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Mehlena: Yeah Its a gud school wat else do u wanna know??

Yea, can U explain more on how U study? On how u the semester runs, is there any lecture(like online)? Kindly reply

rotexsky: Tenth to comment,thank God for making this possible

I really feel for you, but all the same thank God for your life

Hello everyone, i Don't know if anyone is studying in National Open University of Nigeria,i kindly want to know how authentic this is, is it a good place to study? Anybody who have studied there or still studying there should share their view
No just View oo, comment.

iterator24: Are you fuccking kidding me !! That's a hair drier #dies

Mumu

A Nigerian police officer, on Tuesday, in
Ikorodu area of Lagos allegedly killed a
student of the Federal University of
Technology, Akure – FUTA – for disobeying
the Lagos transport law.
The victim, Kunle, aka Ifa, was hustling with
the motorbike to make some money while
waiting for the Nigerian government and
university lecturers to settle an ongoing strike
and call students back to campus.
Nigerian university lecturers called for a
strike since July to force the Nigerian
government to honour an agreement it reached
with the lecturers in 2009. The strike meant
millions of Nigerian university students were
forced to return home.
The murder of Kunle sparked a brief protest
in the community. Chima Onwe, former online
editor at Channels Tv, was at the scene and
tweeted the incident as it unfolded.
www.m.news24.com/nigeria/National/News/Student-killed-by-police-officer-during-ongoing-ASUU-strike-20130821

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday directed the two Federal Government committees negotiating the requests by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to take immediate measures at ending the on-going strike.

The Chairman of the Universities Needs Implementation Committee, Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue, made this known after a closed-door meeting of the two committees and other stakeholders with President Jonathan at the State House.in Abuja.

Vice-President Namadi Sambo, the Chairman of the Earned Allowance Committee and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim were in attendance at the meeting.

Also in attendance were, Ministers of Education, Prof. Ruqayyat Rufai, Labour, Emeka Wogu, the Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okogie and the Chief of Staff to the President, Chief Mike Oghiadome.

Speaking with State House correspondents, Suswam said that the meeting was summoned by the President “to take some decisions that would end the strike''.

“The President has instructed us, as to what to do, and he has shown a lot of commitments to flagging off projects worth about N100 billion in all the universities in the country, about 61 of them.

“So, we are hoping that we will be able to see the end of the strike very soon.

“At the end of the day, we hope ASUU is satisfied with the measures that have so far been taken.

“The federal government will also be meeting with the Universities Councils and Vice Chancellors of our universities within the week towards updating them on some of the decisions taken,'' he said.

Suswam said about N100 billion had been approved by the Federal Government to his committee to address infrastructure deficit in all the Universities.

http://mobile.punchng.com/output.php?link=http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-directs-immediate-action-to-end-ASUU-strike/

1.Discover his favourite pet name n call
him by dat
2.Allow him exercise his authority as d
head
3.Don't challenge him when he's hurt
4.Be silent when he's angry n go back
when he's sober wit apology n
explanation 4 ur behaviour
5.Speak good of him b4 friends and
family
6.honour his mother
7.Be quick 2 say i am sorry dear, when
u offend him, pettingly insist on his
4givness and kiss him when he does
8.Insist dat he buys gift 4 his parent n
so be sure dat he will do same for urs
9.Surprise him wit his favourite dish
especially when he has no money at
hand
10.Give him warm reception wit an
embrace when he comes
11.Smile when u look at him and give
him occasional pecks wen u are out
socially
12.Put love notes in his lunch or wallet
13.Phone to tel him dat u miss him
14.Dial his number and on hearing
"hello"just tel him"I Love U"
15.Give him a hug 4 no reason.

Pastor Rodney Wills was just about to
reach 4 years at Mt. Salem Baptist
Church when the unusual happened.
Reported by AmericaPreachers.com
He is the youngest pastor to be installed at
26 years old and is now the shortest term
pastor in Mt. Salem’s 109 year history. On
Saturday, Mt. Salem voted him out for
attending a local Rick Ross concert. With a
vote of 11 to 3, the 14 deacons met at 11pm
Saturday night to discuss and come to a
conclusion that they did not need his
services anymore. Rev. Wills arrived to the
church the next day for Sunday
morning worship service and notice
his parking sign taken down and his name
removed from the office door.
The deacons even asked another minister
from the community to officiate the service
that morning. “We cannot have our leader
supporting people of this world who are
tearing down the kingdom of God.” said
Deacon Miles Langley.
According to Deacon Langley, this is not
the first time Rev. Wills has attended a
concert while pastoring Mt. Salem. 9
months ago the diaconate board met with
Rev. Wills when word was given to them
that many youth and young adults spotted
the pastor at a Lil Wayne concert.
“We know that many saints will have
mixed opinions from our actions, but this
is not how we do things here at Mt. Salem.
We cannot have a pastor praising the
world one minute then praising the Lord
the next. Period” said Deacon Langley

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Anomnity: Dear people,
...
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....
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see if u like go buy 20sim cards u just dey deceive urself,u said NCC, b4 NCC start nko? Mtn no dey cheat? Mtn don dey cheat 9ja since time memorial,..less i 4get, abi them don pay u ni?

Please i wan port from mtn to Etisalat how can i do this...somebody help

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laff wan wire me o...1500 ke? No b me. Even if say i go collect 1m from mtn by loading, i no go do am.mtn kor emptyhen ni

rukkierae: Pls I recharge my account with *885*pin# and I try to renew my bis only for mtn to tell me I can't renew my bis with that acct.I was told to load anoda 1500 with *556*pin#.pls wat can I do?

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Military sources have waved
off reports on the Sheikh
Abubakar Shekau had been
shot and deposed as leader
of Islamist sect group, Boko
Haram.
According to the sources,
the intention of the false
report is to mislead both the
government and members
of the public.
“It is not true,” a senior army
officer said about the report.
Also on Wednesday, the
defence headquarters
disclosed that the joint
intelligence sharing and
military cooperation
between the Nigeria and
Niger Republic has helped to
foil the plan by some Boko
Haram insurgents that
escaped the onslaught by
the troops of the Joint Task
Force (JTF), to regroup for
counter-offensive.
Meanwhile, Chairman,
Presidential Committee on
Dialogue and Peaceful
Resolution on Security
Challenges in the North
(Amnesty Committee) and
the minister of special
duties, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki,
SAN, has refused to speak on
the purported overthrow of
the Boko Haram boss.
Turaki who recently
announced a ceasefire deal
with the sect had
maintained that the Amnesty
Committee is negotiating
with “authentic” Boko
Haram.
Shekau had released a video
to dismiss the reports of a
ceasefire deal, but Turaki
had said the committee
negotiated the deal with
Shekau’s deputy Sheikh
Abdulazeez.
Shekau had in the video
released after the
announcement of the
ceasefire agreement,
disowned Sheikh
Abdulazeez.
He said: “We are stating it
categorically that we are not
in any dialogue or ceasefire
agreement with anyone. And
we have never asked
anybody in the name
Abdulazeez to represent me,
Abubakar Shekau, the leader
of this movement.
“I swear by Allah that
Abdulazeez or whatever he
calls himself did not get any
authority from me to
represent me in any capacity.
I do not know him. And if
we per adventure encounter
Abulazeez and his group, I
swear by Allah we are going
to mete them with the grave
judgment that Allah has
prescribed for their likes in
the holy book.”
www.informationng.com/2013/08/boko-haram-leader-shekau-not-deposed-military-sources.html

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As the All Progressive Congress,
APC, joins the league of political
parties in Nigeria, former military
president, Gen. Ibrahim
Babangida has stated that the
development will transform the
nation’s political system which
will become more vibrant,
especially in the coming 2015
elections.
Fielding questions from
newsmen in his Hill Top Mansion,
Minna Thursday, the former
leader said that the floor is now
left bare for the electorate to
make their choice and ensure
that their votes count in the
2015 general elections.
His words, “With the emergence
of the new party, (APC), we will
now see a vibrant political
activity and what is left for the
electorate and the press is to
ensure that the votes count and
also allow the people to make
their choice.”
According to him, as an advocate
and believer in two party system,
the time has come for Nigerians
to really shine their eyes and
make the right choice for the
forthcoming elections.
“I have been and will continue to
be a strong believer of two party
system and like the PDP itself said
on the emergence of the APC, it is
a welcome development but that
is not to say that other registered
political parties are dead, but it is
however clear that we now have
two strong parties in the
country,” he stressed.
On what he foresees for the
country in 2015, Gen. Babangida
simply said, “I cannot predict the
future and so I wait for God.”
Adding his voice to the ongoing
ASUU strike, IBB called on the
federal government to find a
lasting solution to the issue.
“They do have national interest
at heart, to be honest and fair to
them, and I think they should not
give up in negotiating with the
government but as much as
possible, they should also make
the public understand the issue
at stake,” he added.

The World Bank is to provide $
300m empowerment fund for
youths in Akwa Ibom State and
some parts of the country.
The fund is aimed at developing
farming and small-scale
industries in all the beneficiary
states.
The Sector Leader, Human
Development, World Bank, Prof.
Foluso Okunmadewa, explained
in a statement made available in
Uyo on Thursday that the bank
approved the $300m
intervention fund for youth
empowerment programme to
fulfil a request by the Federal
Ministry of Finance.
Okunmadewa, who spoke with
Akwa Ibom State Governor
Godswill Akpabio during a
courtesy visit, said, “Recently, The
World Bank through the request
of the Federal Ministry of Finance
has approved a $300m
intervention for youth
empowerment.
And I know youth empowerment
is extremely important in your
administration. I can tell you that
based on the insistence of the
Country Director of The World
Bank, Akwa Ibom is one of the
states expected to benefit from
this.”
Okunmadewa, who was
accompanied by other World
Bank officials, said they had
mobilised Zonal Managers in-
charge of Community Social
Development Project (CSDP) from
26 states of the federation,
including the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja for The World
Bank/Joint CSDP Review
Management meeting in Uyo.
He added that there were many
youths both in the rural areas
and in Uyo that needed to be
empowered.
He said the World Bank was
willing and ready to collaborate
with Akwa Ibom State for youth
empowerment.
He commended the state
government for partnering The
World Bank, particularly in
human development, health
sector, and education.
“I am here principally to
appreciate your partnership with
The World Bank, particularly in
the area of human development.
Human development activities of
the World Bank clearly
complement your transformation
agenda that has been widely
regarded as uncommon,” he
noted.
In his response, Akpabio thanked
The World Bank for partnering
the state on human capacity
development.
He advised the bank to focus
their development attention on
the state.
He added, “There is a lot of
problem at the shoreline of Akwa
Ibom State.
I am excited about the youth
empowerment programme of
The World Bank and our state
would be very delighted to take
part in it. Youths of the Niger
Delta are so many and need to be
empowered.
“Our own is a little bit sad
because this is a civil service
state and we are trying to lay
foundation for future
industrialisation.
“Other states are lucky to have
industries, factories and all that.
So, they have various means of
employment but here we don’t
have.”
Akpabio instructed the
Commissioner of Finance to
immediately release the pending
N300m counterpart funding to
the bank to enable the state to
benefit from other World Bank-
assisted projects.
He assured the bank of the
continuous support of the
people of the state and
government in its effort to
alleviate the sufferings of
Nigerians.

ChiSun27: You need the coonection of a senator here...if not this your proposed bill won't be passed.

oya nao hint me

5 Subjects Not Taught In School
(But They Should Be)
Education is way more than
sitting in a classroom.
Unfortunately, it is often the
same old story. Go to school.
Read, write, learn math, history,
science, and the searing pain of
social rejection. Go home. Forget
everything you learned. While
having a specific course for each
of these ‘subjects’ might be a
long way off for schools,
integrating these into your
existing classrooms need not be.
And you never know – both
students and teachers might find
themselves a little more engaged.
Long story short, these skills are
learned inside and outside of
schools – we get that – but they
aren’t actual subject areas that
you can focus on.
In fact, the idea of trying to learn
some real-world skills is what
Modern Lessons should be all
about. For instance, I think it
won’t be a bad idea if subjects
like GMAT and aptitude test skills
can be included in the general
studies being offered in our
tertiary institutions. Would you
say a 1st class graduate student
of an art course, for example, is a
failure because s/he couldn’t
perform well in a GMAT aptitude
test? Since aptitude tests have
become basis for selecting
candidates for job placement, it
would make lots of sense to have
them incorporated into our
curriculum.
1.Film Making
Making films is an excellent
vehicle of self-expression. Not
everyone is cut out for blogging
or playing an instrument, and the
world has more than enough
bad poetry as it is. Films have
become a part of our everyday
lives, from big-budget
blockbusters to amusing no-
budget clips on YouTube.
Teaching students to make more
effective videos is not only good
for keeping students interested
in their lessons, for once, but it
also means that there will be
more high-quality content
available in the future. The entire
world will thank you for that.
2.Job Searching
At around age 24, students will
graduate from depending on
other people to meet their needs,
and be thrust out into the real
world to fend for themselves.
Some of them will delay entry
into the work force by obtaining
further certification, but the end
result is the same – they need to
be able to find a job. Rather than
allowing hordes of students to
list their Playstation high scores
on their resumes and wear
pyjamas to their job interviews, it
would be in everyone’s best
interest if students learned the
ins and outs of convincing
someone to hire you while still at
school.
3.Money Management
Yes, math is taught in schools.
No, that kind of math isn’t doing
anyone any practical good. You
will never need to do coordinate
geometry while paying your
taxes, and you’ll never have to
work with radians at the grocery
store. Unless kids are fortunate
enough to have been brought up
in a rare household that isn’t bad
at literally everything pertaining
to money, they’re going to have a
rough time once they’ve been
cast out of the academic womb.
What percentage of their
monthly budget should go to
rent? For kids who’ve never
faced greater financial
responsibility than paying for
their own video games, these are
the great mysteries of life – and
they shouldn’t have to be.
4.Social Skills
Despite popular belief, people are
not born with perfect social
skills; they learn them. Some
children are graced with
interactive families and plenty of
cheek-pinching relatives to teach
them good manners early on.
Other children are allowed to
spend most of their time alone,
slowly reverting to their
evolutionary roots. Even the most
well-adjusted child is going to
have some tricky situations to
deal with in life. How do you
cope with a co-worker who
steals credit for your ideas? What
are you supposed to do when
you want to break off a
relationship with someone who
hasn’t really done anything
wrong? How do you deal with a
roommate who won’t pay his
share of the rent on time and
keeps getting into trouble? A few
classes on social skills could really
help students to navigate these
unavoidable situations.
5.Practical Mechanics
From oil changes to shattered
iDevice screens, there are plenty
of quick fixes in life that you
should know how to do yourself.
Sure, a computer technician will
always be there, happily taking
your Naira notes in exchange for
running a can of compressed air
over your computer fan and
evicting the family of mice living
underneath the motherboard,
but you can save a lot of time
and money by doing it yourself.
Everything you buy will break at
some point, and many people
don’t have the skills needed to
un-break them.

The National Secretary of All
Progressives Congress (APC),
Alhaji Tijani Tumsah, said the
party would fight corruption
with a view to eliminating it
from the polity.
Tumsah made the promise
during an interview with the
News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) in Port Harcourt on
Thursday.
He said the transformation
of the country could not be
realised without an
uncompromised decision to
eradicate corruption.
The national secretary said
the APC had the required
human resource to take
Nigeria to a greater height.
“APC has the human
resource to turn Nigeria’s
economy around through
provision of regular power
supply, creation of jobs,
promotion of investment
and industrialisation.”
According to him, APC is
going to put the country
back on track for effective
utilisation of resources.
Tumsah, who decried
insecurity and level of
poverty in the country, said
the party was determined to
put smiles on the faces of
the downtrodden.
He called on Nigerians to
support the party’s
programmes for a united
and prosperous country.
He said there was no other
country Nigerians could call
their own hence the need
for collective responsibility to
transform it
Tumsah commended INEC
for living up to its
responsibilities by
registering APC, and
promised that the party
would abide by the Electoral
Act. (NAN)

Big_Lebowski: Trouble ok
This magma just like to the yarn opts.

APC is already dead on arrival

the'v nt even started any work, why do you rain words on them without prove.

talktimi: Talk is very very very cheap abeg.

no talk am o

Former Gov. Of Lagos state Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the People's Democratic party, PDP is in trouble following the registration of an opposition party, Alliance For Progressive Change APC by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, on Wed. Tinubu opined that the development signals the commencement of a new phase in the struggle to bring the democratic change to Nigeria. He commended the decision of the INEC to register the merged parties saying they deserve a pat on the back. Nigeria must give INEC a pat on the back for complying with the law of the Land. What INEC has done is to follow the Constitution and the Electoral act to the Letter. We hope INEC will continue in this spirit and respect for the rule of law in all its future operations he said. He therefore added that the ruling party is in for trouble at all levels during the 2015 elections as the APC will give a big fight. In his speech Tinubu said " I congratulate millions of Nigerans who stood by us during the long process to form the APC Party and actualise its objectives. This registration is a culmunation of concerted and diverse efforts and commitement by our people to work for a new Nigeria. With APC , a new Nigeria is necessary and is possible. I also want to congratulate INEC and the Leadership of INEC headed by Prof. Jega and the entire institution for this positive pronouncement.
www.globalvillageextra.com/PDP-Is-In-Trouble--Tinubu.html

I hate beans and i don't know why.

realone2012: Tell me I'm the '2nd Person' to comment!!!

mumu