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It's no longer news that Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) has commenced her admission ahead of the 2023/24 academic session, however in this article I'll be highlighting the guidelines on what next to do on seeing Admission In Progress (AIP) in our JAMB caps. Before then, it's good to note that UNIZIK do have four admission lists, first on merit and it comes in batches (A&B), second is partly on persons being transferred to another course and supplementary, third is more of supplementary admission followed by Vice Chancellor (VC)'s list. And then the admission is being given based on JAMB quota as made mandatory to all federal universities in Nigeria. This admission quota in lay man understanding means, considerations for admission of candidates or Nigeria varsity Aspirants in their choosen varsity. In summary, note that Admission into all Federal Higher Institutions of learning via UTME in Nigeria is based on the following quota: ■ Merit - 45% ■ Catch...

This is to inform all 2022/23 aspirants of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka that the school has release her supplementary admission form. The supplementary admission form is for aspirants who due to several reasons ranging from low cutoff mark among others, wasn't admitted. And it's normally released at the ending or even end of merit list (including those admitted base on Catchment and ELDS). How the supplementary admission application works: Unizik will announce that the portal or link for the supplementary admission form will be made available or opened on a certain date or day. Once you see this update and u've not been admitted and ur Jamb caps isn't showing AIP (admission in progress), stay glued to ur phone on the D-Day for the form. If the portal will be opened by 10am, be active from 9:40-55. Once the portal gets activated, rush and apply then purchase immediately. How to purchase: When the portal is being enabled, by then Students will have the link...

It's no longer news that some 2022/23 aspirants of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka have been admitted into the institution. However, this article is to remind the newly admitted students to ahead of physical clearance, start getting their documents among other things ready, mostly the local government identification letter. For persons that might be wondering what I mean by physical clearance; the truth is that after Unizik send your details to Jamb for verification and finally have you admitted via Jamb caps, next is you paying your acceptance fee but that's after your admission reflects in Unizik caps. After paying acceptance fee, comes biometrics and capturing at digital library then the PHYSICAL CLEARANCE which will determine the validity of your admission. Here you'll be properly accessed with your Jamb original result slip and Jamb admission letter (you can get yours in cyber cafe), birth certificate or certificate of baptism , O'level result ( WAEC or...

Recent report on ASUU strike gathered that the union (Academic Staff Union of Universities) rejected Berekete Family radio’s intervention to end the ongoing strike. The incident reportedly occurred this morning, June 11, 2022, as the host of the radio programme, Ahmad Isah, popularly known as Ordinary president, invited ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, and his team, to explain to Nigerians the perennial problems and state why the union is still on strike. Recall that ordinary president set up a special intervention bank account domiciled in TAJ Bank to raise funds for the union, with a view to ending the strike. ♦️ Apparently to convince ASUU to buy into the idea of the intervention, Isah publicly showed the N50 million cash donated by Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State. ♦️ Immediately the money was displayed, ASUU President frowned at the development, saying they should not be associated with such. ♦️At that point, Isah threatened to discontinue the intervent...

The national president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the warning strike embarked upon by the union on February 14, would soon be truncated. The ASUU national president stated this yesterday while speaking on the Human Rights Radio, producers of the popular national radio/TV programme, Brekete Family Show. He blamed the minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, for politicising the strike which has failed to yield positive results. “When this thing started, the minister of labour took over the control of this process and politicised it, looking for press conferences but I can assure you on this issue now, presently the minister of education is handling it and we are making some good progress." “I hope it continues this way and within a short time, God helping, and if there are no third parties, we believe that this thing will be resolved very soon," he said. Meanwhile, Osodeke has pleaded with Nigerian...

According to ASUU and SSANU national presidents, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke and Mr Mohammed Ibrahim respectively, the Briggs committee has been meeting with the various unions since May 2022 to renegotiate their agreements. ASUU national presidents, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke in a recent report disclosed that ‘‘There is progress both on FG and the Briggs committee meeting but it depends on the government side. We had a fairly good meeting we are still trying to resolve the issues. Until we get the final report from the government. We are trying to work in the same direction. They are also testing UTAS.’’ Reports gathered that the committee would submit its report to the FG this week or they could be given an extension. Meanwhile FG and varsity unions’ renegotiation committee sitting will allegedly end today (if otherwise, this article will be updated). On the live Interview between ASUU National President, Osadeke, and Brekete family station this morning Around 7:30am, the VC Net...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA to subject the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System, IPPIS and the two other proposed payment solutions proposed by University workers to integrity test. This is as the Federal Government is making efforts towards ensuring that the Consiquential Adjustment/ minimum wage arrears are paid to the striking university workers this week in order to persuade them call off the ongoing strike. In another report , the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Calabar branch has said the body is prepared to remain on strike till 2023 if necessary. Chairman of ASUU in the University of Calabar, UNICAL, Dr Edor J. Edor, said the body is prepared to remain on strike and hungry until President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government offers something concrete. Edor disclosed this while reacting to Buhari’s appeal that ASUU should call-off the lingering industrial...

JAMB has released results of the just concluded 2022 UTME Examination. The examination body, made this known in a statement signed by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, on Saturday in Abuja. Part of the statement read: “To check the 2022 UTME result, all a candidate needs to do is to simply send UTMERESULT to 55019 using the same phone number that he/she had used for registration and the result would be returned as a text message. This is the only process of checking the 2022 UTME results for now as the Board has not uploaded it on its website for obvious reasons." “In addition, candidates are forewarned that they would, as usual, receive all kinds of messages from desperate fraudsters on how to check their results different from the aforementioned one. Hence, the Board urges all candidates to ignore all such messages on how to check their 2022 UTME results as they are all products of deceit aimed at misleading them. “The Board, in line with its de...

Some Muslim youths are reportedly planning a protest in Sokoto State to demand the release of two suspects arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel Yakubu. According to report, the youths agreed to meet at the Gawon Nama Roundabout by 9am. This was disclosed in a notice circulating online and two phone numbers were scribbled on the notice but the date of the meeting was not stated in the e-flyer written in Hausa. The translated version of the notice read, “We are calling on Muslims in Sokoto State to gather where there was a riot to save brethren in Islam that are battling the faith of Islam and upholding the respect of prophet of Allah S.A.W.” The Police Public Relations Officer in Sokoto, Sanusi Abubabar, confirmed the brewing protest in a telephone interview with News Agency Of Nigeria on Saturday. “We are on top of the situation,” he said, adding that the police authorities in Sokoto are in talks with leaders of thoughts and opinion moulders in ...

Students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) and Bauchi State University, Gadau (BASUG) have commenced the mobilization of their female colleagues ahead of their plan to stage a half-naked street protest against the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Some of the students, who spoke to New Telegraph on condition of anonymity, asked the Federal Government to resolve its problems with the Union to enable them to return to school. One of them said: “So far we’ve contacted more than 500 female students and they have agreed to participate in the protest and we’re expecting more before the final day.” They slammed the Federal Government and ASUU for neglecting their responsibilities of providing a conducive and uninterrupted learning environment for the students." “As law-abiding students, we’ve been patient enough, our career future is in danger because of some unpatriotic citizens who only care and are concerned by their children ...

One of Deborah’s coursemates, identified simply as Rakia, told NAN that Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College Education, Sokoto, who was killed on Thursday for allegedly “making blasphemous statements about Prophet Muhammad (SAW) had pleaded for mercy and called out for help before she died. Narrating the incident, she said Deborah was flogged, killed, and burnt and it was the most horrible thing she has ever witnessed. Her words: “Deborah was my course mate. I just stepped into the class when the uproar on her voice note started." ”It was her own coursemates that started it. One of them said Deborah dared them by refusing to apologise when she was asked to. It all started with a debate on the upcoming examination on a general WhatsApp platform created for our coursemates. One of the students asked her how she passed the last semester’s examination and in response, she said it was ‘Jesus o.’ “Immediately, about three other chats came in from two Muslims an...

The Federal Government has reportedly expressed optimism that the decisions reached in its three-part meeting with university-based unions would yield fruits next week. The Head, Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr Olajide Oshundun, in a statement on Friday, said some agreements had been reached between the government and the unions. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the Non-Academic Staff Union, and the Association of Academic Technologists are currently on strike. The unions embarked on strike actions while demanding improved welfare packages, better working conditions and implementation of various labour agreements signed with the Federal Government between 2009 and 2015. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige said, “We had a cordial and fruitful discussion; we looked at the issues dispassionately and reached some agreements, to the satisfaction of every...

Academic staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other University unions will continue their ongoing strike as the tripartite meeting with the Federal Government ended in deadlock. Although ASUU President refused to speak to journalists on the details of the meeting, one of the union members said that there was nothing new except that the government team wanted them to call off the strike for a period of time which they rejected. Adding that the union won't call off the strike action until it's demands are met. According to him, “There was nothing on ground for us to consider. We are not stopping the strike until something concrete is done." But the Minister of Labour and Employment Senator Chris Ngige who spoke to journalists after the meeting claimed the negotiations were fruitful. His words:  “We have reached some agreements and we hope that by next week, those agreements will be maturing and the different unions will have something to tell their members, so ...

It's no longer news that the students, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Ogun State Joint Campus Committee, stormed the Obada axis of the highway with placards, chanting anti-government songs. However, speaking on behalf of the students, the NANS Chairman in Ogun State, Kehinde Simeon, said the extension of the strike would worsen the insecurity in the country. He added that FG and members of ASUU must agree and reach a comprise to end the strike before students take to anarchy. His words: “It is so unfortunate that the Federal Government is playing politics with the lives of Nigerian students. We have been clamouring ever since the commencement of this ASUU strike that something should be done with immediate effect, but it is obvious that both the Federal Government and ASUU have decided to turn deaf ears to our agitations." “It is so evident that none of the children of these politicians, government officials and by extension...

Former President Goodluck Ebelechukwu Jonathan has reportedly decided to run for president in 2023, barely 48 hours after disowning a nomination form procured for him by a northern group. Recall that the former President had on May 9, 2022 rejected presidential expression of interest and nomination forms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) bought for him by a Fulani group. He later visited APC chairman Abdullahi Adamu, a shuttle his aides said was to distance himself from the purchase. According to a credible source in Mr Jonathan’s camp, state-run newswire, News Agency of Nigeria, “Mr Jonathan has finally made up his mind to vie for the top post he lost to the incumbent in 2015." The source, pleading anonymity, told NAN that the former president has also joined the APC formally, having registered at his Otuoke Ward in Bayelsa. Meanwhile, Mr Jonathan is expected to submit the duly filled forms bought on his behalf on Thursday, the source offered further. Ac...

The young lady, simply identified as Mirabel who trended in a viral video having carnal knowledge with a dog in the Lekki area of Lagos has reportedly died of infection at a private hospital in Yaba. According Daily Independent online edition, and several other News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN) she died of canine brucellosis on Monday. Reports gathered that the lady had been on admission since Sunday last week after she collapsed and went into a coma. It was also added that the deceased confessed to the doctor when the test result showed that she was suffering from what looks like canine brucellosis, and which can only be contracted from a dog. According to the medic, canine brucellosis is a contagious bacterial infection caused by the bacterium, BrucellaCanis (B. canis). She said bacterial infection is highly contagious among dogs. Infected dogs usually develop an infection of the reproductive system or a sexually transmitted disease. The doctor in charge of the hospital said, ...

Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba has reportedly tendered his resignation. This was according to reports, confirmed as President Muhammadu Buhari ordered all cabinet members interested in contesting the 2023 general elections quit his government. The development made Buhari excited, as he also singled the minister out for braving the odds to quit.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has declared Asuu strike as illegal, adding that labour workers who are agitating for an increment in salaries are at work. Why will university workers be different from other workers? He disclosed this in Abuja while speaking on the National Productivity Day, which will be hosted by President Buhari at the Presidential Villa on Thursday. “When issues are being resolved and employees refuse to go back to work, it is a breach of the labour law," he added. The labour minister maintained that “the ministry has successfully resolved 1,683 cases since he assumed office, and University workers are not the only workers in Nigeria. The issue of revision of salaries and emoluments is not strictly a concern of the workers alone. There are other strata of workers that are agitating for salary increment as well.” “The workers that are agitating for an increment in salaries are at work. Why will university workers be different...

Boubini Miyensinte Jones-Wonni, a 22-Year-old Nigerian Girl has emerged as the best graduating student in all three levels of education in USA. She graduated on the 6th of May 2022 as the best graduating student in the Howard University Medical School class of 2022, and happens to be the youngest in the class and has now been admitted into Harvard University for Postgraduate Training. About Miss Jones-Wonni: Boubini Miyensinte Jones-Wonni was born in Ido-ani, a town in Ondo State, Nigeria, on the 23rd of October 1999 to the family of Dr and Mrs Jones-Wonni. She hails from Arogbo Ese- Odo local government area of Ondo State. While in High school, she continued on the path of hard work and diligence. As such, she was made the library Prefect, was awarded a full tuition fee waiver in her final year by the management of the school, and subsequently graduated as the best graduating student and valedictorian for the graduating class of 2014 at the age of Fourteen (14) in the year...

The Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) has reportedly withdrawn the accreditation given to Abia State University school of medical sciences for the study of medicine and surgery. The regulatory body withdrew the approval following a long trail of inadequacies at the Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Aba (ABSUTH) which is the training environment for Clinical Medical Students and forms part of the teaching facilities. According to a statement by the Chairman of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Abia State chapter, Dr. Chimezie Okwuonu, the School will no longer admit new students to study Medicine and Surgery.

An elder statesman and senior lawyer, Robert Clarke, SAN, has on Monday said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), should be granted an extension of tenure to curb the issues of insecurity in the country. According to him, the president should serve for an extra six months to give him enough time to address the country’s security woes. He added that with less than a year to the 2023 elections there was not enough time to address the insecurity to ensure a safe exercise. Clarke’s assertion came barely three weeks after legal luminary, Afe Babalola, suggested that the country should suspend its 2023 elections instead and institute an interim government after Buhari’s tenure elapses. He also noted that the Constitution provided the President to extend his tenure for six months in the first instance if conditions were not ripe for an election. His words: “The Constitution provides that the President can stay longer than eight years. I’ve always said it. It is i...

The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities in Nigeria has expressed total displeasure over the extension of the warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by another 12 weeks, saying the development would further slow down Nigeria’s progress. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the committee, Prof Sulyman Age Abudulkareem, who is also the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), when his reaction to the 3 months strike extension was sought. According to him, “ASUU had originally been on a one-month warning strike and rolled the action over in the month of March for another two months before it is now announced additional three months, all because the Federal Government did not yield to its demands, which all bother on the money." Prof Abdulkareem added that students staying at home when they suppose to be in class studying even for a day let alone for many months as the current case in Nigerian public universities...