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Islam for Muslims / Re: Islamic Rulings On Dealing With The Ex-wife by Positivist: 12:26pm On Nov 11, 2023
KennethEnyi:
Useless religion
That's your religion that has no guidelines on how to deal with matters such as this.

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Politics / Re: A Town In Kano State Founded By An Igbo Man by Positivist: 1:06pm On Jan 19, 2023
MayorofLagos:


Oh God....Oh God...Oh God, please when next you create Ibo on the planet give them abundance sense to be able to see and hear past their ego.

Kwankwaso in Hausa means bottom part of the body, i think the waist or pelvic area. It has nothing to do with Okonkwo. Some of your people made a similar claim about being the first settler of a town in Katsina State, it turned out the town was non existent in the year they claimed settlement on it.

I don.tire for these people. angry

Can you give a breakdown of how the word was formed to become Kwankwaso?
Computer Market / Re: All Laptops Motherboard Available In Lagos Nigeria by Positivist: 12:28am On Jan 05, 2023
Please, do you have Hp probook 11 g1 motherboard? If yes, how much is it?
Islam for Muslims / Re: Hijrah 1444AH: Ruling On Offering Congratulations At The Beginning Of The Year by Positivist: 1:16pm On Jul 29, 2022
Ojuntana:
What about Barka Da sallah? Is it allowed in Islam?

Yet a lot of Muslims do say it.

Anyway if Muslims are not to offer congratulatory greetings but are expected to respond to greetings, it means they are expecting such greetings from Non-Muslims. Same Non-Muslims it is haram to greet and congratulate during their festivities

What is hypocrisy again?
What is being talked about here is in relation to the New Year. Not the two Eids. I hope that this gives some clarity.

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Politics / Re: ENDSARS: Turkish Authorities Deny Nigerians Permission For Protest by Positivist: 2:08pm On Oct 17, 2020
jlinkd78:
A once Christianity dominated country but now over 90% Islamic dominated
Philippines was once a Muslim dominated country but now a Christian majority country. Talk of modern day wars and colonialism used to violently spread Christianity across the world too

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Crime / Re: Masquerades Arrested For Flouting Lockdown Order (Photos) by Positivist: 11:40am On Apr 14, 2020
AgentNairaland:
Just try to Remember what Happened To One DPO like That After Arresting Masquerade
The DPO wasn't the one who arrested the masquerade back then.
Education / No Date Fixed For School Resumption - Education Ministry by Positivist: 1:41pm On Apr 13, 2020


The Federal Ministry of Education has urged Nigerians to disregard some false news making the rounds that the Federal Government had directed the reopening of schools.

The ministry’s spokesperson, Ben Goong, said on Sunday that there was no such directive from the minister, Adamu Adamu, as everyone had been instructed to work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mr Goong noted that parents, guardians and stakeholders must not be misled by fake news but should continue to abide by the Federal Government ’s regulations to tackle the ravaging pandemic.

In his words, “On the issue of reopening of schools, the ministry has not directed the reopening of any school at any level . The purported press release by the minister to that effect is a clear forgery as it did not emanate from the minister.

“Parents, students and the general public are advised to please disregard the fake release."

He also dismissed another fake news attributed to the ministry claiming that the government blamed university vice-chancellors for the ongoing strike by university teachers.

"There is also another story making the rounds that the Federal Government has blamed the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities on vice-chancellors. At no time did any Federal Government official make that kind of statement.

“Any insinuation in that direction is simply emanating from the fertile imagination of the author and that the ministry has nothing whatsoever to do with it. Stakeholders and indeed the general public should disregard such statements .

"Stay at home, stay safe. Let’s work from home like I'm doing. Only the living can work or worship.”
https://educeleb.com/no-date-fixed-for-school-resumption-education-ministry/
Career / Re: How Do I Become A Professor by Positivist: 12:08am On Nov 04, 2019
These are the requirements of becoming a professor in Nigeria https://educeleb.com/requirements-becoming-professor-nigeria/
Politics / Re: Femi Fani-Kayode Reacts To Mohammed Morsi's Death by Positivist: 9:08pm On Jun 19, 2019
SarkinYarki:


Doesn't Buhari have a Pastor deputy? Please carry your Jihadist deception commot my front jare
Unlike Nigeria, Egypt is over 80% Muslim majority. Before Morsi and after him, the less than 10% Christian do not have such a slot at political power. Take your islamisation paranoia to the sewers.

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Politics / Re: Femi Fani-Kayode Reacts To Mohammed Morsi's Death by Positivist: 9:45am On Jun 18, 2019
SarkinYarki:



Morsi was an unrepentant jihadist sectarianist who had no regards for the sanctity of Egyptian secularity .
Yet, he had a christian as a deputy. Olodo!

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Education / Ogun Govt. Appoints Professor In Alleged Sex For Marks Scandal by Positivist: 4:09pm On Jun 17, 2019
A professor in an alleged sex for marks scandal at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Segun Awonusi would be heading a committee set up by the Ogun State government to look into the operational modalities of Moshood Abiola University of Science and Technology, Abeokuta and Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia.

Awonusi who teaches English at UNILAG was accused by a former student, Joy Nwana of pressurising her into having sex with him after a nude picture of the professor emerged online in June 2018. But investigation by the UNILAG management into the allegation was inconclusive as Ms Nwana failed to appear before a panel set up investigate it. Since last July, the university had kept mum over the controversy.

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State announced his appointment in a statement by his spokesperson, Mr Kunle Somorin.

Abiodun stated that this has become necessary because the State-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechic, MAPOLY, has been comatose since the Moshood Abiola University of Science and Technology, Abeokuta and Ogun State Polytechnic. Ipokia were created.

EduCeleb.com recalls that Abiodun's predecessor, Ibikunle Amosun had in 2017 sought and got the approval of the National Universities Commission (NUC) to establish MAUSTECH. The new school uses the site of the hitherto existing Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) in Abeokuta while the polytechnic was relocated to Ipokia and renamed Ogun State Polytechnic.

But almost two years after, both the new university and the polytechnic had been largely dysfunctional. It was only few days to the end of his tenure that Amosun constituted a governing council for both schools.

Abiodun noted that as a result of the unresolved issues, the fate of candidates and students of MAPOLY and their lecturers now hangs in a balance. Worse still, academic activities have been disrupted.

He, therefore, ordered that MAPOLY should revert to status quo ante with full academic activities restored, while the committee determines the way forward for the new institutions.

“As a responsible Government, we cannot fold our arms and allow the situation to continue," said the Governor.

"We cherish human capital development. This committee is therefore set up to holistically review the status, viability and sustainability of these newly established institutions."

The review committee is expected to recommend operational modalities for these institutions after interfacing with stakeholders in the education sector.

Aside Awonusi who is a former Vice Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education, other members of the committee include Alhaji Waheed Kadiri, a former Rector of MAPOLY and Dr Biodun Oluseye who is a Chief Lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.

Professor Joseph Odemuyiwa who is the National President of Workplace Educators & Managers Association of Nigeria (WEMAN) and Mr Abeeb Wale Ajayi who a seasoned lawyer and administrator are also members of the committee.

The National President of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Alumni Association, Mr. H.O. Ayoade and the Director Primary and tertiary education in the Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Waheed Olanloye are other members, with Olanloye serving as the committee’s secretary.

Among other things, the committee is expected to ascertain the current operational status of Moshood Abiola University of Science and Technology, Abeokuta and Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia and identify issues and challenges related to the establishment and operations of the two institutions.

It is also to determine the viability and sustainability of the institutions on a long term basis; and identify any other issue(s) related to the objectives of the assignment.

The Committee will also be making recommendations for the consideration of the Government.
https://educeleb.com/ogun-govt-appoints-professor-in-alleged-sex-for-marks-scandal/
Education / Re: Nti Pgde 2017 Yet To See Result After A Year by Positivist: 1:38am On Dec 13, 2018
The National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) is yet to release the results of students enrolled in 2017 Post-Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) programme due to administrative issues pertaining to university affiliation. They are trying decentralise University affiliation into six. Read the details of why at https://educeleb.com/nti-yet-release-2017-pgde-results/


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Education / Colleges Of Education Lecturers Suspend Two Month Old Strike by Positivist: 8:42pm On Dec 05, 2018
Lecturers in Nigerian colleges of education have on Wednesday suspended their two month old strike. Under the aiegies of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), the teachers earlier embarked on a nationwide strike on 2nd October, 2018.

President of the Union, Nuhu Ogirima, announced this on Wednesday at a briefing in Abuja after its expanded National Executive Council meeting.

Mr Ogirima said the suspension became necessary following reassurances from government to meet some of the key demands of the workers.

According to him, the suspension is to enable the government implement the agreements.

He, however, added that the union will reconvene in January to re-access the government’s commitment and “will not hesitate to stay away from work again if it reneges on the agreement”.

He said government had accepted that there is decay in colleges of education and agreed to implement the NEEDS assessment report

In his words, “Government, through the Minister of Education, has met with other state governors over poor and non payment of salaries in states colleges.

“Government has agreed to release a white paper tagged, ‘dual mode’ to implement partially, for some colleges to (be able to) award degrees.”

ALSO READ: UNILAG postpones admission screening over Non-Academic Staff Strike
He said the government has also promised to reinstate its sacked members in Ogun State Colleges of Education.

While the Colleges of Education lecturers may have suspended their strike, their counterparts in the universities are still negotiating a path towards finding a resolution with government regarding their demands.

EduCeleb.com reported on Tuesday that another meeting by the education minister, Adamu Adamu and other state officials with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ended in a deadlock leading to the prolonging of the one month old strike.

We also reported that lecturers in polytechnics under the banner of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) have threatened to commence their own indefinite strike from next Wednesday, 12th December.
Source: https://educeleb.com/college-of-education-lecturers-suspend-two-month-old-strike/
Education / ASUP To Begin Strike On December 12 by Positivist: 12:05am On Dec 05, 2018
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has declared that it would begin an indefinite strike from Wednesday, 12th December. This is as the strike by university lecturers clocked a month today.

In a phone interview with EduCeleb.com on Tuesday, the National President of ASUP, Usman Dutse said that this had become imminent because the Federal Government had failed to meet the demands of the polytechnic lecturers.

Prior to this impending strike, the union had on 2nd October issued a 21 day ultimatum to the government before it extended it to November but did not eventually go strike.

But Mr Dutse said that the proposed strike later this December would be total and indefinite. This further emphasises the resolution of the 93rd National Executive Council meeting reached at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos last week.

“Government has failed to implement and fulfil agreements it reached with the union as contained in the memorandum of understanding signed,” he said.

EduCeleb.com recalls that after ASUP last went on strike in November 2017, the Federal government had reached an agreement to implement the recommendations of the 2014 NEEDS assessment for the strike to be suspended fifteen days after.

The agreement particularly highlighted the need for increased funding of polytechnics.

Dutse, however, gave other reasons too bordering on the roles of state governments and the National Assembly.

“The issue of the funding of the institutions has always been a major concern. After government conducted the NEEDS assessment in 2014, it promised to implement it. Years after, there is no designed roadmap to implement that.”

“The institutions are not funded. The states are even worse because state governments just establish schools without actually funding those schools. So, no infrastructure is in place,” he added.

He said that the bill meant to review the act on the establishment of polytechnics in the country was yet to be passed by the National Assembly, hoping that the strike would also help fast track its passage.

The ASUP president also alleged that some state governments were owing salaries for up to 14 months just as institutions victimise union leaders who voice out against what he termed injustice.

“We have states that are owing about 14 month salaries. Some owe eight months,” he said.

He gave instances of Abia, Benue, Ogun, Osun, Edo, Kogi as states owing up to as long as 14 months.


As for institutions where members were being victimised, he mentioned Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwuashi Uku; Osun State Polytechnic, Iree; and Adamawa State Polytechnic, Numan as instances.

Dutse also hoped that the strike would make government look into improving the condition of service and the payment of additional allowances government owed polytechnic lecturers.


Source : https://educeleb.com/asup-strike-december-12/

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Education / Re: Grace Ezenwa Wins Presidential Best Teachers Award, Gifted Brand New Car-PIX by Positivist: 8:39am On Oct 08, 2018
Ogun teacher, Anambra administrator win cars in Presidential Teachers’, Schools Excellence Award https://educeleb.com/ogun-teacher-anambra-administrator-win-cars-in-presidential-teachers-schools-excellence-award/
Education / WAEC Reschedules English Paper For New Date by Positivist: 9:58pm On Sep 17, 2018
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has postponed the English Language papers in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) for Private Candidates earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, 22nd September.

The examination body revealed this on its official Twitter handle, @waecnigeria, when a candidate wanted a confirmation of the postponement of the paper. It said that the paper will now hold on 29th September.

In the tweet response given over the weekend, the WAEC handler also directed candidates to visit its site to download an updated timetable.

“English Language papers will be written on September 29, 2018. Please, go to our registration site (http://
registration.waecdirect.org ) and download the timetable,” it stated.

Some pundits have speculated that the postponement is due to the gubernatorial election holding in Osun State on 22nd September, the earlier date of the examination.

EduCeleb.com reports that the 2018 WASSCE for Private Candidates began on 14th August and is expected to end on 2nd October.

It is believed that this development would give candidates more time to prepare for the all important examination paper.

Source:
https://educeleb.com/waec-reschedules-english-paper-for-new-date/
Education / Re: Neco Coordination 2018 by Positivist: 1:22pm On Jul 24, 2018
On Thursday, 26th July, examiners would converge on various NECO marking centres across Nigeria to mark the just concluded SSCE. If you're interested in learning more while making a little money through the marking/coordination exercise, visit https://educeleb.com/neco-marking-centres/ to see the list of NECO marking centres around you.

You may either be an examiner or a checker. Here is your guide to understanding what these mean https://educeleb.com/how-to-become-an-examiner-or-checker-with-waec-and-neco/
Politics / Re: President Buhari Lauds Educational Ties Between Nigeria And Belarus by Positivist: 10:27am On Jul 16, 2018
Kudos to Belarus.

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Nairaland moderators need to check how people make unintelligent comments on posts. It's appalling this platform is being left for derailers to damage its strength as a reputable source of information.
Education / YABATECH Expells 19 Students Over Malpractices: See Their Names by Positivist: 5:05pm On Jul 02, 2018
The management of the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos has expelled nineteen students of the institution over various offences relating to examination malpractices.

The affected students belong to various departments within the school and cut across both full-time and part-time programmes.

In three different circulars sighted by
EduCeleb.com over the weekend on the institution’s campus, the students were said to have committed the offences during the second semester examinations in the 2016/2017 academic session.

All the circulars were signed by the Deputy Registrar, Academics, Mrs M.O. Osidipe and dated 27th June.

Each also indicated that the Academic Board took the decision on behalf of the management at its meetings variously held on 28th May, 30th May, and 7th June.

Explaining the rationale behind the decision, YABATECH spokesman, Ndubueze Ejiofor said that it was standard practice that once one student was caught cheating in the exam, he/she would face the music as stated in the students’ handbook.

“When the students were admitted, they were given the students’ handbook. Part of the content discriminates against examination malpractices. It is standard practice here. Once anyone violates the rule, he should be ready to pay for that,” he told EduCeleb.com.

ALSO READ: Mixed reactions trail Law graduate denied call to bar over hijab

The students expelled

In one list with Reference Number AD/ACAD/8/Vol. 5/06, the names of the listed students include Helen Kelechi Amogu, Damilola Esther Oduntan, Usen Ndifreke Bassey, and Korede Morufat Oladejo.

While Ms Amogu is a part-time National Diploma (ND) II student in the Department of Mass Communications, the other three belong to the Department of Business Administration. Both Ms Oduntan and Mr Bassey are ND I students while Ms Oladejo is an ND III student.



Another list with Reference Number AD/ACAD/8/Vol. 5/07 included eight names.
The expelled students listed there are Abidemi Ayejafor, Ibrahim Fashola, Balikis Adetutu Subair, Ridwan Ayinde Razak, Adetola Adeshina, Bright Christian Okere, David Agary and Abiodun Austine Sholaja.

Both Mr Ayejafor and Mr Fashola are full-time Higher National Diploma (HND) II students in the Department of Computer Science.

For Ms Subair and Mr Rasak, they belong to the Department of Science and Laboratory Technology as part-time ND II students.


The remaining four are also part-time students. While Mr Adeshina is in ND III Computer Science, Mr Okere is in ND III Statistics, Mr Agary is in ND II Electrical and Electronics Engineering but Mr Sholaja is an ND I student in IME.

ALSO READ: Only UNILAG has full accreditation for Law, LASU, UNIABUJA suspended

One other circular with reference number AD/ACAD/8/Vol. 5/08 listed seven other names.

They are Oluwasesan Gabriel Oyewusi, Rachael Nwaigwe, Emmanuel Olajide Adegoke, Jamiu Morakinyo, Chuka Ewiwilem, Francis Ayorinde and Akeem Ayo Adeosun.

Mr Oyewusi and Ms Nwaigwe are both of the Department of Accounting as full-time students. While the latter is in ND II, the former is in ND I.

Mr Adegoke studies Business Administration as a part-time ND III student while Mr Morakinyo is a full-time ND I student in Surveying and Geoinfomatics.

Meanwhile, Mr Ewiwilem is an ND I full-time student in Building Technology. The other two, Mr Ayorinde and Mr Adeosun are ND III students in the Mechanical Engineering department.

All the affected students have been directed to hand over the school’s property in their possession to any of their heads of departments, the Polytechnic librarian, or Dean of Students’ Affairs “with immediate effect”.
https://educeleb.com/yabatech-expells-19-students-over-malpractices-see-their-names/

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Education / Re: Ambode Offers Fuhad Adetoro Ogunsanya, LASU Best Student N5m, Scholarship by Positivist: 5:09pm On May 23, 2018
SolutionMee:
And the same government gave Miracle (an Ex BBnaija) 45 million naira.

We've lost it big time in this country.

God should please give us the past because the future is gone already.


cry
Stop raising false alarm. No government gave out such an amount. Not even that of Imo
Romance / Re: SEE Picture That Proves That Your Neighbour Is Not Your Friend by Positivist: 9:36pm On Apr 28, 2018
The other neighbour may be on vacation.
Education / Re: OAU Sex For Marks: What Monica Osagie Told Panel – Counsel by Positivist: 8:02pm On Apr 24, 2018
It's getting interesting.
Nairaland / General / Questions About Otobo's Claim Of Bribery To Defame Apostle Suleman by Positivist: 10:45am On Jan 28, 2018
Re: Pastors, Politicians Paid Me To Destroy Apostle Suleiman, Otobo Confesses!

Dear Otobo,
Tell us the name of those pastors and politicians that arranged your meeting with Apostle Suleiman in a night club where you performed as a strip dancer.

_ Tell us the names of those envious pastors and callous politicians that paid you to fly with Apostle Suleiman to Canada and lodge in a hotel.

_ Kindly tell us the name of the pastors and politicians that paid you to get pregnant for the Apostle.

_ Tell us the name of those pastors and politicians that told you to abort which almost killed you; after you bled for almost one year.

_ Tell us the name of those pastors and politicians that told you to take $ 8,000 (the money he made from one-night crusade) from the Apostle.

_Tell us the name of those pastors and politicians that told you to approach Festus Keyamo to lodge all your complaints and sue the Apostle.

_ Tell us the name of those pastors and politicians that told Apostle Suleiman to first deny knowing you, but later accepted he knew you.

_ What were the names of those pastors and politicians that made Apostle Suleiman first deny sending money to you, but later shut up when you provided empirical evidences through your UBA statement of account?

_ Who were those pastors and politicians that pushed Apostle to conspire with GTBank officials to freeze your account?

_ Lastly, did those pastors and politicians pay you jointly or separately?

More and more questions to come....Nigerians are not fools.
Politics / Re: Lagos State Suspends NURTW Operations by Positivist: 10:33pm On Jan 23, 2018
I'm positive that this tweet would be ineffective.
NYSC / Re: Checkout Corpers Lodge In Awgu LGA Enugu State by Positivist: 6:30pm On Jan 19, 2018
That doesn't look as if people live there. So, what's the fuse about?
NYSC / NYSC DG Charges Corps Members On Utilising SAED For Job Creation by Positivist: 6:28pm On Jan 19, 2018

Posted on : 18th January 2018 By
EduCeleb, Lagos

The Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Sulaiman Kazaure, has charged Corps Members to maximize the abundant opportunities of the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development in the Scheme to create jobs and become employers of labour.

He stated this on Thursday at the NYSC Delta State Orientation Camp in Issele-Uku, while addressing the 2017 Batch ‘B’ Stream Two Corps Members deployed to Edo and Delta States after their swearing-in ceremony.

Brigadier General Kazaure said job creation is the only panacea to the increasing rate of unemployment in the country.

He also advised the Corps Members to be patriotic to the ideals of a united Nigeria, shun all forms of social vices and respect the culture of their host communities while emphasising the need to integrate fully with their host communities and learn new cultural values.

In the NYSC boss’ words, “Avoid indecent dressing, dress like graduates and be security conscious at all times”.

During the swearing-in ceremony earlier in the day, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, who was represented by his deputy, Barrister Kingsley Otuaro advised the Corps Members to leave indelible footprints in the state through the provision of developmental projects.

ALSO READ: UI VC satisfied with Post-UTME Screening exercise conduct

EduCeleb.com reports that the Delta State Coordinator, Mr Ayodele Omotade told the audience that all camp activities have been progressing without a hitch.

He stated that a total of One thousand, five hundred and eighty-nine Corps Members (1,589) comprising seven hundred and seventy-six (776) males and eight hundred and thirteen (813) females were registered for Delta State while Edo State has eight hundred and sixty-eight (868) Corps Members comprising four hundred and eighty-one (481) males and three hundred and eighty-seven (387) females took the Oath of Allegiance at the ceremony.

The corps members had already been deployed to their respective places of primary assignment to begin the compulsory one year national service as expected of every Nigerian graduate.


https://educeleb.com/nysc-dg-charges-corps-members-utilising-saed-job-creation/
Family / Re: Oldest Woman In Benue Dies At 122 (Photo) by Positivist: 9:21pm On Jan 16, 2018
Such is life. No one lives forever.
Education / Re: Can I Suspend My Admission And Continue Next Year Without Writing Jamb Again? by Positivist: 9:14am On Jan 13, 2018
Ugaboy:


Pls can u Xplain more
Deferment means postponement. You've been offered admission already and it's the admissions office of the school (or a similar office under the Registrar) that issued you it. By deferring the admission, you're simply notifying the school of your interest in continuing your programme at a later time. With that, the admission remains intact till the next year. Take note that deferring admission should be done before admission offers close. If you don't indicate that you're deferring admission early , the school would simply assume you are not accepting its offer and will not reckon with such request if it's coming too late.
Education / Re: Can I Suspend My Admission And Continue Next Year Without Writing Jamb Again? by Positivist: 10:11pm On Jan 11, 2018
Ugaboy:
I got admission this year at university of Uyo... To study mathematics and statistics... Along the way my sponsor withdrew from his promise. I have requested for help from family and friends, they all all claim to be struggling.

And now I have no choice than to suspend it for next year...and prepare myself
Pls help, can I still secure the admission and continue next year Without writing JAMB
You can defer your admission. Visit the admissions office of that school to check out the modalities of establishing that. Regards!
Education / Re: Ogun Leads As NECO Releases November/december 2017 Result by Positivist: 6:19pm On Jan 09, 2018
Irrespective of the outcome, more work is needed to be done to improve the standard of examining in Nigeria

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Education / Gombe State University Website Hacked by Positivist: 12:11pm On Dec 28, 2017
The official website of the Gombe State University (GOMSU) has been hacked,
EduCeleb.com reports.

It is not clear yet how long this had happened. But a visit to the website between December 26th and 28th, 2017 indicated this.

This discovery is coming at a time thousands of hackers are gathered in the east German city of Leipzig for their annual convention .

A hacker is any skilled computer expert that uses their technical knowledge to overcome a problem. In its pejorative term, it refers to someone badgering into the computer or phone system.

The hacker of the GOMSU site who simply gave his name as SHETTIMAX placed a notice on pages of the website indicating that he had control over it.

He is believed to be of the MAIDCITYLEETCREW hackers group, based on the header tag he altered on the website.

SHETTIMAX however assured the administrators of the site of the safety of their files. He suggested that the reason for hacking into the website was to show breaches therein.

Gombe State University released its admission list in November.

But on a visit to the page labelled “New Admission List”, EduCeleb.com discovered that the hacker’s signature displayed that admission was still open.

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Further attempts to visit other sections of the website returns one to the initial static page designated by the hacker.

Images of two skeletons hung in the gallow, and that of a terrified eyeball were on display.

Also, some background audio representative of music, struggles and cries indicative of violence were added to the features of the website’s background by the hacker.

On the GOMSU news page, the hacker delivered his message hoping the website administrators fix the website breach soon. He also gave out his contact details with the hope that he is contacted.

The GOMSU website accessible to the public. EduCeleb.com had contacted the university to inform its management of this major security breach on the website. As at the time of filing this report, the finger prints of the hacker are still visible on the website and there are no indications of it leaving soon.

https://educeleb.com/gombe-state-university-website-hacked/
Religion / Jesus As A Businessman By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo by Positivist: 5:41pm On Dec 11, 2017
We have to get the politics of religion right if we are ever going to get the religion of politics right.
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Over two decades ago, at the library of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, I came across an essay called “Jesus as a Businessman.” What I read in the essay shocked me. Until then, I didn’t know that it was possible for normal people to think such unusual thoughts. Before that day, I believed I was the only crazy one. I feared my mind was going to send me to hell. But after reading that essay, I knew I was not alone. And even if I went to hell, I would have company.

So I photocopied the essay and carried it on me for a very long time. Every now and then, I reread it just to marvel at the audacity of the writer. I watched as the photocopy ink faded off the papers but the thoughts the essay put in me did not fade. Until recently, I did not know who wrote the essay neither did I know the book it was extracted from.
The other day, I found out that the essay was just an introduction and the first chapter of Bruce Barton’s 1925 book called “The Man Nobody Knows: A Discovery of the Real Jesus Christ.”

In the book, advert executive, Bruce Barton, retells the story of Jesus Christ. Barton emphasizes some aspects of Jesus’ life that portrays him as an epitome of a modern day business man. The author asserts that Jesus used today’s marketing tools and advertizing strategies to build a formidable business empire. For example, Barton highlights the way Jesus picked his workers and the way he appointed his successor as proofs of great managerial skills. He contends that Jesus’ message was streamlined and spiced up with everyday real life stories. Barton insists that Jesus’ odd lifestyle was attention grabbing. Critics of Bruce Barton’s bestselling book accused him of “strained anachronistic exegesis” and of turning Jesus into the image of his advertizing world.

I presume that Bishop David Oyedepo has read that book. And so has Pastor Enoch A. Adeboye, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, Pastor Chris Okotie, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, Prophet T. B. Joshua and all the other pastors who brandish the prosperity preaching brand across Africa. If they haven’t read it, they must have read a book written by someone who read Barton’s book- like George Barna’s 1988 book, “Marketing the Church: What They Never Taught You About Church Growth.”
It all came together for me in the last few weeks. After my interview with Pastor Tunde Bakare and Rev. Nimi Wariboko, I was very close to an epiphany. And last Sunday, in twitter exchanges with two Nigerians over Bishop David Oyedepo’s declaration that he did not build Convent University with church members’ tithes, offerings or donations, it clicked.
We have to get the politics of religion right if we are ever going to get the religion of politics right.

The obvious reason for the above statement is that our sense of ethics, or what remains of it, comes from our religious base. We have all but abandoned the ethics of our traditional African ways of life. So if the religious ethics fail, everything else will fail. The other reason is that the majority of our people take their cue from these religious leaders than all the media in the country. More people watch Bishop David Oyedepo each week than all the people who watch NTA news.
So let us begin with Bishop Oyedepo’s defense against those who criticized his lifestyle and how he runs his church. “The last time the church paid my salary was December 1987,” he said. “Nobody heard it, not even the ministers in the church until 1997 and church members didn’t hear this until 2007.”

On reading that, the first question that crossed my mind was, so how has Oyedepo been surviving without a salary? There were other questions like, why did it take ten years before the ministers knew? Let me leave out the evil questions like, doesn’t accountability and transparency require that the church members should know? And are we supposed to be impressed by the revelation?

Before we even get to the answers to the questions above, let us look at other things Bishop Oyedepo revealed. He said, “In January of 1988, my wife asked me of money for feeding and I told her I had given my salary to God. And that was the last time she ever had to ask for feeding money ‘til date.”

To crown it all, Oyedepo told his audience that, “Covenant University was built within seven months without any collection of any one naira tithes or offerings or donations of any kind from anywhere.” It was a direct response to those accusing him of building the university with contributions of members while setting tuition beyond the reach of an average church member.
Based on my interview with Pastor Tunde Bakare and Rev. Nimi Wariboko, my best guess is that the likes of Bishop David Oyedepo, Pastor Enoch A. Adeboye, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, Pastor Chris Okotie, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, Prophet T. B. Joshua and others have been surviving on Pentecostal opaqueness. It works because nobody around them asks any questions. People who should hold them accountable are busy worshiping them.

What is salary? Isn’t it that ugly thing you demand as an entitlement for the work you do? It gives a good public image to say the church does not pay you any salary when in fact the church takes care of most of your needs. These pastors also have at their disposal the ministries. In many cases, while churches may not pay these pastors, ministries do pay them. Most often, the churches do not own the ministries.

Traditionally, it is the general overseers and their cronies who legally own the ministries.
The average church members do not know there are demarcations between the ministries and the church. Those who are aware of such do not understand the demarcations. The ministries may handle tasks like printing the pastor’s books and selling the holy water. The ministries may own the churches’ fleets of vehicles, chains of schools and universities. Many church members would be surprised to find out that the private jet they gave as a gift to the pastor was not registered under the church’s name. If not registered directly as the property of the pastor it is registered as a property of one of the ministries owned by the pastor.

Now the average reaction of a church member is to say that it is not his or her business what the pastor is doing with the offerings and the tithes and the donations. They argue that what they give in time, money and materials, they give to God and not to the pastor. So, they can afford to look away. They consider their contributions to God as something spiritual that do not follow the dictates of temporal matters.
Such posturing sounds noble. Grand. Superior. But upon close examination, it appears hollow. It is more of an excuse not to be involved, not to accept any responsibility and not to demand accountability. Without acknowledging it, that nonchalant attitude sets the stage for the inevitable scandals that will ultimately cripple the same institutions members are trying to build with their resources.

The real question to ask as a follower of Jesus is, if Jesus were to attend the same church as you, would he tolerate all the gamesmanship going on there? Would the man who chased the money changers out of the temple close his eyes to all the iniquities going on in your church? Doesn’t being a Christian make you a mandatory reporter? A reporter who must not just report an abuse but is required by the law of conscience to stop it? If you see abuse and you don’t stop it, doesn’t that make you as guilty as the abuser? Doesn’t that make you an accomplice and an enabler?
We have to get the politics of religion right if we are ever going to get the religion of politics right.

If you cannot ask what Jesus would do on matters happening right inside your church, what are the chances that you will ask what Jesus would do on matters outside your church? Those who do not care where tithes from their pockets go, cannot care about where Nigeria's oil wealth, picked up from the ground, is going? It is attitudes like these that lead to the thinking, “I voted for Goodluck Jonathan but not for the PDP.”
Our church goers are willing to sow a seed without going back to water the seed and tend it as it grows. Yet, they are surprised at what happens to the seed - like the Winners Chapel flock who are surprised that the seed they thought they sowed towards the building of Convent University did not grow. They are surprised that actually Bishop Oyedepo built the university all by himself without a dime from anybody. Consequently, what they thought was ‘ours’ is really Oyedepo’s.

Bishop David Oyedepo and other pastors like him are people nobody knows- not even their church members. They abhor transparency and accountability. They apply the principles of modern business in running their Christian empires. The structure of their empires is simple. At the head is a church under which are chains of subsidiary companies called ministries but are legally known as charities. The church itself operates like any other franchise - Starbucks, McDonald’s, or Tantalizers. Everything is about product and profit. These General Overseers/CEOs set up rubber stamp board of directors who sign off on whatever the CEO wants. Meticulously, they prepare their children to succeed them and continue the family business.

Bruce Barton may have written the book about Jesus as a businessman but it is the Oyedepos who are living it. Oyedepo and his co travelers have successfully forced Jesus into the image of their world instead of turning themselves into Jesus’ image. They are the epitome of Jesus as a businessman.

Correct me if I’m right.

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