9ja Siren: November 2017

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Nigerian Navy Announces Date for Recruitment Test

The Nigerian Navy says the aptitude test for the Direct Short Service Course 25 Enlistment Exercise is scheduled to hold in eight centres across the nation on Dec. 2.

The Acting Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Suleman Dahun, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja.

Mr. Dahun, therefore, advised applicants to visit www.joinnigeriannavy.com for names of the candidates shortlisted to write the test.

The Centres for the aptitude test include:

All newly admitted UTME undergraduate candidates of University of Lagos (UNILAG) are requested to report at the Multipurpose Hall A, University of Lagos from Monday 4th December, 2017 to Friday 15th December, 2017, for registration as from 8.30am.

Candidates are advised to follow the underlisted registration procedure strictly.

REGISTRATION SCHEDULE

DATE	FACULTY/COLLEGE	COURSES	VENUE
MONDAY, 4TH & MONDAY, 11THDECEMBER, 2017	ARTS	ENGLISH	MULTI-

The vice chancellors of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku, on Thursday said more than 40 percent of the staff of the university spend more time watching pornographic videos and other illicit films at work than doing the work for which they are employed.

The VC said he was able to monitor the development in offices on campus from his own network.

He said when he got the report of the trend and discovered that some people sat in their offices only to watch illicit movies during office hours, he took a decision to curb it by

Nigerians have always responded well to technology and we are a part of the increasing progress of technology in the world, whether it has to do with being an employee at a major tech giant in the world or maybe just doing something innovative on social media

Some young Nigerians have gone so far that they are part of those people who make big decision at tech giants and they have become well known and respected all over the world.

9jasiren team came across the profile of one of those geniuses, Chukwuemeka Afigbo

The 7UP bottling company in collaboration with Harvard Business School is offering MBA scholarships to Nigerian business students.

The Scholarship is open to Nigerians who have successfully gained admission into the 2 year MBA programme at the Harvard Business School.

This scholarship covers tuition, housing/board, and travel expenses for both years of the MBA program (a ticket to the United States to begin the MBA program and a ticket back from the United States at the end of the MBA program).

Eligibility

- Applicants must be Nigerian citizens

This is to inform all students of University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) who may wish to add or drop course(s) that with effect from 2017/2018 academic year, such students are expected to pay the sum of N500.00 (Five hundred Naira) at designated banks for each add or drop card.

Students are also to note that at the end of the registration exercise, a window period of two weeks will be opened to enable students wishing to add or drop courses to do so. At the expiration of the two weeks, no requests for add and drop of courses will be entertained by the administration.

All Deans of Faculty and Heads of Department are kindly requested to bring this all important

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has published the names of candidates who were found to have manipulated their Post-UTME screening Results as well as the admission process which led to the withdrawal of the earlier released admission list.

The list of the affected candidates including the girl that scored zero (0) in Post-UTME but was admitted in the earlier released admission list are contained on the attached Pdf document.

All affected candidates will likely not find their names on the new 2017/2018 UNILAG admission List which is expected to be released any moment from now.

More than 5 million people in the UK could be entitled to compensation from Google if a class action against the internet giant for allegedly harvesting personal data is successful.

A group led by the former executive director of consumer body Which?, Richard Lloyd, and advised by City law firm Mischon de Reya claims Google unlawfully collected personal information by bypassing the default privacy settings on the iPhone between June 2011 and February 2012.

They have launched a legal action with the aim of securing compensation for those affected. The group, called Google You Owe Us, says that approximately 5.4 million

Google could be forced to pay over five million iPhone users £2.7 billion in compensation as it is accused of selling their data without their consent.

A new consumer campaign called "Google You Owe Us" is launching a class action against the web giant over allegedly unlawfully harvesting the browsing histories of iPhone users without their permission.

A group of at least 5.4 million affected consumers could be owed hundreds of pounds each in compensation, according to Richard Lloyd, former Which? executive director and Government adviser, who is spearheading the action.

If successful the case would be the biggest compensation bill ever paid to British consumers over improper use of data. A claim by 5.4 million people for £500 each

Senate may pass MTEF today •Bill mandates IOCs to remit 3% of budget for N’Delta development

-Damilola Oyedele in Abuja

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has expressed worry over the rising recurrent expenditure as being observed in the 2018 N8.612trillion Appropriation Bill.

Saraki said the increase is probably caused by corruption through the recurrent expenditure, after the government blocked leakages in capital expenditure.

The sum of N2.65 trillion was appropriated as recurrent expenditure in the 2016 N6.06 trillion budget. In the 2017 N7.3 trillion budget, N2.9 trillion was appropriated for recurrent, but as at November 2017, the Minister of Budget and National Planning,

JAY-Z is opening up about how his marriage survived scandal.

In an extensive new interview with T: The New York Times Style Magazine, the famed rapper offered a rare glimpse inside his private world with wife Beyoncé, admitting to past infidelity, revealing his state of mind leading up to the infamous transgression and sharing how the power couple pieced their relationship back together.

“You know, most people walk away, and like divorce rate is like 50 percent or something ’cause most people can’t see themselves. The hardest thing is seeing pain on someone’s face that you caused, and then have to deal with yourself,” he told the outlet. “So, you know, most people don’t want to do that. You don’t want to look inside yourself. And so you walk away.”

JAY-Z never walked away from his own marriage, but it hasn’t always been easy.

Trump strays into hotter water with latest tweets

President Trump on Wednesday unleashed one of his most inflammatory strings of tweets since his inauguration, stoking anti-Islamic fervor by posting a series of videos first publicized by a far-right, anti-Muslim leader from Great Britain that outraged political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic.

The president also resurfaced unfounded allegations that NBC News host Joe Scarborough was somehow involved in the death of an intern who worked in his old congressional office, giving new ammunition to critics who say he traffics in conspiracy theories.

The reaction from the media and the political class was swift. Democrats renewed calls

The word unique simply means to stand out in the midst of others, to possess a rear quality not everyone has. This article will teach why one would be unique and how can one be unique

Been unique like earlier defined, means to be different from others in a particular sense. This word, although a word everyone likes and wants, comes with its own risks and fears. Before you’d be positively unique, you’ve got to do some certain things.

Now talking about uniqueness, it’s an outstanding quality that if everyone possesses,

THESE stern warnings were handed down to Commissioners and other top government officials on Tuesday by the state Governor Chief Willie Obiano at a meeting in Awka, the state capital.

The Governor in a statement in Awka by his Senior Special Adviser on Media and Strategic Communications, Mr Oliver Okpala, and made available to journalists, said his second term would have zero tolerance for corruption.

Obiano, stated that his second term Agenda in office will be tough for any Political office holder or Top Civil Servant in the State found wanting of any fraudulent act.

He said, “Any commissioner, special adviser or civil servant involved in any act of fraud or corruption in Anambra State will automatically be dismissed.

In his words “there is no room for any corrupt individual in my government; probity

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday said there is nothing he can do for anyone who dares the desert and Mediterranean without documents to prove that they are Nigerians.

He disclosed that the Federal Government was hoping to evacuate identified stranded Nigerians in Libya and other countries in order to bring them back to Nigeria and rehabilitate them.

The president said this while interacting with the Nigerian community in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, on Tuesday night.

Buhari is in Abidjan, for the 5th European Union-African Union (EU-AU) Summit.

ABUJA – THE Federal Government has declared Friday, 1st December, 2017 as public holiday to mark the Eid-El-Maulud Celebration.

A statement by Engr Abubakar Magaji, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, in Abuja on Wednesday, stated that the Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. (Rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, announced the public holiday on behalf of the Federal Government.

The Minister enjoined all Muslim faithful and Nigerians to use the Eid-El-Maulud Celebration to pray for peace, progress and unity of the nation.

NNPC warns filling stations under-dispensing petroleum products

Mr Yemi Adetunji, Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Retail, on Tuesday warned filling stations under-dispensing petroleum products to desist, saying the corporation had zero-tolerance for such irregularity.

Adetunji gave the warning at a news briefing in Abuja on what the corporation was doing to reduce incidence of under-dispensing oil marketers with NNPC brand.

According to him, the three strategic themes of NNPC Retail are business growth, being self-sustaining, and customers’ satisfaction, hence no customer should leave any

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to, without further delay, sack everyone involved in the recall and reinstatement of former Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina.

The CNPP said this rising from its consultative meeting with representatives of civil society groups drawn from the six geo-political zones of the country in Abuja on Tuesday.

It issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to order all its officials named

North Korea has conducted a night test of an unidentified ballistic missile which flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific Ocean, bringing a return to high tension to the region after a lull of more than two months.

The type and range of the North Korean missile was not immediately clear, but initial reports from Seoul suggested that it came from a mobile launcher, and was fired at 3 am local time. The mobile night launch appeared aimed at testing new capabilities and demonstrating that Pyongyang would be able to strike back to any attempt at a preventative strike against the regime.

The Japanese broadcaster “The missile flew over Japan’s northern main island of

MADRID (AP) If a rival soccer team were to pay Lionel Messi’s 700 million euro ($834 million) buyout clause, Barcelona could potentially buy nine of the 20 most expensive teams in the world.

Or it would have enough to buy every player in Major League Soccer at the same time.

It could even pay for 5 million Barcelona jerseys.

The likelihood of anyone triggering the clause seems remote, especially considering that it wouldn’t guarantee that the goal-scoring great would go anyway. But after Paris Saint-Germain paid Barcelona a record 222 million euros ($264 million) for Neymar, the team is clearly trying to scare off any potential candidates.

Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu said the club decided to more than double Messi’s original clause of 300 million euros ($358 million) because of what happened with Neymar.

Buyout clauses are not used in every country, but they are often put into effect to help protect clubs and give players the right to leave for a fee if they are not satisfied or want better deals.

Here’s a look at some of the things 700 million euros can buy in the world of soccer:

The direct link for 2017 UTME candidates to check their admission status on JAMB Portal via their JAMB profile has been enabled.

We advised candidates who are having issues checking their admission status on

SAN FRANCISCO — Digital gold. The new tulip mania. A virtual currency.

Whatever you want to call it, Bitcoin is on an extraordinary run, with the price of a single Bitcoin crossing $10,000 on some exchanges for the first time on Monday — less than two months after it crossed $5,000 for the first time.

It is a bull market with few precedents in recent investing history. The Dow Jones industrial average, in its biggest year, 1915, went up 82 percent, or one-tenth as much as Bitcoin has gone up this year. Amazon’s red-hot stock is up only one-fifteenth as much as Bitcoin this year.

The price has been pushed up by a flood of new buyers from around the world who

The University of Ibadan has released the list of admitted candidates for 2017/2018 academic session.

Candidates can proceed to check their admi9ssio0n status online

How To Check Admission Status
Candidates are to visit http://www.admissions.ui.edu.ng/#/
Enter Username and Password in the spaces provided ton check Admission Status

ALTERNATIVELY, candidates can check their admission status on JAMB CAPS.

Former militant leader, Ateke Tom, has been crowned Amanyanabo of Okochiri town in Wakirike , Rivers state.

The coronation was marked by traditional dances, traditional rites and musical displays.

Thousands of Okrika people witnessed the event.

Governor Nyesom Wike was among personalities at the event held in Okochiri, Okrika Local government area on Saturday.

Other prominent Rivers citizens were were Chief Kenneth Kobani, Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Chief Chidi Wihioka, Elder statesman Chief Emma

The Lagos Commissioner of Police, Mr Imohimi Edgal, has given commercial motorcyclists in the state three days to register with any of the two relevant associations or risk arrest.

Edgal gave the directive on Saturday during an emergency meeting with the leadership the commercial motorcycle operators as part of measures to ensure that they are well coordinated to promote security.

According to him, the two recognised associations are National Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association (NNAMORAL) and Motorcycle Operators Association of Lagos State (MOALS).

The police boss said that the registration was necessary for proper identification,

The Community Court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sitting in Abuja has been urged by the Federal Government to dismiss a fundamental human rights enforcement suit filed by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

It stated that Kanu having been granted bail and allegedly escaped from his ongoing trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja, the judgment of the ECOWAS Court on the suit would serve no purpose.

Kanu had filed the suit on March 3, 2016 demanding $800m as compensation from the Federal Government for his alleged unlawful arrest in 2015 and continued detention.

But the lawyer representing the Federal Government, Mrs. Maimuna Shiru, stated in an

Login Bloggers Africa in alliance with Logo Audibles has officially announced Saturday December 9th as the date for its 2017 Bloggers’ Gala and Awards which is set to hold at the Nanet Suites Abuja, a prestigious hotel in the heart of Abuja known as the hub for entertainment.

Bloggers Gala and Awards, an annual event designed to encourage excellence within the Nigerian public and private sectors as well as the entrepreneurship ecosystem and innovators, promises to attract major players and crème –de-la –crème from various fields of endeavors across the 36 states of the federation.

“For the 2017 Bloggers Gala and Awards, we will be celebrating and recognising excellence in the 10 categories within sectors and industries in Nigeria namely:

The pioneer students of the university of Abuja, have graduated from the institution after twelve long years.

No less than twelve of the 30 pioneer medical students of the University of Abuja, who enrolled in 2005, failed their final examinations, an official has said.

Punch Mero reports that Mr Waziri Garba, the university’s Deputy Registrar in charge of Information and Publications, on Monday said that results of the students’ final professional examinations, released on Nov. 24, showed that five of the 18 successful

Donald Trump's White House ethics lawyer resigns

An ethics lawyer in President Donald Trump’s White House has resigned after spending nearly a year working on financial disclosure issues.

James Schultz said he had discussed the matter of his departure with Don McGahn, lead White House counsel, “very early on”.

“I was interested in continuing with private practice and saw this as a tremendous opportunity to go serve and get things up and running and the plan was to move on about this time”, Mr Schultz said.

He is moving to law firm Cozen O’Connor in Philadelphia, where he previously worked prior to the White House position.

Mr Schultz said his resignation late last week was not related to the ongoing alleged

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday commended religious leaders for upholding religious tolerance in the State and complementing government efforts in offering essential services to the people in critical areas such free medical care, provision of shelter and assistance to the needy.

He said: “I want to thank you on behalf of our administration. In another two days, our administration will be two and half years and it has been two and half years of sincere religious tolerance in this State.

It has never been like this before; we have never had any disagreement between or

Zimbabwe has made former president Robert Mugabe’s birthday a public holiday, a state daily reported Monday, nearly a week after the long-time ruler stepped down.

“It is hereby declared that February 21 of every year henceforth shall be a public holiday to be known as the Robert Mugabe National Youth Day,” The Herald newspaper reported, citing a government gazette.

The move follows intense lobbying by the ruling ZANU-PF party’s youth league and came weeks after the country’s biggest airport was renamed after the veteran politician

Super star musician Ayodeji Balogun popularly called Wizkid, Afropop singer Adekunle Gold and Africa’s best actor Sambasa Nzeribe are amongst 105 young Nigerians that have been nominated for Africa’s biggest youth awards, THE FUTURE AWARDS AFRICA 2017.

The awards which aim that celebrating the innovation and creative prowess of young Africans between the age of 18 and 31, who are making a mark in their fields and endeavors was conceived by two young Nigerians; Chude Jideonwo and Adebola Williams in 2004.

The organizers, released the nomination list for this year’s awards earlier today.

The awards holds on the 9th of December 2017 at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos.

Below are the various categories and their nominees:

Chief George Bode

Ex-President Robert Mugabe is reportedly worth more than $1bn despite his country being one of the poorest in the world.

Mugabe’s wealth has come under the microscope following a military coup earlier in the week.

The 93-year-old dictator has accumulated significant wealth during his rule under which thousands of people have been killed over the past 37 years.

Local media reports suggest a small part of his fortune was reaped from Zimbabwe’s diamond deposits. Mugabe owns the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Co.

He has repeatedly been accused of stealing from the country’s coffers, while he also reportedly acquired 15 acres of land during land seizures in 2000.

According to a 2001 US diplomatic cable, later released by the whistle-blowing

BEVERLY HILLS, November 24, (THEWILL) – Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has revealed that arrangements have been concluded to reintroduce toll gates in 38 points across the country.

Fashola made this known in Thursday when he appeared before members of the Senate Committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA).

The Minister said that the reintroduction of the toll gates by the Federal Government

will be consummated after completion of major highways adding that the toll gates are to be managed by the private sector.

He told the lawmakers of plans by the government to design software for the monitoring of vehicles passing through the roads.

"Wow... Six Countries in 2 years"

A new 1.5 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) Dangote Cement Plant built at a cost of $300million was commissioned in Mfila, in the Republic of the Congo yesterday.

The plant was commission by President Denis Sassou N’Guesso, with the Federal Government of Nigeria represented at the event by Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Minister of

Solid Minerals, and Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment.

In his speech at the event, President of Dangote Group, Alh. Alike Dangote, said at the

The management of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba (AAUA) has released the list of admitted candidates for 2017/2018 academic session.

The management of Niger Delta University has released the admission list for 2017/2018 academic session.

The list of admitted candidates has been uploaded online Candidates are therefore

The management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University has released the list of admitted candidates for 2017/2018 academic session.

Candidates who applied for admission in the university can check their admission

The management of Anambra State University (ANSU) now Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) has released the list of candidates admitted into the university for the 2017/2018 academic session.

The list of admitted candidates have been published on the university's website.

To access the list of admitted candidates, simply click on this link: ANSU 2017/2018 Admission List

Congratulations to the admitted ones!

Also read: FUNAAB Postgraduate Admission 2017/2018 Announced

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Thursday, November 23, 2017

FUNAAB Postgraduate Admission 2017/2018 Announced

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates seeking admission to the following Postgraduate Diplomas, Masters and Doctor of Philosophy Degree programmes at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.

For available courses, check the attached pdf document.

Admission Requirements

To be eligible for admission to the Postgraduate Diploma Programme, candidates must be first degree holders in a

Check Nigeria Immigration list of shortlisted candidates 2017 here. Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced the screening exercise dates and centres for 2017/2018 recruitment examination.

The Nigerian Immigration recruitment Physical Examination and Document Verification Exercise for shortlisted candidates is scheduled to hold on Monday, 27th (Superintendent); Tuesday, 28th (Inspector) and Wednesday, 29th (Assistant), November 2017.

The exercise will hold at all the NIS state command headquarters nationwide starting

Interested in Becoming Nigerian Campus ambassador? the moment is now, hurry and apply for the 2017 Placements Nigeria campus Ambassador Program

Placements Nigeria invites applications for the Placements campus Ambassador Program (#PAP).

#PAP is engineered at engaging resourceful Student Ambassadors to lead Placements’ campaigns and events on their campuses and communities to create awareness about

Emeka Ojukwu jnr, son of late Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu on Wednesday revealed why he dumped the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the All Progressives Congress (APC)

He explained that his decision was driven by his believe that the South East must occupy its rightful place in the national governance and the political decision making process of the country.

Ojukwu jnr said this when he was formally received into the APC by the party’s leadership led by the Party’s National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun at the National

FUTMINNA Acceptance Fee Payment Procedure 2017/2018

FUTO Amazing Couple Ever - AMARA wed EXCEL 2017.

This is to inform all newly admitted students of Federal University, Minna (FUTMINNA) that Acceptance Fee payment procedure has been published.

The procedure and instructions are stated below;

1. Click on ‘2017/2018 Undergraduate Admission Status’ Link to Print/Reprint your admission status, so that you can retrieve your STUDENT ID.
2. Proceed to https://eportal.futminna.edu.ng/accpt/ to access the Acceptance Fee Payment page. (A Login Page is displayed)
3. Click on the Link ‘Request for new Password’ on the Login page.

The party will follow the rules and regulations guiding its constitution in choosing the candidate ahead of the general elections - Tinubu

Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that the party would not issue an automatic ticket for President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the 2019 presidential election.

He said the party would follow the rules and regulations guiding its constitution in

The management of Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) has published the Academic Calendar for 2017/2018 academic session.

The details of the Academic Calendar are stated below;

FUTO Academic Calendar

Harmattan (1st) Semester 2017/2018:

3rd December, 2017 - Fresh Students Come Into Residence.

4th December, 2017 - Registration Of Fresh Student Begins.

*Take a look at this NYSC corp member true analysis below:*

*TOTAL INCOME* *19,800 naira* x *11months* *= N217,800 naira*

Note: that first allawee was paid in the orientation camp.

*EXPENDITURE*

*Tithes:* (for those who pay it) 1,980 × 11 months * = N21,780 naira* (for those who pay)

*Bank charges: * 105 naira x 11 months *= N1,155 naira*

*Food:* 10,000 naira (at least) x 11 months * = N110,000 naira*

SIX WAYS MEN CAN ESCAPE POVERTY

1. Get the right woman:
Forget the slay queens and women with looks but zero brains. Get a woman who will not only support your vision but will also push you to achieve more. A woman who will inspire you to work hard and not a woman who just makes you hard. He who finds a real woman finds a good thing and obtains favour and power to create wealth.

2. Stop Taking Cheap Drinks:

How Much most graduates earn in Nigeria as starting salary

Students carries out studies on employment in Nigeria and Nigerian universities and this year, they created something called the Nigerian Graduate report.

According to the report released, statistics were obtained between 2010-2016. Students embarked on a study into the salary distribution of employed graduates and below is

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