The Right Livelihood College (RLC) at the
Center for Development Research (ZEF),
University of Bonn, Germany, offers a DAAD-
funded PhD research scholarship on: “Oil
dependency and bioeconomic transformation
in Nigeria”
Background
The Right Livelihood College (RLC) is a
global transdisciplinary education and
research initiative of universities and the
“Alternative Nobel Prize”, the Right
Livelihood Award (RLA). There are currently
RLC Campuses at eight universities
worldwide, among others at ZEF, University
of Bonn, Germany, and at the University of
Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
As part of this network, the RLC Campus
Bonn and the German Academic Exchange
Service (DAAD), in cooperation with the
“Alternative Nobel Prize” Laureate Nnimmo
Bassey and the STRIVE [Sustainable TRade
and InnoVation transfer in the bioEconomy:
from national strategies to global sustainable
development goals] project, offer a 3-year
PhD scholarship for candidates from sub-
Saharan Africa to carry out a PhD research
project related to the potential role of the
bioeconomy in reducing the Nigerian
economy’s reliance on fossil fuel resources.
Research context
Nigeria’s economy is highly dependent on
fossil fuel exports and thus exposed to a
volatile global market environment. Bio-
based economic transformation is often
proposed as a promising strategy to reduce
fossil resource dependency and achieve
sustainable development goals. However, the
nature and outcomes of potential
bioeconomic transformation pathways will
depend on a complex interplay of factors,
such as prices for oil and other Nigerian
export products including from agriculture,
access to bio-based knowledge and
technology, and economic as well as
environmental policies.
The PhD research project is expected to
adopt a regional or macro-perspective to
analyze the role of these factors and the
economic mechanisms through which they
affect sustainability outcomes of alternative
development pathways for the Nigerian
economy. The research will be based on
field and secondary data collection in
Nigeria.
Applicants are requested to develop their
own PhD research proposal to contextualize
and concretize the envisaged research
project.
The PhD scholarships
Qualified applicants should be citizens and
residents of a sub-Saharan African state.
They should hold an excellent master’s or
equivalent degree in agricultural or natural
resource economics, economics or related
disciplines, and have experience in the use
of computable general equilibrium models,
partial equilibrium models, or input- output
models. Experience in interdisciplinary and
international research teams is an asset.
Fluency in English is mandatory. The age
limit is 32 years.
The scholarship is funded by the DAAD for
3 years starting from August 1, 2017. It
covers a Junior Researcher position at ZEF
and all respective costs for travel and
research. In the first year, the candidate will
participate in the international ZEF Doctoral
Program in Bonn, followed by time for
empirical field research in Nigeria. Oil
dependency and bioeconomic transformation
in Nigeria- Opportunity to Pdf Scholarship..

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SUSPENSION OF INDEFINITE STRIKE
Sequel to the deliberations and resolutions
reached at the inaugural m between the new
Management led by Dr. Momodu Sanusi
Jimah and the Executive Members of the
Joint Unions of ASUP, SSANIP and NASU.
Auchi Polytechnic Chapters, held on the 5th
of March, 2017 at the NASU Secretariat and
the subsequent ratification of the resolutions
by the Joint Action Congress JAC) of ASUP,
SSANIP and NASU on Monday, 6h March,
2017 the current strike action embarked
upon by the Polytechnic's workers on
Monday, 6 February, 2017 is hereby
suspended However, the leadership of the
Joint Unions of ASUP, SSANIP and NASU
appreciates all members for their prayers,
cooperation and support all through the
struggle.


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The Federal University Wukari in Taraba has promised to offer automatic employment to all the 16 graduating students of the institution that came out with first class degrees.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Abubakar Kundiri, who disclosed this during the maiden convocation of the institution on Saturday in Wukari, also said that those who were willing to pick up the appointment, would similarly be trained up to their third level degrees.
He said that the decision of the university in this direction was to encourage others to work hard to attain such heights and also to develop quality manpower for the new institution.
In his remarks at the occasion, the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, Abubakar Abdulrasheed, commended the decision of the university to engage the services of the best graduating students.
Represented by Ibrahim Yakasai, the Head of Public Affairs of the Commission, the Executive Secretary said that the NUC would continue to support the institution in its manpower development.
Also in his valedictory, the best graduating student, David Adashu, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, pledged to represent the good image of institution.

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The management of the Federal University
of Technology, Minna (FUTMINNA) has
observed with concern, the incessant cases
of unknown persons moving freely among
students in the hostel and academic areas
of the two campuses.
Management has therefore directed that all
Staff and Students should always wear and
display their ID Cards within the University
campuses for easy identification.
Management hereby solicits for full
cooperation with the University Security
Service Division as this is meant to protect
the lives and property of members of the
University community.

Failure to do so will attract sanction(s).

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As we promised earlier below are the
questions and answers to it via jamb twitter
handle jambhq.
1. Question asked: how do you intend to fix
the problem of numerous amount of
candidates seeking admission into the
tertiary institution
JAMB's response: That is left for us to fix
2: Question asked: when will jamb for be
ready and the exam be concluded because
some schools need the result of jamb before
march 31. E.g is the NDA
JAMB's response: All institutions are aware
of JAMB exam date, so they will not put any
candidate in a disadvantaged position.
3. Question asked: Good day please I needed
to know if candidate with awaiting result can
reg for jamb 2017.
JAMB's response: Yes please. JAMB has not
cancelled Awaiting Result. Please read our
tweets on this page for more clarification
4. Question asked: with this new policy, does
it means I can choose more than one
polytechnic?
JAMB's response: Yes that is what it means.
5. Question asked: WILL CYBER BE ALLOW
TO REGISTER THE JAMB?
JAMB's response: cyber cafes will not be
allowed to register candidates on behalf on
JAMB
6. Question asked: I want ask questions
about (1) 2017 JAMB fee (2)When will the
form be release for sale.
JAMB's response: There is no official
statement on the price of the fee for this
year's registration. We will announce it when
we have the info
7. Question asked: is it true there's not
going to be Jamb next year
JAMB's response: Please do not spread
rumours. The exam has been scheduled to
hold in May 2017
8. Question asked: is it true one must take
five subjects??
JAMB's response: Five subject where?
JAMB or SSCE?
9. Question asked: if i may ask, are we not
allowed to choose state uni... as first
choice?
JAMB's response: Yes you can choose a
state Uni as your first choice
10. Question asked: can't you delay
admission processes till both WAEC and
NECO release their results?
JAMB's response: JAMB does not have the
powers to do that


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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has introduced a biometric technology for the corps members’ monthly clearance in South West, a development that will expose those who absent themselves from their places of primary assignment. The Director General of NYSC, Brig-Gen Suleiman Kazure who stated this in Ibadan at the opening ceremony of the training workshop on Biometric Clearance of Corps Members in Local Government Areas in SouthWest with the theme “Ensuring Accountability in Corps members activities using ICT, said that biometric technology will not only address absenteeism during service year but will also address the problems of irregular signatures leading to non-payment of monthly allowance, and poor collation and storage of data of corps members. The training was organised for all heads of corps inspection and monitoring branches, ICT desk officers, zonal and local government inspectors of the South-West. Kazure, who was represented by NYSC Director of Corps Welfare, Mrs Victoria Okakwu said, “This new process has received great ovation from the public for its positive impact in areas such as elimination of sharp practices perpetuated by fraudulent individuals and reduction of errors in our data and workload on our staffs, corps memners and other stakeholders. “Furthermore, the improvement on the new process also brought about the introduction of the use of biometrics for mobilisation and registration of corps members at orientation camps which has not only helped in fast tracking the process, but also reduced impersonation and registration in prozy including ineligible graduates
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has disclosed that it will today answer questions from prospective 2017 UTME candidates and the public to give clarifications on any issue that candidates would like to be clear on concerning the 2017 UTME.

The information released via the board's official twitter handle reads, "By 10am tomorrow 3rd March,2017. We will be Live here to take questions from prospective candidates for #UTME 2017 for 2hrs. Get your questions ready."

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As long as you wish to participate in the 2017
JAMB UTME, you MUST create a profile on the
JAMB Portal.below are the procedures to go
through before creating your profile.
If you have already successfully created a profile
on the official JAMB portal, you may be required
to create another profile because there is usually
a UNIQUE CODE that is sent to every new profile
created at this time.
This UNIQUE CODE is what you are expected to
take to the CBT Centre during registration.
Whether JAMB will make this code available for
existing profiles, we don’t know at this time. We
may just have to wait until registration begins, to
be guided on how existing profiles can get their
own
UNIQUE CODE.
To Create a New Profile
You can leave this page open, while you create
your profile in another window, and use this as a
guide.
NOTE: If you are to create this profile, we advise
you use aCOMPUTER SYSTEM to do so. If you
would like to use your mobile device, please DO
NOT USE OPERA MINI.
To successfully overcome the first step, you
need to have a valid email. If you don’t have a
working email.
How to create JAMB Profile
STEP 1:
1.1: The first step is to validate your email
address on the JAMB portal. To do this, click
here.
1.2: Fill in your email in the first two spaces
provided, then select a question and type a
secret answer in the last 2 spaces. The secret
question and answer will be required if you forget
your password to your profile on the JAMB
portal, so ensure you always remember your
selected question and the corresponding answer
you typed.
1.3: Then click “Verify Email”. A link will be sent
to your email.
1.4: Open your email and find an email sent from
“noreply@JAMB.gov.ng”. The email should be
titled “eMail Address Confirmation”.
1.5: Open the email and click the link that says
“Click here to continue your Profile Creation”. If
you are unable to click on the link, ensure the
email is not in your SPAM/JUNK folder. If it is,
move it into your inbox to access the link.
1.6: PLEASE NOTE: There is a U NIQUE CODE
that be sent to your email. Please ensure you
do not delete that email or you can copy the
unique code to somewhere safe. You will need
this code when you go to register at the CBT
Centre.

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AN indigenous pharmaceutial firm, MIRAL Pharm Ltd is organising an essay competition. The topic is: “End malaria for good”. It is for pharmacy students of the Nnamdi Azikwe University (NAU), Awka, the Anambra State capital. The topic is the
theme of the 2016 World Malaria Day.
To be part of the competition, participants are required to register and submit the 1,000-word essay on the company’s website –
www.miralpharm.com by March 1 2017
To Participate
Log on to www.facebook.com/miralpharm to like our facebook page
Complete the registration form here and your login details will be sent to your email address
Login and write an essay of not more than 1000 words
Submit your essay on or before 12.00 midnight,March 1st 2017 via this link
Prizes to be won include a one-year
scholarship and a trip to selected facilities in India (first prize); one-year scholarship and a laptop (second prize), and one-year
scholarship (third prize).

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In a bid to encourage academic excellence and celebrate hard work, eighteen students of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education were during the fourth Senate meeting honoured for being the best graduating students in their departments. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele, at the presentation of the award of Thirty Five Thousand Naira (N35,000) each to the students by their Deans, congratulated the students for their outstanding academic performance and for being role models to other students. He apologized for the delay in presenting the cash reward to them that was made possible by the Monier Construction Company (MCC) Nigeria Limited and hoped that the award would spur them to be committed to greater achievement in future endeavours. Speaking on behalf of the students made up of nine 2013/2014/and nine 2014/2015 sets, Miss Catherine Bornu expressed gratitude to the Vice- Chancellor for the honour done them and promised that they would continue to make the university proud. Some members of Senate stressed the need for the students to be given a written certificates of honour in addition to the cash price. They also suggested that the students should be considered as potential candidates for recruitment into the university as graduate assistants once embargo on employment is lifted to serve as incentive and to build the knowledge economy. The Eighteen students are for 2013/2014 set: 1. Hope Chimezie -Accounting department 2.Bornu Catherine -Guidance and Counselling 3.Madubuike Ebere -Fine and Applied Arts 4. Clifford Brilliance O. -Music 5. Sadiku Adebisi G -Chemistry 6.Onwuebnuche Faithful- Maths/ Statistics 7. Onwukwe Eze King- Physics 8. Aka Portia Rex- Economics 9. Sokari Victor- Political Science For 2014/2015 set we have: 1.Joseph Uche Onowu- Accounting 2.Madonna Wichendu- Guidance & Counselling 3.Roland Okpaka- Fine and Applied Arts 4.Barak Ngerebo- Music 5. Mercy Ifunanya Dike- Chemistry 6.Igongesit Michael Umoh-Maths/Statistics 7.Good luck Eberechukwu Kio- Physics 8.Boma Gloria Branga- Economics 9.Elijah Nwaneka Nwaenyi- Political Science
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Total E&P Nigeria is the operator of the NNPC/TEPNG Joint Venture, producing oil and gas from several onshore and shallow water licenses. The company is aiming to select young Nigerian scholars for the 2017/2018 academic year Masters program in Engineering and Sciences (Oil & Gas related) in France.

Successful students will be sponsored to study in one of the programmes in the Schools listed below:

IFP School:
– Specialized Master in Petroleum Geosciences (12 months of classes and 4 month internship)
– Specialized Master in Reservoir Geoscience and Engineering (12 months of classes and 4 month internship)
– Specialized Master in Processes and Polymers (12 months of classes and 6 month internship)
– Specialized Master in Petroleum Economics and Management (11 months of classes and 4-6 month internship)
– Specialized Master in Petroleum Data Management (11 months of classes and 4-6 month internship).

Ecole des Mines de Nantes:
– Master in Project Management for Environmental and Energy Engineering (PM3E) (3 academic semesters and 6-month internship).

Ecole Centrale de Nantes:
– Master of Engineering in Computational Mechanics (MN CM) (4 academic semesters)
– Master of Engineering in Design of Systems and Products (GM CSP) (3 academic semesters and 6-month internship)
– Master of Engineering in Materials, Processes and Technology of Composites (GM MPTC) (3 academic semesters and 6-month internship)
– Master of Engineering in Automatic control, Signal and Image (ARIA ASI) (4 academic semesters).

Institut Supérieur d’Électronique de Paris (ISEP):
– Master in wireless telecommunication and IoT systems (3 academic semesters and 6-month internship).

INSA Toulouse:
– Master in Fluids Engineering for Industrial Processes (3 academic semesters and 6-month internship).

Ecole Polytechnique:
– Master in Energy Environment: Science Technology and Management (STEEM) (3 academic semesters and 6-month internship).

Université Paris Saclay:
– Master Renewable Energy Science & Technology (REST) (3 academic semesters and 6-month internship).

ELIGIBILITY:
Only Nigerian nationals are eligible to apply.
Students should have graduated between 2013 and 2016.
Must hold a first degree with at least Second class upper division relevant to the fields defined above.
Must have completed 1(one) year mandatory NYSC programme.

METHOD OF APPLICATION:
Interested applicants are to visit the Total postgraduate scholarship application page via the link http://www.careers.total.com/en/detail/offre/6706BR
Click on the ‘Apply for Job’ tab and create a personal account,
The login to apply for scholarship online.
You must attach your CV with your full bio-data and educational details to the form.
No paper application will be accepted.

SCREENING DATE:
The selection exercise will take place in March, 2017.

DEADLINE:
Candidates are to submit application not later than Sunday, 5th March 2017

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The Federal University of Technology,
Minna,expelled 44 students from various faculties over poor academic performance and examination malpractice.

The university’s spokesperson, Lydian Ledgu,said
in a statement in Minna that the affected students have been ordered to vacate the campus.

She said that 22 students were advised to withdraw due to poor academic performance while the 22 others were expelled for their involvement in examination malpractices.

“The university authority will not tolerate any act
that will tarnish its highly earned academic
standard,” Ms. Ledgu said.

She advised students of the institution to take
their academic work seriously and shun all vices
that could lead to their expulsion.

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I refer to my memoranda of 25 February and 2 March, 2016 respectively on the above subject matter
The referenced memos were specifically on the implementation of the new 4-Point Grading System which was subsequently put on hold until the 2016/2017 Session due to some logistic constraints. The implementation is due this academic session (2016/2017).
Consequently, I write to inform you of Senate’s decision, at its meeting of 18 July, 2016, on the New Grading System and Minimum Units to be registered for and passed by students at each level, as well as Change in the status of GES courses in the University as follows: 1. The average minimum units taken at each Level should be 40 units. 2. The minimum units to be passed at each Level by students in order to proceed to the next Level should be 60% of 40 units. 3. All GES courses, with the exception of the “ Use of English I & II (GES 101 and 201) ”, should be made to acquire the status of REQUIRED COURSES. 4. The 4-Point Scale Grading System should be adopted in order to align with other universities world-wide and the recommendation of the National Universities Commission (NUC). The above implies that the recommended Average Minimum Units expected of the students to take/register for is now 40 units (for the new intakes: 100 Level) as against the old 30 units. Given this development, the regulations guiding withdrawal of students in the University in respect of the new system are as follows:
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