AKSU 2nd Choice-Supplementary Post Utme Admission Application Form now on Sale for 2013/2014

Supplementary Admission forms are on sale at Akwa Ibom State University for candidates who scored 180 and above in 2013 UTME but are yet to be admitted.

Second choice and/or supplementary candidates will be admitted into all degree programmes except Chemical Engineering, Marine Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Microbiology, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Public Administration and Mass Communication which will be available for second choice candidates only.

Candidates must ensure that their UTME subjects agree with those acceptable in Akwa Ibom State University for the respective programmes.

Candidates should obtain the forms with a bank draft of N1,000.00 (one thousand naira) only and Post-UTME screening fee of N2,000.00 (Two thousand naira) only made payable to Akwa Ibom State University in any of the following banks nationwide:
Zenith Bank
Akwa Savings and Loans Limited
United Bank for Africa
First Bank
Ecobank
Union Bank
Forms should be obtained and returned at the following locations:
Akwa Ibom State University Main Campus, Ikot Akpaden
Akwa Ibom State University Obio Akpa Campus
Akwa Ibom State University Liaison office, Uyo
Akwa Ibom State University Liaison office, Abuja

* Sales and return of forms will commence on Monday, January 6 and end on Friday, January 24, 2014 by 4.00pm. The second choice and supplementary Post-UTME screening will be conducted at the two campuses of the University on Thursday, 30th and Friday, 31st January, 2014 as follows:

S/NO, PROGRAMME, DATE , VENUE, TIME
1. All programmes in the Faculties of Agriculture and Arts, Day 1
30/1/2014, Obio Akpa Campus at Oruk Anam L.G.A., AKS, 9.00am prompt

2. All programmes in the Faculty of Engineering, Day 1
30/1/2014, Main Campus, Ikot Akpaden, Mkpat Enin L.G.A., AKS, 9.00am prompt

3. All programmes in the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Day 2, 31/1/2014, Obio Akpa Campus at Oruk Anam L.G.A., AKS, 9.00am prompt

4. All programmes in the Faculties of Ocean Science and Technology, Education Science and Natural & Applied Sciences Day 2, 31/1/2014, Main Campus, Ikot Akpaden, Mkpat Enin L.G.A., AKS, 9.00am prompt
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ADMISSION!! Uniport Patience Jonathan Centre Admission List Out

PATIENCE JONATHAN CENTRE FOR GENDER AND WOMEN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (PJC-GWDS)

UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT

OFFER OF PROVISIONAL ADMISSION FOR 2013/2014 ACADEMIC SESSION

The following candidates have been offered provisional admission into the Postgraduate Programme (MA and PGD) of PJC-GWDS in 2013/2014 Academic Session.

PGD IN GENDER AND WOMEN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

1. Ihunwo, Okehogene

2. Amesi, Stella Wori

3. Dappa-W, Gold

4. Ohaegbulem, Chiamaka Confidence

5. Braimoh, Oluwatoyin Hamidat

6. Atumonye, Ifeanyi

7. Ugwu, Nwaobieri Deborah

8. Briggs-Abel, Aisha Omone

9. Ekong, Mary Peter

10. Oke, Veronica Bob

11. Uchendu, Esther Esi Ebele

12. Ibekwe, Priscilia

MA IN GENDER AND WOMEN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

1. Abere, Esther Ibinabo

2. Alor, Ukamaka Obumneke

3. Onwubiko, Edith Oluoma Oluchi

4. Udoudo, Ekereobong Sunday

5. Obih, Solomon Onyinyechi

6. Agada, Akogwu

7. Anucha, John

NOTE:
Since lectures will start in January, 2014, you are to proceed immediately to Fidelity Bank (A/C NO: 5210017988) nearest to you or U&C (A/C NO: 1528023910), University of Port Harcourt, to pay a non-refundable fee designated as follows:

PGD (N) M.A. (N)

School fees 150,000.00 200,000.00

Seminar fees 20,000.00 45,000.00

Project fees 50,000.00 70,000.00

Acceptance fee 30,000.00 35,000.00

_____________ _____________

Total fees per student: N250, 000.00 N 350,000.00

On payment of the total amount in your choice of bank, proceed for clearance and course registration, with your bank payment teller and all your credentials (original and photocopy) to the office of the Director, Patience Jonathan Centre for Gender and Women Development Studies, University Park/Abuja Campus, University of Port Harcourt.

REQUIRED CREDENTIALS

1. DEGREE CERTIFICATES

2. NYSC DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE OR EXEMPTION LETTER

3. O’ LEVEL CERTIFICATE

4. FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE

5. BIRTH CERTIFICATE (DECLARATION OF AGE)

6. LOCAL GOVERNMENT IDENTIFICATION LETTER

7. EVIDENCE OF CHANGE OF NAME (WHERE NECESSARY)

Please note that the issuance of admission letter will be at the Centre.

For enquiries, please call: 08033426466, 08033613331.

Congratulations!

Prof. E.C. Okeke

(Director)

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CAMPUS TRAGEDY: Final year female BSU student found dead in a hotel room

A 21-year-old final year female student of the Benue State University, BSU, Joan Adaaku, has been reportedly found dead in a hotel room located in the heart of Makurdi, the Benue State capital.

Vanguard gathered from sources who preferred anonymity that the Economics undergraduate had checked into Savannah Guest House at about 7 a.m after paying N2,000 for a room

According to the source, “She actually arrived the hotel alone and after underaking some check-in formalities she entered the room and locked herself up.

“She never came out of her room again either to ask for food or any other things. So, at exactly 6 p.m, a room attendant knocked on her door to find out if she was interest in being attended to by room service.

“Her silence aroused suspicion and the room attendant, who repeated his call to the room at 8pm without reply, alerted the manager on duty.

“It was at that point that the management alerted the Police who moved in and broke into the room and discovered the lifeless body of the lady in a position that suggested she was making a call before her death.

Vanguard gathered that the deceased had on her a small purse which contained a Bible, rosary and N8,200. A bottle of water and a bottle of soft drink were also discovered in the room.

Contacted, the Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent, DSP, Daniel Ezeala who confirmed the incident said investigation into the matter had commenced.

Source: Vanguard Newspaper
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CAMPUS ALERT: PolyIbadan student commits suicide

A part-time student of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, Timilehin Ayobami Ogundare, has been found dead in his room in Ilupeju area, Baasala, Asero, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

He was believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself.

According to PM News, the deceased was also a computer operator with a firm in Abeokuta before his death.

A family source who pleaded anonymity said the deceased tried to kill himself last year but was stopped by some people.

The relation revealed that the deceased was arrested by some security guards and handed over to men of the state vigilance service when he attempted to jump into River Ogun. He was later released.

He attempted to jump into River Ogun

“The whole issue is still like a drama because I don’t know what could have made him decide to take his life. We have been looking for him since January 1. Later, we heard that he went to Lagos. He boarded a train from Lagos back to Abeokuta on Saturday and came down at Lafenwa. He trekked from the station through Enu Gada area to Ajitaadun down to Arakanga area with the aim of jumping into the river.

“He was arrested by the security men in the area when they saw him wandering with only his boxer pant on. They handed him over to the vigilante men at Oke Ilewo for further investigation.

“We went there to collect him and we were told to come back with him yesterday. On getting to his room, we found out that he had hanged himself. He left a short note, apologising that he disappointed us,” the source narrated in tears.

When the spokesman of the Ogun State Vigilante Service, Mr. Soji Ganzallo, was contacted, he confirmed the incident and expressed shock at the boy’s death.

The family was careless

“It is unfortunate that what we tried to prevent eventually happened. They (family) were careless with the way they handled the boy. If the boy had been properly monitored, this sad incident wouldn’t have happened. We got a distress call on Saturday by local security men around Arakanga that a boy was trying to commit suicide by trying to jump into the river. Our men rushed to the area and took the boy to our office.

“In the course of questioning him, he confirmed to us that he left home for Lagos on New Year day but did not tell us where and who he went to meet in Lagos. When we asked about his phone, he said he had no phone but only his SIM card was with him.

“Sensing that his parents will be looking for him, I directed that his SIM card be inserted into a phone, hoping that someone will call his line,” Ganzallo said.

The vigilante spokesman revealed further that not long after the SIM card was inserted into the phone, several calls came in.

Ganzallo said: “We discovered that those calls were from his mother, sister and a pastor. The pastor later called back and demanded to stand as surety for his bail. We agreed.

“The man of God arrived with the boy’s mother and some relatives. The pastor’s name is Wole Oyenekan and he gave his address as Egba Inner Circle Building, Abiola Way, Abeokuta.

“We questioned the boy but from what I was able to gather, the boy was determined not to tell anybody his problem. The pastor pleaded with me to hand him over to him. I initially disagreed but after much persuasions and assurance that they will monitor him, I released him to them and asked them to come back on Sunday.

“I was shocked when I heard the news that the boy eventually carried out his mission.”

He refused to go to church on Sunday

Another source disclosed that the teenager perfected his suicide by refusing to go to church on Sunday, feigning illness.

According to the source, “I remember that he told the pastor while coming from the vigilante’s office that he needed some money to pay for his school fees and the pastor told him to see him on Sunday after church service. After the breakfast, he said he was not feeling well and begged to be allowed to stay back, which was granted.

“After the church service, he joined other family members to eat the lunch around 4 p.m. After the food, he went into his room and no one bothered to know what he was doing until around 8p.m. when we were looking for him.

“When we forced his door opened, we met his lifeless body. He hanged himself with his belt. We went to the Obantoko Police Station to report the matter and the police arrived around 11.45 p.m. and removed his corpse to the mortuary,” he stated.
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The 2014 TechWomen Emerging Leader Application

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: TechWomen empowers, connects, and supports the next generation of women leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from Africa and the Middle East by providing them the access and opportunity needed to advance their careers, pursue their dreams, and inspire women and girls in their communities.
Through mentorship and exchange, TechWomen strengthens participants’ professional capacity, increases mutual understanding between key networks of professionals, and expands girls’ interest in STEM careers by exposing them to female role models.

The 2014 Emerging Leader application is now open!

ELIGIBILITY:

• Be women with a minimum of two years full-time professional experience in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math) and/or a career requiring significant expertise/knowledge/application of technology

Have, at minimum, a bachelor’s degree/four year university degree or equivalent

• Be proficient in written and spoken English

Demonstrate a willingness to participate in exchange programs, welcome opportunities for mentoring and new partnership development, and exhibit confidence and maturity

• Be citizens or permanent residents of Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, the Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tunisia, Yemen, or Zimbabwe at the time of application, and while participating in the program

Not have applied for an immigrant visa to the United States, or participated in a visa lottery in the past five years

• Be able to obtain a U.S. visa

Not hold U.S. Citizenship or be a U.S. legal permanent resident
Preference will be given to applicants who

• Have demonstrated themselves as emerging leaders in their chosen professional track
• Have limited or no prior experience in the United States
• Have a record of voluntary or public service in their communities
• Have demonstrated entrepreneurialism and commitment to innovation

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NIGERIA: gunmen kill three persons and injured 12 others in Kwankwaso village

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The Police Command in Kano on Wednesday confirmed that gunmen had killed three persons and injured 12 others in Kwankwaso village, Madobi Local Government Area of Kano State.

Some gunmen had on Tuesday night attacked a mosque in Kwankwaso, where the Diastrict Head of Madobi, Alhaji Musa Sale-Kwankwaso, was attending the late evening prayers.

A statement issued in Kano by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Majiya, said the incident took place at about 7:30 p.m, when people were praying inside the mosque.

“The District Head of Madobi and father to the State Governor, Alhaji Musa Sale Kwankwaso, who was also in the congregation, escaped unhurt.

“Although the attack was repelled by policemen who were in the congregation, three persons were killed and and 12 others sustained various degree of injuries,’’ it said.

The statement said those injured had been taken to hospital where they were receiving medical attention.

“The identity, motive and target of the assailants is not yet established, but investigation has already commenced.’’
The command, therefore, called on members of the public to assist the police with any information that would lead to the arrest of the attackers.
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University of calabar yet to resume despite call off by ASUU

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Academic activities are yet to resume at the University of Calabar, three weeks after the suspension of the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

A check at the university campus by the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Calabar showed that lectures had yet to begin in almost all the departments and faculties.

Some of the students, who were seen at the campus, attributed the poor turn-out of students and delay in the resumption of lectures to the Christmas and New Year holidays.

A final year student in the Department of Economics, Mr Philip Tawo, said “we were supposed to start lectures on January 6, but some lecturers are yet to show up and so many students who travelled for the Christmas holiday have not returned”.
Mrs Joy Emeka, a second year student of Law Faculty who was seen sitting at the lecture hall, said that she was supposed to have a lecture at 8 a.m, but the lecturer did not show up.

“ASUU suspended its strike in December, and since then we have not had lectures; though the timetable is out, full academic activities would commence next week,” she said.

Commenting on the situation, a lecturer at the Department of Marketing, Mr Patrick Mbum, said that the new academic calendar for the second semester 2012/2013 had been released.
Mbum added that serious teaching and learning would begin next week.
According to him, many students will resume next week as some of them are still waiting for their parents to settle them financially.

NAN also observed that economic activities within the vicinity of the university were gradually picking up.
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27 PDP members defect to APC

Twenty-seven members of the People Democratic Party in the Sokoto State House of Assembly have defected to the All Progressives Congress.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that only three members of the assembly- Bala Musa, representing Yabo, Mustapha Hurumi representing Bodinga South and Gatau Mustapha of Isa constituency- had remained in the PDP.
The defection was announced on Wednesday on the floor of the Assembly by the Speaker, Alhaji Lawalli Zayyana.

NAN reports that the defected members immediately brought out brooms to celebrate their move after the announcement of their names by the speaker.
It would be recalled that Gov. Aliyu Wamakko and his supporters had since defected to the APC, while his Deputy, Alhaji Mukhtari Shagari had remained in the PDP.

Shagari had at a recent news conference in Sokoto said that his loyalty to the party and President Goodluck Jonathan was intact.
The deputy governor also maintained that his relationship with Wamakko was still cordial.
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TECH REVIEW: iPhone 5S vs Sony Xperia Z1

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The Apple iPhone 5S released last year to the usual blaze of publicity and just a few days ago Sony announced a mini version of the flagship Xperia Z1, this time dubbed the Xperia Z1 Compact. Although it’s a mini version of a larger device, the Xperia Z1 is still larger than the iPhone 5S and today we have a video to show of the iPhone 5S vs. Sony Xperia Z1 Compact and an initial comparison.

It says something about Apple iPhones at the moment that a mini edition of an Android smartphone still has a larger display than that of the iPhone 5S. Of course not everybody wants a massive screen, and as the display of the Xperia Z1 Compact at 4.3-inches is not much bigger than the 4-inch display of the iPhone 5S, these phones could be good competition against each other.

If you are open-minded about the choice between Apple’s iOS and the Android operating system there’s a chance you might be choosing between these two devices. The Xperia Z1 Compact release date has not yet been confirmed, but it’s expected to arrive in Q1 so it might be here very soon.

Another thing to remember is that although the Xperia Z1 Compact is a mini Z1 it still has virtually all of the same top-notch specs of its larger sibling. The 2-minute YouTube video below was take at CES 2014 and shows a hands-on look at the Xperia Z1 Compact and iPhone 5S and begins with a look at how the overall sizes compare.

Build quality of both handsets is said to be excellent although the finish of the Xperia Z1 Compact is more prone to showing fingerprints. A big plus point for the Xperia Z1 Compact is that is also has the benefit of being waterproof. Performance of both is said to be good with plenty of decent features, and the camera set-ups are also detailed.

We’ll remind you of the key specs of each. The iPhone 5S has a 1.3GHZ Apple A7 dual-core processor, 4-inch display with resolution of 1136 x 640 and 326 ppi, 1GB of RAM and 16, 32 or 64GB of non-expandable internal storage. It also has an 8-megapixel rear camera, 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera, and 1560 mAh battery.

On the other hand the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact has a 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor, 4.3-inch display with resolution of 1280 x 720 and 342 ppi, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD to 64GB). It has a 20.7-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front-facing camera and a 2300 mAh battery.

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