In spite of the incessant Boko Haram attacks that have shaped people’s experiences in Borno State, 25-year-old Isaac Babatunde dared the odds and attended the University of Maiduguri, where he studied Accounting and he graduated with a first class.

He made 4.60 CGPA in the 2015/2016 academic session. In this interview with [url][/url], he speaks on his experience in the school.

The spate of Boko Haram attacks around UNIMAID has somewhat made it a dreaded choice for many students, what was the attraction for you?
I chose UNIMAID because I wanted the school. I have two uncles who graduated from the school and they specifically told me about the Accounting department. They also told me so much about one Prof. T. O. Olowokure. Unfortunately, I did not meet the professor because he retired before I got an admission.

Did you apply to other schools or were you bent on going to UNIMAID?
I had offers of admission in two other institutions – Osun State University and The Polytechnic, Ibadan, and because of that, I was a bit reluctant to resume in UNIMAID. Eventually, I settled for the school and I have no regrets about that.

The Boko Haram attacks had begun at that time, weren’t you scared?
I was sure nothing would happen to me because I had prayed about it. Notably, there were attacks by Boko Haram when I resumed but the attacks were not in the school. In fact, the school was a safe haven, because, throughout my stay, I didn’t witness any attack on the school campus.

What were your memorable moments as an undergraduate?
I had many memorable moments on campus, especially the day Boko Haram attacked Giwa Barracks, which is close to the university. It happened on March 14, 2014. Students of UNIMAID later tagged it ‘Black Friday’. I was already prepared for class in the morning when I began to hear the sound. I thought it was the normal sound that we use to hear, but it became serious when we started seeing the military jet and at the same time, we heard the sound of heavy aerial bombardment by men of the Air Force. Even though the school was not attacked, we felt the impact. Of course, people were scared. It was the day I actually believed that those sounds from American action movies could be real. I actually had my heart in my mouth that day. Glory be to God, that even with the bombings, gunshots and killings in Maiduguri, I still made it.

Was it what your uncles told you that informed your choice to study Accounting?
I have always loved Accounting, maybe because of the orientation I had of the course. At an early age, I was made to see accounting as the language of business. Even though my dad would have preferred that I studied sciences, he still allowed me to choose the course I wanted and I’m happy for that. That is the course I consider as my passion.

Some people still believe that only students who are good in mathematics can excel in accounting. For the benefit of students at a crossroads, is that notion right?
You have to be well-versed in mathematics for you to do well in accounting because courses like quantitative techniques, performance management, financial management and business mathematics require your mathematics skills. However, students who are desirous of studying accounting but are not good in mathematics should not be discouraged. They can learn it and still make very good grades. I used to be an average student in mathematics when I was in secondary school but I became a very good mathematics student when I met Uncle Dave, who also graduated with first class and was undergoing his Master’s degree in the University of Ibadan. He tutored me in mathematics when I was preparing for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. He made me love mathematics and further mathematics, and that was the turning point for me.

What part of the course did you enjoy most?
The part of accounting I enjoyed most was Performance Management, formerly known as Management Accounting. It has no standard and gives you room to express yourself. It is not just about the calculation but also assisting the management to make decisions. My lecturer, Dr. Ijeoma Anaso, really made it easy for us to understand.

How easy was it for you to make a first class?
Sincerely, it was not easy. I had to sacrifice a lot of fun and some sleep when necessary. In my department, the workload was much and we had courses that we needed to pass in one level before we could register for the next stage of the course in the next level. For example, if you fail ACC 101 in year one, you won’t register for ACC 201 in year two because it is believed that ACC 101 is a prerequisite of ACC 201 and the chain continues like that. So, you just have to be serious otherwise you would spend more than the required number of years because once you fail any of the prerequisite courses, you’re automatically spending more than four years. That was like the first line to cross.

Did you plan towards it or it was a result of providence?
I planned towards it and God made it possible. I made sure I read ahead and I went beyond what was taught in the classroom. Also, I did a lot of research about every topic, which expanded my knowledge and understanding about every course, and of course, that prepared me for any impromptu test. I believe students need to go beyond lecture notes or handout. Even if they pass the test or exam by reading only what they were taught, their knowledge about the topic or the course in entirety would be limited. So, while students strive to pass exams, self-development is also important. I also read a lot at night because I found it easy, which shows that students should know and maximise what works for them.

When did you start having first class?
It was my first year and I maintained it throughout. I made sure my GPA, each session, was always above 4.50, knowing that it was easier for the GPA to drop than for it to rise. That implied that I had to sustain the effort.

How would you have felt if you didn’t make a first class?
I wouldn’t have felt good because that was what I wanted and I strove for it. But surely, I would not have felt sad forever. Even though it’s better to come out with the best possible grade because it has its own advantages, I know that class of degree does not determine one’s success in life, so it wouldn’t have marred my joy and chances as an undergraduate.

For the benefit of students who feel that poor performance in secondary school means their chance of making a first class is limited, what was your performance like in your previous schools?
My performance was above average when I was in secondary school. I was not the very brilliant one then. It seems I had not discovered myself then. Now, I realise that my meeting with my uncle, who I referred to earlier, taught me that I could do better than I was doing then. It was not easy passing my West African Senior School Certificate Examination. I had credit in most of my subjects. I had not discovered myself then but when I realised that I could do better, I became more focused and everything became easy. Even though I had to take UTME thrice, I did well in all attempts. I actually scored 262, 243 and 285 in the three attempts, but I was not given the course of my choice but in my third attempt.

Were there times when you were growing up that your parents chastised you or coerced you into being serious?
Yes, they did, because they wanted the best for me. Their chastisement really made me be a man who is sound morally , academically and spiritually. I remember one memorable moment about my growing up, and that was when my dad got me a gift when I performed well in common entrance. I was the second best student. My dad was surprised because I was playful and I only read when he was at home.

Since you wanted first class, did you have to read throughout?
No, I didn’t have to read all through. Although I read a lot, in fact, I was given a nickname ‘library’ but I still had time for other activities. I was the prayer secretary of the chapel choir and I never missed rehearsals when I was a member, even as a member of the executive.

Would you say you were sociable in school?
Yes, I was. I attended some social activities like orientation and dinner, as long as it didn’t affect me.

Some people have likened going through that school as going through the shadow of hell. Do you agree?
Yes, probably based on what they heard and read but it is not as bad as it is being reported. There was no one that I knew that was a casualty and I never had any close shave with death, neither did I contemplate leaving the school. To show you that it wasn’t as bad as some people made it look, the attacks didn’t even affect our academic calendar. I got admission in September 2012 and I graduated in June 2016. In fact, I was mobilised for the National Youth Service Corps in the same year I graduated. However, God has been faithful.

Are there things that your experience in UNIMAID has taught you?
Yes, my experience there has taught me a lot. It has taught me to be tolerant; I have developed the ability to get desired results under pressure and in an unstable environment, among other things. Now, I can live and work in any environment as long as there is oxygen to breathe (laughs). I have no regret at all. I’m happy I attended that school because I was made in UNIMAID, just as we used to say, that if you want to be made, come to UNIMAID.

What are your aspirations?
I want to be a professional accountant and an investment banker. I would also like to float my business because it’s a way I can give back to the society. I would like to work with one of the big fours, like we call them, or consulting firms like Accenture, McKinsey etc. Most importantly, I would like to go back to class to teach and impact on the students. I enjoy lecturing but I want to practice before going into lecturing.

https:///boko-haram-motivated-me-babatunde-unimaid-1st-class-graduate/

Amen

Generalwoodz:
The last guy that did what he's doing is currently in UK or somewhere in the western world now..
Nigga farmed cassava while this dude cultivated Yam.
The other gee bagged first class in mathematics.
May oluwa pick your call too.

Ishilove:

I feel this particular case is contrived because all these hungry blogs can do everything except blood money ritual to generate traffic

You have no point actually. you sure you're not hungry you yourself

BigRocky:
Nigeria Police force is an organized crime clowns...

Pass it round..

Hmmmm

She has the mouth to say 4 million and still mention she doesn't want to pay or marry him??! As per na scholarship you win bah?! With that your block head. Can you imagine the returns that man would have made If he had invested that money

This vigaina gender will disgrace you!

Kingluqman:
Rest in struggle Comrade

Police, we have gotten a suspect here

She has the mouth to say 4 million and still mention she doesn't want to pay or marry him??! As per na scholarship you win bah?! With that your block head. Can you imagine the returns that man would have made If he had invested that money

This vigaina gender will disgrace you!

She must pay every kobo.

Coconut heads

CharisEleos:
Was there an agreement that she would marry him after training her? or can't people help without strings or conditions attached?

Pay fire!

You must be a cow for that statement

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Social media users have received with shock an emerging video of the answer sheets of university students
The video shared by [url][/url] showed that 200 level students of the Department of Statistics, Federal University of Technology, Akure performed badly.

Many people have slammed the lecturer who handled the course stressing that the mass failure is a reflection of his poor teaching skills.

Mixed reactions have trailed a video leak of answer sheets of a supposed test written by students of Federal University of Technology, Akure.

In the video shared by @instablog9ja on Instagram, answer sheets of 200 level statistics students were opened one after the other to reveal stunning 0/30 scores by majority of the undergraduates.

FUTA students fail woefully as answer sheets leaks, video shows many had 0/30.

It was not clear the particular subject the failure was recorded in but the mass failure was glaring.

The answer sheets which are papers from big notes bore the names of the students and their university boldly.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOg3vVO5v7A

https:///see-poor-performance-of-futa-students-in-a-test-video/

A young lady has cried out for help after her boyfriend who sponsored her education demanded a refund of every dime he spent on her after she turned down his marriage proposal.

The young lady who opened up on dating him for about 12 years, right from when she was only 19 years old, disclosed that she turned down his proposal because according to her he’s not educated and a local champion.

She also stated that owing to her level of exposure, she won’t welcome such a man to be the father of her kids.

Consequently, the man in question has requested that she pays him for all the expenses he has made for her sake ever since they started dating.

In a photo released by [url][/url], she wrote:

“I and this guy started dating 12 years ago when I was 19, saw I was 19, saw me through WAEC and university. Well, we planned to marry but I told him it has to be after my University because the reason he’s training me is because I have accepted to marry him. Life happened and I’m not more interested. He’s not educated and a local champion…”

https:///lady-to-pay-every-dime-spent-to-sponsor-her-education-after-she-refused-marriage/

What baffles me is this wanderers can not affordable such a number of ammunitions. Some rich men somewhere are sponsoring them.
The wicked must definitely not go unpunished.

what can you say bout this?

Rest in Peace, Comrade

Officers of Adoff Police Station in the Iba area of Lagos have told the family of Yusuf Nurudeen Alowonle, an education rights activist who was murdered in front of Lagos State University (LASU), not to perform an autopsy on the deceased’s body.

Alowonle’s murder raised controversies after it happened on Wednesday night. While some argued that he was shot dead, others believed he was stabbed by robbers.

In order to establish the actual cause of the death, the deceased’s family members, as well as Taiwo Hassan Soweto, the National Coordinator of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), a civil group where Alowonle was a state coordinator, went to the morgue at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Yaba, to recover the body for an autopsy.

“On our own part, we were only interested in recovering the corpse and allowing the dead rest,” Yusuf Nurudeen Temilolu, the family’s lawyer, told FIJ.

“But, what got me really infuriated was when the police insisted that we followed them to the station to sign an affidavit that we would not seek an autopsy.”

Soweto also said that the conduct of the police officers raised suspicion of a cover-up.

“There was no refusal to release the remains of our comrade until the police intervened. I wonder why these officers from Adoff Police Station are only interested in how the dead would be buried but not an investigation into the actual crime,” he said.

“One of the mortuary attendants confirmed to me that the hole by the rib of Omomewa was a result of a gunshot wound. This pronouncement coincides with the testimony of Waheed Majekodunmi, the Senior Assistant Registrar at the Lagos State University, who had equally told us he sustained a gunshot injury.”

Soweto asked whether the police had played any role in taking care of Omomewa’s remains before the Lagos State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit ( SEHMU) was invited to deposit the corpse in the morgue.

“Since the police said they were around the vicinity as of the time of the attack, how come they didn’t hear any gunshot or screams from the two victims?” he asked.

However, Grace Umelo, the Divisional Police Officer of Iba, claimed that “There was nothing like the police refraining the family from conducting an autopsy on the corpse”.

A source told FIJ that the Investigating Police Officer in charge of Alowonle’s case didn’t examine the corpse before drafting the police extract that would have facilitated the recovery of Alowonle’s remains.

Meanwhile, John Obafunwa, the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital’s chief pathologist, has directed that an autopsy be performed on the deceased’s body.


Alowonle should have graduated in early 2020 but LASU delayed his clearance over an allegation of admission racketeering, a case he had been facing since 2019, [url][/url] learnt. On the day of his death, he appeared before a disciplinary panel of the school at about 2 pm.

“Omomewa was persecuted to death,” the family’s lawyer said.

“On the day he died, we both attended a sitting of the university’s panel against him on a case that was not known in the law of the school.”

https:///omomewa-yusuf-rift-between-family-and-police-over-death-of-lasu-activist/

The Student Union Government of the University of Jos has called for help from both the State and Federal Governments over the continuous killing of students of the institution by criminal elements.

The varsity SUG President, Comrade Danladi Joshua Adankala, who spoke with [url][/url] on Thursday following the gruesome murder of a 100 level student, said they (students) are in deep pains and fears over unprovoked attack on students of the institution by hoodlums.

According to Adankala, the development is proof that there was no known form of genuine concern for students of UNIJOS by the government which is why the killing has continued.

[url][/url] understands that the recent agitation by the students was stirred after a 100 level student was allegedly pulled out of a tricycle and stabbed to death around Bauchi road in Jos North LGA of the state.

It was reported that the student boarded a tricycle from the Permanent site of the University to the main campus, on the road he was pulled out and stabbed to death.

Lamenting further on the current situation at the varsity, Adankala said: “We cry out but unfortunately it ends just on the walls of our social media account and platform because they are mere students whose lives mean nothing to the government.

“At the risk of being misunderstood, we dare to state that just within few hours of the unfortunate incident of 14th August, the security agencies combed the area and arrested more than 20 suspects as contained in the press statement issued by the Nigerian Police Force, Plateau State Command.

“This means the security agencies can be effective, but unfortunately, the innocent students of the University of Jos do not deserve such prompt attention and energy”, he lamented.

“Our tears for justice has generated nothing else than more pains, hurts, fears, sorrows and endless lamentations”, he decried.

“If we have a government that can respond swiftly to the Rukuba Road incident, one wonders what is happening to us the Students of the University of Jos.

“This is no doubt an affirmation of the saying that ‘all animals are not equal.

He appealed to the government on behalf of the students to as a matter of urgent priority expand the scope of transportation services available to students and staff both on and off-campus, Adding that, if the aforementioned is done, it will enable them to boycott the services of tricycle and motorcycle riders, most of whom are among our “attackers and killers”.

https:///unijos-unrest-we-are-in-deep-pain-fears-sug-wails/

Source : [b][/b]

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God keep us safe.

pregnantMan:
Cult related matter

E go be...

Sonnobax15:

One aboki for up say make fem search him gf place...

Yeah, that's exactly what we the guys normally say here when females go missing

Them go see am...

How baba go go babe house?

God help them.

LASU this LASU that...
I hail una ooo

PresidentAtiku:
sigggy and siggynigeria the same person

Weyray dey disguise

, #1 carrier of bad news on Nairaland

How can you kill your own coursemate? The heart of man is really wicked.

oursemates killing coursemates. End-time!

Coursemates killing coursemates.. End time!

Lalasticlala come see your borther ooooo. Wetin they wan dey chop??

The Imo State Police Command on Friday commenced an investigation into the allegations of arrests and extortions of students of the Imo State University, IMSU.

The Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mike Abattam, disclosed this to [url][/url] in Owerri.

Abattam responded to the allegations by the students living in Olive Hostel, IMSU front gate, who alleged that they were arrested by the Police and taken to Shell Camp Police Division, on Thursday evening, where they were asked to pay money to be released.

But, the Police image-maker in a preliminary investigation told that; “A girl who was accomodated had a face-off with the one who is accomodating her in the process they locked themselves in the room and were fighting each other.

“Other people forced the door open and beat up the other one that is being squatted. The girl placed a distress call to the police and the police responded to the distress call. After the fight, what next? Arrests and they took them to the police station.

“Now, the next thing they are saying is that they were extorted. However, the Police commissioner had directed that investigation into the allegation should commence immediately. The students should also be able to identify the person they gave the money.”

According to one of the students, who said his name should not be mentioned for security purposes, told [url][/url] that; “This incident happened on Thursday evening, when the security operatives in black with their guns, drove in and stopped in front of our hostel, and told everybody to lie down. They came in three Hilux vehicles.

“When students saw them we started running in the process many of us lost our phones, money and other valuables.

“The security men moved into our hostel and started arresting some of us many of us ran into our rooms and the police chased us and forced us out from our rooms and ordered us into the security patrol vehicles and took us to the Shell Camp Police Station, where some of us were cornered to a place and we paid up to N60,000 for release.”

He continued: “It was a female student who invited them after fighting with one of her colleagues. She said they maltreated her and said she was going to revenge for the gang up beaten they gave to her.”

https:///imo-police-begins-investigation-into-illegal-arrests-extortion-of-imsu-students/

If na babe now, I for say she don go her boyfriend house

A 300-level Banking and Finance student of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), Port Harcourt, simply named Derek has been arrested for the murder of a fellow student of the institution.

Derek was arrested following reports of the death of a final-year engineering student of the school who was alleged to have been gunned down by suspected cultists.

[url][/url] has gathered that the suspect trailed the deceased student to where he had gone to write his exams, accosted him, and then shot him dead.

https:///rsust-student-murder-police-arrests-300-level-student/