 Education › Gombe State University Website Hacked by Positivist(op): 12:11pm On Dec 28, 2017*. Modified: 12:34pm 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/ |
| Christianity Etc › Jesus As A Businessman By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo by Positivist(op): 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. |
| Celebrities › Re: The Future Awards Africa 2017 Nominees Cover ThisDay Style Magazine (Photo) by Positivist: 5:39pm On Dec 03, 2017 |
What criteria determined nominees? |
| Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Want To Work From Home? Dailyposts UK Is Recruiting! by Positivist: 4:03pm On Nov 07, 2017 |
DAILYPOSTSCEO:
Can anyone that has not been paid for their trial ensure that they have added their details to this- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xl-bFGQkDFjJpwC81zlo-EL5mMdV4IJePvruS5jmqng/edit?usp=sharing
We paid everyone that added to previous sheets, but some people did not follow the process, or did not complete in time.
Please note that those that did not turn up or did not do anything are not paid. Those that made some effort are paid.
We'll do a payment run off this sheet in around 7 days to give people time to get on there. We will check that people actually did work, so only fill the sheet if you genuinely worked and put the effort in.
Thanks I wasn't paid when I did the trial and have not been paid till this moment. |
| Education › Re: FG Commissions Redeemers University To Carryout Monkey Pox Analysis by Positivist: 8:09am On Nov 07, 2017 |
So, what's the outcome? |
| Career › Re: Nut Writes El-rufai Over Sack Of 21,780 Teachers by Positivist: 7:28am On Nov 07, 2017 |
NUT doesn't know what is best for education if that's its demand. |
| Education › Re: How Do I Get The Original Waec Certificate by Positivist: 5:22pm On Nov 06, 2017 |
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| Education › Re: House Of Representatives To Investigate Jamb’s Remittances To Federation Account by Positivist: 12:27pm On Nov 04, 2017 |
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| Education › Re: House Of Representatives To Investigate Jamb’s Remittances To Federation Account by Positivist: 8:06pm On Nov 03, 2017 |
oloyedayo:
What was the position of Jamb headquarters before Dibu became the registrar and after leaving office? How many zonal and state offices were on ground before Dibu started leading jamb and now? Which state office of jamb is without CBT exam centre now? I will tell you none all built during ojerinde time as JAMB registrar. Where did he get money for those projects? I wish present jamb leadership can tell us project he has embarked on since becoming the registrar. Do you think such capital intensive projects would have been done without FEC approval? Such spendings by Ojerinde couldn't have been done with the supposed remittances, by the way. Regarding Oloyede's projects since assumption of office, his leadership has started building additional CBT centres while equipping existing ones. At least, I saw that of the foundation laying ceremony in Abeokuta. |
| Education › Re: House Of Representatives To Investigate Jamb’s Remittances To Federation Account by Positivist: 8:05pm On Nov 03, 2017 |
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| Education › Re: ADP Lagos Congratulates Ogundipe As The New UNILAG Vice Chancellor by Positivist: 2:55pm On Oct 29, 2017 |
erunz:
The Action Democratic Party (ADP) Lagos Chapter, congratulates Professor Toyin Ogundipe as he takes over as the new vice chancellor of the prestigious University of Lagos.
We acknowledge the great achievements of the immediate past vice chancellor, Prof. Rahmon Bello as we wish him well in all his future endeavours. Bello is still the VC, at least, till November 10 while Ogundipe resumes the next day. |
| Education › Re: Student Reunites With Corper Teacher 30 Years Later by Positivist: 10:44pm On Oct 10, 2017 |
Holywizard:
He must be de only graduate in his community.
Hausa men eeh.
Fear north! You don't have to comment if your idea is empty. You should stop advertising your ignorance. |
| Education › UNILAG Denies Rusticating Student For Dancing by Positivist(op): 11:36pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
The management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has denied rusticating one of its students for dancing. This is according to its spokesman, Toyin Adebule. Recall that after a video of a student dancing with the statue of the late UNILAG Vice-Chancellor, Professor Babatunde Sofoluwe started trending, some social media users had alleged that she had been rusticated for 4 semesters over that. The student who appeared in the video is said to be a law student. It is claimed that the video was taken about two months ago but only became public knowledge few days ago over the alleged incidence of rustication. The matter has so far attracted mixed reactions from social media users. Adebule was emphatic that such an allegation was “false and should be disregarded” when contacted by EduCeleb on Monday. He noted that while the university encourages good conduct among its students, there was no iota of truth in social media rumours that the lady who appeared in the video was rusticated for four semesters. https://educeleb.com/unilag-denies-rusticating-student-for-dancing/
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| Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Want To Work From Home? Dailyposts UK Is Recruiting! by Positivist: 1:39pm On Sep 27, 2017 |
I did the trial for the first day before being asked to discontinue. Will I still be paid? |
| Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Want To Work From Home? Dailyposts UK Is Recruiting! by Positivist: 11:56pm On Aug 27, 2017 |
kendraloops:
na wa o. I haven't been able to. after signing up and I try to log in, it just goes blank. Go back to their home page and attempt logging in from there. I initially had a similar issue until I did so. I'm also scheduled for the Monday trials. |
| Career › Re: The ASUU Strike That Changed My Life For Good. by Positivist: 1:49am On Aug 20, 2017 |
I can relate with this. It was during the said strike I developed my knowledge and experience in blogging. My undergraduate research project equally extended beyond the time span and the strike was all I needed not have an extra year.
Posts like this should be available to a wider audience through the front page. |
| Jobs/Vacancies › Re: NECO Coordination On August 14, 2017 by Positivist: 10:51am On Aug 11, 2017 |
omolizzy:
1. Aba marking venue, Girls Secondary School, Abayi-Aba
2. Abakaliki marking venue, Holy Ghost Secondary School, Abakaliki
3. Abeokuta 1 marking venue, Rev. Kuti Memmorial Grammar School, Abeokuta
4. Abeokuta 2 marking venue, Abeokuta Girls Grammar School, Onikolobo, Abeokuta
5. Abuja marking venue, Government Secondary School, Wuse 3
6. Ado-Ekiti 1 marking venue, Christ Girls' School, Ado-Ekiti
7. Ado-Ekiti 2 marking venue, Mary Immaculate Girls Grammar School, Ado-Ekiti
8. Agbor marking venue, Ogbemudein Mixed Secondary School, Agbor
9. Akure 1 marking venue, Acquinas College, Akure
10. Akure 2 marking venue, Fiwasaye Girls' Grammar School, Akure
11. Asaba marking venue, Anglican Girls Grammar School, Asaba
12. Auchi marking venue, Our Lady of Fatima College, Auchi
13. Awka marking venue, Igwebike Grammar School, Awka
14. Bauchi marking venue, General Hassan UsmanKatsina College, Bauchi
15. Benin 1 marking venue, Idia College, Benin-City
16. Benin 2 marking venue, Western Boys High School, Benin-City
17. Birnin Kebbi marking venue, Nagari College Birnin Kebbi
18. Calabar marking venue, Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar
19. Dutse marking venue, Government Commercial School, Dutse
20. Enugu 1 marking venue, Urban Anglican Girls School, Ogui New Layout, Enugu
21. Enugu 2 marking venue, Federal Govt. College Enugu.
22. Gombe marking venue, Education Resource Centre, Gombe
23. Gusau marking venue, Sambo Secondary School, Gusau
24. Gwagwalada marking venue, Government Secondary School, Gwagwalada
25. The Polytechnic Ibadan, CBT Centre. Ibadan.
26. Ibadan 1 marking venue, Loyola College, Old Ife Rd., Ibadan
27. Ibadan 2 marking venue, Anwar-Ul Grammar School, Eleyele Ibadan
28. Ibadan 3 marking venue, St Patrick's Grammar School, Bashorun Ibadan
29. Ijebu-Ode marking venue, Ijebu-Ode Grammar School, Ijebu-Ode
30. Ikare-Akoko marking venue, Victory College, Ikare-Akoko
31. Ikorodu marking venue, Government. Senior College, Ikorodu
32. Ikot-Ekpene marking venue, State College, Ikot-Ekpene
33. Ilaro marking venue, Yewa College, Ilaro
34. Ile-Ife marking venue, Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife
35. Ilesa marking venue, Ilesa Grammar School, Ilesa
36. Ilorin 1 marking venue, St. Anthony Secondary School, Ilorin
37. Ilorin 2 marking venue, Sheikh Abdulkadir College, Ilorin
38. Jalingo marking venue, Magami Government Day Secondary School, Jalingo
39. Jos marking venue, St. Murumba College, Jos
40. Kabba marking venue, St. Monica College, Kabba
41. Kaduna marking venue 1, Sardauna Memorial College (SMC) Kaduna
42. Kaduna marking venue 2, Queen Amina College, Kaduna
43. Kafanchan marking venue, Government College, Kagoro
44. Kano marking venue 1, Rumfa College, Kano
45. Kano marking venue 2, Government Secondary School, Tarauni, Kano
46. Katsina marking venue, Government Day Secondary School KofarYandaka, Katisna
47. Lafia marking venue, Government Science School, Lafia
48. WAEC International office, Agidingbi, Lagos
49. Lagos (Agege 1) marking venue,Government Senior College, Agege
50. Lagos (Agege 2) marking venue, Saka Tinubu Memorial High School, Orile-Agege
51. Lagos (Igando) marking venue, Igando Community Junior High School, Igando
52. Lagos (Ijanikin) marking venue, Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Ojo-Ijanikin
53. Lagos (Ilupeju) marking venue, Ilupeju Senior Secondary School, Ilupeju
54. Lagos (Obanikoro) marking venue, Baptist Academy, Obanikoro
55. Lagos (Surulere) marking venue, A.U.D. Grammar School, Surulere
56. Lokoja marking venue, Bishop Delisle College, Lokoja
57. Makurdi marking venue, Mount St. Gabriel Secondary School, Makurdi
58. Mbaise marking venue, Mbaise Secondary School, Aboh Mbaise
59. Minna marking venue, Ahmadu Bahago Secondary School, Bosso Road, Minna
60. Nnewi marking venue, Maria Regina Model Comprehensive College, Nnewi
61. Nsukka 1 marking venue, Nsukka High School, Nsukka
62. Nsukka 2 marking venue, Govt Technical College (G.T.C), Nsukka.
63. Offa marking venue, Offa Grammar School, Offa
64. Ogbomoso marking venue, Ogbomoso High Sch., Ogbomoso
65. Okene marking venue, Ebira Community Secondary School, Okene
66. Okigwe marking venue, Federal Government College, Okigwe
67. Okitipupa marking venue, Stella Maris College, Okitipupa
68. Ondo marking venue, St. Joseph's College, Ondo
69. Onitsha 1 marking venue, Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha
70. Onitsha 2 marking venue, Christ the King College, Onitsha.
71. Orlu marking venue,Township Comprehensive Secondary Amaifeke,Orlu.
72. Osogbo 1 marking venue, Osogbo Grammar Sch., Osogbo
73. Osogbo 2 marking venue, Unity High School, Osogbo
74. Ota marking venue, Iganmode Grammar School, Ota
75. Otukpo marking venue, St. Francis College, Otukpo
76. Owerri 1 marking venue, Government Secondary School, Owerri
77. Owerri 2 marking venue, Emmanuel College, Owerri
78. Oyo marking venue, Olivet Bapt. High School, Oyo
79. Pankshin marking venue, Government College, Pankshin.
80. Port-Harcourt marking venue, Federal Government College, Rumuokoro
81. Sagamu marking venue, Remo Secondary School, Sagamu
82. Sapele marking venue, Chude Girls' (Model) Secondary School, Sapele
83. Sokoto marking venue, Federal Government College, Sokoto
84. Ughelli marking venue, Anglican Girls Grammar School, Ughelli
85. Umuahia marking venue, Girls Secondary School, Umuahia
86. Uyo marking venue 1, Community Compr. Secondary School, Four Towns, Uyo
87. Uyo marking venue 2, Adiaha Obong Commercial Secondary School, Uyo
88. Yenagoa marking venue, St. Jude's Girls Secondary School, Yenagoa
89. Yola marking venue, Adamawa State Poly., Yola
90. Zaria marking venue 1, Demonstration Secondary School, Abu, Zaria
91. Zaria marking venue 2, Barewa College, Zaria All these are WAEC marking centres |
| Education › Re: Fawziya Kiite Koiki Graduates With First Class From A University In London by Positivist: 10:20pm On Jul 14, 2017 |
folakemigeh:
beauty with a "working" brain
the surname doesn't sound Nigerian though, Kilte koiki  Orúkọ Yorùbá ni Kíitẹ́ àti Kóìkí |
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| Education › The Inside, Untold Story Of The 2017 JAMB Examination, By Reuben Abati by Positivist(op): 2:24pm On Jun 22, 2017 |
I attended a meeting recently at the headquarters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Bwari, Abuja: the post-2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination review meeting chaired by the JAMB registrar, Professor Ish-aq Oloyede. Participants included Professor Oloyede and his technical team, field officers and other staff, all the Chief External Examiners who supervised the 2017 UTME, across Nigeria, mostly Vice-Chancellors of universities, and provosts/rectors of polytechnics and colleges of education, in addition to major stakeholders from civil society.
The JAMB Registrar presented a detailed report on the conduct of the 2017 UTME, matters arising were identified and the meeting took certain decisions about the way forward, the details of which have since been published. The 2017 UTME was conducted throughout Nigeria between Saturday 13th and Saturday 20th May 2017, at 140 examination centres, 642 Computer-Based Test Centres, with 7,000 invigilators and monitors and 1, 722, 236 candidates.
It was the first examination to be conducted under Professor Oloyede’s watch as JAMB Registrar. He was full of appreciation for the efforts and contributions of everyone, including the civil society and security agencies who helped to ensure the success of the examination. The meeting noted that Oloyede and his team had also done an excellent job in organizing a commendable Computer-Based Examination across the country. In recent years, JAMB has insisted on computerizing its examinations, and under Oloyede, there has been not only an emphasis on this but also on the integrity and credibility of the examination. The Report presented by the JAMB Registrar was comprehensive, confident and informative.
In 2017, JAMB examined the highest number of candidates in its forty years of existence: 1.7million, with the highest number of participating external officials and monitors. The first point the meeting noted however, was that the figure of 1.7 m does not actually reflect the true number of candidates who sat for the examination. More than 300, 000 of the candidates engaged in double or triple registration, and where it could be established that any candidate sat for the examination more than once, such a candidate was automatically disqualified. A total of 666 cases were reported in this regard.
For planning purposes, the figure of 1.7 m was misleading, a fact that was worsened by the fact that more than 50% of the candidates do not even have the pre-requisite qualifications, and in reality, more than 70% of all candidates applied for courses in the Arts and Social Sciences, whereas for national manpower development purposes, the expectation is that the Sciences should produce up to 70%.
The message here is clear: higher education admission processes ought to reflect the country’s manpower needs, and there is no doubting the fact that at the moment, there is a mismatch between our country’s manpower production processes and the job market, and this is perhaps in a way responsible for the country’s unemployment crisis. As it were, Nigeria’s higher education system produces graduates that do not fit into the demands of the job market.
Oloyede was more agitated about matters of integrity, credibility, accountability and transparency. He asked the meeting to take a close look at cases of examination irregularities and malpractice and take a decision. We were informed that a total of 1, 386 candidates all properly identified and documented were guilty of the following offences: impersonation, possession of prepared answer scripts, smuggling of foreign materials into the examination venue, possession of electronic gadgets including telephone, copying and spying from foreign materials, unruly behaviour, violent conduct, collusion, multiple registration and examinations. We were all shocked when Oloyede asked his staff to present to the meeting, concrete evidence of examination malpractice. We were shown shirts, with presumed answers written out in the inner lining, slippers, belts, handkerchiefs, and all kinds of strange devices that candidates across the country smuggled into examination centres.
It turned out that a criminal gang had developed around the UTME, involving persons who deceived candidates into believing that they had access to examination questions. Such questions with prepared answers were sold to candidates ahead of the examination. But according to JAMB, this was meaningless, because the examination questions were sent electronically to the centres only on the day of the examination, and JAMB did not use the same set of questions, at any time, either in the morning or the afternoon.
The bigger problem came from the operators of the Computer-Based Test Centres, who colluded with candidates and parents to compromise the examination. Many of these CBT centres collected gate fees, ranging from N2, 000 to N20, 000 and higher, they recruited thugs, they deliberately created technical problems to assist candidates to cheat (in some cases, the CCTVs installed by JAMB were either switched off or covered up); some centres also ran parallel communication cables to secret rooms where ghost candidates who had done what is called 8 x 2 fingerprinting, involving a candidate and a substitute, ghost-wrote the examination. Oloyede reported that JAMB did its best to track down all the fraudulent centres, across the country, 25 centres were involved in centre-induced malpractice, with 57, 646 candidates. Some other centres had technical issues, and in total, JAMB proposed that 72 centres in 18 states of the Federation should either be delisted or suspended.
We considered the report on every affected centre on a case-by-case basis, with each Chief Examiner responding to further enquiries, and at the end, the meeting resolved that 48 centres involved in extortion and malpractices should be delisted, while 24 centres should be suspended for a year. The statistics on 2017 UTME malpractice is noteworthy. Most of the affected states are from the South East and South South as follows: Abia (381 cases), Imo (193), Anambra (152), Enugu (114), Cross River (78), Ebonyi (48), Akwa Ibom (44) while the states with the lowest number of cases are from the North viz: Kebbi (1), Kaduna (16), Kano (29), Katsina (2), Kogi (7) Sokoto (25), Taraba (4), Zamfara (1). Yobe and Jigawa states had no reported case of examination malpractice, only 2 cases of multiple registration from the latter. Could it be then that students and CBT operators in the North are more honest than their Southern counterparts, or perhaps less computer savvy? Does the 2017 UTME say anything about national character?
Our deliberations did not cover this particular detail, but the meeting became more exciting when the involvement of parents, particularly mothers, was reported. In one centre, a mother was said to have approached the Chief Examiner to ask him to assist her daughter to pass the examination. The Chief Examiner reportedly told her to leave the examination venue, but she insisted that if the Chief Examiner was ready to help, as requested, she was prepared to pay in kind. The alarmed Professor and Examiner told her it was not part of his function to do what she wanted. The UTME, he said is a merit-based examination.
The woman, not giving up, asked for the hotel where the Professor was staying. She offered to join him in the hotel later in the day! In another state, an invigilator lured a young lady to the control room with the promise that if she would co-operate with him, he would help her to pass the UTME. Other invigilators caught the two of them and promptly reported the matter. When the young lady’s mother was informed about what had happened, her response was most unusual. She was not willing to press charges, or talk about the scandal. She was in fact not bothered at all. She would rather talk about something else. What did she want? She wanted JAMB to compensate her daughter with additional 10 marks or more, to make up for the sexual harassment. We were all alarmed. Strange things really happen.
Someone then remarked that JAMB should take a decision and ban mothers from following their children to examination centres and all husbands should be advised to keep an eye on wives who will go to any length to mislead their children. Again, the meeting did not concentrate on this delicate subject. But someone made a point: “You see this thing called corruption. It starts from the home. Many parents are setting very bad examples for their children. There is too much desperation in our country. The anti-corruption campaign should start with parents.”
Nonetheless, the meeting resolved that JAMB should introduce the use of electronic jammers at examination centres as part of measures to discourage centre-induced malpractice, the results of 1,386 candidates found guilty of examination malpractice should be cancelled, 57,646 centre-induced malpractice results should also be cancelled, while a supplementary examination should be held on July 1, for candidates who lost time due to the malfunctioning of servers, technical and log out issues, Biometric Verification related issues, late registration due to no fault of theirs, incomplete results and candidates of centres with mass malpractice but who are deemed innocent.
The JAMB Registrar further informed us that the examination body was ready to go to court where necessary to prosecute persons involved in examination malpractice, and that should any manager of a CBT centre find it necessary to challenge JAMB in court, he and his team would be glad to meet such persons in court. I like Oloyede’s spirit and the enthusiasm of his freshly energized team. The larger question is why examination, something considered a serious routine in other countries, is such a nightmare in Nigeria. Students cheat, parents collude with agents to help their children to cheat, examination consultants are worse, the kind of reports we receive daily about examinations in Nigeria sound fictional but they are worrisome because they are real. It is tragic that our public examinations are no better than Nigerian elections!
Just before the meeting ended, the representative from Akwa Ibom stood up and said he had a letter for the JAMB Registrar – one of the JAMB officials who served as a Proctor in Akwa Ibom State would need to assist the police with investigations into a case of examination malpractice and give evidence in court.
“I heard about that case. I have directed that the lady should leave for Akwa Ibom and stay there until you are through with the investigations. Who is her direct supervisor?’, Oloyede asked.
One of the directors raised his hand.
“Ha. Doctor. That lady is excused from work until further notice. She should relocate to Akwa Ibom and assist with investigations. We will pay her DTA and provide whatever support she needs. Wherever there is any reported case, we must follow it up to prove that we will not tolerate any form of corruption or malpractice where our examinations are involved. The examiner from Akwa Ibom, you can keep her for as long as you want until you get to the root of the matter. Mee-ting! Approved?”
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| Education › The Inside, Untold Story Of The 2017 JAMB Examination, By Reuben Abati by Positivist(op): 2:18pm On Jun 22, 2017 |
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| Christianity Etc › Curriculum Controversy: Apostle Suleman, FFK Are Attention Seekers by Positivist(op): 6:39am On Jun 20, 2017 |
CURRICULUM CONTROVERSY
Background info: The new curriculum merged Civic Education, IRS, CRK and Social Studies into "Religion and National Values".
Each is separately taught and Christians don't offer IRS while Muslims don't CRS except they choose to.
Also, French and Arabic were introduced as subjects, students are expected to choose one of these foreign languages.
Muslims' Reaction: Relegating religion into themes in another subject is not the best thing to do.
Religious study is important in the moral well being of Nigerians.
CAN's Reaction: This is a plot to Islamise Nigeria, forcing Christians to offer Islamic Arabic study is unacceptable.
The old curriculum should be brought back.
FFK: How can anyone describe Nigeria as free when Christian studies (CRK) is removed from the curriculum & Islamic Arabic studies is compulsory?
Johnson Suleman: “This is a well orchestrated and articulated plot. Let nobody try to fool Nigerians that it was a mistake or a coincidence. Why is it that CRK would be removed as a subject to be studied from the secondary school school curriculum while Islamic/Arabic studies is retained? This is a plan from hell and it shall not stand”.
He blamed Islamist agenda for the new curriculum, Fulani herdsmen killings and October 1 ultimatum given to Igbos living in the North of the country to vacate by a northern youth group.
The sad reality of Christianity in Nigeria is that Christian leaders are struggling for attention.
Their followers are lovers of people like Dbanj, Davido who sing about their private part and the private parts of young women.
How do you compete with that?
The only way to get their followers attention is scream blue murder - Muslims are coming to Islamise the country.
Christianity in Nigeria is about somebody else pursuing you.
On an individual level if it's not your parents that is hindering your progress its somebody from your village.
On a collective level, it is Islam and Muslims that wants to take away their Christianity.
What they never do is take responsibility, they are always passing blames about.
These people do not have religion, at best they are materialists who have sold their souls to the devil, so they can afford the best cars and fly around the world in private jets.
These people do not care about CRK, they are only scared of Islam because Islam is a threat to their sinful lifestyles .
Making Arabic, the language of the Qur'an, a core subject is what is freaking them out.
The knowledge of Arabic would most definitely aid the Muslims in the understanding of Islam and that scares them.
They would rather prefer that more Muslims are like Boko Haram so they can blackmail and blame the rest of us for their actions. They would prefer that more Muslims are serial fornicators like FFK and renowned adulterers like Johnson Suleman.
I believe that there are millions of good and reasonable Christians in the country who do not think that their parents, relatives in the village and Muslims are pursuing them and trying to hinder their progress in life. It's our prayer that soon these group of Christians find their voice and start speaking for Christians and Christianity.
These morally compromised criminals should not be the spokespersons for Christians.
*Igho Hakeem Ohwojeheri* |
| Properties › Re: London Tower Fire: Huge Protesters Storm Council Building, Demands Justice(Pics) by Positivist: 2:44pm On Jun 17, 2017 |
Statsocial:
Why shout murderer on Theresa May and leave Sadiq Khan. He should be held responsible since he is the mayor of London.
Btw Muslims don plenty for UK o  Could barely see any scene without a muslim on CNN or BBC Most of the residents of the building are Muslims. |
| Celebrities › Re: Peter Okoye Mocked Arsenal FA Cup Win And Got This Reply by Positivist: 12:39pm On May 30, 2017 |
NwaAmaikpe:
Tolu Taiwo is a twin as well
He has better reasons to thank Mary Slessor The Yoruba don't kill twins unlike those in the East. |
| Family › Re: Children's Day: Share Your Most Cherished Childhood Experience by Positivist: 5:47pm On May 27, 2017 |
nkwuocha:
Who mess am,na ojo.Ojo say na teacher,teacher say don't worry na my class people mess am pooh! 
Moju moju!akara mo!make sisi!sisi deycome,make I come?And that's how I hide in a big pot in my mother's packing store till I slept off.By the time I was able to wake up,my mom was holding me tight with tears in her eyes.Ewww poor woman!Heard she almost lost it searching everywhere for me.
Shout out to those of us that feared darkness as kids.Those of us that wake up from a long sleep only to realise we have been sleeping in the dark, its evening and no one is home .The wailing as we shout all manner of household names,hitting our little heads on bricks,falling over chairs,stumbling over school bags trying to get out of the house ,as we remember willi willi,Doctor Who,Nagin the shake girl,Nneka the pretty serpent and all the demons we have planted in our imaginations.
Even after the rescue you can't just stop crying.The ferocious beast in the dark almost eat me to It is Boju boju...eparamo...se kin so... You're obviously one of those Igbo's who schooled in Yoruba land. |
| Travel › Re: Photos Of The First Storey Building In Nigeria Built In 1845 In Lagos by Positivist: 2:02pm On Apr 15, 2017 |
This is not true. The first storey build in Nigeria is the Gobarau Minaret in Katsina State. It was built over 400 years before the Badagry building. |
| Jobs/Vacancies › Re: 3 Most Sort After ICT Job Portfolios In Nigeria (my Opinion) by Positivist: 7:20am On Jan 23, 2017 |
Website developer |
| Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Strictly For Those Interested In Teaching Jobs by Positivist: 12:45pm On Jan 08, 2017 |
Starieangel:
Vacancies in Oakfield group of schools papa Ibafo ogun state for English and mathematics teachers. Pls send me a mssg if u re interested. Vry urgent. I'm interested. Details please! |
| Politics › Re: Court Sentences Mu’ammar Tukur To Death By Hanging In Katsina by Positivist: 10:56am On Dec 30, 2016 |
Sunnycliff:
Is hanging part of Sharia law?
Can this penalty be meted to politicians robbing our treasury with pen and paper? Olodo agba, that's no Sharia judgement but that of a Federal court. Ka gani ko? |
| Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Strictly For Those Interested In Teaching Jobs by Positivist: 11:10am On Dec 29, 2016 |
Please, if you've ever worked with, or done an interview at Progress College, Ondo, kindly help with some ideas on how their interview is structured and how much they pay. I've just got their invitation. |
| Travel › Re: Accident Simulation Causes Scare In Niger State. See What Happened by Positivist: 6:06pm On Dec 21, 2016 |
ayobase:
What Niger state needs is extreme compliance to traffic rules.
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Is that medical van from Abuja cos I have never seen any in Minna town.
This simulation is synonymous to drama jare. The van is always in NEMA Office along David Mark Road. I belonged to the NEMA CDS during my NYSC days. |
