UNILAG Provides Free Internet Wi-Fi For Students

The management of University of Lagos (UNILAG) recently provided free wireless Internet (Wi-Fi). The Free Internet Wi-Fi would allow the students to have access to the Internet and increase knowledge within the institution, whereby elevating them to the same level with their contemporaries at other institutions of learning. 

With this present economy climate, students that have Internet enabled devices but can’t afford the data bundles touted by the providers making Internet access a daunting task but the fact that its free allows it to cut across all age groups within the institution.

The Free Internet Wi-Fi can be accessed around Main Library of the Univeristy of Lagos. 

The guidelines to benefit this free service are as follows 

1. Put off your mobile data
2. Connect to the SPOTQWIX Wireless Network named 'SPOTQWIX' 
3. Launch your browser. You will be redirected to a REGISTER/LOGIN Page 
4. For First time Users. Register with a Valid Email Address and Phone Number.
5. A text message with a OTP [One Time Password] Would be sent via text message.
6. Revisit your browser and fill in your Phone Number and the OTP sent via text.
7. If details entered are correct, a success page would be shown.
8. Enjoy the free service- 2hours a day or 150mb-both cumulative and whichever comes first

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Planned UNIOSUN Mass Expulsion Due To Non-payment Of Tuition Fees

Osun State University, Osogbo has resolved to expel over 4,000 students of the institution who refused to pay their tuition fees within the stipulated period which would expire on 28 of February.

In a press statement issued from the Corporate Affairs Unit of the university and signed by the Acting Registrar, Mr Gafar Shitu, the management of UNIOSUN said any student that failed to pay the tuition fees before the expiration of February 28, 2017 deadline would no longer be considered to be a student of the university.

The Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Labode Popoola earlier told noted that students owed the university a backlog of school fees to the tune of N2billion (Two Billion Naira).

According to the statement, a total of four thousand, four hundred and ten (4,410) students have not paid their school fees whereas majority of these students have collected the money from their parents but either “invested” in the failed MMM scheme or diverted same to other purposes.

The Registrar said no fewer than 400 parents and guardians of the defaulting students have called the University helplines to report that they had long given money to their children to pay school fees.

“Students who cannot meet up with the deadline and do not want their studentship terminated may apply in writing to the school authorities to grant them leave of absence for the current semester with a sworn affidavit, pledging to make payment before resumption from the leave of absence.

The Management of UNIOSUN would no longer tolerate non-adherence to the deadlines for payment and course registration as contained in the University calendar and students handbook”.

“With regard to this current 2016/2017 academic session, late registration commenced on December 5, 2016 and lasted till December 24, 2016 when the students’ portal was automatically shut down.

However, the University Senate at its meeting of January 26, 2017 after observing that a large number of students had refused to turn up in spite of ceaseless appeals, decided that the students’ portal be reopened longer into 12th week of resumption against the four weeks stipulated in the University regulations.

The decision of the University Senate, which was adequately communicated to all the students on February 2, 2017, was to afford more students the opportunity to pay their fees with effect from 17th to 24th February, 2017, a date which was later extended till February 28, 2017”.

On 16 February, 2017, some students embarked on a protest against the enforcement of extant rules and regulations regarding fee payment and registration. Investigations show that over 90 per cent of the protesters had not registered for between two and 11 semesters, and were thus using the stipulated late registration penalty of N10, 000 as a smokescreen for their years of defaulting in fee payment and registration.

The University Senate has made it clear to the public that at no time was school fees increased and has thus decided that no unregistered students should be permitted to write the First Semester Examinations, which commence on Monday, March 6, 2017.

The Registrar said the defaulting students who do not seek for leave of absence will also have their studentship terminated.

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Queen’s Collegen : Death Of 2 Students Cause Shut Down Of College

The Queen’s College management in Lagos, has sent senior students home, after two students allegedly died of diarrhoea, between Thursday, February 23 and Friday, February 24, 2017.

Two female boarding students, Vivian Osuinyi and Bithia Itulua reportedly died after vomiting and stooling after they allegedly ate Spaghetti and drank water served in the Refectory by the college cooks.


The school sent the students home on the directive of officials from the Federal Ministry of Health and their colleagues from Lagos State who have opened investigations into the deaths.

Already, the officials from the Federal Ministry are in the school, to investigate and determine what allegedly killed the two female students.

Following outbreak of diarrhoea in the school, parents, whose wards resumed on Monday, contacted officials of the Parents Teacher Association (PTA), to find out the situation of things.

Only Senior Secondary III students resumed on Monday, to complete their examinations while the junior students were expected in school next week, but, with the outbreak of diarrhoea and the directive by health officials to send the students home, it will affect the resumption of other students.

Some parents told Daily Sun, yesterday, that the school management ought to have taken pre-emptive measures when, a month ago, some students started vomiting and stooling in the dormitory and were rushed to the sickbay by their colleagues.

A senior staff confirmed to Daily Sun that health officials have directed that the SS III students will be sent home to enable Lagos State health officials investigate the source of the diarrhoea as well as carry out environment exercise in the school.

“As soon the SS III students finish their Mathematics examination, today, they will go home. We have informed parents about their coming home. The health officials insisted the students must vacate the college to allow for thorough investigation.”

The staff, however, added that, “some parents are just blowing the issue out of proportion. The issue started a month ago when some students complained and were treated at the sickbay and two weeks ago, a student vomited and stooled and she died later. The new Old Girls Association president called the principal to inform her of another death which we are yet to confirm.’’

Daily Sun gathered that Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole has visited the school.

Also, it was gathered that Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris called to instruct that health officials be allowed to carry out their investigation,.

Director of Information and Press of the Education Ministry, Mrs. Ihuoma, did not respond to calls and text messages sent to her phone on what the ministry was doing about the situation at at Queen’s College.

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Total International Scholarship (TEPNG) 2017 Now Available

TEPNG Scholarship For Fresh Graduates

Total with over 150,000 employee's in over 120 nations in the world,is here again with a scholarship orportunity for fresh graduates,Total which is ranked fifth largest publicly-traded integrated oil and gas company in the world has listed requirement for eligibility.

Requirement:

• Only Nigerian nationals can apply
• Students should have graduated between 2013 and 2016
• Must hold a first degree with at least Second class upper division relevant to the fields defined above
• Must have completed 1(one) year mandatory NYSC programme
• Application Closing Date 6th March, 2017.

TO APPLY CLICK HERE

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IBB University Lecturer Involved in S*x Scandal...Caught Pants Down

So this still happens in our dear country universities,its been a while since such am embarrassing story hits the net.Our lecturers should represent dignity,intergrity and absolute decency in our education system,no wonder we have half baked graduates all over the nation.Now why will a female undergraduate bother to study when she know she can just offer her body to a lecturer and make her grades.
A lecturer in English department of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida(IBB) University Named  I.G Yusuf, was caught pants down trying to have sex with a student,not knowing it was staged.

This lecturer had been pestering and threatening one of his students for some time but eventually got what was coming to him when he was set up by the girl and her boyfriend.

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Jamb Officially States Tips For UTME 2017 Re-registration

Recall,yesterday the Board announced that registrations for 2017 UTME examination will commence in two weeks time.Regarding that development the board has issued out certain steps to enable intending candidates have a succesful registrations.

Informations dished out through JAMS's twitter handle,below are the few things candidates are to bear in mind

1. Candidates are expected to have a valid email address. This will be used to create individual profiles on the portal.

2. Candidates 10 fingers will be captured for Biometrics. So get your fingers ready

3. Candidates now have the option of choosing two 1st Degree institution, and any two of ND, NCE or IEI. Candidates can also make their choices to be four IEI or 3 NCE and 1 of ND or Degree.

4. Candidates will also be required to get their O'Level results ready, as they will be uploading these during the registration.

5. There will be no sales of scratch cards for the registration. Mode of payment will be communicated to you soon.

6. Cyber cafés will not be allowed to render services on behalf of JAMB. So please visit ONLY JAMB accredited centres.

7. JAMB will provide simplified steps to ease registration to the public soon. This promises to be a seamless exercise

8. Candidates should please request to have a personal profile created for you. DO NOT allow the centres to use their profiles for you.

9. Candidates now have the option of selecting different exam years and exam type when combining their O'Level results.

10. you can create your 2017 UTME profile on http://www.jamb.org.ng It is a free service. Don't be swindled.

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Uniport Lecturer’s Phone Leads To Suspects’ Arrest Who Kidnapped And Murdered Him

Two members of a notorious kidnapping gang terrorising Rivers State, Patrick Koyi and Chituru Ferdinand, have been arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, for kidnapping and killing a lecturer of the University of Port Harcourt, Emmanuel Chinasa Obi, in September 2016.

Vanguard also gathered that a 24-year-old member of a dreaded cult group operating in Rivers State, Sunday Ogbonda, was also arrested by IRT operatives deployed to the state by the Inspector General, Ibrahim Idris, to track down high profile criminals.

Ogbonda was said to have been arrested for allegedly taking part in the January 9 murder of retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ikechi Dornata.

The-suspects The retired police officer was said to have met his demise when a gang of cultist attacked him in his home town in Kono-Boun area of Khanna Local Government Area of Rivers State and shot him several times before driving a huge nail into his head.

Though the operatives, who were led by ACP Abba Kyari, were yet to unravel the real motive behind the killing of the DSP, who was said to be the officer-in-charge of the Rivers State Police Command Armoury, a position he held for 10 years before his retirement.

It was learned that Ogbonda was arrested when a mobile phone belonging to the late DSP was traced to him and he was allegedly tricked to a hotel in Port Harcourt, where he was eventually arrested. On the UNIPORT lecturer

Meanwhile, Vanguard also learned that the late UNIPORT lecturer was murdered by his kidnappers after a ransom of N1.1 million was paid in two instalments to the kidnappers. Sources disclosed that the kidnappers received a ransom of N700,000 from his relatives, while he was still alive and they were paid additional N400,000 after he was killed.

A source explained that relatives of the lecturer became apprehensive after paying the second instalment and the kidnapped lecturer was not released. They reportedly sent petitions to the IG, who drafted the IRT into the state. The source added that Koyi was arrested in Port Harcourt with a Techno mobile phone belonging to the lecturer and he confessed to the crime before leading the operatives to his home where Ferdinand, who he said was one of the masterminds, was also arrested.

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WAEC TIME TABLE FOR MAY/JUNE 2017

West African Examination Council (WAEC) Releases Time Table For May/June 2017 Examination

The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) which started Thursday 20 of February 2017 and to end on the Monday 15th May 2017,so far has taken full gear and going smoothly.

Below are some important things to note according to the examination body:

Difference in Time on Question Paper and Timetable

Where the duration indicated on the question paper differs from that on the timetable, the one on the question paper should be followed.

Question Papers to be Given Out in Advance of the Dates They Are to be Taken:

Visual Art 3;

Paper 3A – Instructions will be given to schools two weeks before the paper is due to be taken.

Paper 3B – Question paper sill be given to candidates two weeks before it is due to be taken.

Paper 3C – Candidates will be required to execute their projects within six months of the examination year. The period of submission of art pieces will be communicated to schools by the Council.

General Knowledge-In-Art Paper 3: The question paper for General Knowledge-In-Art 3 will be given to candidates two weeks before the paper is due to be taken.

Block Laying, Bricklaying and Concrete Works 3 (Practical): Question paper will be given to candidates three days before the paper is due to be taken.

Project Work Papers: The question papers for project work for Painting & Decoration,Graphic Design, Leatherwork,Ceramics,Jewellery,Picture Making,Textiles,Sculpture,Basketry,Dyeing & Bleaching and Leather Goods Manufacturing & Repair will be forwarded to candidates two weeks in advance of the examination. The exact date for the delivery of question papers to candidates will be communicated to them through their schools.

Extra Time for Blind, Deaf and Dumb Candidates

Blind, deaf and dumb candidates should be allowed one and half times the time allotted to other candidates.



SEE FULL TIME TABLE HERE

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Jamb Discloses Date For 2017 UTME Examination

Date For The Commencement Of 2017 UTME Registration Announced

Based on the information released by the board on their twitter handle,JAMB discloses that the 2017 UTME will hold by May, 2017.The board equally warned candidates against falling victims to fraudsters and advised them to only rely on the official information from the board.

Delays in sales of the jamb form has left many young school levers stranded and wondering if at all the examination exercise will still hold.Despite the fact that the Board is yet to announce the date for the commencement of 2017 UTME registration,at least this update has given all high hopes.

You are therefore adviced to start studying and prepare for the examination as JAMB has assured intending candidates that all will be put in place for the exam to hold as planned.

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