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do u understand what I mean? I guess not or have u heard? I think have heard not. do u know today's date? no, i think u know not.
Before I continue, let me introduce my humble self. I am Emaculate, the gossip of our set. I am back again full loaded with bullets! oh! sorry I mean words!
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..... one year older today, did I just said older? I mean better.
Happy Birthday to Emaculate Emmanuel Ernest.

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www.nairaland.com/1927186/54-nigeria-boasts-low-ranking-varsities
Nigeria @ 54, should will count our success or loss educationally?

As Nigeria celebrates its 54th anniversary as a
sovereign nation on Wednesday (tomorrow), it is
not only time again to click the glasses in
celebration, it is also an occasion to appraise
development in every sphere of the nation’s life.
For the education sector, the evaluation will attract
mixed commentaries. For instance, while
government officials and their allies will give kudos
to the authorities for a well-deserved journey so
far, especially with significant increase in school
enrolment, increased number of universities,
polytechnics, colleges of education, and greater
private sector participation, those on the other side
of the divide will point to the lapses in the sector.
The latter will easily point to the policy flip-flops,
underfunding, frequent industrial actions, and the
recent attacks on schools, among others, as the
hallmark of the sector. According to a professor of
Political Science and International Affairs scholar,
Kayode Soremekun, there is not much to celebrate
in the area of education as the country
commemorates another independence anniversary.
He says, “I do not think that we have done well,
especially in the public realm. As far as I am
concerned, the public dimension of nation’s
education system has collapsed. For instance, the
frequent mass failures recorded in the West African
Senior School Certificate Examination tell a lot
about the decay at the secondary level. The
country’s primary and secondary schools are no
longer what they used to be.
“If you look at the university level, there is still a
similar decline in standard. More alarmingly, the
recent warning by the National Universities
Commission Executive Secretary, Prof Julius
Okojie, urging vice-chancellors to avoid creating
positions for roadside professors is another pointer
to the decline in the sector. Therefore, you can see
that between the primary schools and the
universities in the country, there is a crisis.”
Beyond Soremekun’s statement, analysts also
point to the 2014 University Web rankings for
African universities, saying it is not cheering news
for a country that has attained the golden age.
Indeed, going by the rankings, no Nigerian tertiary
institution is among the top 10 universities on the
continent.
Where South Africa and Egypt shine, dominating
the best rankings portfolio and occupying the
choicest of positions, Nigeria, the most populated
black nation in the world has its best in the
University of Ilorin, which occupies the 20th
position in Africa. In fact, going by this year’s
rankings, only 10 Nigerian universities are among
the first 100 tertiary institutions on the continent.
South Africa, where apartheid regime ended in
1990, not only occupies the first position with the
University of Cape Town, it also has seven other
universities in the first 10-bracket table. Egypt has
two – the Cairo University, Giza and the American
University, Cairo – in the first 10 best ivory towers
on the continent.
Some of the criteria for receiving favourable
rankings are student population, university’s ability
to attract foreign students, number of Nobel
laureates, lecturers’ publications and international
journals, web presence of the institutions as well
as their capability to attract grants. Compared to
several other universities abroad, many believe
that Nigerian institutions clearly lag behind as far
as these factors are concerned.
But some stakeholders are also quick to note that
many lecturers and non-academic workers in the
tertiary institutions also conduct themselves in
ways that deal professionalism a big blow. In many
of the institutions, there are, for instance, lecturers
who rely on obsolete notes while others are so
lazy and exploitative that they place premium on
handouts.
Besides, analysts allege that some engage in
examination malpractice, while others are adept at
sexual harassment of students. Of course, some
play all kinds of politics while pursuing higher
degrees like the PhD. And even professorship.
Analysts are thus worried that even if all
infrastructure were in place, it would still be
difficult if such elements were not weeded out.
So, as the popping of champagne goes on in
commemoration of Independence Day, analysts
want to know why a country considered to have
the biggest economy on the continent is not doing
well in the education sector, 54 years after. They
want to know why Nigeria’s no fewer than 129
universities, comprising 40 federal, 38 state and 51
private institutions, are not receiving the best of
assessment in Africa. They also bother why many
Nigerians prefer the United States, United Kingdom
and many neigbouring West African countries as
safe havens to pursue their education.
For the Ibadan zonal Coordinator of the Academic
Staff Union of Universities, Dr. Nasir Adesola, the
reasons for the poor rankings are obvious,
considering the frequent strikes, inadequate
funding and policy inconsistency, among others,
rocking the sector.
He notes, “Sincerely, we are not faring well at all.
We have not achieved the desired level of
development in all the sectors. For the fact that
things are still as bad, the immediate implication is
that our education has not translated into the
development of the country and this is a thing of
concern. Within this same period, I mean 54 years
of independence; many Asian nations have had
beautiful turnaround in their countries. It means
that we really need to sit down and look at our
system again.
“What the Federal Government should do is to
appraise the system and set a target for Nigerian
universities to endeavour to attain a certain
position in the rankings. It should focus on how to
move the nation’s schools up the ladder, and not
paying lip service to education.”
Indeed, last year alone, the strike called by the
Academic Staff Union of the universities resulted in
the shutting of the gates of the nation’s public
universities for 169 days. The teachers were
kicking against the non-implementation of an
agreement the Federal Government signed with
them in 2009, as well as the non-payment of their
earned allowances.
The polytechnic system, where the President,
Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Mr. Chibuzo
Asomugha belongs, the sub sector has not fared
better, either. Though ASUP suspended its over
eight months strike on compassionate ground last
July, almost three months after, the Federal
Government has yet to resolve the lingering
issues. The same scenario plays out at the
nation’s colleges of education. Teachers in the
colleges have a myriad of unresolved issues to
sort out with the authorities in the last 10 months.
It is not surprising, therefore, why the ASUP
President also agrees with Soremekun and Adesola
that it is not Uhuru yet for the sector.
Asomugha declares, “If I were to assess the nation
as an examination paper, I would not give it a
pass mark. Given the potential of the country,
where we are after 54 years, in truth, we cannot be
adjudged as progressing.”
Besides education, he believes that more needs to
be done in all spheres of the nation’s life. He adds,
“A cataclysmic serial leadership failure has kept
the nation crawling for 54 years. All segments of
society have performed within the failure range:
education, defence, health, security, unity,
infrastructure, youth employment, among others. It
is easy to share the sentiments of certain
discernible figures in society that Nigeria is more
or less a failed state. Yet the potential that can
turn the nation’s fortunes around abound.”
Apart from strikes, the nation’s university system,
nay the entire education sector, has the problem of
inadequate funding hanging on its neck like an
albatross. In fact, analysts argue that since
independence, the best the sector has witnessed in
terms of funding is 13 per cent, which, they add, is
a far distance from the United Nations Children
Education Fund’s 26 per cent recommendation.
According to them, the troubled funding is at the
heart of the problems besetting the sector. For
them, the inadequate funding is at the source of
the frequent industrial actions, dearth of
infrastructure, abandoned and dilapidated buildings,
lack of well-trained personnel, ineffective teaching
methods, inadequate curricula and, above all, the
fallen standard of education in the country.
But, proffering solution on how to alter the
situation, Soremekun, a former Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife, Osun State lecturer, says, “All we
need to do is to go back to the basics. We need to
ask ourselves what has really gone wrong. You
see, the western world thrives mainly because of
its knowledge structure. That knowledge structure
is not yet in our country. So we need to map out
our own structure.”
The ASUU helmsman Adesola agrees with
Soremekun. He notes that beyond criticising the
government, the union is leading other
stakeholders in planning an education summit later
in October as a way of addressing practically some
of the salient but festering issues bogging down
the nation’s education at the tertiary level.
Similarly, Asomugha believes that not all hope is
lost yet. He says, “We need to muster the
collective will driven by a focused and selfless
leadership to maximise the depth of possibilities at
our finger tips in order to develop not just the
tertiary sector but also the nation at large.”
Source: www.punchng.com/education/at-54-nigeria-boasts-low-ranking-varsities/

Due to the Ebola crisis that has claimed lives of
seven Nigerians, the Cameroonian government has
quarantined 60 Nigerians in its South-West region
over the fear of the disease spreading to the
country.
A report by a Cameroonian online newspaper,
cameroon-info.net, said the sixty Nigerians were
quarantined in the Ekok, Ekondo, and Titi
communities in the country’s South-West region
close to the border with Nigeria.
The country’s Minister of Health, Dr. Lukong Bay,
said that there would be a restriction of movement
of people from Nigeria and other countries affected
by the disease to Cameroon as from Tuesday,
September 2, 2014.
It was also stated in the report that the Nigerians
would be released after 21 days of surveillance.
The report said, “This is a new delight that perhaps
the minister of health has expected Tuesday
afternoon in this region for a working session with
the persons responsible for the implementation of
the response plan on Ebola disease in the ports of
Limbe and Tiko.
“As part of preventive measures against the
epidemic in West Africa with nearly 1,500 deaths
already recorded, the South-West, which borders
with Nigeria, is considered one of the parts of the
country that require a closer monitoring.”
SOURCE: http://www.punchng.com/news/ebola-cameroon-quarantines-60-nigerians/

Supporters of the All Progressives Congress and
the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State clashed
at the popular Aleshinloye Market in Ibadan, Oyo
State, on Sunday over drilling of borehole for the
traders.The market was recently gutted by fire.
Apart from the State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, who
promised to help the traders financially, other
notable people in the state visited the traders and
promised to help them. One of them was PDP
governorship aspirant, Seyi Makinde, who said he
would drill a borehole for the market to forestall
future occurrence.Makinde made good his promise
by starting the project, but on Sunday, workers at
the site of the project were allegedly attacked by
some people, who also blocked the 70-foot
borehole with stones and pebbles.
The attackers were alleged to have been sponsored
by the Chairman of the South-West council area of
the state, Mr. Taoheed Adeleke, under whose
council the market falls. Eyewitnesses said
hoodlums came in large numbers with cutlasses
and other weapons.
The chairman, however, denied being involved in
the attack, when he spoke with our correspondent
on Monday.Traders who spoke with our
correspondent expressed dissatisfaction over the
development.
Chairman of Fancy Section of the market, Mr.
Rahman Olabamiji, said, “Yesterday (Sunday),
Makinde brought an engine and started work on
the borehole without demanding money from us.
They were about to finish the borehole when some
people stormed the market with weapons and
blocked the borehole.”In his response, Adeleke
said, “The council was given an order by the
governor to drill a borehole for the market and we
chose a site. On Sunday, we went there to clear
the debris, but found out that someone had
instructed an engineer to drill another borehole at
the market. When we could not identify the
initiator, we invited the police who sent them
away. We later got the news that Makinde was the
initiator and I wondered why he did not inform us
that he was doing such a project in the market.
Nobody was attacked and no one went there with
weapons. It was all lies.”
SOURCE: http://www.punchng.com/news/apc-pdp-clash-in-ibadan/

The Trade Union Congress has expressed shock
over the inability of the authorities of the Port
Harcourt International Airport to put measures in
place to screen passengers entering the airport
four days after the confirmation of the spread of
Ebola virus in Rivers State.
The State Chairman of TUC, Mr. Chika Onuegbu,
said in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on
Sunday that not even temperature check device
had been placed anywhere within the airport.
It will be recalled that the dreaded disease has
claimed the life of one Dr. Iyke Enemuo, even as
over 160 persons have been kept under
observation to ascertain if they have the disease.
Describing the development as callous and
irresponsible, Onuegbu urged authorities of the
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and the
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority to ensure that
passenger entering and moving out of the Port
Harcourt Airport were checked.
This, according to Onuegbu, will help in efforts
towards containing the Ebola virus in the state.
“The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Rivers State,
is shocked that despite the confirmation of Ebola
Virus Disease in Rivers State that the authorities of
Port Harcourt International Airport have not put
anything in place to check passengers entering and
leaving the airport.
“Not even the temperature check device is in the
airport. We view this as callous and irresponsible
and immediately call on the authorities of FAAN,
NCAA and all agencies in the Port Harcourt
International Airport to immediately ensure that
they check all passengers entering and leaving the
airport,” Onuegbu stressed.
He pointed out that the TUC were of the view that
the diplomat that imported the disease from Lagos
might have been prevented from doing so if FAAN
authorities at the airport had done what was
expected of them.
The state TUC chairman, however, called on the
Ministers of Health and Aviation to ensure that
such facilities at the Murtala Mohammed
International Airport in Lagos to detect the disease
were also put in place in the Port Harcourt
International Airport.
Reacting to the TUC statement, FAAN Regional
Manager, Mr. Henry Anyanwu, told The PUNCH in a
telephone interview on Sunday that the Ebola virus
screening device would be ready within the next
two days.
“Something is being done about the Ebola disease.
The issue of checking the Ebola disease is a joint
responsibility headed by the Federal Ministry of
Health. They are the key agency at the airport.
“People in FAAN are just a backup. We have our
medical team at the Port Harcourt Airport. I am
sure that before the next two days or so, the
necessary equipment will be put in place at the
airport,” Anyanwu stated.

SOURCE: http://www.punchng.com/politics/absense-of-ebola-screening-device-at-ph-airport-shocking-tuc/

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), and a
former member of House of Representatives, Dino
Melaye, have called on President Goodluck
Jonathan to ensure that alleged sponsors of the
fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, were
prosecuted.
A Federal Government-appointed international
negotiator, Rev. Stephen Davies, revealed the
identities of the possible sponsors of the sect over
the weekend.
The Federal Government had engaged Davies to
enter into dialogue with the Boko Haram sect for
the release of the abducted 275 Chibok school
girls.
Falana said in a statement on Sunday that to avoid
possible manipulation of the investigation of the
suspects as revealed by Davies, President
Jonathan must refer the suspects to the Special
Prosecutor of the international Criminal Court.
He said, “In view of the gravity of the allegations of
crimes against humanity committed by the
sponsors of the Boko Haram sect, President
Jonathan should refer the suspects to the Special
Prosecutor of the international Criminal Court.
“Any local investigation conducted by the Federal
Governnent in the circumstance may be
manipulated by vested political interests.”
Falana said the disclosure by the Australian
negotiator in a well publicised televised interview
in London last week, “was backed with some
detailed accounts which confirmed some
information in the domain of the security forces in
the country.”
He said, “The international negotiator disclosed
that a former governor of Borno state, a former
chief of army staff and a former top official of the
Central Bank of Nigeria have provided funds and
other logistics to the body for the terrorist attacks
which had claimed the lives of hundreds of
innocent people in the country.”
He added, “It would be recalled that the
Ambassador Usman Galtimari Committeee on
insurgency in the north east zone set up in 2011
by President Jonathan had recommended the
prosecution of some politicians who sponsored,
funded and used the militia groups that later
metamorphosed into Boko Haram.
“In a White Paper issued on the report of the
Committee, the Federal Government accepted the
recommendation and directed the National Security
Adviser to coordinate the investigation of the
kingpins and sponsors to unravel the individuals
and groups that are involved.
“Although the White Paper was published in May
2012, the directive of the Federal Government has
not been carried out up till now because the
individuals involved are said to be connected to
the Presidency. However, the special envoy of the
Federal Government has just named one of the
‘kingpins and sponsors’ of the terrorist sect.”
Meanwhile Melaye, on Sunday described the
defence of the alleged sponsors, by a former
Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, as “hasty
and indecent.”
He said what was expected of the President
Jonathan’s administration was to order an
independent investigation of the allegations instead
of playing politics with it.

SOURCE: http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-urged-to-ensure-trial-of-boko-haram-sponsors/

chai! nigeria has successfully blackwashed korea.chai! dr z god o.shey na only korea waka come ni

papindinho: Shout outs si awon goons mi.... No goons here o.

Shout outs si awon crew mi...

Ueskman
Danthesage
Fattbabakay
Felastika
Icelord
Afolabi6046
Ty444
emekakelvin
Miracy
Oluwatola5
Doyinmolah
Jaryeh
Kendzyma
Olajolo48
Phtemie
Samtolly4Jesus
Nimk
Toyolad
tice
Tosdam
Mhyke
tydamsel
Samoice
Dimka
Haywhy
ashhascash
jodekss
Teezman
Qualcoms
Vikaosi
Logical11
Ghydyon
Kejilee
PrinceAdebayo1
Pherzee
Mitschin
Comradekenny
map96
emmydan9
emaculate99
michaeltotti
Shawdey
teejay1334
bolaji73
whyx06
Jakesund
fiyin47
Fynestboi
Omoelu1
benatex
ifyx
Youngtekkey
DJMonaco
temitope23
saintbeejay

happy re-resumption to u all.
Ueskman
Danthesage
Fattbabakay
Felastika
Icelord
Afolabi6046
Ty444
emekakelvin
Miracy
Oluwatola5
Doyinmolah
Jaryeh
Kendzyma
Olajolo48
Phtemie
Samtolly4Jesus
Nimk
Toyolad
tice
Tosdam
Mhyke
tydamsel
Samoice
Dimka
Haywhy
ashhascash
jodekss
Teezman
Qualcoms
Vikaosi
Logical11
Ghydyon
Kejilee
PrinceAdebayo1
Pherzee
Mitschin
Comradekenny
map96
emmydan9
emaculate99
michaeltotti
Shawdey
teejay1334
bolaji73
whyx06
Jakesund
fiyin47
Fynestboi
Omoelu1
benatex
ifyx
Youngtekkey
DJMonaco
temitope23
saintbeejay

Kunlexic: ife has gone advancement beyond dat,not like ui where u will see people still using multilinks,starcomms,nitel

I am using airtel on when am on campus and use mtn when off campus

Tksunta: Hiya nairalanders, can i study jamb past question and answers for ma oau postume? Law department..!

just get jamb and post jamb past question

papindinho: Time for aspirants to parley with their prospective course mates.... Here is a list of some nairalander OAU students amongst other ones whose names are not here...... And I believe they all have the requisite to guide you through your choice of course and what aggregate you should aim for. The list of stale students who could help in one way or the other would be pasted soon too.

FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATION
Papindinho: local government administraion
bolaji73: department of public admin
Ennykem: management and Accounting

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
Ifyx: Agricultural Ext.

FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
TICE: linguistics and african languages
Youngtekkey: English language
map96: dept of foreign lang (German)
Maureendowil: Philosophy
Fynestboi: Philosophy

FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Tosdam61: department of Language Arts (English)
Ghydyon: Dept
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT
michaeltotti: department of urban and regional planning
Shawdey: Quantity surveying
Mhyke: Architecture
teejay1334: building
whyx06: Quantity surveying
Dimka: Estate Management

FACULTY OF LAW
emaculate99: law
phtemie: law
Miracy: law
Doyinmolah: law

FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
ashhascash: Dentistry and Dental Surgery
saintbeejay: Medical Rehabilitation



FACULTY OF PHARMACY
Sisi afrika , Pharmacy
DrKlever: Pharmacy

FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Afolabi6046: Microbiology.
Tsam96: geology
Danthesage: Geology
Omoelu1: botany


FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
fiyin47: political science
Icelord: Dept of sociology and anthropology
Ueskman: Dept of Sociology and anthropology

FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY
jaryeh, dept of Mechanical Engineering
benatex: Metallurgy and Material Science and Engineering
Logical11, department of Civil Engineering
Cymbal: Department:Civil engn.
FATTKAY:Dept Of Computer Engr

if u have any p, just contact me on my email,

I vote miracy
I vote for Tosdam61
I vote for Mhyke
I vote for papindinho
I vote for Ashhascash
I vote for fatkay
I vote for Afolabi6046
I vote for Ueskman
I vote for sisiafrica
my friends, don't vex o if I no vote for u ooo.

hmmmmmm voting things. nice one sha.please we want a free and fair election

oau post utme is August 2

Miracy: hi emaculate...it's been a long time...im good,you?

na oau cause am jawe am fine

Miracy: Pinshure or adonbilivit!

miracy, how are u?

hey! pls the person who called me yesterday with +647... should kindly contact me at

fiyin47: u re right in frront of ma block niyen room what

yea. Room 203[color=#006600][/color]

Fynestboi: A whatapp for 2014/2015, aspirant of Oau is now on, if you wanna join drop you digit, then i get you in right away.


Start preparatn for PUME now dnt think or look at the distance coz its nearer than you think .

KINDLY INCLUDE MY NUMBER..emaculate99

T.ice:
ressurrected?? U created another acct or twas re-activated

I think it was re activated sir

fiyin47: baba i be awoite too,stay in self help room 2 u?

block 4

praise god,i have been ressurrected. yesterday,i was dead due to nairaland's bomb but today i have been ressurrected.please help shout a big halelluyah. i am emaculate99
dept: law
faculty: law
#awoite