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Best Naija words of the year 2013
* en,u said
* iffa hear
* issok
* lobatan
* laff wan kil me die
* duur!
* weree re o
* kokanaye
* i love my boo like kilode
* i was like
* badoo!
* like seriously
* smh
* omo see Gobe
* den don knw
* joor o
* yimu
* jadanu.
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VLC is the most popular media
player because it plays almost every
format you throw at it. But VLC
Player (for Windows, Mac &
Linux) can do a lot more things of
which a normal user does not know
about.
(1) Rip DVDs:
You probably would never use it
when there are better DVD rippers
available, but it helps to know that
you can in fact, get a decent quality
DVD rip with VLC. To rip a
movie follow these steps:
- Go to the Media menu and choose
Convert/Save.
- Click on the Disc tab.
- ( Here you can adjust the Starting
Position and rip only specific titles
or chapters.)
- Enter file name making sure to
end with .MPG, and start ripping.
- Click Save.
- Its done!
(2) Record videos:
With the new VLC, you can record
videos during playback. The record
button is hidden by default. To see
it, click on View -> Advanced
Control. The record button will
appear. Clicking on the button
while playing a movie or video will
start recording. Clicking again will
stop the recording.
(3) Convert Audio and Video
formats:
In VLC you can convert video and
audio files from one format to
another. Several different formats
are supported like MP4, WMV,
AVI,OGG, MP3 etc. To access the
converter:
- Go to Media -> Convert/Save.
- Load the file you want to convert
using the Add button and click
Convert.
- Now choose the output format
and output file location.

7 Traps of Shaytan ( Satan) - 21st
century deception

1. Misbehaving and not mannered
in front of parents and in society -
its 'Boldness'

2. Act and promote
'fahisha' (Naked,Nude behaviour) -
Its Confidence

3. No Hijab needed- attracting
opposite gender with Shamlessness -
Its 'Beauty and Fashion '

4. Illicit & Kafir style actions and
Zina ( adultery,fornication, Lust ) -
Its 'Love '

5.Music, dance (like animals) ,
alcohol and drugs,movies - Its
'Entertainment'

6. Wasting precious time of Life
(youth and other ages) on useless
activities and worst sins possible to
commit . Its 'Exception and Needed'.

7. To talk against and make mockery
of religion , scholars , Prophets,
Mujahideen Islam - It is
independence and 'Freedom of
Speech'.

The Federal Ministry of Education will spend N950 million on the construction of a single block of three classrooms in 2014.

Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

This is found in the 2014 Appropriation Bill recently submitted to the National Assembly by the Coordinating Minister of Economy and Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan.
The budget did not specify where this single block of three classrooms will be sited. The construction project, coded in the budget proposal as EDUMM010008897 is among the 310 others newly by the ministry of education for 2014.
The budget proposal also reveals that President Jonathan wants the National Assembly to approve N600 million for the National Programme on Almajiri Education in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Fund.
The National Programme on Almajiri Education, coded UBEC 01007234 is one of the three new projects proposed for the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). The other two are the payment of monthly allowance of 15,000 Federal Teachers’ Scheme (FTS) teachers which is going to gulp a sum of N3.240 billion and the monitoring of the Federal Teachers’ Scheme (FTS) teachers, N100 million.  
The federal government introduced the Federal Teachers’ Scheme (FTS) in 2006 to address shortage of qualified teachers in the basic education sub-sector. The scheme, funded through the Debt Relief Gains (DRG), is a two-year programme designed to cater for unemployed NCE graduates.
Under the scheme, NCE graduates are employed by the Federal Government and posted to states for a two-year period before formal absorption by states and local government education authorities.
Further details of the 2014 budget show that while the federal ministry of education gets a total allocation of N12.923 billion; the Universal Basic Education Commission alone gets the sum of N74.410 billion as total allocation.
According to the budget, the ministry has also earmarked N643.4 million as total allocation for the West African Examination Council (international), N2.557 billion for the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB), N3.6 billion for WAEC (local), N885.630 million for the Nigerian Institute of Education Planners and Administration, and N4.515 billion for the National Library of Nigeria; N6.246 billion for the National Examinations Council (NECO), N1.041 billion for the Mass Literacy Council, N726.020 million for the Nomadic Education Commission.
Other proposals for the ministry include a total allocation of N1.529 billion for the National Education Research and Development Council, N1.254 billion for the National Business and Technical Education Board, N861.473 million for the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, N265.127 million for the Computer Registration Council of Nigeria, N951.740 million for the National Commission for College Education Secretariat, and N3.201 billion for the National Teachers Institute (NTI)

1. CHURCH has 6 letters so does MOSQUE.
2. BIBLE has 5 letters so does QURAN.
3. DEAD has 4 letters so does LIFE.
4. HATE has 4 letters, so does LOVE.
5. ENEMIES has 7, so does FRIENDS.
6. LYING has 5, so does TRUTH.
7. HURT has 4, so does HEAL.
8. NEGATIVE has 8, so does POSITIVE.
9. FAILURE has 7, so does SUCCESS.
10. BELOW has 5, but so does ABOVE.
11. CRY has 3 letters so does JOY.
12. ANGER has
5 so does HAPPY.
13. WRONG has 5 so does RIGHT.
14. POOR has 4 so does RICH.
15. FAIL has 4 so does PASS
16. IGNORANCE has 9 so does
KNOWLEDGE.
Are they all by Co-incidence? We should
Choose wisely, this means LIFE is like a
Double-Edged Sword.
Do you Agree

Katsina State Civil Service Commission
2013/2014 massive recruitment of graduates
is currently ongoing. Members of the public
who meet the requirements for the positions
should apply. There are over 40 positions to
be filled in the Katsina State Civil Service
Commission recruitment 2013-2014.
Application Information For
2013/2014 Katsina State
Civil Service Commission
Job Vacancies
Applications are invited from suitably
qualified candidates to fill in the following
vacant posts in the Ministries, Departments
and Agencies of Katsina State Civil Service:
1.) Governors Office (Office of the
Head of Civil Service)
a.) Administrative Officers – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in any of the Disciplines of Social
Science or Humanities from a
recognised University
2.) Ministry Of Agriculture and
Natural Resources
a.) Agricultural Officers – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Agriculture, Agricultural
Science, Agricultural Economics,
Horticulture, Crop Science or
Crop Production from a
recognised University
b.) Agricultural Engineers – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Agricultural Engineering, Civil
Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, and Structural
Engineering from a recognised
University.
c.) Veterinary Officers – GL 12
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Veterinary Medicine and must
have been registered by the
Veterinary Council of Nigeria
(VCN).
d.) Livestock Officers – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Animal Science, Animal
Husbandry/Animal Production,
Agriculture or Range Management
from recognised Institutions.
e.) Registrar Of Crops Society- GL
08
Requirements
Candidate who is legally qualified
to practice as Barrister, and
Solicitor in Nigeria
f.) Irrigation Engineers – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Irrigation, Agricultural Science,
Agricultural Engineering or Civil
Engineering, from a recognised
University
3.) Ministry Of Works, Housing and
Transport
a.) Civil Engineer – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Civil Engineering or such other
qualifications registrable with the
Council of Registered Engineers
of Nigeria (COREN).
b.) Electrical Engineer – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Electrical Engineering or
equivalent qualifications
registrable with the Council of
Registered Engineers of Nigeria
(COREN)
c.) Mechanical Engineer – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Mechanical Engineering or
related field registrable with the
Council of Registered Engineers
of Nigeria (COREN)
d.) Building Officer – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess any of the following
qualifications or their equivalents
provisionally registrable with the Council
of Registered Building of Nigeria
(CORBAN).
A Degree in Building or Building
Technology from a recognised
University
A pass in the Final Part II
Examination of the Nigerian
Institution of Builders
A pass In the Final Part II
Examination of the Chartered
Institute of Builders of England
e.) Architect GRApe II – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess any of the following
qualifications or their equivalents
registrable with Architects Council of
Nigeria (ACON).
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Degree
in Architecture obtained from a
University recognised by the
Architects Council of Nigeria
(ACON)
A pass In the Final I Examination
of Nigerian institute of Architects
(NIA)
A pass In the Final I Examination
of the Royal Institute of British
Architects (RIBA)
f.) Quantity Surveyor – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess any of the following
qualifications or their equivalents
registrable with the Nigeria Institute of
Quantity Surveyors (NIQS)
A Degree in Quantity Surveying
from a recognised University
A pass in the Final Examination of
the Royal Institute of Chartered
Surveyors
A pass in the Final Examination of
the Nigerian Institute of Quantity
Surveyors
4.) Ministry Of Water Resources
a.) Water Engineer – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
In Hydraulics Engineering or
Civil Engineering bias towards
Water Engineering from a
recognised University or
equivalent qualifications
registrable with the Council of
Registered Engineers of Nigeria
(COREN).
5.) Ministry Of Resource
Development
a.) Geologist – GL 09
Requirements
Candidate must possess any of the following
qualifications:
A Degree in Geology, Mining or
Exploratory Geology or Geology
with Elementary Topographical
Surveying as a subsidiary subject
from a recognised University.
A Degree and Postgraduate
Diploma in Geochemistry from a
recognised University.
b.) Scientific Officer Grade II – GL
08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree from a
recognised University in any of the
following Disciplines
Geology
Geology with Mineralogy,
Chemistry, Physics or Biology as
subsidiary
Mining Geology with Statistics or
Mathematics as subsidiary
Metrology
Ore Dressing
Geo-Physics
6.) Ministry of Finance, Budget and
Economic Planning
a.) Accountant Grade II – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Accountancy from a recognised
University,
b.) Planning Officer – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess any of the following
qualifications.
A Degree in Economics preferably
with Statistics, Econometrics or
Development Planning as a subject
from a recognised University
A Degree plus Postgraduate
Diploma in Economic Planning or
Economic Development or Project
Preparation from a recognized
University
A Degree plus Postgraduate
Diploma in Economic Planning or
Economics Development or
Project preferably from a
recognized University
c.) Statistician – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess any of the following
qualifications.
A degree in Statistics as a Special
subject from a recognised
University
A degree from a recognised
University in Social Science or
Mathematics without Statistics
plus a Postgraduate Diploma in
Statistics
A pass in the Final Examination of
the Institute of Statisticians.
7.) Ministry Of Information Culture
and Home Affairs
a.) Information Officer Grade – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
preferably in Arts, Journalism,
Social Sciences or English
Language from a recognised
University.
b.) Printing Officer II – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a
Bachelors Degree in Printing
Technology Graphic Arts or
Engineering from a recognised
University.
c.) Fire Officer II – 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a First
Degree in Building, Mathematics
or Electrical Engineering from a
recognised University, who has
passed the Prescribed competitive,
Selection Examination and the
appropriate Medical/Fitness test.
8.) Ministry for Local Government
and Chieftancy Affairs
a.) Local Government Inspector – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Local Government and
Development Studies, or Degree in
Social Sciences and Humanities
from a recognised University
9.) Ministry Of Health
a.) Pharmacist Grade II – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a degree in
Pharmacy registrable with the
Pharmacists Registration Board of
Nigeria.
b.) Lab. Scientist – GL.08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a degree in
Paramedical Sciences
(Microbiology, Biochemistry etc
plus postgraduate Diploma in
Medical Laboratory Sciences
registrable with Institute of
Medical Laboratory Sciences of
Nigeria or Bachelors Degree in
Medical Laboratory Sciences from
a recognised University.
10.) Ministry of Environment
a.) Sewage Engineer – GL. 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Sewage Engineering or Civil
Engineering or such other
qualifications registrable with the
Council of Registered Engineers
of Nigeria (COREN).
b.) Civil Engineer – GL. 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Civil Engineering or such other
qualifications registrable with the
Council of Registered Engineers
of Nigeria (COREN).
11.) Department Of Forestry
a.) Forest Officer – GL 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Forestry, Forest Resource
Management, Agriculture.
Agronomy, Plant Zoology,
Botany/Biology, Forest
Engineering, and Forest utilization,
Timber Technology or Wood
Science from a recognised
University
12.) Department Of Fisheries,
Poultry & Bee Keeping
a.) Fisheries Officer- GL. 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Zoology, Fisheries, Biology,
and Agricultural Biochemistry or
Agriculture from a recognised
University.
b.) Livestock Officer – GL. 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Animal Science, Animal
Husbandry/Animal Production,
Agriculture or Range Management
from a recognised Institution.
13.) Office of the Auditor General
a.) Auditor – GL. 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Accountancy from a recognised
University
14.) Health Services Management
Board
a.) Medical Officer- GL 12
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Human Medicine registrable
with the Medical and Dental
Council of Nigeria (MDCN)
from a recognised Institution.
15.) Urban and Regional Planning
Board
a.) Civil Engineer – GL. 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Civil Engineering or such other
qualifications registrable with the
Council of Registered Engineers
of Nigeria (COREN).
16.) Ministry Of Agriculture
(KTARDA)
a.) Higher Agricultural Superintendent –
GL. 08
Requirements
Candidate must possess Higher
National Diploma (HND) in
Agriculture from a recognised
Institution.
17.) State Radio Service
a.) Higher Technical Officer – GL.08
Requirements
Candidate must possess Higher
National Diploma (HND) in
Electrical Engineering from a
recognised Institution.
18.) Ministry of Rural and Social
Development
a.) Community Development Officer –
GL.08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Social Welfare, Home
Economics or in any of the Social
Sciences or related subject from a
recognised University.
b.) Social welfare Officer – GL.08
Requirements
Candidate must possess a Degree
in Social Welfare, Home
Economics or in any of the Social
Work of any of the relevant Social
Sciences or Physical and Health
Education from a recognised
University,
19.) Ministry Of Justice
a.) State Counsel – GL.08
Requirements
Candidate must be legally
qualified to practice as Barrister
and Solicitor in Nigeria and must
have completed National youth
Service Corps (NYSC) or
obtained exemption Certificate of
NYSC.
Application Closing Date
All applications for the 2013 to 2014
recruitment at the Katsina State Civil
Service Commission must be submitted
latest 17th January, 2014
Method Of Application For The
2013/14 Katsina State Civil Service
Commission Recruitment
Interested applicants should purchase Katsina
State Civil Service Commission
Application Forms at the rate of Two
Hundred and Fifty Naira (N250.00) through
payment at any of the following Bank
Accounts:
First Bank -2014382486
Stanbic Bank – 7200155489
Zenith Bank – 1130009390
Skye Bank – 1790110420
FCMB – 0370883008
Keystone Bank – 1000662872
GT Bank – 0028383100
All completed Application forms should be
submitted to:
The Chairman,
Katsina State Civil Service
Commission,
Kaita Road, opposite Katsina State
House of Assembly,
Katsina.
Note: All persons applying for the Katsina
State Civil Service Commission vacancies
must have completed National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC) or obtained
exemption Certificate of NYSC.