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Official statement by president Jonathan after the announcement of the results of presidential election Fellow Nigerians, I thank you all for turning out en-masse for the March 28 General Elections. I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word. I have also expanded the space for Nigerians to participate in the democratic process. That is one legacy I will like to see endure. Although some people have expressed mixed feelings about the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), I urge those who may feel aggrieved to follow due process based on our constitution and our electoral laws, in seeking redress. As I have always affirmed, nobody’s ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian. The unity, stability and progress of our dear country is more important than anything else. I congratulate all Nigerians for successfully going through the process of the March 28th General Elections with the commendable enthusias...

Happy new month to all our readers  wishing you that kind of joy general buhari will be feeling now

I was listening to a song by Cobhams today titled -A world of ordinary people... if only we had a world of ordinary people living our lives the way God wants us to if we have a world of ordinary people extra ordinary things will happen to me n u... Abraham, Moses, David n d likes were ordinary people before God used them... This song striked a chord in me and prompted dz poem... ORDINARY PEOPLE Driven with vision Optimistic in their mission correcting the ills driving the wheels ORDINARY PEOPLE... Preserving the last of their dignity planning for posterity escaping hundreds of hullabaloo surviving every Waterloo ORDINARY PEOPLE... Classification of gender is out of their agenda all they seek is procurement and establishment of EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. ORDINARY PEOPLE HOW ORDINARY ARE YOU??... touching lives with words is all I crave... Written by: Adedeji Oluwadamilola Adeola

The presidential election results for 18 states plus the FCT has so far been announced. The APC has 10 states, while PDP has 8 states plus the FCT. It's a really very tight race. INEC RESULTS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Ekiti: APC – 120, 331; PDP – 176, 466… Ogun: 308, 290; PDP 207, 950… Enugu: APC – 14, 157; PDP 553, 003… Kogi: APC – 264, 851; PDP – 149, 987… Osun: 383, 603; PDP – 249, 929… Ondo: APC – 299, 889; PDP – 251; 368… FCT: APC – 146, 399; PDP – 157, 195… Oyo: APC – 528, 620; PDP – 303, 376… Nasarawa: APC – 236, 838; PDP – 273, 460… Kano: APC – 1, 903, 999; PDP – 215, 779… Jigawa: APC – 885, 988; PDP – 142, 904… Katsina: APC – 1, 345, 441; PDP – 98, 937… Kwara: APC – 302, 145; PDP – 132, 602… Kaduna: APC – 1, 127, 760; PDP – 484, 085… Anambra: APC – 17, 926; PDP – 660, 762… Abia: APC – 13, 394; PDP – 368, 303… Akwa Ibom: APC – 58, 411; PDP – 953, 304… Imo: APC – 133, 253; PDP – 559, 185 So far APC is leading with 8,520,436 votes while PDP has 6,488...

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) is in the move to adopt Computer based Test for its examinations. The WAEC Registrar, Dr. Iyi Uwadiae while speaking with journalist during WAEC’s 20th Annual Endowment Fund Lecture held at Multipurpose Hall, WAEC International Office in Ikeja, Lagos, said WAEC is ready to adopt technology based method in conducting its examinations across West African countries. According to the registrar, the board’s new international office in Lagos is equipped with internet facilka8tries and can site over 350 candidates per sitting, disclosing that the centre was used by JAMB in the just concluded UTME. He further stated that the fact that the board uses theoretical questions in it examination will not stand as a major challenge in adopting CBT. However, he stated that the board is not in a rush at the moment to adopt CBT.

The Senate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has approved that the University should resume for the 2014/2015 academic session on Sunday, May 3rd, 2015 The highlights are as follow: April 6, 2015 – On-Line Screening for fresh student Commences. May 3, 2015 – Fresh Students come into Residence for 2014/2015 Harmattan Semester. May 4, 2015 – On-Line Registration for Courses for 2014/2015 Harmattan Semester Commences. May 4- May10, 2015 – Orientation Week for Fresh Students. May 11 – May 15, 2015 – Clearance at Faculty and Admission Offices. May 10, 2014 – Returning Undergraduate Resume. May 11, 2015 – Harmattan Semester Lectures Begin May 20, 2015 – Faculty/ Student Colloquium June 2, 2015 – End of Normal Registration for courses June 3, 2015 – Late Registration with Penalty June 16, 2015 – End of Late Registration with Penalty June 16, 2015 – MATRICULATION Candidates who made Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife their first choice and took the Oba...

All candidates who can no longer access their 2015 UTME results online due to response like "You Have Exceeded Maximum Number of Checks...." on the JAMB Online Result checking portal should note that the only option available for them is to get the Original JAMB Result Slip The JAMB Original Result Slip is the recognized Official document from JAMB that proves that you actually sat for UTME and has your passport and scores in each of the subjects as well as the total score on it. You will equally need this particular document during your Post-UTME. So the best thing is to get it now once and for all. click here to get your jamb original slip with your passport on it

I made it to the final stage of the recruitment process of one multinational. The interview was for 9am at their Island office. I can boldly say they were looking for candidates who had the virtue of patience because the interview didn’t commence till 1pm. Seated in the waiting room were 10 other candidates making us 11 altogether. They said it was 15 minutes for each candidate. I noticed that each time a candidate came out of the interview room, the person had frustration written all over them. (The waiting room was a glass house so we could see those passing by) I was curious on what sort of questions were being asked but interviewed candidates were not allowed back into the waiting room. Candidate no5 was the worst hit. He was practically dragging his feet and nodding his head disappointedly as he walked past. I had to sneak out to meet him at the lobby. “Please, how was it?” I asked. He just looked at me and said, “Oniranu. Very yeye man! How can they ask ...

This watch you are looking at cost a staggering $18million. Yes, you read it right. When you convert that to Naira, that’s about N3.6billion That’s the billionaire tourbillon watch from Jacob and Co. Learnt it works with no battery, water resistance, made of diamonds but don't you guys think that quite too much?

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the timetable for the conduct of its May/ June Examination for 2015. Below is the official WAEC May/June timetable; Thursday, 12th March, 2015 Food & Nutrition 3(Practical) Planning session ---- 8.30am-9.30am Home Management 3(Practical) Planning session ---- 8.30am-9.30am ================================= Monday, 23rd March to 14th April, 2015 Food and Nutrition(Practical) ---- Date and Time will be fixed Home Management(Practical) ---- Date and Time will be fixed ================================= Friday, 27th March, 2015 Health Science 3(Alt to Practical) ---- 2.00pm - 3.45pm Health Education 3(Alt to Practical) ---- 2.00pm - 3.45pm ================================ Monday, 30th March, 2015 Home Management 2 (Essay) ---------------- 8.30am -9.30am Home Management 1 (Obj) ------------------ 9.30am -10.30am ================================ Tuesday, 31st March, 2015 History 2(Essay) -------------- ...

It is very difficult to know beforehand if you are going to love your job. There are a lot of factors that come into play to secure work satisfaction. These include: your office environment, nature of work, company culture, your colleagues and (obviously) your salary. Sadly the truth is, you’re going to be spending most of your daily life at the office – so you might as well be happy, right? And while you never know what to expect at your new place of work, you can do some research to help stack the odds in your favour. A good way to start is by checking out Forbes’ annual happiest job list. This year the top 10 happiest jobs are: 1. Principal 2. Executive chef 3. Loan officer 4. Automation engineer 5. Research assistant 6. Oracle data base operator 7. Website developer 8. Business development executive 9. Senior software engineer 10. Systems developer If some of these are puzzling (who would have thought being a principal is one of the happiest jobs?), Car...

Trying to determine whether to keep a child home from school due to illness can be difficult for parents, but a paediatrician offers some advice on how to make that call. When to keep a child home "Being a parent is a juggling act, but throw in a child being home sick from school and the delicate balance topples. Many parents ask: When is it important to keep my child home from school and when should I send them?" Dr. Hannah Chow-Johnson, a paediatrician at Loyola University Health System in Maywood, Illinois, said in a university news release. "There are times when it's best for the child and his or her classmates to just remain at home," said Chow-Johnson, who's also an assistant professor in the paediatrics department at Loyola's School of Medicine. One common problem is pink eye – conjunctivitis. "Your child is contagious with bacterial or viral conjunctivitis until the redness and discharge are gone. If the cause is viral...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned against any plan to hand over power to the military, reports Punch. Obasanjo, who spoke in Abeokuta on Tuesday when the wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate,Aisha Buhari, led the women wing of the party in the South-West to pay him a visit, said doing so would undermine the integrity of the country. The former President said he was happy Nigeria has gone beyond the rumour of Interim National Government. He noted that any form of government brought about other than a democratically elected government would not be acceptable. He stated that the international community especially the African Union will not accommodate or recognise any government that emerges outside the Nigeria’s constitution.

Ahead of this weekend’s Presidential elections in the country, Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement across the federation on elections days from 8AM to 5PM. . A statement signed by the Force Public Relations officer, CP Emmanuel Ojukwu reads, “As part of efforts to ensure adequate security in the forthcoming general elections across the Federation on Saturday 28th March, 2015 and 11th April, 2015, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Suleiman Abba, has ordered the restriction on vehicular movements as follows: “Saturday 28th March, 2015, 8.00am – 5.00pm only. Saturday 11th April, 2015 8.00am – 5.00pm only” “This total restriction of movements order applies to all, except for Ambulances, Fire service trucks and others on essential duties. “Consequently, travellers and citizens who intend to use roads on these days and hours are advised to plan alternative times for their travelling. “While expressing his re...

A governorship aspirant of All Progressive Congress, APC, in the recent party’s gubernatorial primary election and 17 other members of the party have decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Taraba State. The aspirant, Yususfu Akirikwen recently staged a walk out of the recent APC gubernatorial nomination alongside two other aspirants at Jolly Nyame Stadium the venue of the APC primary election. Announcing his defection at a rally of the governorship candidate of PDP, Dickson Ishaku in Jalingo, Taraba State capital, Akirikwen said him and the 17, 000 APC supporters had taken the decision out of lack of internal democracy in APC. He announce the names of the defected APC members across the 16 local government areas of the state and displayed their membership cards to the public. “Four of us contested to be the flag bearer of the party in the state, one person out of us hijacked the whole process, we complain to the national secretariat of the party and no...

By virtue of being African champions, Nigeria's Flying Eagles would be placed in group E alongside Brazil, Hungary, and North Korea. June 2: Nigeria v Brazil at 2am June 5: Nigeria v North Korea at 5am June 8: Hungary v Nigeria at 6am

Are this two parties really interested in the country's change? Just imagin this!

Sanusi Abbas Aliyu is One of Nigeria's youngest pilot, who was born in sokoto, Nigeria in 1994. He's done with his commercial/private piloting and he's ready for instrument rating. Aliyu who thought of becoming a pilot at first and later at the age of 17 inspiration struck when he was playing a board game called 'careers'. He currently works at Kotoka International Airport, Accra Ghana Aliyu also has a brother who works with arik airlines as a Flight Engineer.. Source: http://entnewstoday.blogspot.com/2015/03/hes- just-19-meet-one-of-nigerias.html

Whether it’s the sweet perks, unlimited opportunities or management structure, there are some companies who just know how to take good care of their employees. Job community site Jobberman released a survey for Best Places to Work, which measured employee satisfaction, overall experience and commitment across employers in Nigeria. The Best Companies to Work rankings include 50 multinationals , 45 majorly Nigerian companies and 12 government agencies. To ascertain the companies that were the best places to work, conducted surveys of more than 10,000 employees in Nigeria. Over 5000 companies were submitted by 10,482 respondents (experienced, entry level and exec management). 89% of those who filled the survey were gainfully employed. Only companies with at least 100 full- time permanent employees were considered. The index was calculated by getting a weighted average of each recipient’s top 5 companies and dream company to work for. Recipients also selected workpl...

This list are based on my decision and on the following criteria 1. Many politians are directly attached to them 2. Many electorate are directly attached to them 3. Their movement from one party to the other will have a very great effect on the forth coming general election result. The list is as follows in descending order 1. Bola Ahmed Tinubu 2. General Olusegun Obasanjo 3. General Muhammedu Buhari 4. T Y Danjuma 5. General Ibrahim Babangida 6. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan 7. Sule Lamido 8. Ibrahim Kwakwaso 9. Edwin clark 10. Bukola Source: nairaland

A 24-year-old commercial motorcyclist who confessed to being a member of a kidnap syndicate that specialised in abducting their victims from Ogun and Lagos states, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Special Anti Robbery Squad. The suspect, Taiwo Akilo, was arrested at the weekend while on the verge of taking the syndicate’s female victim to their hide out inside a bush around Imodi- Ijasi, along Ijebu- ode/Ikorodu road. The captive, one Mrs Abosede Adenuga, was reportedly abducted at about 10.50pm, around Ikorodu area of Lagos, last Sunday. POLICE BOSS SPEAKS Explaining how the suspect met his Waterloo, Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Val Ntomchukwu, said: “The Ogun State Police Command has intensified efforts to tackle challenges of kidnapping in the State, particularly, in Ijebu axis as the Special Anti Robbery Squad of the command ambushed and arrested a member of a kidnap gang that abducted one Mrs Abosede Adenuga, from Lagos State on 16th Marc...

was a show of surprise when a jamb candidate who wrote his JAMB CBT EXAM tried stealing a system from his centre,at a popular higher institution in lagos. Firstclass newsline learnt that the incident took place when the exam was over,it was gathered that the boy had already placed the laptop on the window from from the interior part of his centre before going outside to finish up his criminal plan before nemesis caught up with him.... The boy who should be in his twenties was said to have been condemned and criticized by the students of AOCOED who they descibed as a dangerous specie... A student of the school who spoke to firstclass newsline said the incident was so shocking to him,he said the boy would have started praying to God for a successful result instead of stealing a government property,now all the curses he receive will not allow him to pass the exam...

This post contain some list of Universities that accept 180 in JAMB. The 2015 CBT die has been cast and results are trickling in, while lucky and brilliant ones scored 200 and above, a few others got below 200 or 180 and above. Since the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination is not the final test scores for admission into Nigerian Universities, this post will enlighten students on schools that accept the cut off mark they obtained. We are judging based on previous years, though. List of Universities That Accept 180 In JAMB The following schools and others not mentioned accept scores ranging from 180 and above. Candidates with such marks in the ongoing 2015 Computer Based Test should therefore check their fates. We have also tried to state whether or not the listed schools accept first and or second choices. The list are not exhaustible, if you fail to see your school below, kindly ask for it using comment. Stop asking questions like “does UNN accept 180 in ...

When a product shows up on the pages of the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog, you know it's bound to be entertaining. The Post Modern Skateboard certainly fits that description. You might notice the almost complete lack of resemblance to a skateboard as we know it. This product consists of two 10-inch round wheels with foot platforms inside. A better description would be "annular skates." "Annular" just means ring-shaped. "Skates" is self-explanatory. Forward movement is created by leaning side to side, a process that looks like it would take some practice. An extendable rod is included to connect the two skates together for easier learning. A demonstration video shows practiced riders cruising down sidewalks, making tight spins and rolling over grass lawns. The $99.95 (about £68, AU$131) Post Modern Skateboard seems to be more spiritually akin to a caster board than to a skateboard. A caster board is a two-wheeled, human-powered veh...

A contender for a one-way mission to Mars says the venture is unrealistic and will not work, according to an essay by the candidate published on Wednesday. Joseph Roche, an astrophysicist and lecturer at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, is among 100 finalists selected by Mars One, a nonprofit Dutch organization, for possible permanent resettlement on Mars in 10 years. “I do not think we will see a one-way mission in my lifetime,” Roche wrote in an article published on Wednesday in the Guardian newspaper. His comments are not the first words of skepticism about the project in the scientific community. In October, researchers with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology concluded that the plan, which aims to establish a self- sufficient colony of 24 settlers, is flawed. “Although Mars One was never likely to overcome the financial and technical barriers during the proposed timeline, it was refreshing to hear a new idea that challenges us to think about our o...

The Nigerian Military, during their counter attack against Insurgents in Bama, were not only faced with the challenges of littered land mines by the insurgents, they were also faced with the issue of fighter snakes deployed to poison our military officers. However, these snakes were killed and here is a picture of a massive one killed during the mop up operation. God Help our Army.

Here you have it, the hyper-realistic portrait drawing of Oscar Chuks. Medium: Ball point pen(BIC) on white embossed paper Time: approx. 80hours Artist: Oscar Chuks (same artist of the Wole Soyinka, Nelson Mandela, Tonto Dike, Banky W and other portrait drawings). To view more portrait drawings,  visit www.facebook.com/oscarchuks.arts

Thousands of ponds are scattered like mirrors across Alaska’s coastal plain, providing nesting and feeding grounds for waterfowl. The bodies of water, each less than a hectare in area, fill depressions in the hummocky tundra landscape with meltwater from thawing permafrost. How the surface hydrology of Arctic permafrost regions—a key part of the Arctic carbon cycle—will transform in a changing climate isn’t well understood, but tundra ponds may be a powerful guide, because they are closely tied to changes in precipitation and temperature, scientists report in a study published online before print in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. To gauge how the ponds have changed in the past 65 years, the researchers put high-resolution aerial photos taken across Alaska’s Barrow Peninsula in 1948 (at left) side-by-side with modern satellite images from 2002, 2008, and 2010 (at right). They also used pond data collected during the International Biological P...

When you stay in an hotel or a room you feel you need privacy, how do you know there is no room pinhole camera? When you travel or take a business trip, and stay in a hotel or a guest house or room you could unknowingly be photographed. You can use this method to check your room: When you enter into the room, turn off the lights, and close the curtains, open your phone camera, do not turn the flash light on.Turn around the room with your cell phone. When a red dot is found, that means that a hidden web camera is installed. If no red dots, the room is ok. Please forward this message to your friends who travels alot or take business trips. Best wishes to you (Brainnews Nigeria).

You know what they say, truth is stranger than fiction. So according to this report from China (and they have photos to back up their story) a man returned home in Chongqing China to find a stray dog lying in his parking spot. The man got out of the car, kicked the dog and parked. You would think that would be the end of the matter, right? Well, not as far as the dog was concerned. According to the story, the dog left and returned a while later with a park of friends and proceeded to exact its revenge by chewing the bodywork and windscreen wipers of the car belonging to the man who’d kicked it. Yep, this really happened… lol. According to local media reports, the vandalism was photographed by a shocked neighbour who saw the whole thing play out. If he hadn’t filmed, nobody would have believed it.

When an eye is lost, darkness reigns. And those who treat eye trauma and disease are, in a sense, groping in the dark themselves. They have little to offer the young girl who tripped while trick-or- treating one Halloween night, cracking her skull and severing the optic nerve, or the 60-year-old who sees only light and shadows, because glaucoma has destroyed cells in that same conduit. Vijay Gorantla, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, along with collaborators there and at nine other centers, want to turn eye transplants from science fiction into reality. They have their work cut out for them. The most daunting challenge is coaxing nerves to regenerate and connect the donor eye to the recipient's, and there are a host of other hurdles, too. But those holding the purse strings are ready to gamble, and researchers hope early models in pigs and rats will serve as a guide. In his first-floor lab at the University ...

Tweens and teens report getting less and less sleep with each passing year. The disturbing trend comes from data collected over the past 20 years from U.S. students. As of 2012, more than half of the surveyed kids age 15 or older reported sleeping less than seven hours a night. That is two to three hours less sleep than doctors and others recommend. Sleep is essential, especially for young kids and teens. Too little sleep leads to poor health and poor performance in school. It also increases the risk of accidents. The new study found consistent decreases in sleep between 1991 and 2012. The largest drops happened in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Details appeared online February 16 in the journal Pediatrics. The study crunched data that were collected as part of a program called “Monitoring the Future.” Each year, this survey asks some 50,000 U.S. students a variety of questions about their behaviors. One of them: “How often do you get at least seven hours of s...