UTME 2017: Why The Results Of Some Candidates Won’t Be Released – Registrar

Examination body, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board on Thursday states that the results of candidates identified in footages of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) to have indulged in unwholesome practices during the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) won’t be released.

Registar of JAMB, Ishaq Oloyede, who spoke on Channels Television Sunrise Daily said the agency had been busy in the past days reviewing recorded footages of the examination across the country, and that a number of candidates had been marked out for sanction.

Oloyede, was responding to a question by one of the anchors of the programme on why some candidates were yet to receive their results despite promises by JAMB to release outcomes within 24 hours.

The registrar said, “Those who have not received (their results) are qualified not to receive for now. In all cases where there were no problems, we released results of the examination within 24 hours.

“But those who have not (received their results), they may not be culpable but we are investigating. Where we have reason to doubt anything or where we have report of anything that is not acceptable to us, we have withheld the results.

“And we will keep on releasing them as we clear them. For instance, this morning, we released another 15,000 results. But among those who sat in that centre, we have reasons, concrete evidence to say about 300 of them, their results will not be released because we know they were not in the hall where the examination took place.

“We are comparing those who sat for the examination, how long they sat in the hall, and how some of them took excuses that they were going to the toilet only to go to what they called VIP…

“All this we are now able to track. And we want to say that we will not hesitate to sanction anybody no matter how highly placed.”

Mr. Oloyede said the CCTV cameras deployed at every Computer Based Test (CBT) centres across the country helped JAMB to detect and arrest unwholesome practices.

He said some centre operators however tried to sabotage his agency’s plan to make the examination fraud-free, citing the example of a centre in Kubwa, Abuja, where operators blinded the cameras with sacks to frustrate remote detection of malpractices that happened there.

The JAMB registrar appealed to credible organisations and individuals to come forward to partner JAMB in the establishment of reputable CBT centres across the country.

“Crooks are now establishing CBT centres, and meeting our requirements only to misuse the opportunities,” he said.

Meet The 16 Years Old Boy That Has The Highest Score In JAMB 2017

No doubt, this is the highest score in the JAMB 2017 exam.

Ariori Ibrahim Olabode who sat for his JAMB exam at Brainpoint College in Ebute Metta, Lagos State has wowed everybody when the result of his exam came out, he almost got the whole of the 400 marks.

Ibrahim scored 375, failing just 5 marks out of the total of 400 marks when the required 4 subjects are combined.

No doubt this is the highest JAMB score of the year 2017.

See his result below:-

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Ibrahim – Keep Winning.

Shout out to those Agbaya wey score 35 to 170  Na only Big boy una sabi do. Kontinue ehn…

The Thunder wey go fire you is coming from Somalia.

If e Pain you, Come and beat me.. I dey my house 

JAMB Debunks Rumours Of Marks’ Deduction‎s

‘If you call yourself a virgin and you masturbate, you are not one’ – Counselor Lutterodt

Controversial Ghanaian marriage counselor, George Lutterodt, in a new shocking disclosure has said that virgins who masturbate should not describe themselves as one.

He disclosed this in a recent interview with Kasapa FM, while revealing the high rate of masturbating virgins between Christians.

According to him:

‘We have masturbating virgins and per a research, I conducted last year, Christians are in that range more than anyone else in the sense that, they do not want to have sex with anyone but masturbate to satisfy their sexual desire. These people cannot describe themselves as virgins because they derive the same pleasure like people who have sex.’

Mr. Lutterodt also rain curses on men living in Diaspora who purchase sex toys for their wives in other to prevent them from committing adultery

‘If you are a woman married to a man abroad and he has purchased a sex toy for you so you satisfy your sex desires with the aim of preventing you from committing adultery, he is a fool.

Any man who asks you to engage in Skype sex is a fool and does not respect you. We need to respect women and it doesn’t take you anything to spend your last dime to come and visit your wife than to put her in the context of a sex machine.’

He added, that women in such situation are seriously suffering in bed because they have been subjected to bad sexual life like using sex toys on themselves.

In April, George Lutterodt who is known for making controversial statements on relationships, sex and dating said that any man who marries a beautiful woman suffers in bed.

SO TRUE! Here Are The 5 Things That Happen When You Graduate With A Poor CGPA

I’ve seen many reasons adduced by several individuals why grades do not matter or are less important in determining future successes. I do think the influence of grades has been understated.

No doubt, grades can be a poor way to determine someone’s success or better still, measure an individual’s self-worth. Your success in life or otherwise may not be determined by how excellent your grades are. It probably isn’t going to make you successful or unsuccessful.

However, grades are an instant image of you at any point in time. Grades are the foremost tools schools use to measure it’s students abilities. This means it will give a huge initial judgement about you, which transcends beyond the academic environment.

If you think grades don’t matter, ask that friend who missed that fully paid scholarship by graduating with a third class. Grades matter if you desire to get that competitive job where employers look at CGPA. As a fresh graduate, grades will matter until you get something more compelling to sell yourself.

If you desire career progression in the academics, bad grades will ground you.

It is a fact that majority of people with low grades are usually defaulters when it comes to self-discipline, hard work, diligence, and planning skill, to mention but a few. All of these failings might act in limiting the success of these individuals (with poor grades) after graduation.

Good grades give you a head start, and an added advantage going forward. The world is moving at a fast pace, too busy in most cases to give you an opportunity to disprove your poor grades. Therefore they go by the numbers (grades) in assessing you. You probably won’t get a chance to prove your competence.

And yes, Not everyone will be an entrepreneur or succeed as one. Not everyone will have giraffe legs (know somebody that knows somebody in that establishment). Not everyone will/can work in the Nigerian civil service (where anything goes).

Haven stated that, here are 5 things that happen when you graduate with a low grade:

1. You close important doors: some doors when closed can never be opened again. How sad! Whatever opportunities, big or small, there are outside that door eludes you forever.

If you settled for less and got low grades due to laziness and nonchalant attitude towards book work, you effectively closed all doors requiring higher grades! A graduate with a pass or a third class automatically rules him/herself out of certain job opportunities! I need not mention these jobs, you know them.

2. Fewer choices: this is similar to the above. You end up with less choice if you graduate with a poor CGPA. why? Windows are smaller than doors! Less career advancement options, less job option, and less pay. You’ll have to settle for less.

3. Vices will appeal to you: I mean no disrespect to those with poor grades. However, social vices such as gambling, drunkenness, and others I choose not to mention will appeal to you. Anything just to dampen the disappointment of wasted years. However, it all ends in more disappointment for those not willing to get it right the right way.

4. Battered esteem: poor grades will batter your esteem. You will always avoid public discussions that will warrant a mention or display of your grade status either by you or others.

Can you comfortably put your pass degree qualification on a CV? Never! Deflated ego, inferiority, and other similar words will describe your situation.
Only a few (mentally strong) will refuse to be downcast and laid-back by letting grades get in their way to achieving success. The greater majority wallows in regret for years.

5. Delays in career progression: if you graduate with a third class, you’ll need a PGD to move forward. If it’s a pass, you’re probably stuck/grounded. In the academics, grades are prioritised, and it’ll remain so for a long time.

It is, therefore important that you begin to answer questions such as where you desire to be in the next five years, what steps to take to get there and what doors you need to go through. The earlier these questions are answered, the more doors you’ll have access to, and go through.

To make it big, you either have to be the best at what you are doing (non academic activity) or follow the conventional easier path – good grades.

Choose the doors to open and don’t let life choose for you because it might be a far cry from that which you desired.

Grades do matter a lot.

Common Vocabulary Mistakes That We Make And Their Corrections.

Hi guys,

As a Nigerian i can’t help but notice how we tend to overlook nuances in our vocabulary. Today i will be discussing the differences between Sight, Site and Cite. As you would have noticed, the aforementioned words are homophones.

1. Sight: This directly refers to the ability to a person to see as a verb (action) e.g tell me when you sight seun. As a noun, it means the power/ faculty of seeing e.g a snake’s sight is poor in dim light.

2. Site: A site is a geographical location/ point of the earth e.g the proposed site of an airport.

3. Cite: to quote or mention a book/ journal/ document (especially an authority on a subject) to support an argument or a theory e.g he cited the work of Albert Einstein to support his claim

Now that we know the differences and contexts within which such words should be used, can we go into the world and educate others?

Thanks for your time, kindly comment below the article if you found it helpful.

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Body of missing 20-year-old Kenyan student found floating in the Mississippi River, police believe she committed suicide

The body of a 20-year-old lady, Gift Kamanu, who had been missing since March 30 was discovered floating in the Mississippi River by barge workers Saturday, May 13.

According to Madison Police Chief Chris Burns, his department had the missing person case because Kamau’s car had been found March 30 in Madison.

St. Louis police notified Burns Saturday that they had found a body matching the description of Kamau, who had been reported missing by her parents. The body was recovered about 12:15 a.m. near the foot of Gasconade Street by the St. Louis Fire Department.

The St. Louis Medical Examiner’s Office was able to identify her body through dental records, Burns said.

Police believe she committed suicide. Burns said a suicide note was found. Footage from a surveillance camera showed her walking across the Chain of Rocks Bridge around midday on March 30, and tracking dogs had lost her trail at the bridge. She left behind her cellphone, bank cards and cash. Land and water searches were fruitless.

Friends and family had believed she was attending St. Louis University and that she had left that morning to go to class, but the school said she last attended in December 2015. Burns said he believed there had been an issue with her grades, but that she had not told her parents that she was no longer attending the school.

Saint Louis University described Kamau as a ‘former’ student in the tribute posted on their Facebook page on May 17.

Seven Reasons Why You Should Stop Yahoo Yahoo

Seven Reasons Why You Should Stop Yahoo Yahoo… and Making it Work

Step One – Gather Sparks of Curiosity

Don’t have an inferno of passion driving your actions yet? Don’t worry about it. Most people I know don’t. And if you are under thirty, you are probably in the overwhelming majority.

The first steps is to simply invest your energy into whims. Those little sparks of interest where you don’t know enough to make them a passion. Ben Casnocha calls this seeking randomness. For me, it has been a process of finding my intuition and using it to make small investments in things that are potentially interesting.

This means reading different books, taking on different activities and meeting different people. Broad associations gives a lot of chances to stumble on a passion that can work.

Step Two: Fan the Flames of Interest

After exposing yourself to a lot of randomness, you need to cultivate the successes. Build upon the little sparks of interest that come by your life. If you read a book about physics and like the subject, try taking a physics class. If you enjoy some basic programming try a small software project.

Step Three: Cut Out Distractions

Cultivating whims and exploring new passions requires time. One of the reasons I’ve placed such an emphasis on productivity with myself, is that without it I couldn’t explore these options.

If your interests are genuine and worth exploring, it shouldn’t be too difficult to eliminate the non-essentials. Distractions such as television, excess internet usage and video games only take a bit of conditioning to free up. The hard part is reallocating time you don’t believe is yours.

Step Four: Living Minimally

If you already have a job you aren’t passionate about, work only as much as you need to keep going. Valid passions need time to grow into income generating skills.

I don’t suggest becoming a starving artist and racking up huge debts. But avoid expanding your life to fit a bigger and bigger paycheck if you aren’t living your passion. Otherwise you simply trap yourself into a life that is comfortable, but otherwise dead.

Leo Babauta, author of ZenHabits is a great example of this. With six kids, freelancing work and another job to help support his family he found ways to cut expenses and focus on his passion. His website has quickly grown to become incredibly popular, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a stable source of income for him in a few years. Live minimally, and avoid getting trapped into a comfortable, but unsatisfying, life.

Step Five: Make a Passion that Creates Value

If you have a skill that creates social value, you can make money through almost any medium. Monetizing a passion takes skill, as any entrepreneur can tell you, but without providing legitimate value it is impossible.

You need to transform your developing passions into a skill that can fill human needs. Some passions are easy to translate. An interest in computers could allow you to become a software designer. Others are more difficult. A passion for poetry, may be more difficult to meet a specific human need.

Step Six: Find a Way to Monetize That Value

Once you have the ability to create social value, you need to turn that into a repeatable process for gaining income. This could be in the form of a job. As a programmer you could get hired by Google. Or, it could lead to becoming a freelancer or an entrepreneur.

Monetizing value isn’t easy. It requires that you learn how to market, sell yourself, and find ways to connect human needs. Whether you intend to work in a job or own a business makes no difference. You are the CEO of your life, so you need to know how to connect your passions with serving other people.

Step Seven: Go Back to Step One

Describing this process in steps is misleading. It implies that there is a destination. There is no destination. The process of following whims, cultivating passions, turning them into valuable skills and then finally earning revenue from them is lifelong. I have some passions that are in steps one and two. This blog is in the midst of step six. In ten years I may have gone through them all with a completely different passion.

Not all your passions will or can finish the sixth step. But as persistent as the myth you need to decide what you want to do with your life, is the myth you can only have one passion. I’m at a point where cultivating passions has meant I have too many options. Too many possible paths that could lead to enjoyable and fulfilling careers. Don’t obsess over one failed attempt.

When Malaria Hits Home Dr. Oluyemi Olawaiye

According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) figures in 2012, the top five killers in Africa were HIV/Aids, lower respiratory tract infections, diarrheal diseases, strokes, and Malaria.  In my role as founder and president of Yeloto African Children’s Foundation, a non-profit organization named for my own children, I have made raising awareness of the ills and needs of children in Africa a central aspect of the mission of my efforts.
As I have shared before in both public and private arenas.   When I reflect on what I have seen and continue to see day to day during my vacation’s and annual charity sojourn to Nigeria, it generates great sadness in my heart to see how our country’s most valuable resource, its children, are not all provided for in a manner that ensures their optimum development and success.  What I find even more disheartening is reminiscent of a quote by entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, who is quoted as saying, “The world’s most deadly disease is “hardening of the attitudes.”

In too many arenas, from the average citizen to the highest echelons of government there is a sense of complacency about the needs of one of the most vulnerable populations in our midst. Our children need us and they need us now.  At the risk of sounding cliché, the truth remains; the children that we are passing by begging or hawking in the streets, or those that are dying as a result of preventable illnesses are our future.  I know that something as conceptually simple as paradigm shift in thinking as well as the synergism of individuals that choose to function as change agents hold the key to turning the tide and changing the present narrative for our African children.

Aside from the fact that Malaria has taken the lives of approximately 627,000 lives (90 percent of the deaths belonging to Sub-Saharan Africa, and 77 percent were among children under age 5), I have chosen to write on Malaria because of my most recent personal experience.  In the never  ending struggle to raise our children to become well rounded, knowledgeable, scrupulous and upstanding citizens of the world my wife and I decided to avail our oldest son to some additional academic and cultural enrichment.  Despite all necessary preparations and what seemed like adequate precautions, approximately three weeks after he returned home from a four  week program he became significantly ill. In a matter of hours after his arrival to the emergency room he was transferred to the intensive care unit where he spent the next five days, my wife never left his side for his duration at the hospital.  Having experienced this has prompted consideration of not only the illness itself, but its impact.  Many questions came to mind. How could this have happened? What if he had not been in the US with both my wife and I (both of whom are healthcare professionals) watching him like hawks and with readily available and competent resources?  What if we had not taken him in time?  How unsettling it was for me to hear that my son had been transferred to the intensive care unit but how grateful I was that treatment was in fact available to him!  Then my thoughts turned to the WHO statistics and those children and families who are not as lucky and lose their lives (in significant numbers) to this illness.  Why is this the case?  Shouldn’t this scourge of an illness been eradicated already?  The health care community knows that Malaria is preventable and treatable, and history shows that it can be eliminated. Less than a century ago, it was prevalent across the world, including Europe and North America. Malaria was eliminated in most of Western Europe by the mid-1930s; the United States achieved elimination of the disease in 1951.

Improving the delivery of existing interventions as well as the development of new tools and strategies provides us the opportunity to accelerate progress toward complete elimination in all countries.  By mobilizing the required commitment and resources, global eradication can be achieved and millions of lives saved.

While pondering the question why isn’t more being done? I was struck with the idea to pursue a public health approach.  In as far back as a 1920 publication, Winslow defines public health as “the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals.  This is a key concept to keep in mind! The efforts of non-profit organizations both in the US and Nigeria are important long term strategies.  However, addressing the needs of those at risk of infection or currently afflicted is contingent on awareness and action NOW.  It is in this spirit I offer to you a consolidated review of Malaria, from its cause to treatment, and in my last few personal words before the review, implore you to take to heart the importance of each individual’s role in the most important aspect of Malaria….. Prevention!

Malaria Review:
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans as well as animals caused by parasitic protozoans. It belongs to plasmodium type. The symptoms of malaria usually manifest itself within 10 to fifteen days after a person is bitten. Common symptoms of malaria include fever, fatigue, vomiting and headaches.  And in severe cases of malaria symptoms include yellow skin, seizures, coma, or death. It is advised that people be properly treated to prevent reinfection.
In those who have recently pulled through infection, re-infection commonly causes moderate symptoms. This partial resistance may be lost over months to years if a person has no continued exposure to malaria. It is usually transmitted by infected female anopheles mosquito. Parasites are passed to human’s blood from mosquitoes saliva.

There are 5 species of plasmodium, the most deadly specie is P. Falciparum. In poor countries, the best and most cost effective way to diagnose malaria is by microscopic examination of blood using blood films. A more expensive way is by Antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests (RDT).
In areas where these tests are unaffordable, it has become a common place for both physicians and patients alike to see a history of fever as the indication to treat for malaria. This is a dangerous practice as it leads to over diagnosis of malaria and also contributes to drug resistance. Misdiagnosis can erode confidence in an already trust challenged health care system.

PREVENTION.

This can be classified under 3 major categories-

1.    Medications
Medications can be used to prevent and treat malaria. Chloroquine, mefloquine (Lariam), doxycycline and combination medication like sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine also popularly known as fancidar. Fancidar is recommended in infants of greater than 2 months of age. Women after the first trimester of pregnancy can also take fancidar in a country with high rates of malaria like Nigeria. The recommended treatment for in most sub-saharan African countries is a combination of anti-malaria medications that include an artermisinin. The second medication maybe either mefloquine or sulfadoxine/ pyrimethamine (fancidar). Quinine along with doxycycline maybe used if an artemisinin is not available.

2.    Mosquito Elimination
Prevention of malaria has shown to be more cost effective than treatment of the disease. The initial cost to maintain low endemicity is too costly for poorer countries.

3.    Mosquito control
Refers to the different practice’s used to diminish malaria by reducing the levels of transmission by mosquitoes.

•    Insect repellants based on DEET or picaridin
•    Insecticide treated mosquito nets
•    Indoor residual spraying (IRS)
•    Prompt treatment reduces chance of transmission.
•    Decrease the availability of open water or add chemicals to decrease development of mosquito larva
•    Intermittent preventive therapy with Fancidar should also be considered

CATEGORIZATION

Malaria is classified into 2 major classes either severe or uncomplicated by World Health Organization. It is considered  severe when any of the subsequent criteria are present, otherwise  it is deemed uncomplicated.

•    Decrease consciousness
•    Significant weakness such as the person is unable to walk
•    Inability to feed
•    Two or more convulsions
•    Low blood pressure (less than 70mmHg in adults and 50mmHg in children)
•    Breathing problems
•    Circulatory shock
•    Kidney failure or hemoglobin in the urine
•    Bleeding problems, or hemoglobin less than 50g/L
•    Pulmonary oedema (excess of watery fluid collecting in tissues of the body)
•    Blood glucose less than 40mg/dL
•    Acidosis or lactate levels of greater than 5mmol/L
•    A parasite level in the blood of greater than 100,000 per microliter

                   TREATMENT

•    Simple or uncomplicated malaria may be treated with oral medications
•    The first vaccine, called RTS,S, WAS APPROVED BY European regulators in 2015, there is a pilot implementation of the vaccine  currently on going in Africa.
•    The most effective treatment for P. falciparum infection is a therapy that combine’s  artemisinin or its derivatives with some other antimalarial drug. These treatment are both effective and well tolerated in patients.
•    These additional antimalarials include : amodiaquine, lumefantrine, Lariam (mefloquine) or Fansidar (sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine), dihydroartemisinin and piperaquine
•    Artemisinin-combination therapy, or ACT is about 90% effective when used to treat uncomplicated malaria.
•    In pregnant women in first trimester use quinine plus clindamycin
•    Use ACT in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.
•    The recommended treatment of severe malaria is the intravenous use of antimalarial drugs. It should be done in a critical care unit. Symptoms include but not limited to high fevers, seizures, poor breathing, low blood sugar, low blood pressure and low blood potassium.

Dr. Oluyemi Olawaiye, Pharm D. is the Founder & President of Yeloto African Children Foundation (www.yeloto.org)
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JAMB 321 visually impaired candidates to take 2017 UTME

The Head, JAMB Information and Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made this known in an interview in Bwari, Abuja.
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has registered 321 visually impaired candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The Head, JAMB Information and Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Bwari.
Benjamin said that the figure was higher than the 201 candidates registered for the examination in 2016.
He said that adequate arrangement has been made for the visually impaired candidates to participate fully in the forthcoming UTME.
According to him, the board used to conduct the Computer Based Test (CBT) using Braille Apex Machine, but most of them complained about its usage.
“They said they do not know how to use these machines: we are going to bring all visually impaired persons to come and write the exam in a particular location.”
“It could be Digital Bridge in Lagos or Digital Bridge in Abuja.”
“One of the things we have always done for them is to ensure that the few of them that meet the minimum requirement get it.”
“We encourage universities to admit them; we also give them courses that they want to read, so that we can give room for inclusiveness.”
“So that is our preparation as it relates to visually impaired candidates; they are 321 that is 18 per cent of the 1.7 million candidates that registered for this year’s UTME,” the JAMB’s spokesman said.
The visually impaired candidates who sat for the 2015/2016 UTME practiced with the Braille Apex machine at their respective centres a day before the main examination.
The practice was also done in the 2015 edition of the UTME through the use of CBT platform.
He explained that the Board often encourage universities to offer admission to visually impaired candidates who met the basic requirement, saying that 2017 will not be an exception.
Benjamin said plans were underway to employ the services of experts in the field of education, to be able to achieve the desired goal.
“We will get some of Nigeria’s best hands in some of those various subjects that they are going to write; these are professors, and people with integrity.”
“They will sit down together with the visually impaired candidates; ask the candidates questions, assess them and then rate them, so it is that rating that will be used for admission purposes.”
On preparation to hold the UTME on May 13, he said all hands were on deck to conduct a hitch free exercise.
He noted that the Board did not receive any complaint about irregularity in the course of registration of candidates, as being alleged in certain quarters.
“There is no complaint from anybody; we have passed the stage of registration, we registered 1.7 million candidates, so if there are issues, we will not have arrived at that number.”
“The hitches that we had were experienced at the initial stage of registration, which was basically as a result of non-compliance with our instruction.”
“We have made necessary effort to ensure that those instructions are adhered to, there is no complain as regards registration again across the country,” he added.
He, however, said that the posting of candidates to their various examination centers would start from Tuesday May 9

JAMB: UTME Exams Begin Saturday May 13, Record 1.7Million Apply

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has concluded the sale of 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) forms, recording over 1.7 million applications.

The exams will begin on Saturday May 13, 2017.

This is contained in a statement on Sunday by JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin.

The Board urged Nigerians to have trust in its processes as they are meant to enhance productivity, eliminate examination malpractice and promote transparency to an unprecedented level.

It reads further: “We registered a number that has never been done in the entire 39 years of the existence of JAMB within a time frame Nigerians were sceptical about.

“The highest we have ever had was 1.5 million, this is record breaking. We will look at the system so far and make adjustments where necessary to ensure a full proof process of registration and examination.

“We are always sure of our systems and will continue to expand our frontiers of thinking to transform the Board to an agency that Nigerians will be proud of.

“JAMB wishes to state clearly that it will continue to be very open in all its activities and ensure inclusiveness even in the areas of its finances.

“The disclosure of the actual number of candidates registered is a clear invitation for the public to know what the Board has realised from the sale for this year and we are not perturbed because we have nothing to hide in our dealings. We are determined to make Nigerians proud of us.

“Examination is all about transparency and an agency that conducts such a competitive examination must be above board in all its life cycle. As we conduct the 2017 examination beginning from Saturday May 13, we call on all Nigerians to give us the needed support.

“We will do our very best and where they notice challenges, we will work without hesitation to ensure that it is corrected immediately for candidates to have a smooth examination.

“Nigerians should note that there could be one or two challenges in some centres; but the most important thing is our ability to urgently address such when they rear their face. We use this opportunity to call for patriotism. Let us learn to always support our agencies, they are not as bad as we are always quick to want them to be.

“Nations are grown through innovation and there is no innovation if there is no trial. Please don’t be quick to condemn, rather look at the end result and see how all of us can contribute to the Nigerian education of our dream. We have resolved to bell the cat in order for other public examination agencies to thrive.

“We will also not be distracted by some highly placed Nigerians who, for selfish personal interest of what they were making but which they are no longer making through corrupt practices and others for sheer envy and personal grudges against actors in JAMB, resolved to do everything to paint all our processes even at infancy level in bad light.

“Thank God, the number of registration and short period as against the six months in the past has vindicated us”.

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Nigerian Lady Graduates Among 40 Exceptional Women From Harvard University(Photo)

Congratulations are in order for a Nigerian lady identified as Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji who recently graduated as part of 40 exceptional Harvard women of the Harvard University Women and Public Policy Program.

According to her, the final graduation of her Master degree in Public Administration Degree Program will hold in May (this month) with Secretary of State John Kerry as the Commencement Speaker after which Harvard University will send them all forth the next day with Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg.

WOW! Two Roommates Graduate With First Class In UNIZIK

Like Siamese twins, they share many things in common. Aside having the same middle name, Henry Ikenna Ozor and Joshua Ikenna Akuchi, are close friends with a common destiny.

After being classmates in secondary school, they were admitted into the Faculty of Engineering of the Nnamdi Azikwe University (UNIZIK) in Anambra State, where they became roommates.

At the school’s 11th convocation last month, Henry and Joshua were the cynosure of all eyes as the best of graduating students.

Read as The Nation Reported the case below:

Henry, from Iwollo in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State, graduated with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.85 to become the best graduating student not only in the Department of Chemical Engineering, but also in the faculty.

Joshua, who hails from Ezza North Local Government in Ebonyi State, graduated with a CGPA of 4.66, emerging as the best graduating student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Their record-breaking academic journey started before their admission. Henry scored an aggregate of 332 in the 2011 United Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). After his admission, he represented the university in the maiden National Engineering Competition organised by Committee of Deans of Engineering and Technology (CODET). Joshua was the first runner-up; Henry the second.

Sharing their experiences and challenges with CAMPUSLIFE, the valedictorians said the feat would not have been possible if they had not won scholarships to complete their studies.

Henry said: “As an indigent student, I had a challenge of paying my fee. I remember I could not pay school fees and house rent when I was in 100-Level. I would have lost my admission, because I had no financial support. I searched for scholarship, and I wrote many examinations as possible. By the grace of God, I got scholarship from ABC Transport Company, Shell Petroleum Development Company and Chevron/Agbami Joint Venture. I was also encouraged and financially supported by Allied Energy. The money I got from these companies yearly helped me to pay my fees and buy books.”

Joshua said: “I squated in a friend’s hostel for about eight months when I was in 100-Level until I got money to pay my rent. Like Henry, I also applied and wrote many scholarship examinations. I was able to get Agbami Chevron/Agbami Joint Venture scholarship, which helped to pay my school fees.”

Their feats, the valedictorians said, got their parents excited. Henry said: “My parents were over excited, because of the challenges they experienced in getting me to the level I am today.”

Joshua continued: “My mum was overjoyed, though she expected it. She could not believe it when it was confirmed. My dad said he wanted to keep hearing the testimony of how I made it happen and each time he hears it, it is breaking news to him.”

Sharing the secret of their feat, Joshua said anybody’s success is dependent on the kind of company he keeps. “I have always had successful and hardworking people around me. So, I draw energy and motivation from them. I would say that God’s favour made it happen, but I enjoy reading in the night except at weekends,” he said.
Joshua continued: “Most of the time, I came back from night class around 5:30am to sleep before going for lectures. After lectures, I would return to my hostel to prepare for night reading. After sleeping for two to three hours, I would wake up to go for fellowship. From there, I would go for night reading till the following morning.”

Henry said commitment, consistency and discipline are the prices to pay for success. Anybody, he said, could be the best, if he shows discipline and commitment. “My daily routine is similar to Henry’s; only that I slept for more hours than I studied,” he said.

What is their sole desire? The valedictorians said they would be happy, if any of their junior colleagues in their respective departments could break their academic records. Achieving a CGPA of 4.85 would demand vigorous study. But, Henry believes his academic record could be broken if students set their priorities right.

He said: “The only thing that kills a mission is distraction. I will advise my junior colleagues to design a plan and timetable, because they cannot be reading at random and expect to have a well-structured result. They should try to summaries their lecture note and textbooks in their own understanding for better concentration, comprehension and retention.

“If, after reading, and one cannot clearly understand key concepts and highlights of a course, then it is a clear sign that such a person did not understand it or he may be cramming. I equally believe that everyone has its own way of achieving excellence. What is needed is self-discovery.”

Joshua said: “Academic excellence is achievable for students who wish to attain enviable feat and height in their studies. They must carefully choose their friends, dedicate quality time to studies and be ambitions. They must always make up for lost time. The Almighty God is the pillar of all wisdom and knowledge.”

Nigeria falls to 26th position in best-performing institutions in Africa

Nigeria who previously held the 3rd position for the best performing institutions in Africa has fallen drastically to the 26th position in the 2017 Africa Competitiveness Report released by the World Economic Forum last week.
Rwanda tops Africa’s best performing institutions, followed by Mauritius and Botswana, which have also been named in the list of 32 African countries assessed for the performance of their institutions.

Although, it was stated that the general performance of institutions in Africa was low ‘but is slowly improving.’
The report said the improvement witnessed in some countries although impressive, faced major setbacks including the inability of leaders to respond to the demands of the growing youth population.

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FUTA DON WINS 2017 FULBRIGHT AFRICAN SCHOLAR FELLOWSHIP

Dr. Folasade Olajuyigbe, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry of the Federal University of Technology Akure, has been named winner of the 2017 Fulbright African Research Scholar Program (ARSP) award for advanced research in the United States for 2017/2018 academic year. The FUTA don will be affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The Fulbright African Research Scholar Program (ARSP) offers senior faculty members from top African universities the opportunity to conduct independent research at U.S. institutions. Olajuyigbe was picked from a pool of 700 candidates who initially applied for the fellowship from Nigeria, 16 candidates were shortlisted for the interview from where five finalists were picked.
Olajuyigbe whose area of research interest is Enzyme biotechnology and environmental health will focus on this area during her stint in the most widely recognized and prestigious international exchange program in the world. Over 155 countries worldwide, including Nigeria participate in this program. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and those of other countries.
Reacting to the development the Vice Chancellor, Professor Adebiyi Daramola while congratulating Dr. Olajuyigbe’ on the award of the 2017 Fulbright ARSP grant said it has further solidified the image of FUTA as one of the high ranking universities in Nigeria with first rate faculty and students. He said Olajuyigbe’s research visit will promote productive collaboration and build strong linkages for future work between Rutgers and FUTA.
Fulbright Scholars (Senior Research Program category) are highly motivated academics with strong academic background, professional achievements, high leadership potential, passion for increasing mutual understanding among nations and cultures and serious commitment to completing the program and returning home. Fulbright Scholars serve as cultural ambassadors and are prepared to speak about their countries, cultures and research to academic and community groups.

Source: FUTA Facebook.

You Can Now Check Your 2017 Mock Results – JAMB

The results for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) mock exam for the 2017 UTME have been released.

JAMB conducted a mock examination for candidates that registered for the 2017 computer based Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations (UTME) on Tuesday, May 2.

The aim of the mock examination which took place in all the accredited CBT centres nationwide is to prepare candidates for the real exams coming up between May 6 and May 20.

If you need to how to check your JAMB mock results, follow the procedures outlined below;

1. Visit the JAMB portal at http://bit.ly/2qvz1BR.

2. Login with your profile email and password.

3. Click on “Result Notification” among the list of services and click on “UTME Examination (Mock)”.

4. Your result will be displayed to you or you would see the message “You did not seat for Mock Examination”.

GCE Registration Begins On Friday, 28th April – WAEC

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has announced that registration for the General Certificate Examination (GCE) 2017 for private candidates starts on Friday, 28th April.

This was disclosed via the examination body official tweeter handle, @waecnigeria.

It reads: “This is to inform intending candidates for the WASSCE for private candidates 2017 that registration begins on Friday this week.

“Candidates are expected to pay a registration fee of thirteen thousand, nine hundred fifty naira N13,950 at any of the approved bank or any accredited agents to obtain the registration pin and information VCD.

“Normal registration period is from Friday April 28 to June 28. After obtaining registration pin, candidates should log on to www.waeconline.org for registration.

“Candidates should also note that the registration procedure has been designed to accommodate biometric features that will be used for validation at the exam center.

“Candidates who wish to register for the exam after the close of entries can be accommodated as ” walk-in-candidates” provided they register 24hours to the start of the paper(s) they intend to write.

“The “walk-in-candidates” fee is twenty five thousand naira, N25,000.”