Oau admission screening (UTME/DE) 2016: eligibility, screening and registration details

Candidates who made Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife their first choice in the 2016 UTME/DE and scored 200 and above are hereby informed to log on to Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife website (www.oauife.edu.ng) or eportal.oauife.edu.ng to participate in the screening exercise effective from July 15, 2016.


Candidates who are awaiting results are also eligible to apply for the screening. Such candidates will be allowed to upload their results when they are released only if they applied within the specified period. To commence the on-line screening, candidates are required to log on to University eportal and click on 2016 ADMISSION SCREENING-UTME/DE APPLICANTS using their JAMB Registration Numbers to download RRR (Remita Retrieval Reference) and use it to pay for EPORTAL Access Charges for ICT Development (as paid by all regular students utilising OAU EPORTAL platform) to upload necessary data and N= 1,500 screening charge on Remita platform which accepts cash payment via branch of any bank or master card.


Applicants for the Screening Exercise will be required to do the following on the University EPORTAL: 1. Update JAMB data


2. Upload Results (i.e WAEC, NECO, JUPEB, ND, NCE etc)


3. Upload scanned copy of credentials


4. Upload passport photograph (if not available)


5. Print Admission Screening Report Closing Date for screening of UTME candidate is 20th July, 2016.


Closing date for screening of Direct Entry is 30th July, 2016. Note: Candidates are required to bring copies of the Admission Screening Report on resumption if admitted.

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Nabteb gce Registration 2016 Has Commenced

Nabteb gce Registration 2016 Has Commenced Registration for the November/December Private examination (GCE) of the National Business And Technical Examination Board (NABTEB) has commenced.


PURCHASE OF REGISTRATION PINs: Registration PINs for the above named examinations, primarily for private candidates are available for purchase at the branches of the following banks: First Bank, United Bank for Africa, Zenith Bank, Unity Bank, Fidelity Bank, Enterprise Bank and Skye Bank. Candidates can also visit any approved NABTEB examination centre or any of the following NABTEB offices for assistance:


i. NABTEB Zonal Offices in Abuja, Kaduna, Yola, Osogbo, Enugu and Benin City.


ii. NABTEB Liaison Offices at Abuja and Lagos, and State Offices Nationwide.


iii. NABTEB National Headquarters, Ikpoba Hill, Benin City.


EXAMINATION FEES: Candidates intending to enrol for NBC/NTC or General Education Subjects must obtain a Registration PIN at the cost of N10,000.00 per candidate, while registration for ANBC/ANTC will attract N12,000.00 per candidate. The above fees cover examination fees, result checking, biometric registration, e-learning and information VCD. In addition, candidates are to pay N250.00 bank charges. Late registration will attract additional N5,000.00 per candidate.


REGISTRATION PERIOD: Registration has already commenced and will end on 30th September, 2016.


HOW TO REGISTER: Candidates should visit registration.nabtebnigeria.org to log on with the PIN.


Candidates are advised to carefully study the Entry Guide, Examination Structure, Time-Table, List of Centres and Trades available at each Centre, as well as other relevant instructions.


NOTE: Except for General Education Candidates, all other candidates are allowed to enrol for any number of subjects they want to enter for, but this must be on TRADE basis.


GENERAL INFORMATION: * Candidates who wish to offer any Trade that is not included in this advertisement may wish to enrol through a Technical / Commercial College in the 2016 May/June examination series.


* Only reputable and standard Cyber Cafes are strongly recommended for use as the Board will not be liable for registration errors committed by the candidates.


* Only good quality coloured passport photographs with Red background with a dimension of 2cm x 1.5cm will be accepted. Candidates are advised to upload quality passport photograph.


* Biometric registration is compulsory for all candidates

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Former Nigerian rugby player jailed for assaulting and robbing a taxi driver in Dublin, ireland

20-year-old Nigerian former rugby player who beat up and robbed a taxi driver to avoid paying a fare was on Monday July 11, sentenced to nine months in prison.


Sachi Buti, who was born in Nigeria but came to Ireland at the age of eight, pleaded guilty to the robbery of Joseph Saji at St Michael’s Estate, Inchicore on the night of August 23rd, 2014.


His mother, who supported her son in the Dublin Circuit Court said she was extremely shocked and appalled at his actions. Buti began his career with Leinster rugby at the age of 14 and played with the under-15 team.


He went on to play for Blackrock, Liberty Saints and Guinness Rugby Club.


Judge Catherine Murphy said she was jailing Sashi Buti with "great reluctance" after he failed to engage fully with probation and restorative justice services and failed a drugs test.


Buti was caught because he left his passport behind in the taxi. He had flagged down the taxi on the Naas Road and got into the front passenger seat. Another man with Buti got into the back seat. They told the driver to take them to St Michael’s estate, which Garda Costello described as a derelict site with no CCTV cameras.


Once there, the other man put his arm around the driver’s neck and Buti started hitting him. Buti then sat up on the driver while the men robbed his iPhone, SatNav device and €220 in cash. Shortly after getting out of the car, Buti realised he had left his passport, mobile phone and a necklace in the taxi. He went back to the car but the driver had locked the doors.


Buti later reported his passport was lost. The driver suffered swelling as a result of the attack. None of the stolen items were recovered and he stopped picking up passengers on the street, which had resulted in a loss of income, the court heard. In his defence, Buti's lawyer Fiona Pecker told the court her client was drunk on the night. She said he claimed not to know the other man but that the other man had suggested that they both "do a runner" on a taxi as Buti had no money to get home after a night out.


Sentencing him to nine months’ imprisonment, Judge Murphy said Buti had been given "every opportunity" by the court to improve his situation. She said he had failed to provide evidence that he completed a course at College and that an employer reference he supplied from a valet car parking company was an "insult to the court" as it was not signed, had no letterhead and "could have been prepared by a child of 15". Buti attended only four out of seven probation service conferences and failed to complete an anger awareness course as part of the restorative justice programme, he also failed to provide any compensation to his victim and he also tested positive for cocaine and speed. Buti apologised to the court, saying: "I know you’ve given me so many chances. I 'm an idiot to take drugs."


Judge Murphy said she hoped Buti would use his period of incarceration to turn his life around. "You’ve got too much potential and too much ability to waste any more time in custody." she concluded.


Source: irishtimes.com

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The actress pictured above at her most recent outing. She's 54 years old and many believe the alleged work she had done on her face aged her... Make her look like that

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Olusegun Obasanjo pays condolence visit to the family of late Alh. Shettima Ali Monguno

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday arrived Borno State to condole with the family and the people of Borno over the death of Alh. (Dr). Shettima Ali Monguno, Nigeria's first Minister of Petroleum, who died on July 8 at the age of 95.


After receiving the former President and his entourage at the Maiduguri International Airport, the state governor, Kashim Shettima led them to the Shehu's palace and then to deceased's family resident where he condoled with them.


Obasanjo described the deceased who was his former colleague as epitome of gentility.


"There are those we call founding father of Nigeria at independence, Shettima Ali Monguno is one of them so from the truthful point of view, we have lost one of the architect of Nigeria at independence.


We lost a great citizen not only of this state but of Nigeria" Obasanjo stated.


"I had the opportunity to serve with him in the administration of Yakubu Gowon. He was a complete gentle man.


An epitome of gentility in all the ramification of the word. He was a lover of Nigeria because any issue that is of national interest you will found Shettima clinging solidly to it" Obasanjo added.


"He was neither parochial nor napotic. Our consolation is that he leaved his life for his family, his people and his country and our prayer is may his gentle soul be with Allah" Obasanjo further added. More photo

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Dasuki files new suit, demands N15bn compensation & public apology from FG, says he's been in solitary confinement

Detained former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has dragged the federal government to an Abuja High Court challenging his continued incarceration since December last year.


In the new suit, Dasuki asked the court to order his immediate release from detention either conditionally or un-conditionally.


Dasuki, who claimed that his fundamental right to freedom of liberty and dignity to life had been grossly violated by the federal government with his detention, prayed for an order of the court to compel the federal government to pay him N15 billion as general damages and compensation for his alleged illegal detention in violation of his rights as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution.


He also prayed the court to compel defendants in the suit to jointly and severally tender a public apology to him to be published in two national dailies for the violation of his rights.


Defendants in the court action are the Department of State Security Service (DSSS), National Security Adviser (NSA), Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).


Dasuki asked the court to declare that he was entitled to his rights to dignity of human person, personal liberty, fair hearing, freedom of movement, private and family life and to acquire and own properties as enshrined in the 1999 constitution. He also wants the court to declare that his arrest and continuous detention since December 29, 2015 in the custody of the DSSS and NSA by officers of the federal government without allowing him access to his medical personnel, members of his family and without charging him to court within the time prescribed by law is wrongful, unlawful, un-constitutional and a violation of his right granted by the country’s constitution.


Dasuki said upon his release on bail at Kuje prison on December 29, 2015, he was re-arrested by the operatives of the DSS and had since been kept in solitary conferment, thereby impairing his ability to provide for his family.


The affidavit indicated that the concern and apprehension of his family became compounded when president Muhammadu Buhari in his maiden Presidential media chat of December 30, 2015 said that Dasuki will not be released because of the weight of charges against him and that he may likely jump bail. Dasuki claimed that unless the court comes to his rescue by protecting him and order his immediate release, his right to life, human dignity, personal liberty, privacy, family life, freedom of movement and right to own properties already impaired and violated by the defendants will continue to be impaired and put in jeopardy. The case has been assigned to Justice Peter Kekemekun. The court is however on vacation.





Source: Thisday

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