Tuesday, March 11, 2014

SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR 2014 AGBAMI AND CHEVRON SCHOLARSHIP

2013/2014 NNPC/TOTAL NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME INVITATION FOR APPLICATION

2013/2014 NNPC/TOTAL NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME INVITATION FOR APPLICATION Overview: Over the years, NNPC and Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria have demonstrated a high level of commitment towards the educational development of Nigerian Students as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility. This commitment has been confirmed in several ways, one of which is the annual award of scholarships to deserving Nigerian students in tertiary institutions. The programme is aimed at promoting academic excellence and qualitative manpower development in the nation. NNPC/Total hereby invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for its 2012/2013 National Merit Scholarship Award. WHO IS QUALIFIED TO APPLY? To qualify for consideration applicants MUST be/Show: • Registered FULL TIME undergraduates in recognized Nigerian Universities • Certified 100/200 level students at the time of application • Proof of SSCE or equivalent certificate, • Proof of UME scores, Admission letters & Matriculation numbers NOTE: The following categories of students should not apply: • 300 level students and above • Current beneficiaries of similar awards from other companies and agencies HOW TO APPLY FOR 2013/2014 TOTAL SCHOLARSHIP: Follow the steps below to apply for the 2013 – 2014 Total Scholarship; 1) Visit the Total Nigeria online Scholarship application portal via the link below http://scholarships.totalsdd.com/ 2) Click on the “Apply” link at the top of the Page 3) On the next page, click on the “UNERGRADUTE” programme link to begin your application. Applications will close on 30/03/2014. Selection tests will hold at designated centres nationwide to be communicated to candidates. Candidates are to fully bear the cost of transportation to and from the venue of the selection tests. Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted for the tests. visit http://scholarships.totalsdd.com/ to apply now!! Remember to like page, invite and share

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

APPLICATION FOR 2014 ANTHONY IKAZOBOH FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP



Anthony Ikazoboh Foundation Scholarship for Medical and Engineering Students

When former Sports Minister, Air Commodore Anthony Ikazoboh was slain in his Victoria Island residence, his family has concluded plans to establish a Foundation in his name to promote the ideals he had always professed while alive. To this end, we are pleased to announce the 2014 ANTHONY IKAZOBOH Foundation Scholarship.

Applications are invited from FULL-TIME, 100 and 200 level undergraduates from any state of the Federation, studying any of the under listed courses in universities within Nigeria:

Medicine/Surgery
Engineering


QUALIFICATION PROCESS: Interested applicants should click on the "How it works" tab to proceed. Application closes Midnight 26th February, 2014

ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED.
Note: This is similar to the AGBAMI and NNPC/CHEVRON JV Scholarship Schemes.
If you already have a scholastica account, just log in, go to the home page and select the ANTHONY IKAZOBOH Foundation, click apply, and VOILA! u've applied.
For those who have no idea about the scholastica account creation process(if u are a learner), then read further
Application is open to fresh candidates and 200l
.1. Before you start this application, ensure you have clear scanned copies of the following documents

Passport photograph with white background not more than 3 months old (450px by 450px not more than 200kb)
School ID card
Admission letter
Birth certificate
2. Ensure the documents are named according to what they represent to avoid mixing up documents during upload
3. Ensure you attach the appropriate documents when asked to upload



To apply, follow the steps below:Visit http://www.scholastica.ng/, Select ANTHONY IKAZOBOH FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP 20141. Click on "Apply Now" tab.
2. Click on "Register Now" to create an account.
3. Proceed to your email box to activate your account
4. Click on www.scholastica.ng/schemes/aifawards to return to Scholarship site
5. Enter your registered email and password to upload your information.
6. Enter your personal information, National Identification Number (if available), educational information, other information and upload required scanned documents.
7. Ensure the name used in applications matches the names on all documentation in same order. Upload a sworn affidavit or certificate if otherwise.
8. Ensure you view all documents after uploading, to eliminate errors during uploading.
9. When asked to upload photo, upload a pass-port photograph with a white background.
10. Recheck application information to avoid errors
11. Click "Apply Now" to submit information
12. You will receive an email and a sms that confirms your application was successful.
13. If National Identification Number (NIN) number was not available in step 6, to obtain your National Identification Number (NIN)

Visit http://ninenrol.gov.ng to register and learn more about the National Identity Number
Click "Create Account" and fill in the required fields
Login with Email and Password to complete the form
After completion, schedule a date for photo and finger print capture
Visit any of the 37 capture centres www.nimc.gov.ng/pages/general/enrolmentcentres.htm to complete the registration process and obtain your National Identity Number
You can also do your total registration at the NIMC office 16. Return to www.scholastica.ng/schemes/aifawards and update application with National Identification Number (NIN) to ensure completion

Note: Multiple applications attract a disqualification penalty from the Scholarship board

Monday, February 17, 2014

URGENT INFORMATION FOR LASUITES!!

The School management, in respect to the deferment of the first semester 2012/2013 Academic session, has directed all students who did not register for the first semester 2012/2013 academic session are to immediately write a letter and apply for deferment. The process is on now, please see ur HOD immediately

2014/2015 BILATERAL EDUCATIONAL AGREEMENT (BEA) SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS INTERVIEW



The Honourable Minister of Education, Chief (Barr.) Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, is hereby inviting interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the
2014/2015 Nomination Interview for Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Awards for:

i) Undergraduate(UG) studies tenable in Russia, Cuba,
Morocco, Algeria, Romania, Ukraine, Turkey, Egypt, Japan, Serbia, Macedonia


ii) Postgraduate (PG) studies tenable in Russia, China, Turkey, Japan, Serbia, Mexico, e.t.c

2.0 All qualified candidates are advised to:

a. Visit www.fsb.gov.ng

. b Click on the Application Center

c. Register your username and password

d. Click BEA in the Application Center

e. Proceed to complete the form online and submit

f.. Then print the completed Application form

g. Submit two copies at the venue of the Interview as scheduled

NOTE//WARNING! Double Entries Would Be Disqualified



3.0 FIELDS OF STUDY

a. Undergraduate level – Medicine, Engineering, Geology, Agriculture, Sciences, Mathematics, Languages, Environmental Sciences, Sports, Law, Social
Sciences, etc.

b. Postgraduate level (Master’s Degree and Ph.D.) in all fields

4.0 CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY

A. UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS: All applicants for undergraduate degree courses must possess a minimum qualification of Five (5) Distinctions (As & Bs)
in the Senior Secondary School Certificate, WAEC or NECO (May/June) only in the subjects relevant to their fields of study including English Language and
Mathematics. Certificates should not be more than Two (2) years old (2012 or 2013). Age limit is 22 years.

B. POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS: All applicants must hold a First Degree with at least 2nd Class Upper Division. The applicants who are previous recipients of
Foreign Awards must have completed at least two (2) years post qualification or employment practice in Nigeria. Knowledge of the Foreign language of the
donor country is desired particularly for those applying for Russian Award. All applicants must have completed N.Y.S.C. Age limit is 35 years for Masters
and 40 years for Ph.D.

NOTE (For all Applicants): Knowledge of the language of the country of choice is an added advantage.

5.0 VENUE OF INTERVIEW: All eligible applicants are to report for interview at the venues scheduled for their respective zones of origin. Two sets of completed application forms should be submitted at the various interview centres with the following attachments:

i. Two authenticated photocopies of educational certificates and testimonial

ii. Only one certificate will be accepted ie WAECO or NECO ( May/June) only

iii. Statement of results must be confirmed by WAEC or NECO and forwarded to the Director/ Secretary, Federal Scholarship Board, Abuja.

iv. Two copies of Birth certificate.

v. State of origin certificate duly signed, stamped and dated.

vi. Eight (8) passport sized coloured photographs on white background

vii. Data page of current International Passport and

viii. Academic transcripts and NYSC certificates will be required from applicants for postgraduate studies

Original documents should be presented at the interview venues for sighting.

2014/2015 BEA INTERVIEW VENUES AND DATES FROM MARCH 24TH TO 28TH MARCH 2014
This information can be confirmed on the official site as it has not yet been updated.

Applicants are strongly advised to attend the interview at their zones of origin.

NB: Candidates nominated and finally selected by the awarding BEA countries will be required to submit to Federal Scholarship Board the following:

i) Authenticated copies of academic certificates

ii) Medical certificate of Fitness including HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B free certificates and chest x-ray from a Teaching Hospital, General
Hospital or National Hospital, Abuja.

OR, any Hospital as designated by the awarding country.

iii) Police clearance certificate with finger prints ( on request)

TIME : 9.00 A.M DAILY



SIGNED:

DR. MACJOHN NWAOBIALA

PERMANENT SECRETARY

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Monday, February 10, 2014

Location of NIMC State Offices/Registration Centers: Enrolment Centres



There are Registration Centers in all the 36 NIMC State offices in the capital of each State and FCT and with time, there will also be centers in all the 774 Local Government offices nationwide. There are also plans to establish additional registration centers and mobile registration centers in strategic locations for easy access to enrolment.




Location of NIMC State Offices/Registration Centers:
State

Location



Abia

Plot P3, Government Station Layout, Umuahia, Abia State




Adamawa

Opposite The Scope Newspaper, Behind Federal Secretariat Complex, Yola, Adamawa State




Akwa Ibom

Federal Secretariat, Abak Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State




Anambra

6 Ndukonwu Street, Off Zik Avenue, Near State C.I.D., Amawbia, Awka, Anambra State




Bauchi

3 Abdulkadir Ahmed Close, Behind CBN Zonal Office, Bauchi, Bauchi State




Bayelsa

Eketi Layout, Opposite Osiri Hotel, Yenagoa




Benue

Jonah Jang Crescent, Beside Federal Secretariat, Makurdi




Borno

Near International Airport Junction, Jos Road, Maiduguri




Cross River

Murtala Muhammed Highway, near Calabar City Gate, Calabar




Delta

Federal Secretariat Complex, Okpanan Road, Asaba




Ebonyi

21 Emefor Street, Ntezi-Aba, Abakaliki




Edo

1 National Identity Card Road, Off Isekhure Way, Sapele Road, Benin




Ekiti

15 Olora Street, Federal Housing Complex Road, Adebayo, Ado-Ekiti




Enugu

Emene Industrial Area, By Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway, Prado Junction, Enugu




Federal Capital Territory

Industrial Training Fund Building, Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja




Gombe

Federal Low-Cost Housing Estate, By Police Out-Post, Gombe




Imo

Port Harcourt Road, New Owerri




Jigawa

Room 411, 3rd Floor, Federal Secretariat Complex, Sani Abacha Road, Dutse




Kaduna

Federal Secretariat, Kawo, Kaduna




Kano

TAL-UDU, Federal College of Education Junction, By Gwarzo Road, Kano




Katsina

Federal Secretariat Complex, Kano Road, Katsina




Kebbi

26 Ahmadu Bello Way, Near Bindawa Commercial Center, Birnin-Kebbi




Kogi

Plot 18, Lokongoma Phase 1, Along Kabba-Okene Road, By FRSC, Lokoja




Kwara

Opposit Dangote Flour Mills, ASA DAM Road, Beside Kwara State House of Assembly, Ilorin




Lagos

Plot 1, Obafemi Awolowo Way, Opposite Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja - Lagos




Nasarawa

Shendam Road, Near Federal Ministry of Justice, Lafia




Niger

Mamman Kontagora Road, Along Federal Secretariat Complex Road, Minna




Ogun

Federal Secretariat Complex, Oke-Masan, Abeokuta




Ondo

Igbatoro Road, Near Federal Scretariat, Akure




Osun

Biket Junction Area, New Ikirun Road, Osogbo




Oyo

Beside Adegoke House, Iyana Express, New Garage, Ibadan




Plateau

Lamingo Dam Road, Opposite Human Right Commission, Katton Rikkos, Jos




Rivers

238, Aba Road, Port Harcourt




Sokoto

Old Airport, Gusau Road, Sokoto




Taraba

Plot 12, Road "E", GRA Extension, Jalingo




Yobe

Federal Secretariat, Along Gahua Road, Damaturu




Zamfara

Kantin Daji Area, Opposite Gusau Motor Park, Gusau

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Another ASUU Strike Looms As Lecturers Accuse FG Of Deception ...


Barely two months after the Academic Staff Union
of Universities (ASUU), called off its nearly-six-
month strike, the Nigerian university system may
soon be thrown into another round of crisis.
ASUU yesterday, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital,
alerted the nation of an alleged non-compliance by
the Federal Government with the agreement signed
between both parties, last December, prior to
ASUU’s decision to call off the industrial action.
Accusing the President Goodluck Jonathan
administration of breaching its agreement with the
union, ASUU pleaded with Nigerians to prevail on
the Federal Government to see to the
implementation of the contract, particularly the
aspect that deals with funding of universities, so as
to prevent another round of strikes.
ASUU’s National Treasurer, Dr. Ademola Aremu,
who made the appeal on behalf of the union, alleged
that the Federal Government had not kept its own
side of the bargain.
Aremu recalled that the government had promised
to fund universities, but wondered why, despite the
assurances, it was yet to do so.
The Federal Government recently released N200
billion to the universities before ASUU called off
its strike, with an expectation that a total sum of
N1.3 trillion would be released in the next six years.
The resolution was signed between ASUU and the
Federal Government on December 11, 2013, in the
presence of the President of the Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar.
On Tuesday, December 17, 2013, the National
Executive Council (NEC) of the lecturers’ body
resolved to suspend the strike it embarked upon on
July 1, 2013, and directed its members to resume
work forthwith.
Aremu said: “ASUU members are not strike
mongers; our last strike was inevitable, although it
was preventable. Of the N220 billion that the
Federal Government promised to release to our
universities for their development, as we are talking
now, the money that is to be warehoused with the
Central Bank is yet to be released. The Federal
Government’s promises remain just promises. We are
appealing to Nigerians, through the media, to help us
appeal to the Federal Government to make the
promises become a reality.”
ASUU maintained that, inasmuch as its members
would not want to resort to strikes in settling issues
with the government, they would want Nigerians to
know that the conditions of the universities really
needed to be improved upon.
Also, the chairman of the University of Ibadan
chapter of the union, Dr. Olusegun Ajiboye, insisted
that all that ASUU members stand for, is a free
society, where individuals’ rights and entitlements
are not trampled upon.
Ajiboye said ASUU members would continue to kick
against injustice in the country until governments do
the right thing.
He urged the media, more than ever, to sensitise
Nigerians on the plight of ASUU and its members in
universities and allied institutions, maintaining that
the struggle was meant for all Nigerians,
irrespective of status.
“A current case in point is the recent sack of over
90 workers at CRIN (Cocoa Research Institute of
Nigeria), simply because their appointments were
not confirmed. This development is unacceptable to
ASUU, and we are kicking against it. Nigeria must be
a free state for everybody.
“Despite the fact that ASUU was initially called
names during our strike, is ASUU not vindicated at
the end of the day? What we are saying is that
ASUU’s struggle is for all. We appreciate the
contribution of the media to our struggle, and we
urge you not to relent,” he stated.
In the same vein, the union had recently directed its
members not to fill forms, distributed by the
National Universities Commission (NUC), warning
that it may lead to an industrial action.
The NUC had given out the forms for a new method
of payment, tagged: Integrated Payroll and Personal
Information System (IPPIS).
The directive was given by the same University of
Ibadan branch of ASUU, claiming that the method
of payment had been roundly condemned in the
health sector after noticeable flaws in the system.
The lecturers cautioned the NUC not to distract
them now that they were trying to cover lost
grounds occasioned by the six-month strike, while
declaring that the method of payment negated the
principle of university autonomy agreed upon since
1992.
“Our attention has been drawn to NUC’s circular,
directing university staff to fill IPPIS forms. This is
to remind you that the union’s position on IPPIS has
not changed. Until NEC reviews its earlier decision,
no ASUU should fill the form. NEC is to discuss this
issue later this month (February) and give further
directive. United we bargain, divided we beg.”
Ajiboye said, “the integrated payment system does
not take into consideration the peculiarity of the
work of academic staff, and it negates the principle
of autonomy, which ASUU won since 1992.
“IPPS negates the principle of university autonomy
that ASUU fought for. We are employed by our
respective governing councils, and not centrally by
NUC. For salaries to be paid from Abuja is strange
to the world university system, apart from the
dangers inherent in it,” he said.
Attempts to get reactions from the Minister of
Education, Dr. Nyesom Wike, yesterday was
unsuccessful, as he was said to be outside the
country on official assignment, while the Permanent
Secretary in the ministry could also not be reached.
Wike’s Personal Assistant, Mr. Lambert Oparah, said
in a telephone conversation yesterday, that he was
not competent to comment on the said looming
strike. His words: “Please, I am not competent to
speak on the topic. Only the minister or the
Permanent Secretary can make statements or
comments on such matters. The minister is out of
the country on official duty and the Permanent
Secretary cannot be reached until Monday. But I
assure you that the minister will speak on it on
Monday (tomorrow).”.