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Due to the current state of Nigeria's economy and the need to survive in a country with a dwindling economy, finally admitted to have fallen into economic recession. Nigerian's on their own part have taken to different avenues in a bid to survive the country's present economic situation. The Federal government who has blamed the situation on the country's over dependene on oil and has introduced Agriculture as a way out which has had little effect on the country so far. Community development has also been tipped to be another way out with the government calling on Tertiary institutions to introduce more community development courses to help the youth become employable after the completion of their academic year in the Country's tertiary institutions. The call was made by the senate president of Nigeria in an academic seminar of Pro chancellors held in 2017. With all the above, one would not be surprised to see that somewhere in Lagos Nigerians are trying t...

As regarding the speculations regarding the rumoured relationship between its general overseer and one miss stephanie Otobo, the Omega Fire Ministries, yesterday, denied that the General Overseer of the church, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, had a hand in the arrest and detention of Miss Stephanie Otobo by the police last Friday. Apostle Suleiman in a statement signed, by his Communications Manager, Phrank Shaibu, in Abuja, also denied that there was a so-called “amorous relationship” between the said Miss Otobo and the General Overseer, including a promise to marry her. Apostle Suleiman Instead, the church stated that the lady was arrested by operatives acting on a tip off that she had repeatedly tried to blackmail the preacher, including demanding N500 million from him. After failing to get the said amount  she threatened to expose a purported amorous relationship between her and the  pastor. The statement of Omega Fire Ministries was in reaction to two letters by a Lagos...

The 2017 Grammy award winner on monday annouced that he will be donating a million dollars to public schools in Chicago. Chance the Rapper grew up in the west chattam neighborhood of Chicago Illinois. Chance the Rapper did this to intervene into Chicago Public Schools' funding crisis. Chance the Rapper a fter the anouncement presented the million dollars cheque to City schools and urging the Illinois state governor, Gov. Bruce Rauner to use his executive powerss as the State governor to help schools in chicago. Illinois has been without a budget for two years, the longest for any state in two centuries and this is a great reason for the crisis in the funding of public schools. The Republican governor of  Illinois where Chicago is located, also the U.S A's third-largest district a former  responded by noting his own philanthropy and floating Chicago school funding ideas that would face tough odds in the Democratic-controlled Legislature. This Charitable act...

The MAY/June WASSCE which has been slated to hold between 13 of march and 10 of may is fast approaching. Below is the official timetable for the examination To hold from 13th  march to 10th April Arabic 3 (Oral) French 3 (Oral) Physical Education 3 (Performance Test) Clothing and Textiles 3 (Practical) Foods and Nutrition 3 (Practical) Home Management 3 (Practical) Music 3B (Performance Test) Date and time will be announced later. 10th March Foods and Nutrition 3 (Practical) Planning Session – 08.30am – 09.30am Home Management 3 (Practical) Planning Session – 11.00am – 12.00am 23rd March Health Science 3 (Alternative to Practical Work) 2.00pm – 3.45pm Fisheries (Alternative B) 2 (Essay) 1.00pm – 3.00pm Fisheries (Alternative B) 1 (Objective) 3.00pm – 3.40pm 24 March Further Mathematics/Mathematics (Elective) 2 (Essay) 08.30am – 11.00am Further Mathematics/Mathematics (Elective) 1 (Objective) 2.30pm – 4.00pm 28th March Foods and Nutritio...

Google in a recent blog post celebrating the popularity of Chromebooks in Swedish schools, has announced a new Chrome OS laptop from HP: the Chromebook x360 11 G1 Education Edition. Thevpost did not specify the specs of the latest chromebook, but according to google, the device will be out for sale on the shelves in mid-April.  It’s a “rugged” convertible, with a front-facing camera designed to be used in tablet mode, USB-C charging, and an optional stylus — all features “designed for the specific needs of schools,” says Google. From this brief picture, it seems the G11 will follow in the footsteps of a pair of Chrome OS  laptops from Acer and Asus  that was announced earlier this year. They too were designed for use in the classroom, and share many of the same features of the new HP unit, including a rugged, easy-to-fix design that helps IT departments make repairs. These laptops may all seem pretty nondescript, but Google’s strategy in this sector is paying ...

Senate President Bukola Saraki has charged Nigerian Universities to imbibe the culture of community development as against the tradition running many programmes. Saraki gave the charge in a goodwill message at the 3rd Biennial Conference of the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities in Abuja. Represented by Senator Jubril Barawo, Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Education, the senate president recalled that in the past, Nigerian universities were known to have experts in certain programmes. He lamented however that this was no longer the case saying, “Today, it is a different scenario, as many Nigerian universities want to run all programmes from university teaching hospital to having a nuclear department.” He said the situation had led to the influx of unemployable graduates. “There is, therefore, the need for Nigerian universities to change from being conventional sources of graduates to becoming engines of community development. “Nigeria ne...

Although the argument of whether Female genital mutilation should be prohibited in Egypt has been a very lasting one laws have been enacted in a bid to curb the act, the Egyptian government however, have taken a greater step in  a bid to curb the age-old practice, Egyptian medical students are to study female genital mutilation as part of their training in a country where more than 80% of mutilations are believed to be conducted by medical workers. Egyptian authorities this month unveiled the plan to introduce the topic of female genital mutilation into the curricula of medical schools at state-run and private universities. Although outlawed in Egypt since 2008, female genital mutilation is still rife in the conservative country, mainly in the countryside. The governmental National Population Council and the Supreme Council of Universities, which is in charge of academic policies in Egypt, have said they will work jointly to highlight the penalties for female genital mutilatio...

The problem most students encounter after gaining admission into the university most times is the problem of clearance. At this stage,some students loose their admission due to wrong subject combination during UTME/JAMB because no department will accept you when you lack the necessary subjects required to be in the department. A very good way to stay safe is to make sure that you fill in the necessary subjects related to the course you want to study. Below are most course studied in Nigeria and the subject combination required to study them. For courses not listed here and other complaints please kindly drop your comments and we will get to you shortly. SUBJECT COMBINATION FOR ART  *Arabic and Islamic Studies: Use of English, Arabic and Two subjects from Arts and/or Social Sciences. * Christian Religious Studies: Use of English, Two Arts subjects, Christian Religious Knowledge and any other subject. * Fine and Applied Arts: Use of English Language...

This is to inform 2016 all aspirants of University of Benin that took part in the 2016/2017 Pre-admission Screening exercise that the admission list has been released and has  been uploaded. The University of Benin Admission list was released on November 8th 2016 at exactly 10pm today 8th. Candidates are advised to check their admission status online and then proceed to pay their acceptance fee as from Friday 11th, November 2016. To check your admission status visit https:// uniben.waeup.org /login Type in your username and password in the spaces provided. Click on "Login" and proceed to view your admission status. Note: Online Clearance also starts on Friday 11th, November 2016. Information concerning physical clearance will be announced later. The picture is a prove of what you will see when you login your Kofa account.

The following candidates listed below should submit a clean and clear copy of the “O” level results that was logged-in during the University of Ibadan 2016/2017 screening exercise. This is important as the previously submitted document(s) was blurred and unclear. Candidates who do not submit a clear copy latest Tuesday Nov 8 stand a risk of being removed from the 2016/2017 Admission process. Kindly send a scanned copy of your document(s) by email to ugadmissions@ui.edu.ng with the following title: Complain Documents/Surname/Faculty e.g Complain Documents/Adeola/Social Sciences Please note that this statement in no way validates that the candidates will be recommended for admission in University of Ibadan. Fn: Sn:  jamb_n: Name: Gender: State of Origin: SubjectComb: Faculty: Department: 7 34 66037018JH YAKUBU TEMITOPE KOLAWOLE M EKI ENG BIO CHE PHY AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 81 13 66232458EF KOLAWOLE SUNDAY ABAYOMI M OSU ENG AGR CHE P...