Two students of the Department of Computer Science, Lagos State University, Aniyikaiye Emmanuel Oluwafemi and Akowanu Ganiu Oluwaseto have emerged winner and first runner-up, respectively, in the recently held 2021 Don Etiebet Innovative Prize Award organised by the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) and sponsored by Chief Don Etiebet.
Aniyikaiye, supervised by Prof. Rahman, M.A, came first for his project titled “Object Tracking and Detention in Videos” while Akowanu, supervised by Dr. Enikuomehin, E.O came second for his project titled “Development of Anti-Theft Mobile Application”.
During a brief presentation ceremony held on Tuesday, 11th January 2022 at the Vice Chancellor’s Office, Dean of the Faculty, Prof. Shehu Akintola, announced that the two representatives stood heads and shoulders above their counterparts from other universities in the national competition with their softwares being adjudged the best among all the entries.
In her remarks, the elated Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, mni, congratulated the graduating students for making themselves and the university proud. She praised them and their supervisors for doing a great job and went on to announce a donation of One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000) to the winner and Fifty Thousand Naira (N50,000) to the first runner-up, in addition to the prize money they had received.
The Don Etiebet Innovative Prize is an annual competition for Computer Science Students in Nigerian Universities to showcase software projects developed by them.
The latest accolade makes it the fourth time in a row that LASU students would be winning the competition.
The Federal Government through the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, will inaugurate the Governing Councils of eight Federal Polytechnics and 6 Colleges of Education recently established by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) led administration.
A statement signed by the Director of Information, Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, said the minister would inaugurate the governing councils alongside the Board of the National Senior Secondary Education Commission, NSSEC, on the 18th and 20th of January, 2022, respectively.
“This is to strengthen governance and administration in the institutions and render their performance more responsive to the expectations of the present Administration,” the statement said.
This is to inform all the candidates that applied for the Federal Polytechnic Nekede (NEKEDEPOLY) National Diploma(FT) Morning programmes for the 2021/2022 academic session that the list of admitted candidates has been made available on the school’s portal.
Candidates can proceed to check their admission status. See procedure be
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for Supplementary Admission into Federal University Otuoke (FUOTUOKE) for the 2021/2022 Session.
The following categories of JAMB UTME candidates are eligible to apply:
Candidates who chose Federal University Otuoke as their first choice and scored 140 and above in the JAMB UTME.
Interested candidates who scored 140 and above in Jamb UTME but did not choose Federal University Otuoke as their first choice. Those in this category must do a change of institution to Federal University Otuoke as FIRST CHOICE via the JAMB website (www.jamb.gov.ng).
The University of Nigeria wishes to inform candidates who made UNN their first-choice institution in the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) that, owing to compelling logistic reasons, the screening exercise earlier scheduled to commence from Monday, January 17, 2022 will now take place as follows.
Day 1: Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences
Faculty of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Business Administration
Day 2: Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Vocational and Technical Education
Faculty of Environmental Studies
Faculty of Physical Sciences
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Day 3: Thursday, January 27, 2022
Faculty of Health Science & Technology
Faculty of Engineering
Day 4: Friday, January 28, 2022
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Faculty of Law
Day 5: Saturday, January 29, 2022
Faculty of the Social Sciences
Mop-Up
Direct Entry Candidates
The portal is still open to enable eligible candidates who have not registered to do so.
A detailed timetable and venues for the screening exercise will be released shortly.
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has restored the academic status of Femi Adeyeye, the human rights activist announced via Facebook on Monday night.
The breakthrough followed Adeyeye’s visit to a viral church on Sunday morning.
UNILAG rusticated Adeyeye in 2017 after he participated in a peaceful protest and wrote two articles critical of the school management.
Other students took part in the protest which was triggered by epileptic power supply and water scarcity on UNILAG’s Akoka campus. But Adeyeye’s two-episode article titled, ‘The Senate Of University Of Lagos: A Conglomeration Of Academic Ignorami,’ did not go down well with the school authorities.
In the articles, Adeyeye, among other things, questioned why Nigerian academics seemed unable to help the political class solve societal problems.
The school, thereafter, summoned him to a panel and rusticated him for four semesters but failed to reinstate him when the punishment, which should have lasted for two academic years, expired.
While UNILAG shut Adeyeye out, the young man went on to become the poster boy of student activism in the country and a reference point for human rights activists in and outside Nigeria. He is currently the spokesperson for the African Action Congress (AAC), a political party that fielded activist publisher Omoyele Sowore in the 2019 presidential election.
On Monday night, Adeyeye revealed that UNILAG has restored his studentship. He is in his final year at the Department of Building.
The activist shared a screenshot on Facebook to show that he now has access to his student portal.
The development followed Adeyeye’s visit to the denomination of viral preacher Evangelist Olufunmilayo Adebayo, aka Mummy GO, the Rapture Proclaimers Evangelical Church (RAPEC), on Sunday.
Adeyeye was one of the many Nigerians who visited the church to hear Mummy GO speak for herself. It was not immediately clear if that visit unlocked Adeyeye’s studentship but the student, on Sunday, stated that he visited the church to take a critical look at the female preacher.
Following the visit, Adeyeye criticised Mummy GO for, as far as he was concerned, lying and denying some of the things she said in the past.
The Governing Council of The Federal Polytechnic Offa, has approved the appointment of Dr. Olarongbe Afolabi as the acting Rector of the Polytechnic.
The letter of approval dated 7th of January 2022 will take effect from Wednesday 12th of January 2022 preceding the appointment of the fifth substantive Rector of the Polytechnic.
The appointment of the acting Rector was sequel to the expiration of the tenure of the outgoing rector, Dr. Lateef Olatunji on the 11th of January, 2022.
Until his appointment as Acting Rector. Dr. Olarongbe Afolabi is the Deputy Rector Administration of The Federal Polytechnic Offa. He was born on 5th January, 1961 in Shao, Moro Local Government Area, Kwara State.
Dr. Afolabi after his elementary education, enrolled at the Government Secondary School, Malete, Kwara State between 1974 to 1979 for his secondary school education. He was at the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria for his Bachelor of Arts. (Hons) in English Literature between year 1980 to 1984 and proceeded to the University of Ilorin from 1988 to 1990 for his Masters of Art (English Literature) in 1990.
He left the shores of Nigeria to the University of Utara, Malysia for a Doctoral Degree in year 2015 and bagged a PhD in Linguistics from the Universti Utara, Malysia.
He is a pioneer staff of the Polytechnic; he joined the service of the Polytechnic as Lecturer II in September 1992. He rose through the ranks and became the Head of Department. Department of English and Communication from 1998 to 2005. He has been a member of the Management Advisory Committee since 2004. Director, School of General Studies from 2006 to 2010, and later Dean, Special Duties from 2011 to 2015. He has served the Polytechnic as Chairman of various committees: Chairman, Proposed Mass Communication Department in 1998, Chairman, Committee on Certificate Screening from year 2000 to 2003, Chairman, Publication Committee. Department of English and Communications from year 2004 to 2005, Chairman COVID-19 Committee from 2020 till date, Chairman, Ceremonies Committee from 2019 till date, Chairman, Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee. from 2019 till date.
Dr. Afolabi was Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics. Federal Polytechnic Offa Chapter from 2001 to 2005, He is a member, Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA): Member, Modern Languages Association (MLAN); Member, National Association of Teachers of English in Colleges of Education and Polytechnics (NATECEP).
He has a lot of books, novels and journals to his credit among which were The Agitators, Tomorrow on the Run, Nowhere to Hide. Smoke of Tinder, among many others.
The Governing Council, Management, Staff and Students congratulate the new Acting Rector and wish him best of luck on his appointment.
SUPPLEMENTARY APTITUDE TEST FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING ADMISSION INTO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR FOR THE 2021/2022 ACADEMIC SESSION
We make this announcement for the benefit of all candidates (excluding those seeking admission into Medicine, Law, Pharmacy, Nursing and Dentistry) who scored 130 and above . in the Joint Admissions & Matriculation Examination and who have chosen University of Calabar as their First Choice in their application for admission into the University for the 2021/2022 academic session. The screening test will be on the 26th January and 27th January, 2022.
Shutting Down On Sunday, January 23rd, 2022:
The registration portal will be shutdown on Sunday, January 23rd, 2022 by 12:00 midnight.
SUPPLEMENTARY APTITUDE TEST FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING ADMISSION INTO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR FOR THE 2021/2022 ACADEMIC SESSION
OPENING OF PORTAL / REGISTRATION
Registration will start from Monday, January 10th, 2022 when the portal will open for that purpose.
Payment And Registration Procedure
The following options are available:
E-tranzact option:
This option is available in all commercial banks nationwide. At the bank your are required to pay and obtain an E-transact PIN. With the PIN log into the portal http://www.myunical.edu.ng and click on the UTME Admission Screening link then follow the instructions on the portal after login.
Buy Post-UTME Pin Online option:
This option gives access to purchase Post-UTME pin from the portal. Click Buy Post-UTME Pin Online to purchase the Post-UTME pin online. Login with the TRANSACTION ID as the PIN into the portal.
On obtaining the printout from the bank or online, proceed as follows:
On the home page, enter your correct JAMB Registration Number in the box provided
Enter the scratch card pin in the box provided
Click on login and follow the online instructions.
Confirm your entries and CLICK ON SUBMIT
Print out the completed form.
THE FOLLOWING CHARGES SHALL APPLY:
Aptitude Test is = ₦2,000.00.
Payment And Registration Procedure
The following options are available:
E-transact option:
This option is available in all commercial banks nationwide. At the bank your are required to pay and obtain an E-transact PIN. With the PIN log into the portal http://www.myunical.edu.ng and click on the UTME Admission Screening link then follow the instructions on the portal after login.
Buy Post-UTME Pin Online option:
This option gives access to purchase Post-UTME pin from the portal. Click Buy Post-UTME Pin Online to purchase the Post-UTME pin online. Login with the TRANSACTION ID as the PIN into the portal.
On obtaining the printout from the bank or online, proceed as follows:
On the home page, enter your correct JAMB Registration Number in the box provided
Enter the scratch card pin in the box provided
Click on login and follow the online instructions.
Confirm your entries and CLICK ON SUBMIT
Print out the completed form.
THE FOLLOWING CHARGES SHALL APPLY:
Aptitude Test is = ₦2,000.00.
OPENING OF PORTAL/REGISTRATION
Registration will start from Monday, January 10th, 2022 when the portal will open for that purpose.
Please note that the portal will however be shut down at 12.00 mid night on Sunday, January 23rd, 2022.
NOTE:
Candidates are required to come with their original UTME result slips showing candidate’s photograph;
The Post UTME exercise is Computer Based Test (CBT)
Special candidate with any form of disability should please indicate during registration.
IT MUST BE FURTHER NOTED THAT:
a.) Impersonation is a serious offence and anyone caught will be handed over to the Law Enforcement Agents and may be liable to up to 5 years imprisonment
b.) Any candidate who fails to take part in the screening exercise automatically loses his or her chance of being considered for admission.
c.) Early commencement of registration is advised to avoid congestion in the dying hours.
d.) Candidates are advised to check the Portal from Monday, January 24th, 2022 for their venue and time of the CBT. Candidates are strictly advised to ensure that their correct phone numbers are provided while filling the form online as the University will communicate with them directly.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all tertiary institutions to complete the 2021 admission exercise.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all tertiary institutions to complete the 2021 admission exercise.
It said the call became necessary following a negligible number of fully – processed 2021 admissions on the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) out of the teeming population of eligible candidates with the requisite qualification “yearning for admission.”
The Board said admissions for only 100,000 candidates have been processed out of the over 600,000 eligible candidates.
According to the weekly bulletin released by Head of Information and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin on Monday, JAMB’s Director of Admissions, Mohammed Ahmed, stated these while briefing some select institutional Desk Officers.
The director implored the desk officers to interact with their respective institutions to ensure that even if they are not ready for the students to resume, they can conduct such admissions prior to their respective chosen resumption dates to enable their candidates to know their fate.
Ahmed said the board was ready to roll out the 2022 unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) application documents, hence the need for Desk Officers to be proactive.
The director of admissions, during the meeting, expressed the resolve of the board to prevent candidates from incurring unnecessary expenses through buying new e -pins that they may not use if they are eventually admitted.
“The board is aware of the numerous challenges that have impacted the academic calendars of tertiary institutions as well as the smooth processing of admission requests but urged them to devise acceptable means of closing the gap and complete the 2021 admission exercise on schedule,” it said.
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t would be recalled that over 1.4 million candidates registered for both the 2021 UTME and Direct Entry of which only about 600, 000 possessed the requisite qualifications to be admitted based on available records with JAMB.
Meanwhile, the board said it has changed the literature texts in four language subjects, including Literature – in – English ahead of this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
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