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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ekiti Command, is monitoring and raiding cyber café in the state found selling fake JAMB registration forms to unsuspecting people.

NSCDC’s State Commandant, Mr Donatus Ikemefuna, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday that the command had arrested four persons in connection with the illegal act.

Ikemefuna condemned the defrauding of unsuspecting parents, guardians and wards by some young men through the internet.

NAN reports that the operation was made possible by a synergy between the Corps and JAMB to monitor every operational activity of JAMB, including provision of security coverage during examination.

He said that the suspects were arrested in different locations in the state.

Ikemefuna, therefore, advised Nigerians to be careful with cyber café and their owners that were selling fake JAMB forms and printing fake admission letters.

He also urged them to patronise registered and accredited JAMB registration centres and report any cyber café or their owners involved in the sharp practice to the NSCDC. (NAN)


http://www.metronaija.com/2017/01/civil-defence-arrest-4-cyber-cafe.html

cc: lalasticlala mynd44

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The Federal Ministry of Education invites interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2017/2018 Nomination Interview for Bilateral Education Agreement, BEA Scholarship Award.
The Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship will be Awarded to:
-Undergraduate (UG) studies tenable in Russia, Morocco, Algeria, Serbia, Hungary, Egypt, Turkey, Cuba, Romania, Ukraine, Japan, Macedonia; and
-Postgraduate (PG) studies tenable in Russia (for those whose first degrees were obtained from Russia), China, Hungary, Serbia, Turkey, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, e.t.c.
Fields of Study
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Criteria for Eligibility
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Postgraduate Scholarship:
All applicants must hold a First Degree with at least 2nd Class Upper Division. The applicants who are previous recipients of Foreign Awards must have completed at least two (2) years post qualification or employment practice in Nigeria. All applicants must have completed N.Y.S.C. Age limit is 35 years for Masters and 40 years for Ph.D.
Note (For all Applicants)
Since the BEA countries are non-English speaking, applicants should be prepared to undertake a mandatory one year foreign language of the country of choice which will be the standard medium of instruction; and
All applicants for Hungarian Scholarship must visit the website:
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2017/2018 BEA Interview Venues and Dates from 13th – 17th March, 2017
Note
Candidates nominated and finally selected by the awarding BEA countries will be required to submit to Federal Scholarship Board the following:
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In Uniport and Uniuyo which is less competitive in terms of cutoff marks, modalities, etc because my younger sis is preparing for Utme 2017 . I need the opinion of learned people here please.... she's applying for Pharmacy/Pharmacology
here's here olevel result
maths-c6
bio-c4
chem-b3
phy-c6
eng-b3.
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for me,i would go for ui.my reasons are not far-fetched.for one to gain admission there,one has to undergo intensive reading.again,admission there is purely by merit or less of mangomgo and as result,best and right students are admitted unlike what is obtainable in most of other unis.where chaffs are admitted at the detriment of brainy ones as a result of who knows who.last year's best candidate in neco is schooling there likewise waec best and second best candidates.they participated in their post utme.it would also interest u to note that none of them made it to top five best students in the post tume.this goes along way in showing the kind of students under ui watchful eyes.................pals which school do u think has the best brain in our country?and also u reasons for that..............hapy xmas to u all and also to almighty lalasticlala.

Of course, when you talk about this topic, the first institution your mind should think of is Oba Awon University, aka OAU, Ife.

Disclaimer: I'm an alumni of Obafemi Awolowo University.

Dapromzy333:
I am here once again to inform freshers on things to get before resuming for school in order to ease stress.

Remember there's no need to go out and buy every item listed here. Often universities provide some of these things, so check what's on offer before you start shopping.
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You can often team up with flat mates on things like kettles, toasters, pots and pans. Whatever happens, there's likely to be shops selling all these things when you get there, so if you do forget something vital it shouldn't be too difficult to replace.

Depending on the standard of your school and what is obtainable there, below are the list of things you should come to campus with as a fresher;

1. Documents

-Passport photos
-Passport or driving licence
-NHS number
-National Insurance number
-TV Licence
-CV and references
-Discount travel cards
-Bank account details
-Address book and email contacts list
-Local map
-What's on guide
-Old textbooks and notes
-List of phone numbers
-Support notification form
-Diary or calendar
-Doctor and dentist details
-Other university documents
-Exam certificates
-Room insurance

2. Kitchen
A lot of the kitchen stuff will depend if you're going self catering or not.

-Cutlery
-Corkscrew
-Bottle opener
-Mugs
-Glasses
-Wine glasses
-Shot glasses
-Kettle
-Knives, forks and spoons
-Plates
-Bowls (for cereal, soup, ice cream, etc)
-One-person casserole dish
Small frying or omelette pan
1 small, 1 large saucepan with lids
-Egg cup
-Tin opener
-Scissors
-Chopping knife
-Chopping board - An extra chopping board if you are cutting meat: this way you avoid food poisoning!!!
-Vegetable peeler
-Cheese grater - (ho for one that has the grater as a lid so all the cheese goes into a box/compartment neatly and you can leave it in there to store as well )
-Bread-knife
-Wooden spoon
-Spatula - good for a washing up implement.
-Potato Masher (only if you are a fan of mash tho!)
-Easy to follow recipe book
-Store cupboard ingredients - coffee, tea, milk, sugar, eggs, margarine, cooking oil, salt and pepper - and let's not forget pasta
-Coffee whitener - for when you run out of milk
-Sandwich bags - good for lots of stuff you open and need to contain. e.g. sugar / teabags and things
-Plastic bowl or box with lid
-Microwaveable bowl
-Cling film
-Tin foil
-Sieve
-Tea towels
-Oven gloves
-Washing-up stuff - Washing-up liquid / -Dishcloth / Scrubbing brush
-Tray - For carrying food to your room and to stop you making a mess if you're not eating at a table
-Chopsticks

3. STUDYING

-Desk lamp (Halogen)
-BOOK CHAIR - saves a lot of neck strain if you are making notes out of a big book]
-NOTICE BOARD - for timetables, numbers, etc. Some halls may already provide one.
Message board with erasable marker eg. a mini white board or one of those magnetic sand ones that you can wipe
-DIARY/PLANNERS - to keep track of assignments.
-Dictionary and thesaurus
-A pad of lined paper - for making notes/doing drafts etc
-Ream of printing paper
-A4 folders
-Pens, pencils, paper, files, highlighters
-Scissors
-Sticky tape
-Stapler, hole punch
-Sticky labels
-Post-it notes
-Paper clips
-White Tac - so it doesn't mark the walls
-Stamps and envelopes

4. Outdoor

-Sports gear
-Bike
-Raincoat
-Umbrella
-Head warmer/cap

5. Healthcare

-Multivitamins
-Painkillers
-Condoms/pill
-Basic first aid kit - plasters, antiseptic wipes, bandages
-Paracetamol
-Some cold/flu remedy in case you are struck down by freshers' flu
-Pro-Plus
-Anti-allergy pills - eg. Piriton
-A cold/hot pack

6. Bathroom

-Bath mat
-Bath and hand towels (+ possibly a flanel)
-Basket for shower supplies
-Wash bag
-Toilet roll
-Box of tissues
-Toothbrush and toothpaste
-Soap - liquid soap is probably better. If you're sharing bathrooms then it's easier to transport and wont slip onto the floor etc.
-Shower gel
-Shampoo/Conditioner
-Nail clippers
-Deodorant
-Cologne
-Hair gel
-Hair spray
-Hairbrush
-Comb
-Razor
- Shaving cream/gel
-Lip balm

7. Housekeeping

-Air Freshener
-Laundry bag - So your dirty clothes don't end up on the floor. And for dragging to the laundry or dumping on your parents to wash for you!
-Clothes horse - Save money on dryers by drying your clothes in your room
-Coat hangers - you may not get any in wardrobes
-Dustpan and brush - for cleaning up the odd mess, though most hostels should provide this
-Duster
-Kitchen towel
-Cleaning products
-Washing powder/liquid/tablets - if the washing powder dispenser isn't working
-Door wedge - an open door in freshers week is much more friendly

8. Electrical

-Alarm clock (maybe 2 in two different locations in your room to make sure lectures are at least attempted, even if you carry on sleeping there!)
-Calculator - for sorting out finances
-Computer and/or laptop - saves on queues at deadline time
-Computer mouse for laptop - easier to use than a trackpad
-CDR's (CDRW's cheaper in long run) - for backing up work
-USB "pen drive" - carrying projects etc between uni, internet cafe, friends comp, etc. quickly, easily and RELIABLY!
-Printer - printing could take up to six hours on uni computers
-Network cable - to access the internet from the socket in your room
-Mini fridge - for beer and other items you don't want in the communal fridge
-Bedside lamp
-Mobile and charger
-Answering machine
-CD player/Hi-fi system - though better (certainly space wise) just to bring speakers and use your computer
-TV - but license fee will be costly. There will doubtless be a communal TV you can watch. Also worth considering a TV-DVD/-VCR combi or separate VCR/DVD players
-Camera - to take pictures of room and friends (to send home/put on website ... everything else people do with photos)
-Headphones - so you don't disturb others when you play music loud. You can get 'infra-red' ones that aren't too expensive and allow you to walk around while still listening to the music.
-Batteries - rechargeable (save money)
-Multi plug adaptor/extension lead - to give you more than the normal 2/4 sockets

9. Clothing

-Dressing gown
-Slippers
-T-shirts
-Jumpers
-Trousers
-Underwear
-Socks
-Shoes/trainers
-Flip flops - for wearing in showers / communal wash areas
-Swimwear
-Ball gowns/evening wear - for the Freshers' Ball.
-Shirt and tie for any smart-casual events

10. Leisure

-Board games - a couple, will make a good fun free evening (not sure about your phrasing! - its not mine)
-Pack of card
-Ball - rugby ball/football for friendly matches/made up games
-Frisbee - again for the occasional game (rugby style)

11. Style

-Posters - though theses are often available during freshers week - (you might need things to cover bad decoration)
-Photos of family and friends
-Wall hanging - more homely than posters
-Rugs - to hide the mangy carpet
-Fairylights/disco ball/police light/lava lamp
-Cushions/beanbags - for friends to sit down in your room
-A throw - to make your bed into a sofa for friends to sit on
-Pot plants
Teddy bear/stuffed toys
-Blankets - for when it gets cold and you want to snuggle up

12. Bedding

-Sheets
-Duvet and duvet covers
-Pillows & pillow cases - did you know the average used pillow is 75% dead flesh?
-Mattress cover - goes between the mattress and the bottom sheet
-Hot water bottle
-Inflatable mattress and pump - for your mates when they visit
-Sleeping bag - for when friends come to stay/when you go to stay

13. Miscellaneous

-Drinks - to make new friends with
-Sweets or biscuits - to distribute to flatmates
-Extra storage - cardboard or plastic boxes for things which wont fit anywhere else
-Large suitcase - to put things in when going home for the weekend
-A spare lightbulb
-Torch - for power cuts and looking under desks/chairs/beds
-Pen knife
-Loose change - for washing / vending machines
-Earplugs - to cut out noise you don't want to hear
-Bookends - probably unnecessary; just use something else (eg pot of pasta, sugar etc)
- Poster hangers - if you're not allowed Blu-/White?-Tac on the walls
-Safety pins
-Small sewing kit - just in case you need to do a quick fix on a rip or tear (like the ones you get in hotels)
-Small toolkit
-Matches
-Fan
-Clock

14. Female specific items

-Hair Ties/clips
-Make up (eye shadow, mascara, lip stick/-gloss, eyeliner, foundation, etc)
-Jewelries
-Moisturizer
-Baby Oil
-Nail Varnish
-Hair removing cream
-Hair dryer/straighteners
-Tampons/sanitary towels

14. Male specific items

-Shaving brush

If you have all these, you won't spend much while in the hostel.

Thanks!!!



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I read it.

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This lecturer actually went to far. Which school was this exam written?

When did this happen?.

I was in ayetoro around 10a.m this morning and i never saw this.

Better tell me this is a joke or an extra effort to get visits to your blog

EDIT:
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I can see 50bn is allocated to education.

What percentage is that?

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THANKS

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General Tips
#Tip 1: Don’t rely on any one single book.

Each book has its strength and weakness. Combine them all for maximum impact.

#Tip 2: What books do I need?

1. Grubber 2015
2. Barron’s GRE
3. Nova GRE Math Bible
4. Kaplan
5. Princeton Review

#Tip 3: How can I get these books?

If you can afford physical copies of these books – Sweet, go head and buy them all. But If you can’t afford any or you’re a ijebu madam like the lovely,intelligent MsNas or like myself, simply send a blank mail to selfstudy360@gmail.com or selfstudy.version2@gmail.com for soft copies (Pdf’s). #MoneyMustNotWaste

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• Barron's New GRE 19th Edition
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While

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#Tip 4: When should I take the GRE?

Take the exam at least 4 months before you plan to send your admission applications. That way, if you don’t meet your targeted score (not your portion…Oya say Amen!), you would still have enough time to retake the exam without duress. For example, if the deadline for admission application is September 15th, the ideal time for taking the GRE should be by May. The reason for this is simple: If you don’t meet ur target score, you can retake the GRE by June thereby providing ample time for sending your application. This is not a rule but a suggestion.


#Tip 5: How much time would it take to prepare for the GRE?

Minimum: 2months @ 4-5hours per day.
Note: The number of hours do not really matter, it’s the amount of problem solving skills learnt per unit time that counts. Some people learn quickly while for others, it might take longer to read and understand new concepts. So remember, 4-5hours are just recommendations, whether u spend more or less time – ultimately, it doesn’t matter. What matters is how much u learn and how fast you can correctly answer questions. If it takes u 4-5hours per day to achieve this goal, so be it. If it takes u less time, so be it. If it takes you more time, so be it. No one cares. Ultimately it’s your scores that matters.

#Tip 6: Can I prepare within a month?

Yes u can, but it’s not advisable. You need time to internalize and completely memorizes the GRE strategies.

And lastly,

#Tip 7: Don’t be deceived by your score on POWERPREP II.

You took the sample test on PowerPrep II, you had an average of 160-165, you feel good and cant wait to take the actual test. Truth is Powerprep II does not compare to the actual test. On a scale of one to ten, one being very easy and ten being very difficult, Powerprep is a 4.5 and the actual test is an 8.5. #OkBye

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You probably know this already but just to refresh your memory - The GRE is made up of three parts: Analytical writing, Verbal and Quantitative.
1. Analytical Writing
2. Verbal
3. Quantitative

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO ACHIEVE HIGH SCORES.

FOR ANALYTICAL WRITING:

Books and Resources needed for Analytical Writing:
Official GRE Topic List (30%) + Kaplan (60%) + Barron (10%).

(a) Official GRE Topic List: GRE maintains a list of every possible topic that you will find on the actual test date!!!!!! It’s totally legal and you can find the list here:
Pool of Argument Topics: https://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/argument/pool

Pool of Issue Topics: https://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/issue/pool

The list is quite exhaustive: 200 issue task topics and 200 argument task topics. Once you have the list, group the topics into categories and proceed to (b). I believe if u know the possible questions, your chances of success should be up 30%.

(b) Get a copy of Kaplan’s New GRE Premiere and head to the Analytical Writing Section. Read, digest and understand the essay development template for both the issue task and the argument task as discussed on chapter 15 – Chapter 21 (New GRE Premiere - Kaplan 2011-2012 edition. Newer editions should be better). Don’t bother reading anything else on Kaplan, the rest of the book is useless. With the Kaplan template, you can begin to draw up possible responses to each topic category from the GRE topic list that you obtained from the GRE website. That way, on the test day, coming up with responses won’t be all that difficult because you’ve seen it all – abi how una see am?

(c) Get a copy of Barron: While this may not be compulsory, it will help you in paragraph development. Read and understand the “Claim, Grounds and Warrants” development on chapter 6 (Barron’s New GRE 19th Edition).

The last and most important step is to PRACTISE, PRACTISE AND PRACTISE. Practice using the available topics from the GRE list in a timed mode – your practice should mimic the real test. For the GRE, its 30minutes per writing task but for you, its 22 minutes. Why? It’s always better to practice with less time – It makes you stronger.

Practice with POWERPREP writing platform or Notepad to get a feel of the nature of the typing platform. Don’t practice with Microsoft Word.

One Again, PRACTISE AND PRACTISE. It’s ultra-important you do so. You can only write well by constant practice.

My Experience: I didn’t practice enough. Truth be told I practiced only once and the end result was abysmal. I could only manage one sensible paragraph for the issue task – Big Poo. The way time flies when ur messing up is simply amazing. The argument task was much better, I wrote 4 sensible paragraphs –all within 23 minutes.
Score: Surprisingly,I scored a 3 on the writing section. since the total score is the average of both scores, I assume I made a 5 on argument and a 1 on issue…lol..just my opinion.

Generally, Argument tasks are easier than issue tasks – for Argument tasks, an essay or issue with faulty premises is given; your job is to identify and logically explain them while for the Issue writing Task, you have to develop your own argument from scratch. Finding faults is easy (argument task), writing from scratch is less easy (issue essay). But for you reading this right now, a minimum of 4.5/6 should be perfectly achievable. Why? Cos you know every possible topic, you have pre-planned responses and your “hand dey hot” due to constant writing practice.

One last tip: As soon as you are done with a particular section, whether you performed well or not, it’s best to completely ignore that section, it belongs to the past - it doesn’t matter anymore. Whether you did well or not, does not matter and if you believe you didn’t perform well, it still doesn’t matter. Focus completely on the next section – You have seven (7) more sections to deal with and you need a focused, optimistic mindset to proceed successfully. There’s no use crying over spilt milk. [/b]

FOR QUANTITATIVE

Books You Need for Quantitative:

Grubber (25%) + Barron’s (25%) + Nova GRE Math Bible (25%) + Mahanttan (25%).

Do you have to read them all from cover to cover? Not really. Each book has its strength and weakness’s. You want to be prepared for every possibility. Better you write the GRE once than write it twice. Think of the cash - $200. Think of the time spent on preparation – weeks, even months and finally, think of your Goals. So grab does books and study like mad. The end justify the means.

Lesson 1: Study each question category and solve the most difficult questions you can find on that category to re-enforce your understanding of that category.

For example, if you had prepared with Grubber like I did, you will find the data interpretation, graphical and statistical questions difficult. Why? Grubber does not really delve into these sections. Barron in addition with Manhattan and Nova does a better job. So read and understand the underlying principles and skim all books for difficult questions on all topics.
Likewise, if u ignore Grubber’s Data Comparison and algebra strategies, you might not do so well. But then, there are notable exceptions. Individuals with an engineering, mathematical and statistical background would generally do better in the Quantitative section – they’ve been doing these problems for years. Also those with an aptitude for numbers would better. Does that mean those with little mathematically backgrounds would end up with low scores? – Nope. Just read up and practice, you might end up doing better than the so called Math wizards.

The GRE Quantitative consists of two sections made up of 25 questions each. Each section runs for 40minutes – that’s an average of 96 seconds per question – which leads to lesson 2.

Lesson 2: When studying and solving quantitative questions, set a time limit of 50 seconds per question and stick to it. Like previously stated, practicing with less time makes you stronger and faster.

Lesson 3: Solve lots of Quanttitative questions.

Manhanttan and Nova Math Bible offer a huge collection of quality quantitative questions. Solve as much questions as you can on both books. Luckily, if you don’t know the answers, solutions and explanations are provided in both books.

My Experience: I studied solely with grubber. Algebra and data comparison were a walk in the park but “I hear “ween” for Data interpretation/Statistics, Combinations and Graphs. On the actual test, I saw 6 hefty graphical and data interpretation problems and some others I can’t recall @ the moment. Were they super hard? – Not really but “them hard small o”. To answer them, you need to understand the question (30secs), solve for solutions (30-40secs) and compare possible answers (10secs). If u get it wrong, u start all over again. But as you start over, remember Time dey go ooooo!
That’s why you need Lesson 4.


Lesson 4:Someone on this thread advised - if you find any question difficult, simply mark that question and move on to others.. You may return to that question later. Don’t waste time trying to solve one question for over 1 minute, skip and return later. This is so true!.

FOR VERBAL

Books you need: Grubber (90%) + Barron (10%).

Honestly, You can actually survive by using only grubber. The verbal section seems like the easiest section on the GRE but don’t be complacent o! This section is pretty tricky. I remember one particular essay with about seven (7) paragraphs. It was so dense that you could barely understand the content of a single paragraph; It also felt like it was written in another language. It was that difficult.

Also,the verbal section is made up of several subsections all mixed into one. You will find sentence completion (synonyms and antonyms) and essay comprehension all packed into one.
My Experience: I scored a 157/170 – Not bad @ all given that Grubber was the sole book I used. I won’t lie, am an avid reader – I guess that helped. However, if you study the Grubber Verbal Strategies: Latin and Greek Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes; the Most Important/Frequently Used GRE Words and Reading Comprehension Strategies – You should have no problem with the Verbal section. Grubber does an excellent job by building ur vocabulary, teaching new words and providing some interesting strategies for essay comprehension.
There are other books like Princeton Review but since I didn’t use it, I can’t say much about it. This is where external input is advisable. Those who used Princeton, oya speak up.

Final Advice:
Unlike Jamb (wicked people) that provides a single opportunity to write the exam per year, the GRE gives you 5 chances per year to write the exam (better people). But because you can doesn’t mean you should. Prepare well and write it once. A score of 160 per section is totally achievable. Just read and solve a huge collection of difficult questions in a timed mode.

Oya it haff do, una bye bye, I don try.


UPDATE 1: If you had to choose one Book for Quantitative Analysis, Barron's should be it. That Book is the truth. The best GRE Quantitative prep book ever.

UPDATE 2: Listen all, i just found this incredible online resource for GRE materials. Its a facebook group but its by invitation only. So drop ur email addresses or send me a pm and i'll send you an invite to the group. Here's the group link, however it can only be accessed by members of the group:

https://www./newgremaster/

After joining the group, head to the file section and you will find every book and test questions there. #OneLove
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Great tips over here.

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I wish everyone success in their upcoming exams.