FUTA 2017/2018 Post-UTME & Direct Entry Screening Exercise Scheduled

This is to inform all candidates who applied for admission into Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA that the management has schedule the Screening exercise for the 2017/2018 academic session. SCREENING SCHEDULE (2017/2018 ADMISSIONS EXERCISE) DAY DATE SCHOOL(S) 1. Thursday, 5th October, 2017  School of Agriculture & Agricultural Technology (SAAT), School of Environmental Technology (SET), School of Earth and Mineral Sciences (SEMS), School of Health & Health Technology (SHHT) 2. Friday, 6th October, 2017  School of Sciences (SOS) 3. Saturday, 7th October, 2017 School of Engineering & Engineering Technology (SEET) -Batch 1 4. Monday, 9th October, 2017 School of Engineering & Engineering Technology (SEET) -Batch 2 5. Tuesday, 10th October, 2017 Mop-up/Direct Entry Candidates who do not participate in the Post-UTME screening will not be considered for admission. FUTA will not consider candidates with “Awaiting Results”. IMPORTANT INFORMATION All duly registered candidates should visit the University website http://ift.tt/2xPPQun, 2nd October, 2017 to print the slip (it will contain the date, time and batch of screening for each candidate) that will admit them into the screening venue. Also note that: (i) All candidates should bring along the following items to the screening venue: (a) Depositor’s copy of Bank Teller indicating payments as appropriate; (b) JAMB UTME Notification of Results/ Registration slips; (c) Printed copy of the completed FUTA Post-UTME Online Registration Form; (d) Print-out of e-Tranzact payment receipt (collected from the Bank) and (e) One passport photograph. (ii) The venue of the screening exercise is the FUTA Digital Resource Centre, “Obanla campus”, The Federal University of Technology, Akure. (iii) Candidates are NOT allowed to bring cell phones or any other electronic gadget into the examination hall. (iv) Candidates are requested, in their own interest, to have a feel (practice of the computer-based test by visiting Practice Test Page). (v) For more information or clarification or other issues, candidates can visit the University website www.futa.edu.ng or call 08076981207, 08068209911 AND 08118770353 NOTE: Any UTME candidate who fails to present himself/herself for the Computer-Based Screening Exercise will NOT be considered for admission in the University. SIGNED R. A. ARIFALO Registrar

Danny Murphy – Chelsea Won’t Even Need Eden Hazard To Beat Arsenal

Chelsea are so superior to Arsenal that Antonio Conte needn’t risk Eden Hazard against Arsene Wenger’s side, according to Danny Murphy. The Premier League champions have recovered from their opening day defeat against Burnley to record four consecutive victories in all competitions. Hazard missed the opening month of the campaign after he underwent ankle surgery in the summer but has made substitute appearances in the recent wins over Leicester City and Qarabag. The 26-year-old is now in contention to make his first start of the season in Sunday’s London derby but former Liverpool and Tottenham midfielder Murphy believes the gap between the two sides is so vast that Conte could rely on Willian and Pedro to ensure another Stamford Bridge win over the Gunners. ‘I do not think Chelsea need to rush Eden Hazard back,’ he said. ‘They have two unbelievable players in Willian and Pedro who are playing well and they are winning games without him. ‘That says a lot about Antonio Conte, making sure all the players know their job when they come in. Eden Hazard scored one of the best goals of last season back in March’s 3-1 win over Arsenal. ‘When Hazard is at it, there is no doubt he makes Chelsea a better team. ‘But they do not need him to beat Arsenal. The way Arsenal are playing and how open they are, it is difficult to see them having a prayer at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. ‘If Alexis Sanchez is on the pitch then they can beat anybody. ‘But Arsenal are tactically so naive that unless Arsene Wenger plays with a different mentality, and shuts up shop a little bit, then they cannot beat the likes of Chelsea away from home because they are too open.’

UPDATE – ESUT 2017/18 Post-UTME/DE Admission Screening Exercise [Cut-Off Mark: 180]

Applications are welcomed from suitably qualified UTME & Direct Entry candidates for admission into Enugu State University Of Science And Technology (ESUT) undergraduate programmes for 2017/2018 academic session. CONDITION FOR ADMISSION A. Candidates who chose Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) in the 2017 UTME and all those who did not choose ESUT but now wish to apply, are invited to ESUT screening exercise B. ESUT cut-off mark is 180, except for Faculties of Medicine, Law and Pharmaceutical Sciences which is 200. C. The screening exercise is by Computer Based Test. D. The registration fee is N2000 (excluding service charges). The Post-UTME Screening Exercise will hold at the ESUT Campuses  in Agbani and Enugu on the days and time indicated below: DAY 1 (25/9/2017)     TIME: 8:00 AM  FACULTY AND DEPARTMENT  1. Faculty of Engineering All departments in Engineering 2. Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences (Group A) 1. Physics 2. Mathematics/Statistics 3. Geology & Mining 4. Computer Science 5. Chemistry 3. Faculty of Environmental Sciences (Group A) 1. Architecture 2. Building 3. Quantity Surveying 4. Survey & Geo-informatics P-UTME SUBJECTS ENGLISH LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS PHYSICS DAY 2 (26/9/2017)       TIME: 8:00 AM   FACULTY AND  DEPARTMENT  1. Faculty of Medicine /Basic Medical Sciences ALL 2. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences ALL 3. Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences (Group B) 1. Applied Biology 2. Applied Micro-Biology 3. Applied Bio-Chemistry 4. Faculty of Agriculture & Natural Resources Mgt. ALL 5. Faculty of Social Sciences (Group A) Psychology 6. Faculty of Environmental Sciences (Group B) Geography & Meteorology P-UTME SUBJECTS  ENGLISH LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS BIOLOGY DAY 3 (27/9/2017)    TIME: 8:00 AM  FACULTY AND DEPARTMENT  1. Faculty of Management Sciences (Group A) All Expect Mass Communication 2. Faculty of Environmental Sciences (Group C) 1. Estate Management 2. Urban & Regional Planning 3. Faculty of Social Sciences (Group B) 1. Sociology 2. Economics P-UTME SUBJECTS  ENGLISH LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS ECONOMICS DAY 4 (28/9/2017)   TIME: 8:00 AM  FACULTY AND DEPARTMENT  1. Faculty of Law  Law P-UTME SUBJECTS ENGLISH LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS LITERATURE IN ENGLISH 2. Faculty of Management Sciences (Group B) Mass Communication 3. Faculty of Social Sciences (Group C) Political Science P-UTME SUBJECTS  ENGLISH LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS GOVERNMENT DAY 5 (29/9/2017) TIME: 8:00 AM  FACULTY AND  DEPARTMENT 1. Faculty of Education (Group A) 1. T.V.E. – Building 2. T.V.E. – Electrical 3. T.V.E. – Mech. P-UTME SUBJECTS  ENGLISH LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS PHYSICS 2. Faculty of Education (Group B) 1. Agric. Education 2. Health & Physical Education 3. Science Education P-UTME SUBJECTS  ENGLISH LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS BIOLOGY 3. Faculty of Education (Group C) 1. Business Education P-UTME SUBJECTS  ENGLISH LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS ECONOMICS 4. Faculty of Education (Group D) 1. Adult Education 2. Education Management 3. Library & Information Science 4. Guidance & Counselling P-UTME SUBJECTS  ENGLISH LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS GOVERNMENT COMMENCEMENT OF REGISTRATION:  The on-line registration starts on Thursday, September 14, 2017. METHOD OF APPLICATION  1. Visit the school’s portal via http://ift.tt/1mHdKPc 2. Under Regular Students, click 2017/2018 Admission Screening Registration. 3. In the page that shows up, key in your JAMB Reg. No. and Click. 4. Key in the required details in the next page to generate your invoice. 5. On the invoice page, you have payment options using Interswitch; which include: · By Bank Branch: This involves you proceeding to any commercial  bank with a printout of the generated invoice which contains a reference number which you would use for payment of N2000  (excluding service charges) via Enugu State IGR paydirect. · By Debit Card: This involves you paying online with your Debit Card. 6. Return to the application page and enter your “JAMB Registration Number” again. 7. Proceed with the completion of the form. 8. Confirm your entries. 9. Submit your application. 10. Print out your acknowledgment slip. 11. And come with it for the Post-UTME examination. Candidates awaiting the results of NABTEB, WAEC (May/June) and NECO (June/July) 2017 are eligible to apply. However, Any results released after October 31, 2017 shall not be accepted. Also, inconsistency in name is not acceptable to the university and may lead to  disqualification. Candidates’ names on their O’Level certificates and  UTME results and other registration documents must be the same. Candidates must present photocopies of the under-listed screening  documents to be admitted into the screening hall: (a) POST-UTME screening Forms (b) JAMB Result slip ENCLOSURES: Completed screening forms must be returned on-line with the scanned copies  of each of the following documents: (a) UTME Result Slip (b) Entry qualification Certificate(s) ( c ) Current Passport-Size Photograph. ATTESTATION: Candidate must certify that the information given by him/her in each of the  sections of the screening form is to the best of his/her knowledge accurate. Should any be found to be false, he/she shall consider self disqualified. DIRECT ENTRY CANDIDATES: All direct entry candidates who chose ESUT are also to sit for the screening test. They are therefore required to access the screening forms and other information about the screening on-line as stated above and request their institutions to forward to ESUT Registrar, transcripts of their results. WARNING: The general public is advised to be mindful of fake website by Dupesand to note that http://ift.tt/2jts1mJ the only official website of ESUT for this admission exercise. Please note, that any candidate who fails to appear for the screening, automatically forfeits his/her chance of being considered for admission. Mobile phones, Walkman, I-pad and other similar gadgets are not allowed into the Screening Hall. APPLICATION DEADLINE The website closes on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 12 midnight. Signed  Leonard O. Khama  Registrar

2019 Election: Governors, Ministers want Buhari to contest —El-Rufai

Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i of Kaduna state has said that governors and ministers under the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) have resolved to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to contest the 2019 presidential election. El-Rufa’i, who made this known to State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday, said the governors and the ministers made the call as members of the “Buharist Group”. The “Buharist Group” is an association of APC governors and ministers, whose primary aim is to promote and defend the perceived socio-political interests of President Buhari. The governor dismissed the assertion that he was being groomed to replace President Buhari in 2019. According to him, as a member of the “Buharist group’’ he has no presidential ambition as being speculated since he left the public service as minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in 2007. Cue in audio – 1 El-Rufa’i “My name has continuously been mentioned as a Presidential aspirant s‎ince 2007 after my years in the FCT, there is nothing new about that. “What I want to say here very, very clearly is that I have never been a Presidential aspirant, I have never even been a gubernatorial aspirant. “I am governor today by the grace of God because President Buhari called me and said go and run for Governor of Kaduna state. “As far as 2019 is concerned, my position is the President (Muhammadu Buhari) is looking very well, he is recuperating very fast. My hope and prayer is he will contest in 2019,’’ he said. Cue out audio – El-Rufa’i On the recent political comments attributed to the Minister of Womem Affairs and Social Development, Aishat Alhassan, El-Rufa’i said Nigerians should not be surprised or shocked over her utterances, saying that in the APC she was never in the Buhari camp. Aishat Alhassan had on Wednesday disclosed in a BBC Hausa Service interview that she would rather resign as minister than abandon the former vice president “if he decides to run for presidential elections in 2019’’. However, El-Rufa’i said that Alhassan neither supported Buhari’s candidature during the APC National Convention nor voted for (Buhari) him during the party primaries. “This has always been her position because from time she has never supported Buharism or what Buhari stands for. “Being part of Buhari government is a different thing because government sets policies and if you are a minister you execute the policies. You can execute those policies while pursuing a different brand of politics,’’ he said. The governor, who said he was in the Presidential Villa to wish the President “very happy Sallah’’ and also join him in performing the Juma’at prayer, said it was the President’s prerogative to either retain or remove the minister from the cabinet. He said: “Look, you can retain a person in the cabinet even if he doesn’t support you if he adds value to the country. Because this is a government, it is not a political group fighting for some political progress. “If Jummai Alhassan is coming as Minister of Women Afairs and adding value to the government and the people of Nigeria it is the President’s prerogative to retain her in spite of her political views. “But if she is not adding value in spite of her political views she can be dispensed with…… people shouldn’t get worried about it. I have worked closely with the President, I know him and I know how he thinks. He doesn’t take these things personally…. What is primary to him is Nigeria’s progress… that is what matters ultimately.’’ On the ongoing debate on restructuring the country, El-Rufa’i, who is chairing the APC ‎committee on true federalism, said his committee would start public hearings on the matter from Sept, 18. He said that the committee had started receiving a lot of comments and memoranda particularly from young people who had never been part of the restructuring conversation. According to him, the committee will have 13 public hearings across the country. “By the time we listen to Nigerians and synthesize their views, we will write and make recommendations to our party how to operationalise true federalism as we have promised in our constitution,’’ he said.(NAN