Month: July 2016

This is to inform members of the public that covenant University has officially released the 2016/2017 undergraduate admission list of batch A, the school has offered provisional admission to candidates on this list who sat for the screening exercise. The University have released the list of the first (1st) admission list for the academic session,…

The world recently mourned the passing of a boxing legend. The man who glamourized boxing and arguably the greatest boxer of all times. Ever heard, “Fly like a butter fly, sting like a bee”? We live in a generation where success is often measured in monetary terms. There is a joke that says successful individuals are…

Note: This article is intended for Nigerians only. OPE O, UP NEPA!!! A regular reaction elicited whenever NEPA restores power within the estate I live. On this occasion, I could filter out the voices of Favour my 3 years old neighbor, Jide, a professional photographer in the neighborhood and Mr. Segun, who lives on the…

N-power, is a Federal Government initiative targeted at training and empowering 600,000 young Nigerians to drive social and economic development. The programme is segmented into 3 areas namely, N-Power Teachers Corps- 500,000 graduates, N-Power Knowledge – 25,000 non-graduates, N-Power Build- 75,000 non-graduates. See full details of the Programme on the Npower website.  A school of…

Back then in school I watch Shola a medical student, just like every student, wakes up in the morning, get ready for class, attend classes, studies hard to get the best out of school. While in his fourth year in medical school, I was in my first year. I graduated and came back for my…

SEQUEL to the recent workshop convened by the Honourable Minister of Education on the modalities for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria, the Federal Government hereby approves the following guidelines for admission: Presentation of the list of candidates who qualify for screening into individual institution based on the stipulated guidelines by JAMB. Screening should not…

6:00pm Ojota Bus Terminal, Lagos Nigeria Please excuse me, I sought permission from the lady in front of me on the Bus queue. A nylon containing groundnut had just fallen from my hands – I needed some space to pick it up. I was heading home from work and waiting to board a Rapid Transit…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has finally released the modalities for this year’s admission process, in other words, the method of admission. We would like to educate the Jambites and other DE candidates on how it is done. This new method uses a point system that is easy to understand, the whole process is…

Prior to graduation, many undergraduates dream of seamless integration into the world of high paying blue collar jobs. Upon graduation, many are faced with the harsh reality of unemployment. The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics puts the unemployment rate in Nigeria at 10.4 per cent (at last quarter of 2015). This article outlines 5 things you…

The University of Lagos, Akoka, on Friday said it had not made any pronouncement concerning the mode of screening it would employ for placement of candidates seeking admission in the 2016/2017 academic session. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Rahamon Bello, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday…