Gov. Aregbesola Finally Sacks Osun University VC

The vice chancellor of Osun State University (UNIOSUN), has been sacked by the state government for alleged financial mismanagement.

The appointments of Professor Bashir Okesina, and two other principal officers of the state institution have henceforth been terminated by the governing body of UNIOSUN.

The sack of the top three principal officers, according to Vanguard, follows a visit by a panel set-up by Governor Rauf Aregbesola, to investigate alleged financial mismanagement by the officers

Reacting to the sack, the UNIOSUN chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has faulted the decision of the institution’s governing body on the grounds that, it violated the principle of fairness.

The union maintained that, the institution was acting as a judge in their own case by arriving at a decision before the findings by the panel constituted by the governor were submitted.

FG upgrades four colleges of education to varsities

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the conversion of four federal colleges of education to universities.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the council, presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Minister of Information, Patricia Akwashiki, and Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, briefed State House correspondents of the meeting’s outcome.
Shekarau listed the affected colleges of education as Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo (now Adeyemi University of Education, Ondo); Federal College of Education, Zaria (now Federal University of Education, Zaria); Federal College of Education, Kano (now Federal University of Education, Kano); and Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri (now Alvan Ikoku University of Education, Owerri).
The minister explained that the colleges of education were part of the 21 federal colleges of education that had been awarding degree programmes in the last three decades under the close supervision of the different universities they are affiliated to.
He said the council considered the need for further quality in teaching service, hence the conversion of the colleges to universities since more graduates would be needed in the teaching profession.
“We are heading to having more graduates in the teaching profession and hence the need for these universities to produce graduates in education. If we need quality education, we need quality teachers,” he said.
Shekarau explained that the next step was for the Ministry of Justice to prepare amendment to the laws establishing the colleges.
This, he explained, would be followed by some administrative changes.
The minister added that the council had approved the establishment of the Federal University of Health Sciences in Otukpo, Benue State.
Until the approval, the university was said to be the College of Medical Health Sciences under the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi.
He said the institution had now been granted autonomy as part of continuous efforts to ensure quality graduates into the various fields of medicine and sciences.
“So, a total of five universities were approved at the council meeting today,” the minister added

Top 10 Toughest Universities To Gain Admission Into In Nigeria

Below are 10 hardest Universities to get into in Nigeria.
NOTE:- This article is not to discourage those of prospective students that have chosen the under listed schools as their most preferred universities in JAMB. It is however, a way to motivate all those who applied for the schools to read harder in the forthcoming Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. It’s always survival of the fittest!
The list is not in any order, below are the list of Nigeria’s Universities that give prospective students tough time:-
1. University of Ibadan (UI)
2. Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)
3. University of Benin (UNIBEN)
4. University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN)
5. Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO)
6. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (UNIZIK)
7. University of Lagos (UNILAG)
8. University of Calabar (UNICAL)
9. Ahmadu Bello University (ABU)
10. University of Ilorin (UNILORIN)
Since you are done with JAMB all you have to do is read for their post UTME exams. You can get their past questions and read up. With high post UTME score the school will beg for you! So start revising and get ready.

Must Read!! The Easiest Way Out For Broke (Poor) Students

The lifestyle of students across the varying campuses in Nigeria depicts a close to perfect picture of the gap between the haves and the have-nots in the country.
Students from rich homes often appear to have no worries, they look ‘cleaner’, use the latest phones, eat at the best eateries and always have money to buy all the required study materials and textbooks.
On the other hand, the broke (poor/not financially strong) students struggle through every semester especially at month ends; often not having enough cash, so they only buy study materials for courses that are ‘life-threatening’.
Now, what should be the proper response of broke students? Should broke students attempt to alter their financial state or just endure and struggle their way through school? (Have in mind that your financial condition might not change even after graduation).
From personal experience, the only way out for broke students in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions is this:
Do Something.
Students who hate being broke must stop wishing, dreaming or even praying for a better student life (in terms of their finances) while folding their arms.
Do something today to initiate change or do nothing and remain the same.
How do you ‘Do Something’?
As a student, the main reason for which you are in school is to study and not to hustle.
Therefore, you must not neglect your books in pursuit of money- this is something student-hustlers must understand. There has got to be balance.
Having said that, here is how you can ‘Do Something’ in your quest to stop being broke:
1. Start with your mindset
Winning any ‘battle’ begins in the mind.
Adapt the mindset of winners; say to yourself: “I can do anything I set my mind to do”.
Accept that your broke student-life can be fixed and that whatever you will do MUST NOT negatively affect your academics.
2. Appraise yourself and identify any skill you have – any skill at all
Do you have any skill? Can you style hair? Can you sew? Is there anything or something you know how to do?
Can you teach?
3. Monetize your skill
No one should answer ‘No’ to the last question in point number 2.
Someone who printed and made photocopies of a notice that read: “Get a Home Lesson Teacher for your Precious Kids. Call 080xxxxxxxx (his phone number)” and pasted them around the senior staff quarters.
Count 2 weeks later, he had started helping 8 primary school pupils with their assignments.
He worked 3 hours every working day at the rate of 5,000 naira per month for each child.
What will you do with an extra 8 x 5,000=40,000 naira every month?
Please note that our aim at this point is not to be as rich as Dangote but to stop being broke: to be able to buy handouts, textbooks and eat well; because we need those in order to graduate well.

Help An Orphan to get scholarship

please do the necessary verification:
SAM AMAGA FOUNDATION: Do you know any ORPHAN (Who lost both parents) who has completed secondary school and desires to study in the university? Tell them to apply for a SCHOLARSHIP @ www.samamagafoundation.org/apply. Deadline: May 29, 2015. For More inquiries call: 08034622690, 08174364192, 09036804381:-) Please share and help the helpless

LAUTECH: paying of tuition fee

LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OGBOMOSO
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS UNIT

NOTICE ON PAYMENT OF TUITION FEE FOR 2014/2015 SESSION

This is to inform candidates in the underlisted categories that freshers portal will be re-opened as a LAST chance for payment of tuition fee between 12:00 midnight on Sunday 10th May and 12:00 midnight on Wednesday 13th May, 2015.

Concerned candidates are therefore advised to pay within the stipulated time, failing which the provisional admission offer will be forfeited.

EX-pre-Degree Students that have JAMB and LAUTECH admission letters.

UTME Candidates that have LAUTECH admission letter and JAMB admission letter that read LAUTECH, and are already verified.

(C) Regularised Pre-degree students who have JAMB and LAUTECH admission letters.

Any Candidate who does not belong in the listed categories above and pays tuition fee does so at his/her own risk.

However, any candidate who does not fall in the listed categories above, who has LAUTECH admission letter or JAMB admission letter that specified LAUTECH, but whose O’ Level results have not been verified or due to any technical problem is denied access on freshers portal to make payments should report to complain immediately at Room 5 in the Academic Affairs Unit, not later than Tuesday May 12, 2015.

Thank you.

Akin Odesola
Deputy Registrar, Academic Affairs Unit
for: Ag. Registrar

cc:Vice Chancellor
Deputy Vice Chancellor
Bursar
Provost, College of Health Sciences
All Deans
Chairman, University Admissions Committee
Director of LICT
Director of Audit
All Heads of Departments/Units
Dr. JOSH™, kindly RBC

UNILAG Best Graduating Student Shares Secret of His Success

Korede Akinpelumi, the University of Lagos (UNILAG) best graduating student for the 2013/2014 session, finished from the department of chemical engineering with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.96.  Read his experience in UNILAG and the secret of his success.

UNILAG Best Graduating Student – Korede Akinpelumi

Before you proceed, check : UNILAG best graduating student for the 2012/2013 session experience.

For 21-year-old Korede Akinpelumi, mounting the podium to receive academic prizes is like treading on familiar terrain. Perhaps, winning laurels and prizes seems to be another fitting middle name for the Ondo State-born chemical engineer.

No wonder, last Wednesday during the University of Lagos convocation, Akinpelumi repeated what he knows how to do best. He not only emerged the best overall graduate for the 2013/2014 session; more than any other student did, he mounted the podium on many occasions, shaking hands with and embracing principal officers of the school, including the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rahamon Bello, and the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Council of the university, Prof. Jerry Gana.

Among the academic diadems he took away are the Vice Chancellor’s Prize; Dean of Engineering Prize; New Era Foundation Prize; UNILAG Parent Forum Prize and the Prof. Ayo Ogunye Scholarship Prize.

Others are the Elumelu Legacy Prize; UNILAG Alumni Association Prize; Prof. W Harmon Ray Prize, and the late Prof. Adetokunbo Sofoluwe Prize.

Did he just emerge a shining star suddenly at UNILAG? To this inquiry, the youngster, who scored a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.96 out of five points, said ‘No’ with a touch of modesty. According to him, right from his primary to secondary education, it had always been a harvest of academic successes.

He said, “I had my primary education at the Omoleye Children’s School, Onipanu, Lagos, where I finished as the overall best science pupil. I then proceeded to the International School, University of Lagos, where I also finished as the overall best graduating student with 8A’s in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination.

“At the secondary level, I participated in many science competitions for which I represented my school. I participated in the Cowbell Mathematics contest at the state level in SS1. I won a silver medal at the NMC Physics Olympiad, Lagos State level, and proceeded to represent the state at the national level in Abeokuta. I was the winner of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Science Quiz Competition, right from the state, zonal to the national final, which held in Abuja in 2008. I also received awards and a full tertiary scholarship from NNPC for this feat.

“In 2009, I represented and took Lagos State to victory at the National JETS Competition, which held in Yobe State. I won individual awards in Mathematics and Physics and was the second overall best in the JETS competition for the year. I also received a letter of commendation from the then Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Sarah Sosan, for my exploits in representing the state at various competitions for the year.”

The valedictorian, who gave an insight into the secret of his success, said his late medical doctor father, Abiodun, and civil servant mother, Omokehinde, provided the needed elixir for his “solid academic foundation.”

He added, “My parents did an excellent job of instilling academic discipline in us (their children), I remember having to read many novels right from a tender age while others were playing ball or riding bicycles round the compound. Of course, I also played as a child, but I was quick to understand the essence of a good reading habit and developed so much interest in reading.

I was also lucky to have had such an excellent foundation right from my secondary school education and so it was just a matter of building on that solid foundation.”

Besides this initial parental guidance, Akinpelumi said, he did every other thing any good student should do