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The U.S. Consul General, Claire Pierangelo, on Monday said that Nigeria had energetic and enthusiastic students who have visions for themselves. She made the assertion while addressing participants at the 20th Annual Education USA College and Career Fair for prospective undergraduate and graduate students.

According to Pierangelo, Nigeria has the highest percentage of students in the U.S. from Africa. “We are pleased to be hosting many students from Nigeria because we want them to be able to come back and build a future for themselves and for their country. “Nigeria has over 12,000 students in the U.S., making the country the number one source of students for the U.S,’’ she said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Education in USA provides international students with accurate comprehensive and current information about how to apply to colleges and universities. It is a network of over 400 advising centers that help international students navigate the process of studying in the U.S. According to Pierangelo, education being the most powerful weapon in the world is the one thing that makes a difference in every country.

“Education is a great means of fulfilling dreams and there is nothing more rewarding than to see students grow and achieve their dreams “These college representatives are here to help students realize their dreams,’’ she said. Matthew Phillips, a Consular Officer, who enlightened participants about student visas and how to get through the interview process, urged prospective students not to follow scripts or rehearse before going for visa interviews.

According to him, the interview process generates nerves in people and there have been a lot of misinterpretations on the topic. “Be prepared for your visa interview, you do not have to rehearse all you’re going to say. “We only seek to understand why you want to study in the U.S., know if you’re a credible student and if you have the finances to pay your tuition. “Your story must be authentic in order for your visa to be approved,’’ he said.

He admonished participants not to fall victims of fraudulent individuals who portray themselves as visa application guides. NAN also reports that admission officers and representatives from U.S. colleges and universities were present to provide students, parents and guardians with information about their application processes, standardised testing, and scholarship opportunities. (NAN

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nigerian-students-are-energetic-enthusiastic-u-s-consul-general.html

The Nigerian Army on Sunday says it has dismissed three soldiers arrested among a kidnapping gang in the outskirts of Maiduguri. Maj.-Gen. Olusengun Adeniyi, the Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this while handing over the dismissed soldiers to the police in Maiduguri.

Adeniyi disclosed that the soldiers were arrested with 22 other suspects by a joint patrol team in the early hours of Sunday at a building in the outskirts of Maiduguri. He said that the soldiers were initially deployed to the Operation Lafiya Dole, but engaged in nefarious activities such as kidnapping, armed robbery, killings and cultism. Adeniyi added that the erring soldiers were dismissed in accordance with the military procedures, warning that the army would not condone criminals in its fold.

“The three soldiers were caught among the evil group, there was further resistance and attempt to escape, so we tied them up with ropes because handcuffs were not available.

“In addition; we could not put violent men that do these kind of crimes into a police van to take to the station, there will be breakout on the road and we know what would happened. “We have to restrain them thoroughly with ropes before we take them and handover to the police.

“The Acting GOC, 7 Division, Brig.-Gen. AK Ibrahim, has conducted military procedures. We do not keep armed robbers, kidnappers and cultists in the army, they had been dismissed. “We gathered here to witness their handover to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for civic action, they are dismissed, and they are no longer soldiers of the Nigerian Army.

“Our code of conduct is strict and high, no evil soldier will be allowed to serve in the army,” Adeniyi said. The commander called on the people to be vigilante and report suspicious persons, movement and activities to security agencies Meanwhile, the Borno Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohhamed Aliyu, said the command had arrested 25 suspects at Bagani Hotel in Abuja Sharaton Area of the metropolis. Aliyu said the suspects belong to a cult group called (NBM), adding that they were arrested wearing black dresses at about 2:00 a.m., while conducting their imitation activities.

He disclosed that preliminary investigations indicated that most of the suspects were students of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri, a medical doctor, a banker and three dismissed soldiers. Aliyu added that one of the suspects fired shot in the air and run when the patrol team stormed the hideout. He said the suspects had been terrorizing residents of Maiduguri and its environs, and were involved in robbing filling stations.

The commissioner revealed that the command had recovered calabashes, a 25 liter keg containing reasonable quantity of red substance suspected to be human blood and charms. Other items recovered include 20 school identification cards, four ATM cards, phones, six SIM packs, one live 7.62mm ammunition and some gun powder, among others. (NAN)

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/army-dismisses-3-soldiers-in-borno-over-alleged-kidnapping.html

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Nigerian and religion inequality challenges...instead of most qualify people they consider region and religion. Which way Nigeria?

The body of the Commandant of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College Secondary School, Jaji in Kaduna State, O.O. Ogundana has been found in a shallow well near the Deeper life Church in Jaji Cantonment. The deceased, a commodore in the Nigerian Navy based in Jaji, Kaduna State, was said to have gone missing on September 12, 2019 and was confirmed when she did not show up for work on Monday.

Daily Trust gathered from reliable sources within the cantonment that her body was dumped in a well in a village within the military cantonment.

According to sources in Jaji who pleaded anonymity, “When the military officer was not seen, efforts were made to reach her via her telephone but it was discovered that the phone was left in her house located in the cantonment which was locked.

“The door to her room was forced open because the phone was ringing inside the sitting room and efforts to reach her other numbers failed. “There were also blood stains on her beddings and clothes as well as on the floor from the bedroom to the bathroom and her vehicle, a Toyota SUV also missing.”

Daily Trust learnt that military authorities in Jaji kept some of her immediate staff and family members under close observation which finally paid off when two persons were reportedly arrested in Zaria while trying to dispose of her car. The sources said: “Upon interrogation, the suspects confessed to participating in the gruesome murder of the senior military officer and subsequently led the senior military officers to Agwanloyo by the railway inside an abandoned shallow well where they disposed of the naval officer’s body.”

They said the corpse of the murdered naval officer was dismembered and put in a big bag, popularly called Ghana Must Go before being dumped in a shallow well. The Public Relations Officer of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Major Umar Shuaibu, did not respond to enquiries made by Daily Trust.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/body-of-missing-commodore-found-in-shallow-well.html

President Muhammadu Buhari says government has launched an electrification projects in 37 federal universities across Nigeria. He said this yesterday during the maiden convocation ceremony of the Federal University, Otuoke, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

Represented by the Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Dr Ramon Yusuf Suleiman, Buhari said the Energizing Education Programme would benefit 129,000 students and power 2850 street lights when completed. He said Federal Government has commissioned two of these projects, one at the Alex Ekueme Federal University and another 7.1 solar hybrid project at Bayero Federal University. He said: “I must not fail at this point to mention one of our initiatives in the tertiary education subsector which is aimed at solving the problem of inadequate power supply in our institutions of higher learning.”

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/fg-to-execute-power-projects-in-37-universities-buhari.html

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Alhaji Sule Mohammed is a former manager, Department of Administration and Personnel of the Electricity Meter Company of Nigeria (EMCON), Zaria. In this interview, he said, among other things, that the ECMCON would have played a great role in the current efforts at metering electricity consumers in Nigeria had the company not collapsed.

Nothing much is being heard about the EMCON, Zaria despite its privatisation; what happened?

Yes, this is true. At the beginning we thought the privatisation would improve the fortunes of the company. I was the desk officer during the privatisation exercise. I left the company about 10 years ago.


What do you think was responsible for the bad fortunes of the company after its privatisation?

The problem of EMCON largely stemmed from management. Similarly, there is poor supervisory role on the part of the Board of Trustees. Previously, the Board of Directors was headed by the managing director and chief executive officer of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) because at that time the PHCN had 63 per cent of the shareholding. We had two other directors beside the managing director of the PHCN. One was the head of investment and the executive director (distribution).

At that time the directors were responsible for policy and growth of the company. When they left, the company had a turnover of more than N1billion and ready-made market for our products. By the time Dantata Investment came in, they came with no metering background and were not running the place as a serious business. This was an organisation that had staff strength of more than 200 people at that time, and all these people were Nigerians. This was aside the indirect employment the company provided. I don’t think the company now has up to 10 members of staff. A visit there would reveal that everything is in shambles. Even the top floor is leaking.

They cannot compete. They are now only into marketing, coming up with proposal when any of the distribution companies want supply. They have since stopped production. They were not able to open a production line for prepaid meters because they were producing electro-mechanic meters. So the new owners are not willing to move with the time and nobody will wait for them.

Investigation showed that at the time of privatisation, a foreign company made an attempt to buy the company; how true is this?

It was not actually a foreign company. They were EMCON’s technical partners; the company was producing under their license. It was a Swiss firm that has been in metering business for more than 100 years. They have plants in every continent as I speak with you now. Even in China, their factory is producing one million meters per annum. As I said, I was the desk officer during the privatisation exercise, so I was the one charged with the responsibility of submitting their expression of interest. I cannot remember the exact day for the close of submission, but it was at 5pm.

I was there when the collection was closed and they were the only ones that submitted their bid. I was the one who delivered it and signed the register. However, we were later told that Dantata Investment and Security Company (DISC) had submitted its own electronically, whereas in the advertisement that was issued internationally, it was categorically stated that the BPE (Bureau for Public Enterprise) was not going to collect any bidding electronically. When this Swiss company realised that there was lack of sincerity, it withdrew.

They, as well, withdrew their license, which EMCON was using. This compounded the problem of the EMCON. Does that mean there is no hope for the company? There is hope for the company since the purchase agreement stipulates that the Federal Government can take over its own company. I received a call about three months ago from an officer of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), making inquiry on EMCON, and I told him the situation the company is in now. If government decides to take over EMCON, the first thing they have to do is forensic audit to determine the condition of the machinery and the entire place. There are allegations that some of the machineries were carted away.

If that is done, there is nothing difficult to get staff and restart the company. I would like to say that if the relevant stakeholders had played their role, especially the supervisory role of the BPE on privatised companies, the place wouldn’t have been in this stage. Whether one likes it or not, the private sector has to come in to save the situation of the shortage of meters in Nigeria. We have to do the necessary things in Nigeria for things to change; otherwise we will remain where we are.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/why-nigerias-only-electricity-meter-company-collapsed-ex-manager.html