Update! ASUU Releases Press Statement On EKSU Strike (See)

Following strike action declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) about two weeks ago over the non-implementation and demands of the Government, ‎Academic activities have been grounded at Ekiti State University, among others, resulting to students traveling back home after some weeks of resumption while students and parents are left unhappy with the decisions made by ASUU.
Ekiti State Government have now made matters worse by not having a peaceful negotiation with ASUU some days back.

The Union came down low to negotiate with the government but were left scrambled by the Governor. This now leaves the possibility of the strike been called off on Monday to be very low.
The Union thereby declares that if their demands are not met by the government, the strike won’t be called off.
 Speaking with Corporate Press, a lecturer noted that lecturers are been paid half salary since last year due to the fact that there have been deductions of Cooperative arrears and Pension Funds from their salaries without remitting the deducted amounts to the Cooperative and Pension Fund Administration respectively, and also the increment of tax by government which is not encouraging.

 ASUU have now demanded that the government remits both Salary and Cooperative up to date (December), whereby the last payment for the Cooperative was April and Net Salary was in October. They also demanded the reversal of their tax funds and that the percentage of pension funds deducted from their salary should not be deducted any longer since the funds are not been remitted to the Pension Board.

WARNING!! Universities Charging Above N2,000 For Post-utme Must Refund Excess To Students (Details)

 

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday said universities that charged more than N2,000 from applicants for its post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) examination would be made to refund the excess payment.

 JAMB’s Head of Public Relations, Fabian Benjamin, made these known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

He decried message on the social media that the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, had directed the refund of post UTME fee, describing the information as false and could create confusion in the public domain.

Benjamin urged the public to disregard the information, saying that institutions that had charged more than N2,000 would be asked to make refund of the excess.

 He described as unfortunate a situation where some institutions could not adhere to the minister’ directive about the payment of post-UTME

The examination board said it would partner the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to conduct public examination through Computer Based Test, CBT, for Nigerians abroad.

 Benjamin said the collaboration was to enhance the conduct of UTME for foreign candidates in 2018.

He said 2017 UTME was conducted for foreign candidates on September 30 in Gambia, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Benin Republic, Ethiopia, South Africa and Cameroun.

 According to him, although the conduct of the examination was not justifiable, in terms of monetary value, there is need for JAMB to collaborate, to promote growth in the education sector.

 We are already promoting CBT in line with international best practices; we have taken it to some countries in Africa, we need to do more to encourage the practice.

“We have even gone ahead to see how we can put some countries on the global map by conducting our public examination there through CBT.

“What we want to do is to partner with the ministry to be able to key into the global technology revolution as part of our foreign policy.

“We must be able to maximise profit, especially from West African countries that we are offering assistance, through scholarship, to school in Nigeria.
“We cannot achieve much by looking at things from naira and kobo, but through diplomatic relations there will be adequate room to gain through conduct of examination abroad,” he said.

The head of public relations explained that foreign candidates sat for examination in one session based on local time of their various countries, adding that the questions were deployed from the board’s headquarters.

JAMB releases new cut-off mark for tertiary institutions.

 

If you plan on gaining admission into the university, polytechnic or any 

other tertiary institution, you have to know the JAMB 2017/2018 cut off 

mark. The cut off mark for JAMB varies from course of study.

 Below you will find all the essential JAMB news about cut off marks for 

gaining admission in 2017.

 

 These decisions were taken at the 2017 Combined Policy Meetings on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria which ended on Tuesday,

    August   22^th  . Minimum cut-off marks for tertiary institutions were pegged at 120 Polytechnics and colleges of education were pegged at 100 Federal Government lifts ban on Post-UTME exams . 

N-POWER 2017 LIST OF SUCCESSFUL SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS | N-POWER PHYSICAL VERIFICATION GUIDE

 

   N-POWER 2017 LIST OF SUCCESSFUL SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS | N-POWER PHYSICAL VERIFICATION GUIDE 

 The N-Power 2017 List Of Successful Shortlisted Applicants will be release in the month of September 2017.

N-power next stage after online assessment test is shortlisting of the successful applicants, followed by deployment to state/local government of residence. After deployment comes the verification. So what is N-power verification and where will it take place?

 

You have done your N-power test and you are looking forward to the list.

While wishing you the best, you should get clue to what comes after that.

According to N-pwer support team, here are the processes for this year N-power

engagement:

 

1.    Application

2.    BVN Validation

3.    Test

4.    Device Selection

5.    Pre-selection

6.    Physical verification

7.    Selection

8.    Deployment

 

By now, you had written your test and chosen your device, hence it’s time to proceed to Pre-selection and others.

It is not clear yet, what N-power intends to do with pre-selection but I assume this stage may not be something significant that, N-power may skip it or join it with other stages after. This stage is more or less short-listing stage.

From experience we know about physical verification, selection and deployment. And below is what you should know about the two stages ahead.

 

2017 N-POWER PHYSICAL VERIFICATION GUIDE

After short-listing comes verification. And this is the physical checking of the credentials of the shortlisted applicants. 

The N-power team under each state will check all your academic credentials for the category you applied for. This doesn’t mean your course has to match with catgory you applied for. It means you must be a graduate (NCE, ND, HND, Bsc, MA, LLB, NABTEB) to take part and you must credential backing for what you claimed.

2017 N-POWER DEPLOYMENT GUIDE

N-power will after the verification, instruct all successful candidates to visit their state of residence and the claimed local government for placement. These applicants will report and be placed to sectors they applied for i.e Health, Agro or Teach.

Meanwhile, N-TAX is different. The successful applicants under TAX will be called for interview at Ministry of Finance Abuja. After which they will be placed for work.

 

 

Boko Haram Release Video Of University Of Maiduguri Staff Abducted

Boko Haram Release Video Of University Of  Maiduguri Staff Abducted boko-haram-releases-video-abducted-unimaid-staff-victims-cry-help/


The Islamist Boko Haram terrorists have released a video footage of the staff members of the University of
Maiduguri, UNIMAID, and an NNPC staff under abduction. In the video, the men cry for help from

the Federal Government, urging FG to listen to a purported demand from the terrorists whom they

said would free them if such happens. Read more at: boko-haram-releases-video-abducted-unimaid-staff-victims-cry-help.

Pictures of Boko Haram Attack on Oil Team Killed 48

According to our sources, the details of the corpses deposited at the UMTH showed that 18 soldiers were lost, 15 Civilian JTF members killed alongside five university staff and four NNPC drivers.

It was also gathered that the bodies of six persons who were wounded in the attack but escaped to somewhere in Yobe State where they were later found dead had been brought to Maiduguri.

Apart from the wounded soldiers admitted to the military hospital in the town, two members of the Civilian JTF were also on admission at the UMTH Thursday.

The Nigerian Army in a statement on Wednesday by its spokesman, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, had claimed that all the NNPC staff abducted in the Tuesday ambush had been rescued.

Usman had said: “On receipt of the information, the Brigade mobilised and sent reinforcement, search and rescue party that include the Armed Forces Special Forces and guides that worked and pursued the terrorists throughout the night.

“So far, they have rescued all the NNPC staff and recovered the corpses of the officer, 8 soldiers and a civilian, who have been evacuated to 7 Division Medical Services and Hospital.

“The team recovered 4 vehicles one of which included a gun truck mounted with an Anti-Aircraft Gun, 2 white Hilux taken away from NNPC staff and 1 blue Hilux belonging to CJTF. The team also recovered large quantities of arms and ammunition; several spare tyres; many jerry cans, containing Petrol; Oil and Lubricant; assorted drugs; Improvised Explosive Device (IED) making materials; reflective jackets and a Motorola handheld radio, among others. The team also neutralized many of the terrorists.”

Soldiers rescue abducted oil workers, kill Boko Haram insurgents

Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole in collaboration with volunteer vigilante youth group (Civilian JTF) on Wednesday rescued members of the NNPC Oil Exploration team abducted by Boko  Haram militants during their site-visit in northern Borno state.

 Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole in collaboration with volunteer vigilante youth group (Civilian JTF) on Wednesday rescued members of the NNPC Oil Exploration team abducted by Boko Haram militants during their site-visit in northern Borno state. 
The rescued include four members of the Civilian JTF, two NNPC officials and an official of the Department of Geology, University of Maiduguri.

The NNPC Oil Exploration team members were reportedly ambushed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents between Jilli and Bornoyesu villages located along Magumeri-Gubio Local Government way in northern part of the state.

Our correspondent learnt that troops of 5-Brigade, Gubio, in collaboration with members of the Civilian JTF had pursued and overpowered the fleeing militants, killing scores of them, while others escaped with gunshot wounds.

The joint operation was led by the Brigade Commander, Brig.-Gen. Aminu Shehu Chinide and leader of the Civilian JTF in Gubio, Bulama Bukar Maradona.

In a telephone conversation with the media in Maiduguri, the Caretaker Chairman of Gubio LGA, Alhaji Zanna Modu expressed happiness, commending the military and the Civilian JTF.