee complete admission list 2013/2014
session.
Congratulations if you find your name. Now you can download your school
admission letter here after which you click here to download your school fees schedule.
Accept our Congratulation once more, and do share these with your friends
Below is the full list
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AMENDED UNN 2013/2014 Academic Time Table

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 06:46:00 -0800

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TIME-TABLE OF EVENTS FOR 2013/2014 SESSION

FIRST SEMESTER 2013/2014

JANUARY 2014
Friday 03 - Arrival of freshmen/provision of accommodation
Monday 06 - Registration begins for freshmen
Thursday 09 - Arrival of old students/provision of accommodation
Monday 13 - Registration begins for old students
- Lectures begin
- Orientation for freshmen begins

Friday 17 - Orientation for freshmen ends
Friday 24 - Registration ends for all students
Monday 27 - Late registration begins for all students
Friday 31 - Late registration ends for all students
FEBRUARY 2014
- Lectures continue
MARCH 2014 - Lectures in progress
SATURDAY 08 - MATRICULATION CEREMONY

MONDAY 24 – SUNDAY 30 - CONVOCATION CEREMONIES

APRIL 2014
Thursday 11 - Lectures end
Monday 14 - Revisions begin
Thursday 17 - Revisions end
Friday 18 – Monday 21 - Easter Break
Tuesday 22 - Departmental Examinations begin
Friday 25 - Departmental Examinations end
Monday 28 - Examinations in Inter-Faculty and Inter-Disciplinary
Courses begin
MAY 2014
Friday 09 - Examinations in Inter-Faculty and Inter-Disciplinary
Courses end
- End of First Semester/Students Vacate Campus

SECOND SEMESTER 2012/2013

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China Reforms One Child policy

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:50:00 -0800

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed a resolution allowing couples to have two children if either parent is an only child.
A proposal to abolish re-education through labour camps was also approved.
The changes in policy were announced following a meeting of top Communist Party officials in November.
The reforms, which came at the end of a six-day meeting of the congress, have already been tested in parts of the country.
They needed formal legislative approval to be put into effect.
China introduced its one-child policy at the end of the 1970s to curb rapid population growth.
But correspondents say the policy has become increasingly unpopular and that leaders fear the country's ageing population will both reduce the labour pool and exacerbate elderly care issues.
By 2050, more than a quarter of the population will be over 65.
The one-child policy has on the whole been strictly enforced, though some exceptions already exist, including for ethnic minorities.

A 36- year old man Pregants Her 14 year old girl

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:44:00 -0800

The Nigerian Police in Lagos State has arrested a 36-year old man who allegedly raped and impregnated his 14-year old daughter.
DSP Ngozi Braide, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, made this known when she briefed newsmen in Ikeja.
Braide said the girl had been pregnant for the past two months and that the man claimed to be bewitched. She added that the mother of the girl divorced her father seven years ago.
Braide added that the matter was reported at Meiran Police Station of the Area ‘M’ Police Command.
The victim told newsmen that her father brought a native doctor who convinced her that sex was part of the treatment to cure her undisclosed sickness before she was raped.
“My father gives me native soap and sponge probably for ritual bath always. He once entered the bathroom with me and had sex with me forcefully.
“He took me to bed forcefully several times in his room and when I refused, he threatened to kill me with a knife.
“Since then, he had been making love to me under the guise that I will be cured”, she said.

Kidnapped Lebanese National Found In Kano

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:38:00 -0800

A Lebanese national, Mr Hassan Zaid whose name was initially spelled as Zein, that was kidnapped on Monday by unknown persons, has now been released by his abductors.
This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Kano by the Police Command in Kano and signed by the command’s Spokesman, ASP Magaji Majia.
“Mr Hassan (Zaid) was found by a team of policemen abandoned on the outskirts of Sharada (area of Kano) unhurt,” the statement said.
It added that Zaid had reunited with his family and that the search for the perpetrators continued.
Zaid, owner of MC Plastics factory was kidnapped on Monday by unknown persons at the Sharada Industrial Area.
Five assailants stormed the factory compound and seized Zaid as he got out of his car in the car park, witnesses said.
Shots were fired into the air, sending workers rushing inside for safety. A security guard and a female employee were shot and wounded.
Kidnappings for ransom are common in Nigeria, with scores of foreigners, include those from the sizeable Lebanese community, targeted every year.

The Presdient And Gov. Rotimi In A fresh Word War

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:26:00 -0800

The President of the Federal Rebublic and Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, are in a fresh war of words over allegations that President Goodluck Jonathan is training snipers and keeping 1,000 people on a watch list.

While the governor stated that he was the number one person on the President’s watch list and that he had evidence to support this assertion, the Presidency said the governor was like a drunken man in a china shop who was only interested in bringing down everybody with him.

The Presidency further dared the governor to prove his allegation.

The governor, who spoke through his Chief of Staff, Government House, Chief Tony Okocha, in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, said that he was waiting for the invitation of the National Human Rights Commission.

Obasanjo had, in a letter dated December 2, 2013, accused Jonathan of putting 1,000 people on a watch list and having a killer-squad. Obasanjo had also accused the President of training snipers. The President has denied these allegations, calling on the former president to provide evidence to back his allegations.

But at the All Progressives Congress rally, held at the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt on Saturday, Amaechi said that he was number one on Jonathan’s watch list.

He had said: “I read the President’s letter; he said Obasanjo should prove and name those on the list. I am number one on the list. I am number one.”

Mr. Okocha said that the governor had enough evidence to back his statement.

He said, “The governor knows what he is talking about and this is not just a claim; it is what is happening. There are indices the governor will use to buttress his point. We will not make many comments now until the invitation from the NHRC comes.”

He stated, “One thing you should know is that Governor Amaechi does not say one thing today on an issue and say another thing tomorrow on the same issue. You are aware of the battle between us and the police. Considering all we have passed through in the hands of the police, would anybody doubt the fact that the governor is on the Presidency’s watch list?”

However, the Presidency dared Amaechi to go ahead and prove his allegation that he is one of the 1,000 persons on the alleged political watch list of the President.

Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Mr. Ahmed Gulak, threw the challenge in an interview with one of our correspondents on Thursday.

Gulak said it was clear to all that Amaechi had completely lost bearing and that Nigerians were aware of the governor’s antics.

According to him, no sane man would be talking like the governor is talking to the President.

He said, “Let him (Amaechi) go ahead and prove his claim. I don’t really want to talk about him because he has lost credibility. He is just like a drunken man in a china shop that wants to bring down everybody with him.

“Nigerians are aware of his antics. He has completely lost bearing and the support of the people. When a leader loses the support of his people while still in office, he will react like a mad dog. No sane man will be talking to the President the way Amaechi is doing.”

Meanwhile, NHRC has said that it will meet in January to consider the request to investigate allegations of human rights abuses raised by Obasanjo against the President in a letter to the latter.

The President had on Tuesday through the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN), asked the NHRC to investigate Obasanjo’s allegations.

we got that the Governing Board of the commission chaired by Prof. Chidi Odinkalu had yet to see the memo sent to it by the Attorney-General of the Federation.

A source said, “The commission has not taken any decision because the board has yet to meet to evaluate the concerns raised in the memo. This is holiday period; the board can only see the memo in January”.

we also got that the NHRC would decide the procedure to be adopted in investigating the allegations contained in the letter written by Obasanjo.

A source in the commission disclosed this to one of our correspondents on Thursday. The source did not disclose when the council would meet over the matter, but it is expected that the meeting will take place after the festive season.

The source, who did not wish to be named, explained that the Governing Council would decide whether it would invite Obasanjo to a meeting or adopt a public hearing procedure.

The Commission’s Director of Public Affairs and Communication, Mohammed Ladan, told our correspondent on the telephone that he was on leave, and as a result, was not in a position to confirm the procedure to be adopted in the planned investigation.

“I don’t know the pattern it will take, I am actually on leave right now,” he said in response to our correspondent’s enquiries.

Efforts by our correspondent to get in touch with the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Prof. Bem Angwe, to whom the AGF’s memo was addressed, were not successful.

Calls to his mobile telephone did not go through.

Acting on the instruction of the President, the AGF, had in a memo dated December 23, 2013, and addressed to the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, requested the commission to investigate the allegations bordering on human rights violations contained on pages 9-10 of Obasanjo’s letter.

In the memo, Adoke had said, “I am to request you to investigate the allegations bordering on human rights violations contained on pages 9-10 of the letter dated December 2, 2013, written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, attached to the memorandum under reference.”

Woman Banker slices husband’s penis with knife.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:24:00 -0800

A woman took a knife and sliced her husband's penis during a fight at their home in Surulere. Read the report below...

The popular saying that hell has no fury than a woman scorned came to pass on Monday at the Surulere residence of a banker, Bimbo Ajetumobi Daniju and her gospel singer husband Olalekan Idowu Daniju when the woman allegedly took a knife and sliced her husband’s penis during a fight.

Bimbo, staff of a new generation bank in Lagos was said to have accused her husband of not taking care of her and their only child, Opeoluwa. The husband disagreed and while fighting, Bimbo allegedly seized her husband’s penis and sliced it with a knife. Bimbo denied using a knife but her fingernails to teach her husband a lesson on how not to treat a woman. The ugly incident happened on Monday at their Falolu Street, Surulere home.

Pics of the sliced penis after the cut...*viewer discretion advised*

The matter was reported to the police at Surulere station and the woman was arrested. In her statement to the police, Bimbo denied using a knife on her husband’s penis but her fingernails.
She was later released on bail when her husband insisted that he was not interested in pressing charges against her.

Trouble started on 16 December when the banker who is a staff of the Agege Motor Road branch of the bank, accused her husband who has just returned from the church, of failing to provide for the needs of the family and leaving her to do everything. She also accused him of being selfish and uncaring.

She reportedly shouted at Olalekan who was eating and when he didn’t answer, poured his plate of food on his head. She took a bucket found in the room and smashed it on his head. This resulted in fighting.

Their neighbours separated them and Olalekan went to his sister’s shop to seek refuge but not done yet Bimbo allegedly followed him there and threatened to stab him with a broken bottle.
Relatives and neighbours, it was gathered, intervened and pleaded with the couple to give peace a chance but the couple continued to live like a cat and mouse.

Madam Kehinde Daniju, sister of Olalekan told P.M.NEWS that when her brother ran to her for help, she had to call their mother and other relatives to settle the matter for them in the family house they lived.

She explained that Bimbo’s mother who also lived around the area came and told her daughter not to accept reconciliation until Olalekan got a job. She blamed the couple’s constant disagreement on Olalekan’s refusal to get a job.

When she was leaving she took along the couple’s only son, Opeoluwa Daniju.

This did not go down well with Olalekan who ordered his wife to go to her mother’s house and bring his son before 8 p.m. or there would be trouble.

It was said that Bimbo left the house before 8 p.m and returned 30 minutes later without Opeoluwa.
This resulted in another round of fighting during which neighbours and relatives intervened again to separate them.

Narrating his story, Olalekan said he woke her up on Sunday to ask what she would be wearing to the church so that he could iron it but she didn’t reply.
“ I picked up my son’s cloth, ironed it, bathed him, had my bath and left both of them at home and went to church. In between the service, I came home to check on them and I met her cooking, I even joked that thank God there’s something for them to eat.

"I went back to church and after the service I was I hungry I bought bread and beans to eat and as I got inside, my boy told me he also wanted to eat bread and I gave it to him.

When she learnt that I gave the boy bread, she said I didn’t bother to ask her where she got money to prepare the rice that she ate and she started calling me several unprintable names.
“I responded again and this time it was a huge mistake. She just came near me, carried the plate of beans and pour the food on my head. She held my tie shouting and cursing me at the same time. I managed to extricate myself from her grip and ran out. She nearly suffocated me with the tie. She pursued me and broke a plastic bucket on my head but I continued to run. She picked up a bottle, broke it and threatened to stab me with it. This is a woman that is about five month pregnant.
“I ran to my sister’s shop and tried to involve her but she stayed out of the matter because they all know that she is rude, stubborn and violent. There was a day she and her brothers came here with thugs from Ojuelegba they wanted to beat up everybody here. She has chased me on the street with all sort of dangerous things. I don’t really know what she wants to achieve with all this but that day, her mum came, my mum’s sister came also and they tried to resolve the whole thing.

“I saw my mum’s sister off and before I came back, my mother-in-law had taken my son away and I was like we are trying to solve one issue and you are trying to cause another problem. I told her that if by 8p.m. that evening my child is not back home, she would not find it funny.

“I said that to make her know that I was serious but she said that there’s nothing I can do. She left the house before 8p.m. and came back 30 minutes later without my son. She took her bath and went to sleep I went to my sister and told her I am going to my mother-in-law’s house to get my child but my family ask me not to go there. At that time, I was tired, confused and hungry. I picked up my laptop but while I was trying to watch a movie I fell asleep in the sitting room.

“She woke me up at about 2a.m.. I was in a pair of boxer shorts. She told me that it is either I kill her or she kills me and within seconds she had torn my shorts. This was not surprising anyway as she had torn many of my clothes in the past. She said ‘I am going to kill you this morning. You think I am joking’. The whole thing happened so fast I just felt her hand in holding my penis, and the next thing was blood flowing. I started shouting and crying for her to take me to the hospital.

“She said ‘hospital ke, that’s where you are going to die today’ and that was the last time I saw her. I don’t know how she left the house at that time of the night. She changed her clothes, took a big bag and left, only for us to see her two days later at the police station.
There and then, I decided I cannot continue living with her, she could just decide to put poison in my food and kill me one day.

“It’s only a person that’s alive that can explain anything. She could just poison me and cook up a story just like she did at the police station where she told the police officers that I woke her up at 2a.m. and started hitting her, almost beating her to death and the officers clapped for her for a lovely story. The officers asked how come I did all that and she had the strength to run away and she didn’t run to the hospital, that is, someone that was almost being beaten to death should go to the hospital and there was no doctor’s report. The person you injured brought his own medical report, we could see that the injury was bandaged.

“The officers told her that there’s no mark on her to signify being beaten, she replied that she didn’t go to any hospital because there was no mark on her she also claimed that she didn’t use any knife but that she used her fingernails to scratch my penis,” he said.

Efforts to speak with Bimbo at her mother’s home proved abortive as our reporter was prevented
from talking to her.
Source: PM NEWS

Chris Okotie buys N120m Rolls Royce to mark pastoral anniversary

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 04:52:00 -0800

Chris Okotie, the Pastor of the Household of God Church International, recently bought a Rolls Royce Coupe, the 2014 Bespoke Edition, to mark his 30 years as born-again Christian and 27 years as a pastor, we learnt on Saturday.

According to Okotie’s close aide, the pastor spent N120m on the luxury car and had earlier spent N33m on a Range Rover Autobiography to mark a milestone of his church.

The source, in a text message, said, “Pastor Okotie just bought a Rolls Royce Coupe, 2014 Bespoke Edition at N120m to mark his 30 years as a born-again Christian and 27 years as a pastor. He had earlier bought a Range Rover (Autobiography) 2014 Model for N33m, reputed to be the costliest SUV in the world to mark this ministry’s milestone.”

Checks on the Internet showed that the cheapest price of same Rolls Royce model is about N65m, but it could be more expensive if armoured.

Fifty-five-year-old Okotie was in the news recently for the controversial comments he made during a church service in which he claimed that “all Catholics will go to hell,” and referred to Pope Francis as anti-Christ.

NDA 2013/2014 UNDERGRADUATES APPLICATION FORM

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 10:16:00 -0800

This is to inform the general public that online application for admission into the 66th Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna will be available for sale from 1st November 2013 to 28th February 2014. Admission into NDA is open to both MALE and FEMALE Nigerians. Upon purchase of Access or PIN Codes, prospective candidates should follow the link on the NDA official website www.nda.edu.ng or log on to the application portal www.ndaapplications.org and complete the online application form.

METHOD OF APPLICATION

Interested candidates are advised to purchase access or PIN codes from any of the branches or cash offices of Zenith Bank Plc nationwide, at the cost of N2,500.00 only, excluding bank charges of N500.00 for an online application. Applicants applying for admission into NDA MUST also apply to the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), and carefully select Nigerian Defence Academy as their choice of university. Such applicants are expected to sit for the JAMB Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME).

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION

Applications should be submitted online. On completion of the online application, candidates are to download an Acknowledgement Form. Upon release of the JAMB results, candidates should return to the applications portal and download their Examination Admission Card. Only candidates who make the JAMB national cut-off mark will have access to print out the Examination Admission Card.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The requirements for various undergraduate degree programmes are as detailed in the NDA website / applications portal, as well as in the JAMB Brochure and website. All other information concerning degree courses, eligibility and examination centres are as contained in the NDA website / applications portal.

EXAMINATION CONDITIONS

Only candidates who meet the JAMB national cut-off mark will be eligible to sit for the NDA Entrance Examination at their Examination Centre of choice.

EXAMINATION DATE AND REQUIREMENTS

The examination will be conducted as an Entrance Examination (similar to Post?UTME examination in conventional universities), and is scheduled to hold on Saturday 17th May 2014. Therefore, all eligible candidates are to bring along their Acknowledgement Form, JAMB result slip and TWO (2) postcard sized (3.5 x 5 inches) photographs to the Examination Centre on the examination date. The photographs should show only from the chest upwards and should contain the candidate?s Name, State, Centre and Signature at the back. Only successful candidates at the NDA Entrance Examination will subsequently be invited for the Armed Forces Selection Board following which the list of admitted candidates will be published.

NATURE AND DURATION OF TRAINING

Admitted candidates into NDA for the Regular Course will undergo military and academic training as Officer Cadets for a duration of 5 years. On successful completion of training, graduands will earn a university first degree (BSc, BEng, BA) and a commission into the Armed Forces of Nigeria.

HOW TO GET THEIR PAST QUESTIONS

the Academy has offered a Compendium of Past Questions & Answers at the cost of N3,000.00 only. This can be purchased from the Registry Department, NDA or from designated Zenith Bank branches.

Borono Baracks Attacked by Terrorists-President Goodluck Holds Emergency Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 10:05:00 -0800

President Goodluck Jonathan held an emergency meeting with security chiefs on yesterday following yet another attack by rampaging Boko Haram insurgents in Bama, the headquarters of Bama Local Government Council.

The Bama attack which occurred on Thursday night left many victims dead in its wake.

The emergency security meeting was held to assess the spate and magnitude of insurgents in the areas under emergency rule in the country.

Jonathan confirmed the with security chiefs in the morning of Friday while speaking at the decoration ceremony for newly promoted generals of the Armed Forces.

He said, “I remember when I came in, I had had a meeting with the service chiefs and the Inspector General of Police because of what happened in Bama yesterday.”

The President did not give details of the attack which culminated in the meeting before he attended the decoration ceremony scheduled for 8 AM.

Investigations however revealed that the Special Forces killed 30 insurgents at a riverine community in Bama while they were trying to get water from the river in the morning on Thursday.

The incident was said to have angered the insurgents who attacked the Bama barracks in very large number on Thursday night.

It was learnt that the Special Forces and riot policemen engaged the insurgents in a shoot out killing a large number of them.

The source stated however that the insurgents entered the Bama Barracks, killed a soldier and took away his riffle during the attack.

Investigations also revealed that the insurgents fired at a military helicopter that was deployed from Maiduguri to Bama to give support to the land forces involved in the fight against the insurgents without any casualty on the part of the Special Forces.

It was stated that the aircraft got back to base successfully.

“What happened was that the insurgents numbering 30 were killed while they were trying to get water from a dam in the area. The attack occurred in the morning on Thursday.

“After the attack, they mobilized and attacked the Bama barracks in the night; they entered the barracks and shot a soldier to death; they took away his rifle.

However, soldiers and mobile policemen encountered them fiercely and killed many of them.

They also fired shots at a military helicopter deployed to the area, but the aircraft was not destroyed. I learnt that a soldier was killed,” the source said.

When our correspondent contacted the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Ibrahim Attahiru, he said that the military formation in Borno would issue a statement on the latest attack.

The Director of Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, said in an electronic mail on Friday that the terrorists who attacked the Bama barracks came through Banki town in the nation’s border with Cameroun.

Olukolade said that the attackers used high caliber weapons such as anti-aircraft and rocket propelled guns in the night attack.

He said that Special Forces comprising ground troops and Air Force fighter air aircraft repelled the attack and were in pursuit of the fleeing terrorists.

However, an online news agency, the Saharareporters quoted a military source as having said that the insurgents killed some women, children and relatives of the soldiers in the battle.

NELSON MNDELA'S REGRET

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 05:47:00 -0800

In an interview he granted a popular television network in the twilight of his tenure as the first black president of independent South Africa, Dr. Nelson Mandela, told the interviewer while he was alive that he regretted, and was saddened by the fact that people saw him as one superhuman or small god who had answers to all human problems. While he expressed gratitude for people’s admiration and adulation of him, he said he, like any human, had his limitations, weaknesses and regrets.
As he told a delegation that visited him in Johannesburg in 1994, Mandela’s biggest regret was the way he found his family when he was released from prison in 1990. He was so distressed by what he saw that he almost regretted the monumental sacrifice he made for South Africa. He regretted the fact that he was not there to play his fatherly roles. And that was one of the primary reasons he decided to serve only one term as president.
Edward Boateng, the executive chairman of Global Media Alliance, Ghana, also founder of the CNN African Journalist of the Year Awards, was in the powerful delegation that Madiba intimated this. He recounted that encounter in this exclusive interview that he granted Sunday Sun on Friday. Excerpts:

Could you kindly recount the encounter you had with the late President Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg? I saw a picture you took with him when I visited your office in Accra.
I was fortunate to meet President Mandela as the leader of the nation in April 1994. CNN had sent a team to cover the transition, and I was part of that team working with SABC then. While working with SABC, I ended up working with ANC (African National Congress) media team. I used to work long hours with Solanki Sisulu. Solanki used to spend a lot of time with Mr. Mandela and I used to go with him to some of those meetings.
Before the 1994 encounter, you also had an interaction with Mandela in 1992. Did he share his regrets with you?
We didn’t dwell much on that in 1992. You know, that was the period of transition. And we were working on the transition. It was when he became president that I had an opportunity, once, to have breakfast with him, and then spokesperson, the late Park. And I asked him one of his biggest regrets. He said his biggest regret was the fact that he wasn’t around to see his children grow up. As a father, he had ambitions for his children. And I remember when I asked him that question, he replied with his voice choking that when he came out of jail, he didn’t like what he saw of his family. He said he was going to focus a lot of time to make sure he righted the situation and make sure that his children and grandchildren enjoyed the best of him. It probably accounted for one of the reasons he just did one term and stood down because he had to focus on his family. And I am glad that his children and grandchildren had opportunity to spend time with him before he left us.
He categorically told you that he regretted that his children didn’t turn out as well as he would have wished?
He didn’t tell me alone. It wasn’t only me. He said it to a lot of people.
And that’s one of the reasons he had to step down after only one term?
(Cuts in…) You asked one of his regrets…

KANO STATE CONDUCTS MASS WEDDING

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 05:18:00 -0800

A total of 1,111 mass weddings involving Muslim and Christian faithfuls was conducted yesterday at various churches and at the Central Mosque in Kano state. This mass wedding is the fourth in the series since its inception in 2011.

Coordinated by the Kano state Hisbah board, a sharia based police system mandated to check indiscipline and social vices amongst the citizenry, the intending couples were all subjected to various forms of test at the Aminu Kano General hospital before their union was formally carried out.

Speaking to newsmen, the Director General of the Kano State Hisbah Board, Alhaji Abba Sufi said Christians who signified interest were joined together in their various churches and the requirements for their celebration was provided for by the state government.

The first mass wedding was conducted with a total of 100 couple, the second 250 couple and the third edition was a thousand couple.

WAEC NOV/DEC RESULT 2013 RELEASED: MASS FAILURE RECORDED

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 04:49:00 -0800

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday released its November/December results with a total of 86,612 candidates, representing 29.17% of the total number of candidates who sat for the examination, obtained credits in five subjects and above including English Language and Mathematics. Announcing the result at the WAEC office, Yaba, Lagos, Head of National Office, Mr Charles Eguridu said that a total of 308,217 candidates registered for the Nov/Dec 2013 WASSCE. 82 blind candidates registered and sat for the examination. From the figure, he noted, 17 candidates, representing 20.73% obtained credits in 5 subjects including English Language and Mathematics. According to him, 296,827 candidates, consisting of 163,659 male and 133,168 female candidates sat for the examination. Out of the total of candidates, 299,784 candidates, representing 97.26% have their results fully released, while 8,433 candidates, representing 2.74% have a few of their subjects still being proceed. Eguridu said: “Of the total of candidates that sat the examination, 120,115 candidates, representing 40.46%, obtained 6 credits and above; 161,721 candidates representing 54.48% obtained 5 credits and above. In addition, 198,832 candidates, representing 66.98% obtained credits and above in four subjects while 230,325 candidates representing 77.59 obtained Credits and above in 3 subjects. A total of 256,500 candidates representing 86.41% obtained credits and above in 2 subjects.” When compared to the November/December 2011 and 2012 WASSCE (Private) results,
Eguridu said, there is a marked decline in candidates’ performance. He said: “In 2011 a total of 139,827 candidates, representing 36.07% obtained credits in 5 subjects and above including English Language and Mathematics. Also in 2012, a total of 150,615 candidates, representing 37.97% obtained credits in 5 subjects including English Language and
Mathematics.” There was over 8% decline in candidates’ performance as only 29.17% obtained credits in 5 subjects and above including English Language and Mathematics in 2013
WASSCE.

A BOY STABBED FOR N100 DEBT BY A FOOD SELLER

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 15:22:00 -0800

On Wednesday at Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District, Abuja, A food seller stabbed a boy over a N100 debt.

Many people in the area said the stabbing eventually led to the boy’s death.

The incident led to the burning of a BMW car and it took the efforts of policemen and soldiers guarding the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to prevent a breakdown of law and order in the area.

Trouble started when the woman, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, allegedly accosted the boy, simply identified as Nuhu over the debt. An argument was said to have ensued and the woman, in a fit of anger, stabbed the boy in the stomach with a knife.

The deceased was later taken away to an unknown destination by his friends.

An eyewitness, who identified himself as Abubakar, said that Nuhu shouted after being stabbed, slumped and was later reported dead. He said the victim’s friends and other artisans moved to attack the woman. However, a man in the area rescued her.

Abubakar said, “The man prevented the boys from attacking the woman by taking her away to safety. The mob then destroyed the table and benches being used by the woman to sell food and placed it on top of the car which belonged to the man before setting it ablaze.

“By the time the police and fire fighters came, it was too late to save the car.”

Our correspondent observed that the security operatives moved round the area and urged the mob to disperse. It was said the the strategy was to prevent some of the mob, who are mostly jobless youths, from fomenting trouble.

The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Altienne Daniel, could not be reached for comments as she did not respond to the calls to her phone.

NIGERIAN MADE DRONE UNVEILED BY PRESIDENT JONATHAN

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 15:13:00 -0800

He declared that the giant technological breakthrough of various sectors, particularly the Armed Forces, are pointers to the country’s potential for greater deeds.
In his speech at the unveiling ceremony, President Jonathan said: “We must not forget the lesson of this encouraging moment in our nation’s history; that as Nigerians we are capable of great deeds.

“In the same manner, we must not forget that ahead of us still lie challenges that we must surmount. We must, therefore, stay focused on our common national purpose.
“Today marks another landmark moment in our nation’s history, as we gather here to witness the unveiling of our country’s first indigenous unmanned aerial vehicle, which has been designed and constructed by the Nigeria Air Force.
“Besides its diverse military application, unmanned aerial vehicle provides mankind with a range of benefits in disaster management, power line surveys, law enforcement, telecommunications, weather monitoring, and aerial imaging/mapping.
“It is also rapidly becoming an important tool in news coverage, environmental monitoring, and oil and gas exploration.
“Considering the potential impact of its benefit and versatility, I cannot but say how proud I am of the men and women of our Armed Forces.
“Apart from their commitment to the protection of our sovereignty, they are helping to keep our nation ahead in military science and technology and to keep their civilian counterparts on their toes.”
Minister’s comments
The Minister of Information, who also supervises the Defence Ministry, Labaran Maku, noted that the true professionalism of the military since 1999 had given rise to the indigenous military-led technological breakthroughs.
Maku said: “The development of surveillance aircraft by the Nigerian Air Force at this crucial moment in our history is a bold statement of our resolve to provide security for the Nigerian populace.
“The GULMA UAV potentially affords the Armed Forces a window of immense opportunities in its task of acquiring timely intelligence and combating criminality, especially in light of the nation’s prevailing security challenges.”
GULMA’s history
In his speech, Air Marshal Alex Badeh explained that the surveillance aircraft was named GULMA, a word in Hausa that means gossip, because of its function as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform.
According to him, the idea began in 2005 with the acquisition of three Aerostar UAVs for the defunct Presidential Committee on Maritime Safety and Security, PICOMSS, which was frustrated “by numerous vendor-related problems that eventually led to the grounding of all the three systems in 2009.
“Following the dissolution of PICOMSS in 2012, the Federal Government handed over the UAVs to the NAF.”
He said NAF Optimising Local Engineering, NAF OLE, which handled the project, did it at the cost of $3 million, half of the $6 million quoted by foreign vendors and also trained 15 UAV pilots at less than half a million dollars compared to the $2 million quoted by foreign vendors to train only three pilots.

ASUU IS NOT DOING WELL -PRESIDENT GOODLUCK SAID

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 2 Dec 2013 04:51:00 -0800

What ASUU is doing is no longer trade union.President Jonathan said, I have intervened in other labour issues before now. Once I invite them, they respond and after the meeting they take decision and call off the strike. At times, we don’t even give them a long notice unlike in the case of ASUU that were given four-day notice before the meeting. As you are meeting to resolve trade disputes, you expect the trade unions to get their officials ready. What was expected having met with the highest authority in the land for long hours was for ASUU to immediately issue a statement within 12 or latest 24 hours to state their position whether they were accepting government’s offer or not. And if they are not accepting they state the reason why.
But despite the fact that I had the longest meeting with ASUU in my political history, we did not start that meeting until around 2pm and the meeting ended the next day in the early hours of the morning.
As far as the government of Nigeria was concerned, all the critical people that should be in a meeting were there.
So what else do they want? After that, they didn’t meet until one week, despite the fact that you met with the highest authority.
It was unfortunate one of them, Prof. Festus Iyayi, died.
The way ASUU has conducted the matter shows they were extreme and when iyayi died they now said the strike was now indefinite. Our children have been at home for over five months.”
Former Bayelsa State Governor, DSP Alamieyeseigha, had pleaded with the President to reconsider the December 4 deadline, calling his attention to the fact that the burial of Iyayi is fixed for that date.
Responding to this, Jonathan said: “We didn’t give them ultimatum.
It was the Committee of Vice Chancellors that took that decision. The supervising minister of education only passed on the decision.

What ASUU is doing is no longer trade dispute but subversive action.
But like you rightly noted, so that we will not be perceived to be insensitive, we will consult on the deadline.”

GLO BIS NOW WORK ON ANDRIOD PHONES & PC

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 2 Dec 2013 03:52:00 -0800

According to Somebody in our Tech Team, He said that Glo BIS currently works on Andriod Phones, Guess this Dudes might be Migrating to Glo anytime soon. As Airtel NG Shock the Whole of Nigerians using their BIS Plan on Andriod Phones and on PC via Modem by Releasing a Press Release via SMS to all their Customers informing them the Plan will stop Working on other devices other than Blackberry.

From 3rd Dec 2013 AIRTEL BB Plans will cease to function on non BB devices or used as a modem . Thank you."

Does this Means Airtel Users will have to Pay more just to Connect to the Internet on their Devices?

I know How this Dude must be Feeling now but Believe Me Airtel might loose 50% of their Internet Subscribers on Mobile over this Decision.
Bye Bye to Airtel BIS which is 2GB for N1,500 & Welcome To Glo BIS (3.75GB For N1,000).

Ex Militant Mr. Asari-Dokubo arrested

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:26:00 -0800

Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo the leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, NDPVF, was arrested yesterdat in Cotonou, Benin Republic.

Festus Keyamo his lawyer said in his statement,that the said Dokubo was picked up by the police between 1p.m. and 2p.m. around the Lubeleyi Roundabout, and taken to an unknown place.

The former militant reportedly opened a private university in the Benin Republic, the King Amachree African University that is preparing to start degree-awarding programmes in 2014.

Keyamo said: “We want to emphasise that Alhaji Asari-Dokubo carries on legitimate business and has been living partly in Benin Republic for many years now. Asari Dokubo “In fact, he owns houses, schools and an academyin that country. All these places have been searched and nothing incriminating was found.”He suggested that Dokubo’s arrest and detention may be a ploy by “certain forces in Nigeria in unholy alliance with the Beninoise government” to keep his client away as 2015 approaches. “We call on the Nigerian government to immediately intervene and ensure that no harm befalls him and to use all diplomatic means to secure his immediate release and safe return to Nigeria,” he added. Dokubo has in recent times vowed that unless Mr. President Jonathan retains the presidency in 2015, Nigeria would break up.

Goat gives birth to a human being in Ekiti State

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:11:00 -0800

A mystery was recorded in the rural community of Olori Oko near Ogotun Ekiti in Ekiti South-West Local Government of Ekiti State, as a goat allegedly gave birth to a strange creature.Olori- Oko, a farm stead dominated by people of Ede and Modakeke in Osun State is about six kilometres to Ogotun Ekiti and three kilometres away from Ikeji Arakeji in Osun State, with about 500 residents, witnessed a huge, bewildered crowd that stormed the serene community from the neighboring towns and villages to catch a glimpse at the strange birth. According to an eye witness, who is also a member of the community, Mr. Ganiyu Adetokun, the strange goat delivered the kid at about 6a.m., yesterday, after a long and protracted labour which lasting for about 10 hours. According to him, a Pastor, Daniel Odedele, resident in the community had to intervene by forcing the baby out of the goat’s genital when it was apparent that it could not deliver it unaided. His words: “Strangely, the kid had human hairs on its head and female genital similar to that of human being. Then people started raising alarm.” The kid was said to have survived for about one and a half hours before it died. owing to lack of care and disturbance from the people, who scrambled to take its picture. According to him, the incident have been formally reported to the Ologotun of Ogotun Ekiti , Oba Samuel Oyebade, adding that the residents would take a step further by making necessary sacrifice and appeasements to gods of the land to forestall calamity from befalling them. Corroborating the experience of Adetokun, the chairman of Commercial Motorcycle Association in the village, Mr Saheed Oladepo (aka Akanmu), said the incident attracted people from the various neighboring communities of Ikeji Arakeji, Ogotun town, Ipetu Ijesa, Ado Ekiti, Ilawe, Igbara Odo, Aba Ede, Aba Osogbo have
turned the village to a Mecca of sort to catch a glimpse of the mysterious goat and its kid. Policemen and men of the Ekiti State Peace Corps, had according to him, visited the village to see things for themselves and make possible reports to appropriate authorities.

A 75 year old woman raped by a 45 year old man

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 23:10:00 -0800

Lawrence Adedapo, a 45-year-old farmer is now in Police net for raping a 75-year-old woman, Grace Asaolu, at Ogbese Camp, Ise-Ekiti in Ise-Orun Local Government Area of Ado Ekiti State.

The accused was said to have invited the woman to his house on November 7 this year under the pretex that he brought some plantain from his farm for sale.

Adedapo was said to have taken advantage of the old woman’s fragile nature, overpowering her before raping her.

According to the victim, she said “Lawrence Adedapo is my neighbour. He invited me to come and collect plantain but instead he pushed me on his children’s bed and forcefully slept with me. I later rushed to the police station to report the matter.”

The suspect confirmed that he had raped the woman on interrogation, but denied forcing her, claiming that she was his mistress.

He said: “I knew her long time ago. I knew her as a widow from Moba Local Government Area of the state. We have known each other for the past 35 years and I have been dating her for long.

“The last time I had sex with her was in April during Easter before meeting her again on November 7. That was the second time we met this year. I did not force her into it and I had her consent before doing it”.

Asked why she reported the matter to the police, Adedapo said: “I promised to give her N2,000 which she asked for before we did it. But after the sex I was able to give her N1,000 only. That could be the reason why she alleged that I raped her. I later found out that she was bleeding as a result of the sex.

“I did not even ejaculate because I used my children’s room, so I had to rush.”

However, the police image maker in the state, ASP Victor Babayemi, insisted that the investigation carried out by the police revealed that the old woman was actually raped by the suspect.

He said: “In the course of investigation, facts emerged that the suspect knew the victim to be of old age, 75, and in menopause.

“She could not have been bleeding without tampering with her organ. Medical report shows that there was a violent sexual assault on her; she was also said to be distressed with her genital smeared with fresh blood.

“It shows that he invited the woman with criminal intent to have intercourse with her.