A new tenure has emerged in the Actors’ Guild National Electoral Commission (AGNEC) as they just announced that Emeka Rollas is the new national president of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria. He was said to have defeated former beauty queen and actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima with 81 votes to 76.
Less than a week after the official release of this year’s results, some members of staff of the National Examinations Council (NECO) have been sentenced to 12yrs in prison each for forgery. The NECO staff are: Nehemiah Andrew, Umaru Aliyu and Christian Moses A.K.A Danjuma Musa. Six others were also sentenced alongside the NECO staff [...]
After five consecutive years of mass failure, the National Examinations Council (NECO) Thursday announced an improvement of students in its June/July 2012 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). NECO said over 50 per cent of the candidates who sat for examination recorded credit pass in Mathematics while 49.33 per cent of the 1,087,627 candidates passed English [...]
Students can improve the quality of their work, their grades, their social life, and save a lot of time by adopting the SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite and Review) study technique. In recognition of the merits of this study tool, the Career Services office of the American University of Nigeria organized a workshop on September [...]
Nigeria should go beyond pursuing traditional development projects to more sustainable ones, advised Dr. Charles Reith of the American University of Nigeria. The Professor and Director of Sustainability Initiatives was speaking during the first-year experience seminar held on Monday, September 17. He explained that when natural resources are exploited for development, this naturally results in [...]
Mikel Obi has said that he is returning to the Super Eagles to qualify Nigeria to the next Africa Cup of Nations after the Eagles missed out of the last tournament. On Tuesday, the Chelsea midfielder was picked among 15 foreign-based pros for the return leg clash against the Lone Star of Liberia to be [...]
Reports from Plateau State say that unknown gunmen this evening stormed the University of Jos and shot several students, leaving at least two female students dead. Although details are sketchy, our sources say that several others escaped with injuries. A source told SaharaReporters there is tension on the campus as hundreds of students were seen [...]
THE Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has approved the sum of N216, 334,000 for 20, 215 final year students who are indegenes of Osun State in 74 tertiary institutions all over the country. This was contained in a release issued by the office of the the state deputy governor and Commissioner for Education, signed [...]
The vice-chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Professor Abdullahi Mustapha, has said that all necessary arrangements are in place to commence the celebration of the institution’s 50th anniversary on October 4, 2012. In a press statement signed by the ABU AT 50 Organising Committee, the vice-chancellor said that he wished to inform all alumni, stakeholders, [...]
The Mohammed Goni College of Legal and Islamic Studies in Maiduguri was on Tuesday night razed down by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect. The school awards diplomas and certificates in law and Islamic studies. According to eyewitnesses, the school, which is located in the centre of the town, was attacked at 10.10pm by [...]
THE Senate, yesterday, declared total rejection of the ceding of Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon following the judgment of the International Court of Justice, ICJ, and directed President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently appeal the judgement. The ICJ in its ruling in 2002 ceded Bakassi Peninsula, located in Cross River State of Nigeria to Cameroon, with a [...]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, advanced the reason many Nigerian political leaders fight to sit tight in office, saying that it was because of their fear of the unknown. He, however, said the electoral reforms embar-ked upon by his admini-stration would continue to ensure that the choice of the people emerged at elections. President Jonathan [...]
The NDLEA in Osun has arrested an Akure high chief for allegedly being in possession of eight bags of Indian hemp. The agency’s acting Commander, Mr Samuel Gadzama, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Osogbo that the 52-year-old suspect was arrested with his cousin on Sept. 23 in Iwo town. “The [...]
NNPC/ESSO Mobil National Postgraduate Scholarship Awards for Nigerian graduates. Essential Requirements: Must possess a Bachelor’s degree wIth a minimum of second class upper division in any of the Engineering or Geosciences disciplines. Must have provisional admission into an accredited Nigerian University for Post-graduate study (M.Sc or M.Eng) in the 2012/2013 academic session Applications in the [...]
UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of the United Bank of Africa, is pleased to announce the commencement of the 2012 edition of the National Essay Competition for secondary schools in Nigeria. The essay competition is a follow-up of the Read Africa initiative of the foundation, which involves giving out literature books to [...]
The images were released by the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and shows the extent of the flooding in the city caused by the overflowing River Niger, which is virtually cutting off the Northern part of the country from the South. A lot of small villages in Lokoja and Kogi will soon be wiped out [...]
The list of candidates offered provisional admission for 2012/2013 into the Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo has been released. Candidates can access the list by logging on to http://funai.edu.ng/formdownload for the full list. All candidates offered provisional admission are advised to pay their acceptance fee of ten thousand naira to the school at any branch of [...]
Information from the school website has it that the Federal University, Otuoke, has announced the following dates for candidates who were admitted for 2011/2012 Academic Session: 1. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 06, 2012: STUDENTS ARRIVE ON CAMPUS a.) Checking into Halls of Residence begins at 08:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 06, 2012 and ends on Monday, October [...]
Coach Stephen Keshi yesterday made public the list of Super Eagles players invited to camp preparatory to the final showdown between the Eagles and Lone Star of Liberia on October 13. Top on the list of foreign based Eagles invited is Chelsea of England defensive midfielder, John Mikel Obi who did not make the last [...]
Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited (NAOC) Joint Venture in pursuance of its Community Development Programme invites suitably qualified candidates for its 2011/2012 Tertiary Institutions Scholarship Awards Scheme. 1. CATEGORIES OF AWARDS Host Communities Merit Award: For applicants strictly from NAOC host communities National Merit Award: For applicants from non-host communities. 2. ELIGIBILITY To qualify for [...]
The Federal University of Technology, Minna has released the UTME Admission for The 2012/2013 Academic Session. The FUTMinna Admission List is available online and can only be accessed through the school website that is “www.futminna.edu.ng. Steps to Check Federal University of Technology, Minna UTME Admission List for 2012/2013 Academic session. To check your FUTMinna admission [...]
The Joint Task Force, JTF, has raided a bomb factory operated by the suspected Boko Haram members in Mubi, the commercial nerve centre of Adamawa State, and arrested no fewer than 156 members of the sect, including six females and five children. One of the suspects was killed during the operation. Among items recovered from [...]
One of the most anticipated video in the Nigerian musical circles is finally out. Innocent “Tu Face” Idibia’s “Ihe ne me”, a track on his newly released album, now has a video. The unique and colorful video was produced by Clarence Peters under the auspices of Hypertek productions. With a cameo appearance from W4, “Ihe [...]
TWO people were killed and 45 wounded when a suicide car bomber struck during Mass at a Catholic church in northern Nigeria yesterday. The attack in the city of Bauchi, which has seen a number of bombings and shootings, was blamed on Islamist sect Boko Haram. The blast hit a car park beside the St [...]
Mother and Child Care Foundation (McCEF), the pet project of Hajiya Salamatu Al-Makura, First Lady and wife of Nasarawa State governor, has graduated 126 trainees in various skills. The trainees, who are among the 482 engaged by McCEF in months of training in skills acquisition will also go with soft loans to be provided by [...]
