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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kebbi state has extended the service year of seven corps members to four months for breaching rules of the scheme. Lawal Turawa, the NYSC Kebbi coordinator, made the disclosure on Thursday in Birinin Kebbi at the passing out ceremony of the 2016 batch B stream 2 held in the state. “Seven corps members are to repeat service between two and four months while three males and one female corps members absconded and their next of kins have been contacted,” he said. He said discharge certificates were issued to 1,014 corps members who successfully concluded their service in the state. The coordinator congratulated the outgoing corps members while charging them to be good ambassadors of the country wherever they might found themselves. He said the skills acquisition and vocational trainings they received during their orientation were enough to make them excel in the labour market. He said: “Try to be good ambassadors of Kebbi st...

The Lagos State University (LASU) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the school management of increasing the acceptance fee for its personal gains. The university had announced the increment of its acceptance fee from N10,000 to N20,000. In a statement by Olusiji Sowande, coordinator, ASUU Lagos zone, the union rejected the claim that the institution needed the money to provide more infrastructure. “Comrades and compatriots, recall that one of the reasons adduced for the political onslaught on our Union in our September 13, 2017 press interaction was the intention of LASU Administration led by Prof. Lanre Fagbohun to increase fees payable by students at LASU,” the statement read. “It is pertinent to ask the university administration for the logic behind the recent increase in acceptance fee by 100%! Whereas, LASU gets steady monthly subvention of N450 million compared with Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye and Tai Solarin Un...

2016 BATCH B’ STREAM II TO PASS- OUT THURSDAY The Management of the National Youth Service Corps has fixed Thursday, 21st December, 2017 for the Winding up/Passing out activities of the 2016 Batch ‘B’ Stream II Corps Members Nationwide. The Winding up/Passing-out activities will be low-keyed with the distribution of Certificate of National Service to deserving Corps Members at the Zonal Office Level. Management wishes to commend and thank all Corps Members for their Selfless Service, Dedication, Resilience, Patriotism to the nation and patience while awaiting the official passing out date. However, we also wish to admonish Corps Members on their comments and posts in the social media on issues relating to the scheme and advice that, being abusive and deployment of wrong use of words does not reflect responsible attitude and behaviour. It is worthwhile to reflect our collective attribute of role models for the youths being responsible graduates who had been found ...

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adeniyi Olayanju has reiterated the commitment of the University to becoming an incubation centre for Agripreneurs and agricultural practitioners as catalysts for national economic development. Speaking during the launch of Landmark University Rice on the 23rd November, 2017 at the Landmark Commercial Farm Sales Centre, the Vice-Chancellor said the University’s blueprint for the agro-enterprise accommodates a full-fledged rice processing mill for a large-scale rice production. “Production of rice is a value addition to our context. We did not stop at just planting and harvesting but have gone into packaging for the local and national market. It is a confirmation of the reality of continuous rice production and the increased capacity for teaching and research in cereal production,” he stated.  landmark, oyedepo, Rice

The 2017 Convocation Ceremonies has been postponed, a new date will be announced shortly. All Students that have paid are assured that their payments have been captured. They are aso advised to print their ON-LINE receipt. Other graduating students are encouraged to also make their payment pending when a new date will be announced. Payment for appropriate fees can be made at http://eportal.oauife.edu.ng/gradLogin.php

Like its counterparts everywhere, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, is primed to be the last bastion of merit, accountability and other values that nurture social progress. However, after wide-ranging investigations that started four years ago, Assistant Editor ADEKUNLE YUSUF reports that the 42-year-old university seems to have lost its soul to practices that are anathema to the ivory tower of academia FOR University of Ilorin, Kwara State, the facts really speak for themselves. Every year, its undergraduate admission slots go like hotcakes. Besides the fact that its admission space sells fast, the 42-year-old university has evolved to be the sweetheart choice for most prospective undergraduates in the country. This rating, which can be gleaned from annual records of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), a federal outfit overseeing entrance examination into tertiary-level institutions, has thus cemented the university’s standing as the institution of first choic...

INTERNSHIPS The Marshall Project offers a limited number of paid summer internships for student journalists. Interns work in our New York City offices alongside our staff of award-winning reporters and editors, pitch and write their own stories and data and visualization projects and contribute to longer investigative work. Internships generally last eight weeks. We also offer training sessions in topics such as FOIAs, investigative techniques, data analysis and more. This program is primarily intended for young journalists: rising college juniors or seniors, graduate students and people who have just graduated. You don't have to be a journalism major to apply, but most interns have had some prior experience at a student or professional publication. Preference is given to applicants who demonstrate a deep familiarity with U.S. criminal justice issues. If you are interested in applying for summer 2018, please send a cover letter, resume and clips or other examples of your work to...

Adekunle Yusuf of The Nation Newspaper has emerged the Investigative Journalist of the year at the 12th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting just as Obiageli Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, Edetaen Ojo, the Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda,as well as nine other outstanding journalists were honoured. The event which was held on Saturday, 9 December 2017, at the NECA House, Alausa, Lagos had several dignitaries including Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature and grand patron of the centre; Femi Falana, lawyer and human rights activist; Michel Deelen, Deputy Ambassador to the Kingdom of Netherlands; Abdulazeez Musa, Head, Influencing and Public Engagement, Oxfam in Nigeria; and Nneka Ijeoma, Manager Policy Government and Public Affairs, Chevron Nigeria, among others in attendance. Held first in October 2005, to develop investigative tradition among journalists, the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting has pro...

Dignataries storm Ile-ife, as OAU don gives his daughter in marriage By Olaiya Lateef (OLK) Prof. M. O Opeloye of the department of Religious studies(OAU) on the 2nd of December gives his daughter, Barr. Hameedah a ground breaking Nikkah which was graced by dignataries. The prof. Of Arabic and islamic studies, who is the immediate past chairman of OAU investment, and also served as commissioner for local government and chieftancy matters under former governor of the state of Osun, Olagunsoye Oyinlola . The Nikkah which took place at Gitty event center, ife-ibadan road, ile -ife Osun state Nigeria is between Abdur-Ra'fih Martins, a graduate of University of Lagos, and Barr. Hameedah Opeloye ,a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, ile Ife, Osun. The jamb Registrar who was spotted at OAU central mosque last week Friday where he observed his Jum'ah prayer. It's later revealed that, the jamb boss was purposely around because of the Nikkah. A retinue of dignitaries als...

OAU: Management can't suspend us, the worst they can do is to.... NASU Gen. Sec. By Emmanuel Arua The General secretary of NASU, OAU chapter Comr Ajagbe O. shed more light on the proposed "total strike" of NASU which is billed to start on Monday, 4th of December, 2017. Mr Ajagbe was spotted on his way out of Awolowo hall of residence, after he honored the invitation of Democratic Social Movement (DSM) . While Feeding answers to the questions about the management "threat" in regards to the looming national strike, because OAU management are not happy with the way NASU OAU are solidarising with the national body owning to the way the solidarity partially paralyzed the academic activities on campus, he said " Management can't suspend our union, what they can do is to report us to the headquarter.  We and the headquarter or national body were once at loggerhead in 2016,but now the issues have been resolved". When asked, if there is going to be pow...

By Olaiya Abdullateef (OLK) The incumbent jamb Registrar, Prof. Is'haq oloyode surprises the Muslim community of Obafemi Awolowo University, ile-ife as he joined the community in the weekly prayer (jumuah) The visitation which caught some members of the community unaware, because whenever there is any dignitary in the mosque, the Imam uses to announce before the prayer. The imam of the Muslim community, Prof. Sanusi Abefe who spotted the jamb boss while he was delivering sermon, but was unable to announce his presence in the course of the sermon later 'raise alarm" after the prayer. The immam jokingly said "I could see Prof. Oloyede while on Khutbah (sermon)" and the congregation were looking everywhere to affirm immam's statement, because the jamb boss observed his prayer at a spot where he could not be easily spotted. The jamb boss was later seen where he was exchanging pleasantries with some members of the Muslim community, he later moves closer to the...