POST UTME SURVIVAL: 28,000 candidates jostle for varsity’s 3,500 admission spaces

FUNAAB: Over 28,000 candidates on Wednesday began sitting for the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for only 3,500 admission spaces into the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Last year over 22,000 candidates sat for the post-UTME examinations of the university.

The over 28,000 candidates for this year’s post-UTME have been divided into three batches by the university for the purpose of the examination whose conduct would last for three days.

FUNAAB Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olusola Oyewole, while monitoring the exercise, told newsmen that the increase in the number of candidates seeking admission into the university could be attributed to the confidence parents and candidates had in the institution.

Oyewole, who is also the president of the Association of African Universities, added that the stable academic calendar of FUNAAB could also be the major attraction to parents and admission seekers.

He said, “This year, we have 28,100 candidates sitting for this post-UTME examination. Really, it’s a reflection of the confidence of the parents and the candidates in the quality of education on offer in FUNAAB.

UNIJOS sends 74 lecturers abroad for PhD

About 74 lecturers from the University of Jos (UNIJOS) have been sent abroad for different PhD programmes and others for Masters programmes Vice- Chancellor of the university, Professor Hayward Mafuyai disclosed this while speaking with journalists shortly after the House Committee members on Education who were on oversight function visited the institution in Jos, the Plateau state capital.

He said the move was aimed at ensuring that the university turns out competent graduates that can compete favourably with other graduates in the world. The Vice- Chancellor said the visit of the House Committee was very useful as they were able to consider issues that are important for the efficient delivery of tertiary education in the country.

“We will strengthen ourselves in the areas that we have been commended,” he stressed. Earlier, Chairman House of Representatives Committee on education, Hon. John Dyegh urged the university to furnish the committee with details of the 2013 capital appropriation released by the Federal Government to enable the House take it up with the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala.

He lamented the poor funding of Federal Universities in the country by the Federal Government and blamed the poor performance of the Institution on the in ability of government to give the sector adequate attention.

REMINDER- FUTA 2013 PRE DEGREE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admissions into the PDS Programme of the University
for the 2013/2014 Academic Session

ADMISSIONS WILL BE INTO THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS:

i. School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (SAAT)

ii. School of Engineering and Engineering Technology (SEET)

iii. School of Earth and Mineral Sciences (SEMS)

iv. School of Environmental Technology (SET)
School of Management Technology (SMAT)
School of Sciences (SOS)



ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Candidates should possess WASC, NECO, GCE or NABTEB at not more than two sittings with a minimum of Credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any two of the following subjects relevant to their discipline: Chemistry, Biology/Agric. Science, Economics, and Geography. Credit pass in Economics is compulsory in the School of Management Technology.



QUALIFYING TEST:

Candidates for Pre-Degree Science Programme must perform to a satisfactory level in a Computer-Based qualifying test to be conducted on Thursday, 17th and Friday 18th October, 2013 at 8:00 am at the e-Test Centre, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State.



Candidates are expected to visit the website of the Federal University of Technology, Akure www.futa.edu.ng. for the results of the qualifying test as from Thursday 24th October, 2013.



DURATION:

The programme is full-time, and will run for one academic session of Two (2) Semesters.


REGISTRATION AND COMMENCEMENT OF LECTURES:


Candidates who successfully complete the programme and meet the cut-off mark for the course applied for as determined by the University Admissions Committee as well as meet the JAMB cut-off mark would be admitted into 100 level of the University undergraduate degree programme in relevant discipline in the 2013/2014 academic session.

ACCOMMODATION

Limited accommodation will be available on first come first served basis.

METHOD OF APPLICATION:


Candidates are to pay application fee of fifteen thousand naira (N15,000.00) excluding bank charges on e-transact platform in any bank that is on e-transact platform.


Candidates are to complete and print the PDS Application Form online after payment by logging on to the Federal University of Technology, Akure’s website www.futa.edu.ng and click on the online PDS Application Form.


Submit the Online application form and print out a copy of the examination schedule slip.


The application opens on Monday, 10th June, 2013 and closes on Tuesday, 15th October, 2013.


All candidates are requested to bring along the following items to the e-test venue:



i) Depositor’s copy of bank teller(s) indicating payment of FIFTEEN THOUSAND NAIRA (N15,000.00) Application Fee in candidate’s name.

ii) Completed Application Form (downloaded from the FUTA website).

iii) e-test scheduling slip which must contain a registration number.

iv) Copy of e-transact receipt obtained from the bank.

a. The venue of e-test exercise is the Electronic Test Centre (eTC) “Obakekere Campus” Federal University of Technology, Akure.
Candidates are NOT allowed to bring cell phones or electronic gadget(s) into the e-test hall.
Any candidate who fails to present himself/herself for the computer based test will NOT be considered for admission.

pre testing is also available..........
Candidates are requested in their own interest to have a feel of (practice) the computer based test by visitinghttp.//test.jketc.net .

The underlisted helplines could be contacted for clarification on issue bordering on the e-test: 08164487268; 07052976224 and 08165661045.

CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FORMS

All completed online application forms with the required relevant documents should be submitted to www.futa.edu.ng not later than Friday, 25th October, 2013.


Signed

Director,

Centre for Continuing Education,

Federal University of Technology, Akure.

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REMEMBRANCE: Aluu 4: Gone but not forgotten

The men standing in court (first photo) took the lives of these four vibrant university students (second photo) who had their whole lives ahead of them before it was tragically cut short in the most cruel manner. It's exactly eleven months since we lost these young men, and today we remember them. May their souls continue to rest in peace...and may their killers get what they deserve.

LIB

BBA Host IK Osakioduwa Shares Family Vacation Photos From Germany

IK & children

BBA show for this year is over, the host of the popular entertainment show tagged The Chase took out some time to unwind with his family in Germany.
Ik Osakioduwa and his family recent took a much deserved vacation journey to Frankfurt in Germany.

Micah playing with toys

IK’s wife with son Micah

NAIJA GIST

Tyler Perry Prays For, Lays Hands On Bishop TD Jakes At Potter’s House Church

Talented Hollywood actor Tyler Perry was a special guest at Bishop T.D Jakes church this past weekend.

The wealthy Hollywood star visited The Potters House Church on Sunday where he donated one million dollar for the youth center.

In what appeared to be a deliverance session, Tyler Perry was spotted laying hands on the man of God as he prays for him.

He laid his hands upon Bishop TD Jakes’ head and blessed him like a father.

Watch the video below;

Beckham, Zidane, Pele to Battle Ex-Eagles in Cancer Match

Football legends, Dennis Beckham, Zinedine Zidane, Ghana's Abedi Pele and Abdullahi Traore are among the ex-players who are billed to play an exhibition match against former Super Eagles players to kick cancer out of Nigeria.

Disclosing this at a media briefing in Abuja yesterday, Chairman of the technical sub-committee of the soccer event, Jacob Onu said the novelty match would hold in Abuja in the first week of December this year.

The match, tagged "soccer legends against cancer", has received the blessing of both local and international partners, including the federal ministry of health, the Nigeria Football Federation, US African Chamber of Commerce, NEPAD Business Group and Mary Onyali Foundation among others.

While expressing confidence for the success of the event, Onu assured that all the foreign ex-internationals invited have agreed to honour the invitation.

At the briefing, the House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Sports, Godfrey Gaiya; Chairman of the event's organising committee Prof. Durosinmi-Etti and representatives of other partners spoke on the need for collaboration to eliminate cancer from the country.

Why Mosquitoes Cannot Transmit HIV - Experts

Today, available statistics have shown that estimated 1.6 million people die of HIV&AIDS annually. In Nigeria alone, government reports claim that over 300,000 Nigerians die yearly of complications arising from AIDS.

If these estimated numbers die of HIV/AIDS, have you ever imagined what the situation will be like? Thank God, HIV doesn't have that ability. If mosquitoes spread HIV the way they spread malaria, millions of people will definitely lose their lives on daily basis, particularly in developing countries like Nigeria where mosquitoes are endemic.

Before now, there have been reports about concern of the possibility of mosquitoes transmitting AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) when the disease was first recognized and many people still feel that mosquitoes may be responsible for transmission of this infection from one individual to another.

However, Entomologists say that although mosquitoes function the same way as hypodermic needles - they can both inject chemicals and extract blood but cannot transmit HIV.

According to a former Navy Entomologist and Current Technical Advisor for the American Mosquito Control Association, Joe Conlon explains; "If mosquitoes carry West Nile Virus and other blood-borne diseases, shouldn't they logically be able to transmit HIV, too? It is definitely not a stupid question, but that is not the case. Mosquitoes can not transmit HIV.

Conlon reassured that first of all, when a mosquito bites you, it draws your blood into its gut. Acids there kill the HIV virus.

"Even if the mosquito's stomach acids did not render the virus harmless, it would not be able to get back out of the insect.

That is because mosquitoes use two different tubes to suck up blood and to inject you with saliva that stops your blood from clotting up while it's drinking. Even if a mosquito had virus-containing blood from another human inside it, the blood would never exit the bug through its salivary glands and into your blood stream.

"For a mosquito to transmit a disease, it must pick up the virus. The virus has to survive in the gut and then get outside the gut into the body cavity and then eventually into the salivary glands to be injected into something else. It is a very complicated process, and with HIV, it just doesn't happen," he explained.

Malaria parasites, on the other hand, are able to grow in the mosquito gut, then, migrate specifically to the salivary glands to continue their lifecycle in another human.

Reasons

Mosquitoes' mouth parts do not operate like a hypodermic needle. The tube which injects the host with saliva is separate from the canal which the mosquito uses to suck blood from the same host. Therefore blood only flows into the mosquito and only saliva is injected; blood is not flushed out of the same canal.

Insect-borne diseases like Encephalitis and malaria are spread because they multiply within the mosquito, these diseases then move into the insect's salivary glands and are injected into the host with the saliva. If a mosquito feeds on an HIV-positive person the virus cannot survive and replicate within the mosquito's gut as HIV requires specialist cells found only in humans in order to multiply.

HIV circulates in the blood at lower levels than malaria and other inset-borne diseases. The mosquito does not take enough units of HIV from the infected person to initiate infection.

Even if it was possible for the mosquito to inject HIV into an uninfected person, the person would have to be bitten by 10 million mosquitoes who had previously been feeding on an HIV positive host in order to receive one unit of HIV.

NIGERIA DOGS VS DOGS ABROAD

         
NIGERIA EAT THEIRS         

  
                   US KEEP THEIRS



 
DOG CAN PLAY WITH THEIR KIDS




NAIJA DOGS DARE NOT COME CLOSE TO THE HOUSE


US DOGS ARE EVEN MORE HANDSOME THAN NAIJA GUYS


NA HUNGER TINS FOR NAIJA DOGS

How To Get Airtel 1GB And Browse With Airtel Bis On Pc

 Here in this article on how to get airtel 1GB data and how to browse with airtel bis on pc just like how to get mtn bis on android and pc:

Here is the step by step Guide on how to get airtel bis on pc:

The first step is to check out the list of airtel blackberry plan and select the best airtel bis you want to work with. But for the sake of this trick on how to make airtel bis on pc we will be using airtel blackberry social. BSM which is N1200.
Now you can subscribe to the airtel bis bsm sending BSM to 440
After the subscription is success, You will receive free one 1gb data.
Set the apn (access point network) to internet.ng.zain.com
Set the username and password to be internet.
Then connect and start browsing

With the above step and setting you will browsing with airtel bis on pc as well as get 1gb data. No need of airtel magic sim that does not work as this works perfectly, you can as well use this tips to browse with airtel bis on android by setting your apn to internet.ng.zain.com as well as the password and username as internet. 

Brazil 2014:Wayne Rooney Posts Head Injury Picture

Wayne Rooney has posted a picture of his head injury on Facebook after the striker was questioned over his commitment to the England squad.

Rooney suffered the cut via the boot of Manchester United team-mate Phil Jones, forcing him out of England's World Cup qualifiers on Friday and Tuesday, reports the BBC.

He said: "Some people seem to be questioning my commitment and the fact I had to pull out of the two games.

"I'm sure people will see the reason why I won't be able to play."

Rooney, 27, added: "There's nothing I would like more than to be helping the lads in the qualifiers."

Usain Bolt to Retire after Rio Olympics

Jamaican world record holder in 100m and 200m, Usain Bolt, plans to retire after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics Games.

Bolt said Wednesday that he wants to win more gold in Rio, set another world record in the 200 metres next year, and perhaps win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.

"So far, (it) is after the Olympics in Rio," Bolt said of his retirement plans. "I think if I am in great shape, I'll go there and do what I have to do. I think it will be a good time to retire, on top."

Winning another three gold medals in Moscow last month made him the most decorated athlete in world championship history with eight golds and two silvers. He has six gold medals from the Olympics.

"If I want to be among the greats of (Muhammad) Ali and Pele and all these guys I have to continue dominating until I retire," Bolt said ahead of his final race this season in the 100m at Friday's Van Damme Memorial in Brussels.

Bolt won the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and at last year's London Games. He won the same triple at the 2009 world championships before repeating that feat in Moscow last month.

Nigerian Comedian Bovi Proposed To Girlfriend (watch video)

Nigerian comedian Bovi has popped the question of a lifetime to his video girlfriend for an upcoming comedy show in Warri next month.

Watch the video below;

Bob Marley’s Wife, Rita Cstorms lagos For Felabration 2013

Rita, the wife of late reggae musician, Bob Marley is set to visit Nigeria for the upcoming Felabration 2013 festival.

According to P.M News, Rita will be coming to Lagos, Nigeria as a special guest speaker at this year’s Felabration Symposium in October. She will be sharing her thoughts on the symposium topic: ‘Movement of The People: The Fela-Bob Marley Perspective.’

Mrs Marley gave her consent during a meeting in Ghana with Yeni Kuti, founder of the Felabration brand and Theo Lawson, Chairman, Felabration Organising Committee.

Remarkably both Fela and Bob Marley never shared a common stage throughout their playing lives despite the mutual respect they had for each other. They both popularised the theme “Movement of The People” in their various works. While Fela’s political party was called Movement Of The People, MOP, he also waxed a hit tune that goes by that same title.

Bob Marley on the other hand, also had a hit album titled Exodus: Movement of Jah People.

This year’s Felabration’s theme is aimed at rekindling the people-oriented messages these two iconic figures promoted in their days.

Meanwhile, one of Marley’s superstar sons has been billed as one of the surprise acts that will perform during this year’s week-long Felabration.

The reggae star has agreed with the Felabration organisers to break out of his current global tour to be at the festival as a mark of honour for the late Afrobeat legend.

He will be sharing the stage at some point during the Festival with Afro beat king Femi Kuti, and his younger brother, Seun alongside FELA’s Egypt ’80 Band.

This year’s Felabration will run through 14 and 20 October, beginning effectively with the symposium.

[Report by Funsho Arogundade, PM News Lagos]

Hafiz Oyetoro Saka In Studio With Don Jazzy For MTN Sponsored Jingles (Photos)

Etisalat turned MTN star, Nollywood actor Hafiz Oyetoro popularly called Saka is currently working on a new radio jingle and TV ads sponsored by MTN.

Saka who recently turned 50 claims he has murdered poverty for life.

According to insiders, the upcoming TV commercial will feature Saka singing Don Jazzy produced music.

The previous I Don Port ad that gave the actor some publicist was partly composed by him.

Nigeria Ranked Amongst World's Poorest Competitive Countries

Despite the efforts to diversify the economy and attract investors by the Jonathan administration, Nigeria is still ranked among the stragglers in the Global Competitive Index (GCI) 2013 -2014 released Wednesday by the World Economic Forum.

Nigeria dropped five places from last year's 115th position to 120th among the 148 countries profiled.

The GCI, which was introduced in 2004, measures how the set of institutions, policies, and other factors determine the level of productivity of a country. The GCI scores is calculated by drawing together the 12 pillars of competitiveness namely: institutions, infrastructure, macroeconomic environment, health and primary education, higher education and training, goods market efficiency, labour market efficiency, financial market development, technological readiness, market size, business sophistication and innovation.

According to the ranking, Nigeria is placed in the poorest pool of economic development possible. Nigeria ranked as a "factor driven" economy with the likes of Liberia, Lao, Mali and Yemen.

There are four stages of development with innovation-driven economies being the best pool of nations.

It worries the compilers of the index that Nigeria's economy is struggling to keep up despite overt advantages over other African countries. For instance, the report noted that Nigeria, due to its population, enjoys a large market size (32ndposition) "which has the potential for significant economies of scale and is an important factor for attracting investors."

It identifies weak institutions (ranked at 129th out of 148), engrained corruption, undue influence, weakly protected property rights, insecurity (ranked at 142nd), poor infrastructure (ranked at 135th) and poor primary education (ranked at 146th) as the reasons for the country's abysmal rating.

It also points to the overreliance on oil and the poor penetration of ICT as the other reasons for the country's poor showing.

Meanwhile Mauritius has overtaken South Africa as the most competitive country in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ranked at 45th position the country moved up nine places this year, the country's enviable showing is bolstered by "transparent public institutions (ranked at 39th) with clear property rights and strong judicial independence and an efficient government (29th)," the report noted.

South Africa is ranked at 53rd position while Switzerland, ranked at number one is the most competitive country in the world.

ALL AFRICA

WAEC Examination Malpractice: Defaulters to face 5-year Jail term or N200, 000 fine

Any student involved in examination malpractice during the senior school certificate examination may spend 5years in jail or pay a fine of N200,000, the federal government said on Wednesday.

The federal government took the decision at the weekly meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation, FEC, after it approved an amendment to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Act.

While briefing journalists after the FEC meeting, the Minister of Education, Ruqayyat Rufai, said the approval is to give effect to the revised convention of WAEC, 2003 in Nigeria.

The Education Minister had tabled a memo before the Council seeking approval for the enactment of an Act to amend the WAEC Act, CAP W4, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2004 to give effect to the revised convention of WAEC, 2003 in Nigeria.

The 2004 Act, which is to be amended, empowers the examination body to take disciplinary action and impose penalties against those involved in examination malpractices.

Section 19(1) of the Act states that “such candidate shall not take or be allowed to take or continue the examination, in addition, he shall be prohibited from taking any examination held or conducted by or on behalf of the Council for a period of two years immediately following upon such contraventions and if a candidate aforesaid has already taken any papers at the examination, his result there from shall be cancelled.”

A candidate found guilty after prosecution is “liable on conviction to a fine of N2,000 or imprisonment for a term of five years or to both such fine and imprisonment.”

Section 20 (2) reads: “the penalties contained in this sub-section (a) may be imposed whether or not a prosecution for an offence under section 20 or 21 of this Act has been brought or is being conducted or contemplated and (b) shall be in addition to such other penalties as a court may impose upon conviction for an offence under the aforesaid section 20 or 21.”

WAEC was established in 1952 following the acceptance of the Jeffery Report by the then colonial governments in Gold Coast (Ghana), Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia. Liberia later joined in 1974.

The FEC further directed the Ministry of Justice to take further necessary action on the subject.

Imo Poly Umuagwo Releases 2013/2014 ND & HND first admission list

Be informed that merit/first batch admission list for 2013/2014 session into the Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo has been released.

The following candidates that have been offered admission into various programmes for the above academic session are to note the following important dates and points:

a. 20/09/2013: Deadline for acceptance of offer of admission. Your admission lapses after the expiration of this date.

a. 07/12/2013: Deadline for all Screening Exercise. Your admission lapses after the expiration of this date.

c. Orientation and matriculation exercises are compulsory for every student.

d. To obtain your Registration number and to qualify to enter the classroom, you mustshow evidence of acceptance offer of admission and payment of school fees.

NOTE THAT THE ACCEPTANCE OF ANY OFFER MEANS YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STUDY THE COURSE.

Verify your UNIOSUN 2013/2014 Merit Admission List through JAMB Website

This is to inform all 2013/2014 prospective students of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN) that JAMB has uploaded their merit admission list on her own website.

Note also that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB made admission status checking option available on their portal recently. 

Note: The list recently released on JAMB website is not the final list, therefore if your name is not on Jamb website, don't panic yet, just be prayerful and wait for UNIOSUN to release her claimed authentic list.

How to check the UNIOSUN admission status online

1. Log on to JAMB Admission Status checking page.
2. Enter your registration number, and submit to view.

DELSU 2013/2014 Post UTME Cut-Off Marks for Admission

DELSU DEPARTMENTAL CUT-OFF POINTS 2013

Agric. Economics. 40
Agric Extension. 40
Animal science. 40
Fisheries 40
Crop science. 40
Forestry and wild life. 40

ART: 

English and Lit. Studies. 50
Theatre Art. 48
Fine and Applied Arts. 40
French 40
Linguistics. 40
Linguistics/Urhobo. 40
Music. 40
Religious studies. 40
Philosophy. 43
History and inter. Studies. 48

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES:

Anatomy. 49
Medical Biochemistry. 49
Medicine and Surgery. 60
Nursing. 58
Pharmacology and Thetake advantage ofutics. 48
Physiology. 48

EDUCATIONALL DEPARTMENT: 40

Library and information science 45
Guidance and counselling. 43
Economics education. 46
Business education. 45
Computer education. 45
English education. 47
Political science education. 44
Social science education (social studies) 42

LAW: 
Law. 60

MANAGEMENT SCIENCES: 

Accountancy. -Business administration 48
Marketing. 42
Banking and finance. 48

PHARMACY: 

Pharmacy 52

SCIENCES: 

Biochemistry. 45
Botany. 40
Mathematics. 45
Physics. 48
Mathematics. 45
Physics. 48
Animal and environmental biology. 40
Geology. 50
Microbiology. 48
Chemistry. 40
Science laboratory technology. 45
Industrial chemistry. 42

SOCIAL SCIENCES: 

Business administration.48
Economics 50
Geography and regional planning. 43
Mass communication 49
Political science. 49
Sociology. 45
Psychology. 43