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Getting job is sometimes influenced by the course an individual studied but beyond that it depends on d individual in question.It depends on you. what value do you hold? n can u demonstrate it?

I studied Mechanical Engrg from universiity of Ilorin. I have taught in a computer school, wrked as a Gloworrld executive, field engineer, self employed n currently a business development officer with an oil n maritime company.

to get a job is not as difficult as you think. with d rright guidance n information you will get a job irrespective of the course you studied.Visit www..com/career to read valuable information that can turn ur fortunes around for good n see opporrtunities availabe to you. also i encourage u to sign up a profile on linkedin.com n read useful article on linkedin mostly sharerd by successful career people.

i represent unilorin the pacesetters. to learn from my Unilorin experience visit www..com/resources

when i see a site that i think is useful n valuable i check its ranking on www.alexa.com

my education portal Knowbase www..com currently ranks 2million globally. i think that is decent for a site that is just a year old n managed my an individual.

Nairaland ranks btw 900-1000 kudos to seun n d NL users n administrators.

I hope knowbase will rank btw 1-100 globally within d next 10 years.

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*Coughs* until i see a wapka site that beats www.Nairaland.com - i shall always say that wakpamasters are not webmasters!

just visited Nairaland on mobile. i like it. simple n beautiful. I love d idea of it bn a platform for sharing ideas, information - thats noble. I like the short, concise introduction on the homepage. I will adopt the information on the homepage of my educational portal www..com to be like it - simple, clear n concise. pls visit knowbase and let me know what you think about it.

A sobbing little girl stood near a small church from which she had been turned away because it 'was too crowded'. "I can't go to Sunday School," she sobbed to the pastor as he walked by. Seeing her shabby, unkempt appearance, the pastor guessed the reason and, taking her by the hand, took her inside and found a place for her in the Sunday School class. The child was so touched that she went to bed that night thinking of the children who have no place to worship Jesus.

Some two years later, this child lay dead in one of the poor tenement buildings and the parents called for the kind-hearted pastor, who had befriended their daughter, to handle the final arrangements. As her poor little body was being moved, a worn and crumpled purse was found which seemed to have been rummaged from some trash dump. Inside was found 57 cents and a note scribble in childish handwriting which read, "This is to help build the little church bigger so more children can go to Sunday school."

For two years she had saved for this offering of love. When the pastor tearfully read that note, he knew instantly what he would do. Carrying this note and the cracked, red pocketbook to the pulpit, he told the story of her unselfish love and devotion. He challenged his deacons to get busy and raise enough money for the larger building. But the story does not end there!

A newspaper learned of the story and published it. It was read by a realtor who offered them a parcel of land worth many thousands. When told that the church could not pay so much, he offered it for a 57 cent payment.

Church members made large subscriptions. Checks came from far and wide. Within five years the little girl's gift had increased to $250,000.00 a huge sum for that time (near the turn of the century). Her unselfish love had paid large dividends.

When you are in the city of Philadelphia, look up Temple Baptist Church, with a seating capacity of 3,300, and Temple University, where hundreds of students are trained. Have a look, too, at the Good Samaritan Hospital and at a Sunday School building which houses hundreds of Sunday scholars, so that no child in the area will ever need to be left outside at Sunday school time.

In one of the rooms of this building may be seen the picture of the sweet face of the little girl whose 57 cents, so sacrificially saved, made such remarkable history. Alongside of it is a portrait of her kind pastor, Dr. Russel H. Conwell.

Contributed by Kay McCrary

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Applications are now being accepted into the Nigeria LNG Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme for entry into Masters Programmes in the United Kingdom in September 2015.

Application form for the scholarships can be downloaded here.Completed application form, along with an attached coloured passport photograph of the applicant should be submitted via email to "nlngpgscholarship@ng.britishcouncil.org.

Criteria for Award

Potential beneficiaries must:

++Be entering into a Master’s programme in Engineering, Geosciences, Environmental Sciences, Management Sciences, Information ++Technology, Law and Medicine.
++Possess a 2nd Class Upper degree in a relevant field of study
++Have completed the NYSC programme.
++Be no more than 30 years of age
++Be Nigerian nationals resident in Nigeria
++Provide identification documents from their LGAs
++Possess an international travel passport valid for at least one year after September 2015
++Provide evidence that they are available to travel in September 2015 if selected

The Application Process

The application form is to be completed and submitted along with a coloured recent passport photo of the applicant. Documents are not to be attached to the form as these will not be accepted. Applications into the NLNG Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme will be received only via email at [button size="normal" type="info" value="nlngpgscholarship@ng.britishcouncil.org" href="#"]. Exceptions will be given only to applicants with ‘special needs’.

Application deadline

Midnight on Friday, 21st November 2014. Applications received after this time will not be accepted.

The Selection Process

Candidates whose applications are successful will be invited to sit for a test. On the basis of the results of the test, applicants will be invited for interviews from which the final selection will be made.

Please note that only those who make it into the various stages of the selection process will be contacted.

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PZ Cussons Chemistry Challenge was initiated in 2013 by the PZ Cussons Foundation to stimulate, inspire and reward the study of science and chemistry in particular among senior Secondary school students.

The 2014 edition opens for participation on the 30th of November 2014

The late Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female prime minister of Britain and the late President Umaru Musa Yaradua were Chemists.

Chemistry is a dynamic and interesting discipline that cuts across all areas of human lives. It is the central science that is deeply ingrained in health care, engineering, business, management, government, marketing, product development, environmental management and even law!

In view of this central and important role, PZ Cussons is promoting the study of chemistry through open competition amongst Nigerian secondary schools.

The primary objective of the competition is to stimulate and inspire the learning of Chemistry amongst students and raise their IQ. It is to also demonstrate the relevance and role of chemistry in our society.

The Champion will be crowned along with his/her teacher, parents and school in a special award ceremony with principal officers from Premier and other relevant stakeholders.

The competition shall be in three stages;

++First Stage,
++Second Stage and
++The Main Challenge.

The First stage shall be a written quiz and all screened candidates shall participate at this stage.
The Second stage shall also be a written quiz and only the best 100 from the first stage shall qualify for the stage.
The Final stage which is the Main Challenge shall be the battle of the guns. Only the best four from the Second stage shall qualify for the Finals.

Only those who understand Chemistry as a discipline and how it relates to the real world will stand a chance to be crowned the 2014 Champion. Who would that be?

1st Prize
Student N700,000 & a Laptop
Teacher N100,000
School N100,000 worth of Chemistry Books

2nd Prize
Student N500,000 & a Laptop
Teacher N80,000
School N80,000 worth of Chemistry Books

3rd Prize
Student N400,000 & a Laptop
Teacher N70,000
School N70,000 worth of Chemistry Books

4th Prize
Student N300,000 & a Laptop
Teacher N60,000
School N60,000 worth of Chemistry Books

and lots of Consolation prizes including cash prize of N50,000 each for the 5th to 10th position

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British Council Nigeria invites you to its 12th Education UK Exhibition. Join representatives from over 50 UK institutions in Lagos and Abuja to discuss and get first-hand information about the various study options available to you at a variety of UK institutions. The representatives will be available to provide you with advice and guidance as you plan to take your studies to the next level.

Lagos
Date: Saturday, 8th November, 2014
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Plot 52 - 54A, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos
Time: 11am – 5:00pm

Abuja
Date: Tuesday, 11th November, 2014
Venue: The Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton Hotel, 1 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja
Time: 11am – 5:00pm
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View list of participating institutions here, and FAQs here. Admission is free and please come along with your credentials!

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++Career & Professional development advice
++Application processes and procedures
++Access to scholarship information
++On the spot admission
++nformation about studying and living in the UK and so much more

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The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and the Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) in collaboration with the ITF's Industrial Skills Training Center (ISTC), Ikeja wishes to invite suitably qualified young Nigerians for admission into a one-year Vocational Training progreammed in the following areas:

++Autotronics/Auto-Mechanic Works
++Electrical/Electronics Maintenance
++Refrigeration & Air Condition Works
++Instrumentation/Process Control
++Mechanical Maintenance & Machining
++Welding & Fabrication Works

THE PROGRAMME

The programme is entirely non-residential. Candidates will, therefore, be responsible for their transportation and accommodation throughout the duration of the programme.

Successful candidates will enjoy tuition free study, free lunch and token allowance to offset out of pocket expenses.

ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants should be between the ages of 18 and 30 years and must have obtained at least passes in Mathematics and English language at SSCE, NECO and NABTEB Levels.

From could be obtained from Industrial Training Fund, Lagos or can also be downloaded from the ITF Website.

AIM OF PROGRAMME

1. To train and equip the youths with self/employable skills in the vocational areas mentioned above.

2. To promote a public-private sector model in Vocational/Technical Skills training.

METHOD OF APPLICATION

Duly completed application forms should be submitted on or before 14th November 2014 with the following:

1. Photocopy of Credentials

2. Two recent passport photographs

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FCMB is a full service banking institution, passionate about growing a world class financial services group focused on value adding strategies and processes through professionalism and excellent operating standards.

We believe that having the right people within our organisation is the first and most important step in bridging the gap from where we are today to delivering us into our future of being the first premier financial services group of African origin.

Unique employment opportunities exist for self-driven and business minded Nigerian graduates both within and outside Nigeria, who are keen on pursuing a career in the Banking sector through our 2015 Management Development Programme.

ABOUT THE 2015 MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

The Management Development Programme is an extensive and highly competitive two stage programme that focuses on preparing employees for leadership responsibilities with the organisation and strengthening our employee brand to FCMB's advantage.

After going through the learning and development phase which comprises of classroom and on-the-job interventions, successful candidates will be engaged to progress through the organisation from our middle management level.

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

The ideal candidates for the MDP are:

>>Candidates with strong educational background with a minimum of Second Class Upper degree in any discipline plus a Masters degree from a reputable internationally recognized University.
>>Must possess any of the following professional qualification -ACA, ACCA, CFA.
>>Minimum of 4 years relevant work experience in a structured organisation.

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN FCMB'S MDP

>>Provides a platform to develop advanced skills and competencies required for better performance.
>>Best practice learning and development training interventions.
>>Defined career management plan.
>>Unique employee value proposition with focus on the "Great place to work" initiative.

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(By Paul Ameh)

The greatest motivation of a man is meaningful progress in life and when your today is better than your yesterday in the way you do things; in line with the current global trend, you tend to have total believe that the future will deliver a huge success.

This brings me to my experience last week when I was surfing the website of my alma mater to get myself abreast with some of the developments and activities that may have taken place these past years in the university, I was blown away with some of the things I saw on the site.

It is facilitating to know that a university such as the university of Ilorin can compete favourably with some of the best universities in the world where things can be done in the comfort of ones abode by just clicking a few buttons.

It was mind blowing seeing the projects of past graduants from various faculties displayed on the website with the name, matriculation number, supervisor and abstract of such projects written in black and white, this doesn't only give the alumni of the university a bragging right but also it serves as a means of providing the general public with useful information to facilitate research and development in the country and the entire globe.

You would appreciate getting your undergraduate transcript online as it is obtainable in university of Ilorin if you consider the risk involved in traveling from your current location to Ilorin in the name of getting a transcript, paying in a bank and taking the teller to various offices after writing an application letter, something that could easily be done online via quick teller.

I think it will be a plus to Nigerian Universities if they can take a leave from university of Ilorin to explore Information Technology in solving some administrative problems and promote conducive learning environment and a more improved ways of doing things in an educational environment.

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just yesterday a lady at the canteen while making an order for food pronouned "pomo" n "saki" phonetically. e do me like say make i knock her.

HMMMM...........IGNORANCE OF OP CONFIRMED

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Twenty-year-old Rita Aladi leads nine other females in sweeping academic laurels at the fourth convocation of the Caleb University, Imota, Lagos.

Two major things occupied the mind of the 20-year-old best graduating student of the Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State, Miss Rita Aladi, as she mounted the podium to deliver her valedictorian speech.

The first had to do with the burden of how she eventually graduated from the university. The second bordered on how she eventually topped the list of the 2014 graduating class. For her, the sum total of all that took place on the convocation day was a nice surprise.

She said, “I almost dropped out of school in my final year due to financial difficulties. That I eventually graduated from this school is a miracle. It came to a point that my father had to come to appeal to the authorities to give him some grace period to enable him to pay my fees.

“Beyond this, I never knew that I could become the best graduating student. Throughout my primary and secondary education, I never came first. But I had never gone below the third position in any class.”

Aladi’s display on the podium aptly captured this element of surprise. Intermittently, she screamed ewoooo, muttered God oooo, while she yet punctuated her speech with sobbing.

The youngster, who bagged a first class in Biochemistry, posted a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.80 out of 5.0 points to emerge the overall best in the 2014 convocation of the university. For her excellence, she received several awards, including ‘The Most Outstanding Student of the Year’ and the ‘Best Graduating Student in the College of Pure and Applied Sciences’.

Others are the ‘Best Graduating Student in the Department of Biochemistry’ ; the Prof. Nimbe Adedipe Prize for the Best Graduating Student in the College of Pure and Applied Sciences’; the ‘Late Princess Esther Adefolawe Olukoju Prize for the Overall Best Graduating Female Student’ and the ‘Joshua Olorunfemi Prize for the Best Graduating Student in the COPAS’.

The Ideato, Imo State-born graduate, according to the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ayodeji Olukoju, is also the first to obtain a first class from the department of Biochemistry.

Giving an insight into the secret of her success, Aladi, who had her primary and secondary education at the Grandmates Schools, Ago-Okota, Lagos, admitted that the accomplishment did not come on a platter of gold.

Though Aladi is not typically a bookworm, she noted that she encountered challenges that further propelled her to work harder.

“I did not plan to be the best graduating student but I told myself that I needed to compensate my parents for their commitment to my education. They were always there for me in spite of the difficult times that they faced.”

She noted that as at the time she got admission to the school, her father was a buoyant entrepreneur, though her mother was a trader. However, things became tough for the father, who was running a bakery and a filling station.

She further said, “Also, the advice from our Dean, Prof. Sunday Ajayi, any time he had the opportunity of talking to us, helped me a lot. He always challenged us to aim higher in life. Again, because I made a first class grade in my first year, I was under this immense pressure of maintaining that height. Though I obtained that grade all through the subsequent years, I never looked forward to becoming the best graduating student. In all frankness, I never thought of it.”

She explained that the challenge posed by other bright pupils in her primary and secondary schools inspired her to study harder then.

“ I think that greatly influenced a particular hobby in me, which was to try always to stay informed. So, in the university, I made the Internet a friend,” she said.

On what she intends to do after her National Youth Service, the valedictorian said she did not have an idea yet. “I shall return to the university to study either in Nigeria or overseas but I do not know yet what course I will pursue at the postgraduate level,” she explained, brimming with a touch of innocence.

The valedictorian, who practically believes in the Socrates philosophy of knowing oneself, urged other younger ones to try to identify who they are.

“Do not try to be another person. Know thyself. Learn to discover who you are. My stay in the university has taught me to realise that many people live in the shadows of others and I do not know why. We should stop doing that,” the youngster, who says her father, Aloy, is her role model, declared.

Did she engage in sorting her lecturers (seeking favours to obtain high academic scores) or face any sexual harassment on campus? The lass dismissed both questions with a wave of hand, saying she never even had a boyfriend.

“I did not plan to have a boyfriend. I am still on the path of self-discovery with regard to that. On sorting, it never crossed my mind and I do not even think it obtains here.”

Interestingly, of the 13 first class degree holders in the university this year, 10 of them are females, while the remaining three are males. Females also emerged the best graduating students from the institution’s three colleges – the College of Environmental Science and Management (Miss Oiza Osho); College of Pure and Applied Sciences (Miss Rita Aladi); and the College of Social and Management Sciences (Miss Faith Uwojeyah). While Osho studied Architecture, Uwojeyah studied Accounting.

The VC, Olukoju, who hailed Aladi and other first class recipients for their hard work and exemplifying worthiness in character and learning, urged all the graduands to be good ambassadors of the university.

He said, “I charge our graduands to soar high after a successful take-off, which the completion of their studies in this university signifies. They should realise that life is full of challenges and that a stormy weather is a pilot’s occupational hazard. Hence, they need to be equipped with faith, focus, fervour, finesse and fidelity in all their endeavours. I admonish our alumni to be good ambassadors of this university and to Love Caleb and Live it wherever they go.”

Also, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of the university, Prof. Fola Tayo, urged the graduands to endeavour to excel in their chosen professions. He advised them to shun practices that would bring their names and that of the university to disrepute.

He said, “As you are going into a mountainous Nigeria, do not fear. You should be ready to conquer. Do not join in the iniquities confronting the nation. You should be bold enough to confront the wrongs in the society and overcome them.”

Challenging the graduands to join in building a better humanity, the pro-chancellor implored them to endeavour to return not just to the university but also to the academic community in order to contribute to teaching and learning.

Earlier, a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Adigun Agbaje, in the convocation lecture, tasked African leaders to be committed to the tenets of democratic principles in leading their countries.

He also urged the governed on the continent to be ready to question their leaders, saying such an approach would help to check imperial tendencies and dictatorship.

Agbaje, a professor of Political Science, who spoke on “Lying in state: Leadership and the travails of democratic governance in Africa,” noted particularly that there was a relationship between good leadership and education.

He added, “Investment in knowledge systems in an all-round manner thus appears to correlate not only with responsible and responsive leadership but also with democratic governance and economic development. Without going into the finer details of the directions of this correlation, let me add that what is required at this level is not a debate couched around the zero-sum imagery of how much should be invested in the sciences and how much in the humanities/social sciences.

“The sciences require investment to secure the material bases for democratic governance. The humanities/social sciences require investment to enable society to comprehend fully its past and present in order to properly envision and secure its future. In other words, all knowledge matters. Defaulting in this regard may produce a crop of leaders committed to all means necessary, including lying to itself and its people, about the objective conditions in which they live and, therefore, end up being unable to comprehend, not to talk of mastering, the present or effectively projecting the future.”

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Twenty-five-year-old Opeyemi Longe is used to blazing the trail in the academic world. For 13 years, many students had tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to bag a first class Bachelor’s degree in the Faculty of Law of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State.

But, in 2012, the native of Omuooke-Ekiti broke the jinx and emerged the first student to graduate with a first class degree from the faculty.

Not done with this feat that has earned him accolades and admiration, Longe, who was admitted to the Abuja campus of the Nigerian Law School in October 2013 for the one-year mandatory vocational legal training for aspiring lawyers in the country, pledged to keep the flag of excellence flying.

Apart from being one of the four students that shined at the 2014 Part II Final Bar Examination of the NLS, Longe has also emerged as the first law graduate of the AAUA to obtain a first class degree from the 51-year-old institution.

The other successful students who obtained a first class degree at the NLS this year are Ikechukwu Uzoma from the Lagos campus of the NLS who graduated from the Abia State University, Uturu; Anita Omonuwa (Abuja Campus), a graduate of the University of Reading, United Kingdom; and another student from the Bayelsa campus of the school.

The mass failure recorded at the law school this year has remained a subject of discourse among legal luminaries and educationists. According to the summary of the result posted on the NLS website, mynls.com, only 3,418 out of the 7,176 registered students passed the examination.

About 527 students had conditional passes, while 3,100 failed. Some of the students were said to have abstained from the examination.

Longe, who had eight distinctions — including four A1s — in all the subjects that he offered at the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination in 2005, said he set out from the beginning to graduate with a first class degree.

Having performed the same feat as an undergraduate of a relatively new state university, he said, the development had placed on him a burden to defend the result at the Law School.

Longe added that it was imperative for him to prove that the result he obtained at the AAUA was not a fluke and that he would have bagged the same class in any university in the country.

He said, “When I finished from the university, I became the first person to graduate with a first class degree in a faculty that had existed for 13 years and this placed on me a burden to defend this result at the Law School.

“I knew that I was expected to prove that the first class I got was not a mere fluke and that I could not afford to have anything less.

“Besides, I had always believed that I could be the best student in any school I attended. For this reason, I have been the best student in all the schools that I have attended, starting from primary school.

“Therefore, I saw no reason why the Nigerian Law School should be any different. What I needed to do was to make myself realise I could do it and so it became my drive to make a first class.”

He noted that his attendance at social outings and programmes were very minimal, adding that he did it on purpose with a view to achieving his academic goals.

Describing the mass failure as unprecedented, Longe stated that he did not employ any special reading strategy to post an exemplary academic performance.

The third child in a family of six, however, explained that he studied “very hard” from the beginning of the one-year programme, adding that he bought at least two recommended text-books for each of the five courses offered at the NLS.

He said he never toyed with group discussions organised by the school management, adding that the special arrangement gave him the opportunity to learn from his colleagues.

He said, “In each of the five courses offered at the Law School, I have at least two textbooks recommended by the school and I did not just purchase them for the fun of it. I took my time to study each and every one of them and you will be amazed what effect they had on me.

“They gave me the privilege of having a good grasp of those courses, perhaps far above what I was expected to know. There may actually not be a special reading strategy, but I know I was disciplined in my studies.

“I worked very closely with the lesson plan made available to all of us. So I ensured that I studied for each lesson before the class and carried out the pre-class assignments and this is where the issue of disciplined study comes in.

“I told myself, ‘You must not do anything else unless you are ready for tomorrow’s class.’ In this wise, every other thing I needed to do came after I was satisfied of being prepared for the class of the following day.”

Although Aba-born Uzoma, who hails from the Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State, graduated from ABSU with a Bachelor’s degree in the second-class upper division, he etched his name in gold this year as the first ABSU Law graduate to obtain a first class degree at the law school.

The 2007 alumnus of Dority International Secondary School, Abayi, Aba, Abia State, whose childhood dream was to be a legal practitioner, stated that he had always nurtured the ambition of having an excellent result to aid his “future educational and career goals.”

Going down memory lane, Uzoma said, “My childhood dream was to study law. I grew up saying I would be a lawyer for no particular reason. As I approached my decision years, I realised that my dream had moulded me into a frame that could only accommodate the studying of law.”

Noting that there were many distractions at the Lagos campus of the Law School, Uzoma stated that he withdrew from social functions organised by his colleagues, adding that he mostly participated in academic and religious activities.

“Wisdom directed my affairs while in the law school. I withdrew from several responsibilities I had outside school and my church, Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, besides, I adopted a regimented sleeping schedule, especially towards the exams. I did not join my family for the last Christmas and Easter holidays. I used those periods to rest and study Besides, I put in extra efforts to redeem any lost time.

“Cardinally, I had a way of keeping my focus strong and getting very involved in the curricular activities in school. As a group leader in the Lagos campus, I ensured that I was personally involved in all the assignments and I found some time to study. My constant dissatisfaction with my inability to meet some personal targets spurred me on to stretch and do more. I also kept a small circle of friends with whom I studied,” the 25-year-old stated.

Noting that academic studies at the law school were quite demanding, the young lawyer, born to a pharmacist father, explained that the challenging “new learning environment” toughened his resolve to “succeed irrespective of my condition.”

Stating that he refrained from “memorising or cramming a lot,” at the law school, Uzoma said he sought to “understand how the law works and I applied every principle to everyday life.”

Just as the Deputy Director-General and Head of Lagos campus of the NLS, Mrs. Toun Adebiyi, alleged that many of the students who failed were preoccupied with social media rather than their studies, Longe and Uzoma said they withdrew from social networking during the academic programme.

“Throughout my period at the Law School, I was significantly away from the social media such that some of my friends accused me of avoiding them, Longe said.

Uzoma also stated, “I stopped contributing to discussions online and my degree of online activity greatly reduced.”

Acknowledging the commitment of the law school management in ensuring that students pass the examination, Longe and Uzoma noted that not all the unsuccessful candidates were unserious, as alleged by the authorities.

Longe said, “Depending on the way you want to look at it, the management may be right to an extent because some students were just too unserious to pass. That is not to say that the majority of the student population were unserious.

“There are students who took pleasure in coming late to class, pinging, chatting and holding separate discussions when lectures were going on.

“But the sudden reduction of the time for the multiple choice questions from one hour to 50 minutes without adequate notice affected some students because they prepared for the exam on the assumption that they had one hour for the exams.”

Uzoma, who noted that the Final Bar Part II Examination had a “peculiar grading structure,” unlike other regular professional examinations, argued that it would be difficult to prove that the majority of his colleagues failed because they were unserious.

“I cannot say that the majority of my colleagues failed because they were unserious. I do not know how that can be proved. There may have been some unserious folks in my set but I cannot say that the majority of my colleagues were unserious,” Uzoma stated.

The two Law school graduates, who are waiting to be called up for the mandatory National Youth Service Corps scheme in November, have already received offers to join the academic staff of the Law Faculty of their respective alma maters.

But they have said they would love to practise law, as well as pursue postgraduate degrees up to the doctoral level before considering to take up the offer.

Noting that they both seek to take advantage of available scholarship opportunities, Longe and Uzoma indicated interest in obtaining master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Birmingham, UK and Harvard University, United States respectively after undergoing the NYSC programme

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Are you a graduate?
Do you have a viable business idea?
Do you already have a small exisiting business?
Are you ready to take charge of your financial future?

If you answered yes to this questions, Enterprise Graduate Empowerment Scheme is for YOU! (EGES)

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>>This facility is an unsecured term loan to bridge funding gaps of SMEs' owned by fresh University and Polytechnic Graduates) that provide non-cyclical products & services
>>The product is targeted at business owned by graduates of universities and polytechnics who have completed the mandatory national youth service and are unemployed
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>>Your specic business/proposed start-up must have been certied by both our strategic partners and your tertiary institution, before selection will be considered
Qualied start-up businesses include but are not limited to; Trading; Service & Manufacturing of Consumer staples; Health care & health related business; Utilities; leather products; laundry services; fashion; beauty & grooming Services etc
>>You will be required to make up 30% of your required capital
>>Enterprise Bank, upon the applicant meeting all necessary criteria, will fund 70% of applicant’s start-up capital
>>The loan tenure for this scheme does NOT exceed two years
>>The beneciary must have opened an Enterprise Graduate Empowerment Savings Scheme (EGESS) account
>>Evidence of having successfully undergone entrepreneurial developmental courses in the university/Polytechnic (where applicable) and certication by any of the Bank's strategic partner for this scheme, must be presented for consideration.
>>Business proposal must be certied as satisfactory by strategic partner and the Bank's review panel for the scheme.
>>This facility shall be accessible to University and Polytechnic graduates who graduated not more than 5 years ago

DOCUMENTATION

The following documentation will be required from interested participants for eligibility:

>>Duly accepted offer letter for the facility
>>Duly executed SME application form
>>Irrevocable letter of undertaking to domicile all proceeds to Enterprise Bank
>>Request letter
>>Key man insurance by EBL appointed insurance company
>>Satisfactory credit bureau report
>>Satisfactory conrmation of Applicant's Degree certicate
>>6 months statement of account where applicable
>>Customer asset report where applicable- this report shows a summary of the discounted value of the customers asset and liability
>>Letter of undertaking not to secure additional facility from any other bank without the written consent of Enterprise Bank

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THE NIGERIA POLICE ACADEMY, WUDIL-KANO
KM 40 KANO'MAIDUGURI ROAD
PMB 3474, KANO NIGERIA

The candidates whose names appear in this publication were successful at the selection Board for the 2nd Regular Course intake of the Degree programme of the Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil-Kano. The successful candidates who are being offered admission should report to the Academy in Wudil, Kano State on Saturday 15th November, 2014 for orientation and registration. Any candidate who fails to report on the given date will forfeit the admission offered to him or her.

Each candidate is required to bring along the following material on resumption date:

<>Original copies of all certificates/credentials
<>Two pairs of white shorts
<>Two white singlets
<>Two pairs of white canvass shoes
<>Two pairs of white socks
<>Two sets of sports wears/track suits
<>One pair of football boots
<>One dark lounge suit for both male and female cadets (with matching shirt and tie for male cadets.)
<>One pair of black covered shoes (low heel for females)
<>Two white bed sheets
<>Two white pillow cases
<>One mosquito net
<>Two blankets
<>Two plates
<>One set of cutlery
<>One Cutlass
<>One pressing iron
<>One portable radio set (optional)
<>Two brooms
<>Toiletries
<>Two plastic buckets
<>Eight passport size photographs
<>Note books

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When a student say a course is difficult, one of this is amiss.

1. Lack of Information
2. Lack of Motivation
3. Lack of Interest

From my 3rd year in the University, studying became fun, my CGPA that was in the region of 2.97 in my 200L was better for it - it grew wings and flew to the region above 3.5. I graduated with a 2.1 in the University of Ilorin. I am a graduate of Mechanical Engineering.

WHAT TURNED MY FORTUNES AROUND IN 300L?

I learnt to see studying as fun; something interesting and worth doing. Remember, what is worth doing, is worth doing well.
Your mindset has a great way of influencing your performance and approach to studying.

How do you see studying?
Is it a difficult task you carry out grudgingly?
A burden put on you by your parents/society?
An attempt to whirl time away?
Something important and necessary?

In life, hard work is paramount to success. As an undergraduate, if hard work means studying my notes regularly. Then I should do it whole heartedly with joy.

What do you say of the illiterate who spend nothing less than eight ( hours daily in the scorching sun offloading goods from trailers? What about the house help who spend all his/her youthful age serving his/her master? Where what is paid as monthly allowance is not enough to take care of his personal bills needless to say those of his family.
These people end up in financial crisis the day their physical strength fail them. No pension to fall back on. No matter how hard they have worked.

Compare these illustrations to that of a young man who studied Computer engineering in the University (A four year course). After graduation he gets employed in a government establishment where he gets paid at the end of the every month – for doing what he likes to do and takes pleasure in doing. He saves money for about three (3) years to establish his own computer institute while retaining is Job. When he eventually retires he is paid gratuity and in position to be paid pension.

With this kind of picture in mind, I see that the gain of studying far outweigh it pains. In my opinion the price paid for education is nothing when compared to the price paid for ignorance.

How wonderful is it to know that it does not take forever to bag a degree.

Take some time to answer these questions:
What is my driving force?
Do I really want to make an impact in my field?
Do I want to be a force to reckon with (an authority) in my field?

It is important to clarify your values on what keeps you going.

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KNOWBASE was put together to inform, motivate students and let you know that you have all it takes to succeed.

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English teacher and Internet entrepreneur founded Alibaba 15 years ago in his tiny apartment in Hanzhou, China. On Friday, Ma became the richest man in China on the heels of the biggest IPO in U.S. and possibly world history.

With a market cap of $231 billion, the online retailer is nearly as valuable as Wal-Mart and bigger than Amazon and eBay combined.

And this is just the beginning. Alibaba plans to expand aggressively in America and Europe and has already invested nearly $1 billion in a host of U.S.-based startups, including Uber, Lyft, ShopRunner, Fanatics, Tango and Kabam.

Every current and aspiring entrepreneur and business leader should learn from how a Chinese English teacher turned a vision, a group of friends and $60,000 into untold riches and the world's most valuable Internet commerce company. It will no doubt be studied in business schools for generations.

Start here, go anywhere. Recognizing the importance of English, young Ma would ride his bike to a nearby hotel and guide foreigners around the city just to learn and practice the language. His passion for entrepreneurship in many ways parallels Masayoshi Son who grew up poor, followed his dream to Silicon Valley and graduated from U.C. Berkeley before founding Softbank. As chairman of Softbank and Sprint, Son is now the richest man in Japan.

He had vision … and he had help. Ma saw the Internet’s enormous potential to bridge businesses across China’s huge population early on. So he and his wife brought 17 friends together and pooled $60,000 to start the company. That formed the basis for the company’s dynamic partnership structure and unique culture designed to drive collaboration, diminish bureaucracy and promote accountability for long-term growth.

Go big or go home. Even if crowdfunding existed when Alibaba was founded, I doubt if Ma would have gone that route. He’s simply not a “dip your toe in the water” kind of guy. Instead he and his friends went all in, raising a $5 million angel round, $20 million from Softbank in 2000, $1 billion from Yahoo five years later, and $1.6 billion from Silver Lake Partners and DST Global in 2011. That’s how you make it big.

Big problems lead to big opportunities. China’s lack of brick and mortar infrastructure has always been an insurmountable hurdle for the enormous nation’s small business merchants. Alibaba solved that and now accounts for 80% of the country’s ecommerce – a whopping $248 billion last year and more than twice that of Amazon.

Innovation comes from unique individuals who think and act differently. Everyone talks about changing the world and making tons of money these days, but those who actually do it are exceptional individuals with breakthrough ideas, uncommon vision and a passion to do great work. Disruptive innovation comes from people who break from the status quo and carve their own path.

Stand on the shoulders of giants ... but learn from their mistakes. Like Amazon and eBay, Alibaba is an Internet commerce company, but that’s where the similarity ends. Alibaba does not actually hold inventory or sell goods. It’s a middleman that collects annual fees and commissions from larger merchants and advertising fees from smaller ones. The result is one of the most scalable and profitable business models on Earth.

What’s in a name? Less than you think. Apple. Facebook. Google. Microsoft. Uber. One Kings Lane. Fanatics. Starbucks. Whole Foods. What do the names and brands of all these companies have in common? Absolutely nothing. Some are conjunctions or made-up words. Others are common words or phrases. There’s even a fruit. It’s what your business does for customers that counts … not your name or personal brand.

Jack Ma was sitting in a San Francisco coffee shop when he thought of how Ali Baba overheard the secret password of The 40 Thieves -- “open sesame” -- and unlocked untold riches. It resonated with his vision of unlocking the potential of China’s small and midsized merchants. Now you know the secret of how he accomplished his dream.

Written by: Steve Tobak (Managing Partner, Invisor Consulting)

Steve Tobak is management consultant, executive coach, columnist, and former senior executive of the high-tech industry. As managing partner of Silicon Valley-based Invisor Consulting, he's been a trusted strategic advisor to executives and business leaders for more than a decade.

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Advice For Secondary School Leavers Who Are Interested In Studying Accounting

In the quest to provide valuable career information to secondary school leavers and undergraduates, KNOWBASE CONSULT conducted an interview with an ICAN certified, practicing accountant with over 5 years working experience in the banking sector.

What advice do you have for Secondary School Leavers?

Secondary School Leavers who have sat and passed the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) should register for Accounting Technicians Scheme West Africa (ATSWA) – an affiliate body of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). This gives prospective accounting students a focus, it keeps them on course to achieve their dream of being an Accountant. It also help prepare such students for the professional examination and gives them an edge when they get admitted to study accounting in the tertiary institution.

Upon successful completion the ATSWA examination, such students are recognized as Associate Accounting Technician (AAT) which is much recognized in West African countries and can be used to secure a job.

What advice do you have for baby-accountants?

Young accountants should have a clear career plan, stay focused, disciplined, dedicated and be consistent. He further stressed that young accountants should avoid working with a bank. He said it is challenging for young accountants to develop themselves while working in the bank.

End of Interview.

Undergraduates who have the means and academic ability to write the ICAN examinations should do so. During my undergraduate days I had few friends who were able to achieve this feat. They were ICAN certified upon graduation from the University. You too can do same.

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