ASUU Breaking News: FUTO To Sack Entire Academic Staff

The Senate of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) have threatened to sack all academic staff on its payroll with immediate effect on December 4, 2013, Monday, for failure to return to classrooms.

This has been confirmed by Mr. Chike Ezenwa, the Public Relations Officers (PRO) of the institution, in a telephone conversation with the Nigerian Tribune in Owerri.

According to him, the senate of the university had declared all the positions of academic staff in the institution, adding that they would be advertised starting from December 2, 2013, Monday.

The PRO further explained that the senate council had already compiled the list of vacant positions in the school, adding that who were willing to resume would be adequately protected.

As concerns resuming the teaching process, the following press release was issued at FUTO:

The Senate of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri at its 375th Extraordinary meeting held on Monday, December 2, 2013 considered the directive of the Federal Government on resumption of duty by Academic Staff in Federal Universities and decided that academic activities in the University should resume immediately for the conclusion of the 2012/2013 Rain Semester.

Consequently all students of the University are required to return to campus between Monday December 2, and Friday December 8, 2013 while Rain Semester Examinations commence on Monday December 9, 2013 and end on Saturday December 21, 2013.

Accordingly, all academic staff are required to proceed immediately to their respective Departments to sign in for resumption of duty not later than Wednesday December 4, 2013.

However, the FUTO branch of ASUU said any attempt to break their ranks would be strongly resisted by their members. The Monday’s communiqué urged members to ignore the resumption notice by FUTO management, adding that the branch would not engage in any academic activities until the Federal Government committed itself to implementing the ASUU-FGN agreement.

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Breaking News: Uniben pulls out of Asuu strike, reopens December 3rd

In response to the Federal Government's Directive that all Federal universities be reopened on or before December 4, 2013, the University of Benin (UNIBEN) will open her doors on December 3rd!

As gathered in an NTA report on December 2nd, the university of Benin have joined few other universities like UNN, FUTO, etc in the resumption train.

The directive calling for reopening was contained in the circular that have been pasted all around the school directing the students to resume in their own interest on 7th of December as exam start Jan 6th.

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Ede Polytechnic Set December 7th As Deadline for Acceptance Fee Payment

he Federal Polytechnic Ede (Edepoly) has set December 7, 2013 as the deadline for payment of acceptance fees by admitted students.

We therefore advise that all 2013/2014 Freshmen of the said Polytechnic should make haste to pay up all fees on or before December 7.

The school management warned that failure to meet with the deadline will result to the candidate forfeiting the admission offer.

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Females Outclass Males At Ajayi Crowther Convocation

The fifth convocation of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State held on Saturday with the highlight of the event being the elevation of female graduating students to the institution’s roll call of academic excellence.

The best of them all, Temitope Olayiwola, who graduated from the Department of Accounting and Finance, with a first class degree, started her academic journey in Ajegunle, a slum in Lagos State.

Five hundred and fifty-two students obtained their degrees at the event. Fourteen of them obtained first class degrees; 131, second class upper division and 300, Second Class Lower Division, while 104 graduated with Third Class. The list brought the total number of students that have graduated from the school since inception to 2,500.

While Olayiwola emerged best from the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, another female, Eniola Adeoye, emerged the best from the Faculty of Humanities. There was also applause for Aderonke Fashiku, who came top in the Faculty of Natural Sciences. The three girls graduated with first class degrees.

Beyond emerging best at the faculty level, the trio also led the pack in the departmental prize award. Interestingly, Adetoun Olajumoke, Rainat Adepoju, Oluwatoyin Adeleye and Salimot Olaifa – all females – also picked the departmental prize awards.

Even as the ladies took the shine of the day, there were glimpses of brilliance from Charles Sanusi, Olaitan Olukowade, Chimezie Uguzo and Adedamola Adenuga, who gave the menfolk a cause for celebration.

Olayiwola, a product of Dorcas Memorial Nursery and Primary School, Ajegunle, and Lagos State Model College in Ikorodu, who also won Bolanle Awe Prize for the Best Female Student, said she drew inspiration after attending the university’s third convocation.

“I feel so excited and happy. I give glory to God for this success. It was not easy in any way because there were distractions. But I thank God I came out with success despite all the challenges.

“When I entered the school, I never thought I would be the best among my colleagues. I just wanted to do my part and come out with a good grade that my parents would be proud of. I was encouraged after watching the third graduation ceremony held in the school. I was overwhelmed with emotion when I listened to the speech delivered by the best graduating student at the time. I set a target for myself that if someone could do it, why not me. I was determined to be the best so that I could also deliver a valedictory speech on behalf of my colleagues. Determination and focus saw me through it. I did not join any society in the school but I took part in church activities regularly.”

On the standard of academic in the school, Olayiwola said she had an erroneous impression about the standard of education offered by private universities, having spent a short period at the Kwara Polytechnic, Ilorin, before proceeding to Ajayi Crowther University.

She said, “Before coming to the school, I was at Kwara Polytechnic briefly and the impression I had was that private universities could never offer quality academic work. But I was wrong because when I came here, I realised that the standard is high and very competitive. You have to be at your best to succeed here. The infrastructure to succeed is also coming up because the school management continues to improve on the standard every day, which is encouraging to any serious student.”

The 25-year-old also said she would like to return to the institution one day to inspire students to academic excellence, choosing teaching profession over other jobs.

“I will like to earn further academic certificates and return to this school as a lecturer one day,” she said.

The Vice-Chancellor of the school, Prof. Kolawole Jaiyeoba, said graduands of the institution were always successful in their life endeavours.

“I want to say that our students have been found worthy of character and learning. The feat of producing well-rounded graduates has been made possible by the university’s adherence to its vision and mission,” he said.

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University of Ibadan UI direct entry admission 2013: How To Check UI DE Admission List

University of Ibadan UI direct entry admission 2013: How To Check UI DE Admission List

The University of Ibadan (UI) has published the Direct Entry Admission list of candidates admitted into the institution for the 2013/2014 academic session.

The published admission list can now be accessed on the University’s official website.
How To Check 2013/14 University of Ibadan DE Admission List:

Simply click on the links below to view the admission lists according to faculties;

Faculty of Agriculture & Forestry
Faculty of Arts
College of Medicine
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Science
Faculty of the Social Sciences
Faculty of Technology
Faculty of veterinary Medicine

INSTRUCTIONS TO ADMITTED CANDIDATES:

Candidates who have been offered provisional admission are requested to pay a non-refundable acceptance fee of Twenty Thousand Naira only (N20,000:00) into U.I Admission Processing Fee Account on or before Friday, 13 December 2013 (See details below):

UI Admission Processing Fee Account Details:

University of Ibadan Micro-Finance Bank (Acct. No – 1050000027)

First Bank of Nigeria Plc (Acct. No – 2018156959)

Please note that payment into the First Bank of Nigeria Plc account can be made nationwide.

Note: Direct Entry Candidates are strongly advised not to transact any business with any other person/persons, corporate or any other site other than the University of Ibadan Website.

Congratulations to the Successful Candidates…

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Funaab 2nd batch admission list 2013 Out: How to Check funaab 2nd List

Funaab 2nd batch admission list 2013 Out: How to Check funaab 2nd List

The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) has released the 2nd batch admission list of candidates admitted into her various undergraduate programmes for the 2013/2014 academic session.

Candidates who sat for the 2013/2014 FUNAAB post UTME screening and whose names were not on the1st batch admission list can now check their admission status on the FUNAAB admission status checking portal.
How To Check the 2nd batch 2013-2014 FUNAAB Admission List:

Follow the steps below to check Admission Status on the FUNAAB post utme portal;

1) Visit the Federal University of Agriculture admission status checking portal via the link below;
>>FUNAAB Admission Status Checking Portal<<

2) Enter your JAMB Reg No. in the spaces provided respectively,

3) then click the Check button

Congratulations to the Successful Candidates…

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UNIBEN pulls Out of ASUU Strike, calls Students back to School

Information reaching us shows that the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Edo State has pulled out of the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

According to an announcement on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), the institution instructed her students to resume on 7th december 2013 for the conclusion of lectures, while examinations for the session will begin on 6th January 2014.

A new academic calendar for the 2012/2013 academic session has already been pasted in the school.

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