The Federal University, Lokoja (FULOKOJA) has extended the Post-UTME registration deadline for 2017/2018 academic session.
Candidates are to note that the registration deadline is Friday 29th September, 2017 by 12 noon.
Candidates who are yet to register are advised to use this opportunity to do so.
Monday, 25 September 2017
Sunday, 24 September 2017
Top 20 Nigerian University Ranking 2017
UNIVERSITY LOCATION
1. University of Ibadan Ibadan, Oyo State
2. University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State
3. Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Osun State
4. University of Lagos Lagos State
5. Covenant University Ota, Ogun State
6. Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State
7. Ahmedu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State
8. University of Ilorin Ilorin, Kwara State
9. University of Benin Benin, Edo State
10. Federal University of Technology Owerri Owerri, Imo State
11. University of Porthacourt Rivers State
12. University of Uyo Uyo, Akwa Ibom
13. Federal University of Technology Akure Akure Ondo State
14. Lagos State University Ojo, Lagos
15. Afe Babalawo University Ado-Ekiti
16. Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State
17. Bayero University Kano State
18. University of Jos Jos, Plateau State
19. University of Maiduguri Maiduguri, Borno State
20. Ebonyi State University Abakiliki, Ebonyi State.
Hope you liked it, your different opinions are welcomed.
what university where you expecting to see that was not on the list, or not where you hoped it would, comments are welcomed
IPOB Is Not A Terrorist Organisation-US
The Punch reports that the status of the agitating organisation was revealed by the spokesperson for the American Embassy in Nigeria, Russell Brooks.
According to Brooks, the US government does not think IPOB is a terrorist group. The report quoted Brooks as saying further that the US was committed to Nigeria’s unity and would support a peaceful resolution of its crisis. “The United States Government is strongly committed to Nigeria’s unity.
Important political and economic issues affecting the Nigerian people, such as the allocation of resources, are worthwhile topics for respectful debate in a democracy.
“Within the context of unity, we encourage all Nigerians to support a de-escalation of tensions and peaceful resolution of grievances. The Indigenous People of Biafra is not a terrorist organisation under US law,”
Brooks said even though he did not confirm if the Nigerian government had requested that IPOB be blacklisted.
Saturday, 23 September 2017
Iran defies Washington, successfully fires Ballistic Missile
The launch of the rocket, which Tehran says can carry several warheads, is likely to fuel tensions with Washington.
Iran has tested a new ballistic missile capable of hitting targets 1,200 miles away, according to state media.
Images of the "successful" launch were carried by broadcaster IRIB, including video from an on-board camera.
The rocket, which Tehran said could carry several warheads, was shown off by the regime at a military parade on Friday.
State TV said the Khorramshahr missile is the country's third to have a range of 1,200 miles (2,000km).
The test firing is likely to fuel tensions with Washington.
US President Donald Trump, speaking at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, noted Iran was building its missile capability and accused it of exporting violence to Yemen, Syria and other parts of the Middle East.
Mr Trump has been critical of the 2015 nuclear deal the US and other world powers struck with Iran.
Under the pact, Tehran agreed to restrict its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of economic sanctions.
During Friday's military parade, President Hassan Rouhani said his country would strengthen its missile capabilities without seeking permission from any other country.
But the US has argued Iran's missile tests breach a UN resolution, which endorsed the nuclear deal.
Washington has called on Tehran not to get involved in activities linked to nuclear missiles.
Iran has insisted the missiles are not designed to carry nuclear weapons and is not in violation of the resolution.
ABU Direct Entry Admission Screening Registration Procedures – 2017/18
This is to inform all Direct Entry (DE) candidates who applied for admission into Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria for the 2017/2018 Academic Session and who made ABU their FIRST CHOICE, that they would be screened online.
Registration for the screening exercise commences from Monday, 25th September, 2017 and closes on Monday, 9th October, 2017.
To register, candidates are required to log into: https://putme.abu.edu.ng Follow the instructions on the site. You can also get to this site through the Ahmadu Bello University Website https://abu.edu.ng
Applicants are required to pay the sum two thousand naira (N2, 000.00) only as screening fee.
Payment can EITHER be made via Remita using any acceptable debit card (Visa, Verve, and MasterCard) OR by printing the fiemita Retrieval Reference (RRR) slip and proceeding to any Bank for payment.
Payment can EITHER be made via Remita using any acceptable debit card (Visa, Verve, and MasterCard) OR by printing the fiemita Retrieval Reference (RRR) slip and proceeding to any Bank for payment.
Candidates need not travel to Zaria to make payment and/or screening.
FUTMINNA Post-UTME Screening Result is Out – 2017/18 [See How To Check]
Federal University of Technology Minna, FUTMINNA Post-UTME Screening Result for the 2017/2018 academic session is out.
How To FUTMINNA Post-UTME Screening Result
-Enter your JAMB Registration Number and one of your names in the spaces provided
-Click on “Submit” and proceed to view your result
N.B: Those who are yet to upload their o’level result should do so by clicking here before 30th September, 2017.
All enquiries should be directed to the following: infoupase@futminna.edu.ng or call 09020148230 and 08028949142.
Friday, 22 September 2017
Read What Russia Says About North Korea And US Nuclear Tussle
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday described the rhetoric between leaders of the United States and North Korea as a "kindergarden fight between children" and urged calm.
"We have to calm down the hot heads and understand that we do need pauses, that we do need some contacts," Lavrov told a news conference at the United Nations where he was attending the annual General Assembly debate.
In his first address to the world gathering on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump threatened to "totally destroy North Korea," derided leader Kim Yong-un as "Rocket Man" and said he was on a "suicide mission."
Kim shot back at Trump on Thursday, describing him as "mentally deranged" and warning he would "pay dearly" for his threat.
Lavrov said Russia was working with other countries "to strive for the reasonable and not the emotional approach -- instead of the kindergarden fight between children (where) no one can stop them."
Moscow would welcome any attempt by a third country to mediate in the crisis, Lavrov told a news conference, adding that this could come from a "neutral" European nation. Switzerland has offered its mediation.
Russia and China are pushing a joint proposal to kick-start talks with North Korea by freezing Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests in exchange for a suspension of US-South Korean military drills.
The United States however has rejected that proposal as "insulting" and maintains it will not offer incentives to Pyongyang to come to the negotiating table.
Without mentioning the United States, Lavrov said those countries that refuse dialogue are "not fulfilling" the obligations of UN Security Council resolutions that call for a peaceful settlement to the crisis.
North Korea in recent weeks detonated its sixth nuclear bomb and has test-fired intercontinental missiles -- saying it needs to defend itself against hostility from the United States and its allies.
What Would Happen if North Korea Tests The World Most Dangerous Hydrogen-Bomb Over the Pacific?
EXCERPT...
- Rhetoric between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has escalated.
- In response, North Korea's foreign minister reportedly suggested the nation may soon detonate the "most powerful" hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific.
- No other details were provided, but at face value, this suggests the blast could be 1,000 times as powerful as the Hiroshima bombing.
- Atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons can lead to multiple dangerous scenarios.
North Korea may be planning a one of the most powerful nuclear explosions in history.
Ring Yong Ho, the foreign minister of the isolated nation, reportedly told journalists that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is considering such a test blast.
"It could be the most powerful detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific," Ri told reporters at the United Nations in New York on Thursday, according to a story by South Korea's Yonhap News Agency. "We have no idea about what actions could be taken as it will be ordered by leader Kim Jong Un."
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North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un stands before what may be a miniaturized thermonuclear weapon.
(Thomson Reuters)
The suggestion came in response to bellicose rhetoric exchanged between US President Donald Trump and Jong Un.
In a speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump called Jong Un a suicidal "rocket man" and threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea if the US is "forced to defend itself or its allies." Jong Un allegedly responded with a written statement, in which he called Trump a "mentally deranged US dotard" and said that "a frightened dog barks louder."
Many experts have denounced Trump's speech, suggesting his words could provoke Jong Un to take dramatic action.
"Trump is basically creating audience costs for Kim to back down," Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, told Vox. "If you dare Kim, it creates pressure for him to respond with his own provocation."
North Korea has set off several powerful nuclear test blasts in recent years, but they all occurred deep inside a mountain. A nuclear explosion in the air, on the ground, underwater, or in space has not happened in decades.
If the nation sets off an above-ground nuclear explosion — and the most powerful ever detonated in the Pacific — the Cold War's rich history of test blasts suggests what might happen.
Why atmospheric nuclear tests are dangerous
The US, Russia, China, and other countries have set off more than 2,000 nuclear test blasts since 1945.
More than 500 of these explosions occurred on soil, in space, on barges, or underwater. But most of these happened early in the Cold War — before the risks to innocent people and the environment were well-understood. (Nearly all countries now ban nuclear testing.)
The problem with nuclear test explosions is that they create radioactive fallout. Space detonations come with their own risks, including a more widespread electromagnetic pulse.
etonations come with their own risks, including a more widespread electromagnetic pulse.
Only a fraction of a nuclear weapon's core is turned into energy during an explosion; the rest is irradiated, melted, and turned into fine particles. This creates a small amount of fallout that can be lofted into the atmosphere and spread around.
But the risk of fallout vastly increases close to the ground or water. There, a nuclear explosion can suck up dirt, debris, water, and other materials, creating many tons of radioactive fallout — and this material rises high into the atmosphere, where it drifts for hundreds of miles.
This kind of Cold War-era fallout killed scores of innocent people in the Pacific, including Japanese fishermen, and is still causing cancer and health problems around the world today.
Where and how big?
Ri did not specify where or how high its hypothetical Pacific "H-bomb" test might occur. However, the foreign minister did reportedly suggest it could be the most powerful ever detonated in the Pacific.
If this is not a matter of imprecise wording, it would mean the hypothetical blast would exceed the US' strongest nuclear test ever.
On March 1, 1954, the US military set off the "Shrimp" thermonuclear device on a platform in the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands (about 2,300 miles southeast of Japan and 2,700 miles southwest of Hawaii).
This was part of the US military's Castle Bravo test series, and the blast was equivalent to exploding 15 million tons of TNT, or roughly 1,000 times as powerful the US attack on Hiroshima that inflicted some 150,000 casualties.
While the military considered Shrimp and Bravo a success, its repercussions were disastrous. Researchers underestimated the device's explosive power by nearly three-fold — and many were nearly killed when an artificial earthquake shook their concrete observation bunker 20 miles away.
Author and film producer Eric Schlosser, writing in his book "Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety", captures the raw power of the blast through the perspective of scientist Bernard O'Keefe:
"About ten seconds after Shrimp exploded, the underground bunker seemed to be moving. But that didn't make any sense. The concrete bunker was anchored to the island, and the walls were three feet thick.
"'Is this building moving or am I getting dizzy?' another scientist asked. 'My God, it is,' O'Keefe said. 'It's moving!'
"O'Keefe began to feel nauseated, as though he were seasick, and held on to a workbench as objects slid around the room. The bunker was rolling and shaking, he later recalled, 'like it was resting on a bowl of jelly.' The shock wave from the explosion, traveling through the ground, had reached them faster than the blast wave passing through the air."
The scientists ultimately escaped alive, but Marshall Islanders located 100 miles from the blast were not so lucky.
Shrimp's four-mile-wide fireball vaporized about 200 billion tons of Bikini Atoll coral reef, turning much of it into radioactive fallout that spread all over the world. The worst of it sprinkled over atolls to the east, killing many people from radiation sickness.
Today, the 250-foot-deep, 1-mile-wide crater left by the blast is visible from space.
If North Korea decides to blow up a hydrogen or thermonuclear device — and the most powerful in the Pacific — we could only hope it is not close to the ground.
Missile or no missile?
All of these scenarios assume North Korea sets off a thermonuclear device in a controlled way — via airplane, barge, balloon, or some kind of stationary platform.
But the risk to people also largely depends on whether or not North Korea launches a nuclear warhead on an intercontinental ballistic missile or a shorter-range rocket, such as one launched from a submarine.
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An underwater test-firing of a strategic submarine ballistic missile is seen in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on April 24, 2016.
(KCNA/File Photo via Reuters)
If successful, such a missile test would show North Korea has miniaturized its weapons. And if the blast appears to be caused by a hydrogen bomb, it would show North Korea could pull off a devastating thermonuclear strike on US soil.
But missiles are prone to failure in multiple ways, especially those in early development. A North Korean ICBM tipped with a nuclear warhead might miss its target by a significant distance, or explode en route. This could lead to detonation in an unintended place and altitude.
This is especially true if the missile has no self-destruct capability — ICBMs maintained by the US don't. In that case, only hacking the missile's software in mid-air, or destroying it with another weapon, could stop the launch.
"The stakes and heat in this conflict have not been this high since the Korean War," Tristan Webb, a senior analyst for NK News, said in a story published by the outlet on Friday. "Kim Jong Un said in July that the ... showdown was entering its final phase. He appears psychologically prepared for conflict."
North Korea Hits New Level of Brinkmanship in Reacting to Trump
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has long cultivated an image of defiant belligerence, punctuating its propaganda and diplomacy with colorful threats, insults and bluster. But by addressing President Trump in a personal statement on Friday, the nation’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has pushed his government’s brinkmanship to a new, potentially more perilous level.
In a statement written in the first person, published on the front pages of state newspapers and read on national television, Mr. Kim called Mr. Trump a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” who had “denied the existence of and insulted me and my country in front of the eyes of the world.”
Mr. Kim vowed to take the “highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history.”
In a country where the leader is essentially portrayed as a god, Mr. Kim’s decision to respond personally to Mr. Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly and pledge reprisals escalated the standoff over the North’s nuclear program in a way that neither he nor his predecessors had done before.
Though the statement made no mention of nuclear weapons, in the context of a political system built on a cult of personality, Mr. Kim’s intervention appeared to sharply reduce the possibility that his government might retreat or compromise, even in the face of war.
Mr. Kim condemned Mr. Trump’s threat to “totally destroy” North Korea if the United States is forced to defend itself, and he declared that it had “convinced me, rather than frightening or stopping me, that the path I chose is correct and that it is the one I have to follow to the last.”
Shortly after Mr. Kim’s statement was released, his foreign minister, Ri Yong-ho, delivered prepared remarks to reporters outside his hotel in New York, saying it was up to Mr. Kim to decide what to do, but that North Korea might conduct the “biggest ever hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific.”
Mr. Ri could not have made such an alarming comment without approval from Mr. Kim, although some analysts question whether North Korea has the technology or political daring to conduct an atmospheric nuclear test, something the world has not seen for decades.
Mr. Trump responded on Friday by further personalizing the dispute. On Twitter, the president pronounced Mr. Kim to be “obviously a madman.”
North Korea has often issued statements in the names of its government and its People’s Army, and since taking power in late 2011, Mr. Kim has delivered an annual New Year’s Day speech. But Friday’s statement was the first by Mr. Kim directed openly at a foreign head of state. Mr. Kim’s father and grandfather, who ruled North Korea before him, never made such a statement, South Korean officials said.
In effect, Mr. Kim, whose cultlike leadership rests upon his perceived daring toward North Korea’s external enemies, has turned the nation’s standoff with the United States into a personal duel with Mr. Trump, analysts said.
The North Korean news media carried photographs of Mr. Kim sitting in his office and reading his statement, but his voice was not broadcast. On the country’s state-run Central TV, a female announcer read his statement.
“This is totally unprecedented,” said Paik Hak-soon, a longtime North Korea analyst at the Sejong Institute, a think tank outside Seoul, referring to Mr. Kim’s statement. “The way North Korea’s supreme leadership works, Kim Jong-un has to respond more assertively as its enemy gets more confrontational, like Trump has.
“There is no backing down in the North Korean rule book,” Mr. Paik said. “It’s the very core of their leadership identity and motive.”
Until now, Mr. Kim himself has appeared to refrain from personal attacks on the American president, even as Mr. Trump has called him a “maniac,” a “total nut job,” and, most recently, “Rocket Man.”
On Friday, Mr. Kim said he took Mr. Trump’s latest assault personally and accused him of making “the most ferocious declaration of a war in history.”
JAMB Reveals Those Who Will Get Admission In 2017/2018 Session
JAMB Reveals Those Who Will Get Admission In 2017/2018 Session. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday, said only candidates who meet the O’ level and A’ level requirements and other criteria set by institutions would be offered admission in 2017/2018.
AMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, stated this at a Training and Sensitization Forum on Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) for admission offers, candidates and stakeholders on in Abuja.
Prof. Oloyede said: “Scoring higher than the cut-off mark does not guarantee admission but makes the candidate eligible for admission consideration. It is not UTME that qualifies the person. It is O level, A level that qualifies a person for admission.
“That is why you can go from here to UK, you can go to Ghana, Uganda, Republic of Benin, nobody ask you of your UTME, they ask for your O level because by law it is the school cert that qualifies you not JAMB,” he said.
He also warned that JAMB will not tolerate illegal admissions by any higher institution.
The body also stated that students admitted illegally won’t be regularised anymore.
The body also stated that students admitted illegally won’t be regularised anymore.
He also warned that JAMB will not tolerate illegal admissions by any higher institution.
The body also stated that students admitted illegally won’t be regularised anymore.
The body also stated that students admitted illegally won’t be regularised anymore.
“We know that we have abused the process. What we have been doing is to send N5,000 each to JAMB in the name of regularization without capturing their picture, without capturing anything. You pay N5,000 and then they are regularized.
“We have not stopped to do backlog but from 2018 upward we will not allow anybody to do backdoor admission. Anybody that is not properly admitted cannot benefit from regularization.
“You cannot admit anybody under the table. Let us know your problem and let us collectively solve the problem so that you do not need to do such thing.
“We don’t have accurate data because what we have on record is different from real life. We cannot continue to do that. We will protest to the whole world that we have 500 students in our institutions but in reality they are about 1 million but 500,000 thousand have been admitted illegally,” Oloyede remarked.
TERRORISM CHARGE: Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB Defends Self
The leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has challenged the court order proscribing his group and declaring it a terrorist group.
In a statement on Friday, Mr. Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, said the motion challenging Wednesday’s court order was filed on Friday.
According to the motion, dated September 21, Mr. Ejiofor argued that IPOB is a non-violent organisation; therefore the decision of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to issue an order, based on a motion made ex-parte, was illegal.
A motion ex-parte is a motion heard by the court without the presence of the other party/ parties.
The lawyer added that his client, whose whereabouts has been unknown since the violent crisis in Abia started two weeks ago, was not allowed fair hearing and that the court lacked the jurisdiction to grant such an order.
The Nigerian government on Wednesday obtained an order of court, affirming the declaration of IPOB as a terror group.
The group, which seeks an independent country of Biafra, has been accused of killing and intimidating civilians and security operatives.
Details later…
Isreali And Two Others Decleared Wanted By The EFCC
Read the Press statement from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC:
The public is hereby noticed that the persons whose photographs appear above are wanted by the EFCC. Doron Umansky is wanted in a case of obtaining money by false pretence, stealing, forgery and uttering. The suspect is at large while efforts to apprehend him has proved abortive.
The light-skinned 57-year-old Israeli speaks English, Jewish (Hebrew) and Yoruba languages.
His last known addresses are Signature Suites, Asaba, Delta State and 52A, Tunde Adebola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Sobowale Toyin Hannah and Hammed Akinola Ariyomi are wanted in a case of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences.
The suspects are at large while all efforts to apprehend them have proved futile. Sobowale is 44 years old. Her last known address is 100 Acres Church Street, Abere Bus Stop, Ajayi Egan Road, Atan, Sango Otta. Ariyomi is 33 years old. His last known address is 6 Sanu Street, Adura Bus Stop, Alagbado, Lagos State.
Both suspects are dark-complexioned, hail from Ogun State and speak English and Yoruba Languages
Anybody having useful information as to their whereabouts should contact the Commission in its Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Maiduguri and Abuja offices.
Source: Tori
Ijaw Youths, PANDEF Warns Army Over Operation Crocodile Smile
More groups in the Southern region have warned against the planned Operation Crocodile Smile II by the Nigerian Army.
ore groups in the Southern region have warned against the planned Operation Crocodile Smile II by the Nigerian Army.
The Army on Wednesday said the operation would go after the Badoo group and other criminal organizations in the South.
Director, Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, explained that the military operations – Egwu Eke II and Crocodile Smile II – like the earlier operations, were not targeted at “any particular ethnic group or group of individuals”.
Reacting, Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, and the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, advised the Nigerian government to reconsider the planned deployment, saying the move could undermine the relative peace in the region.
PANDEF Coordinating Secretary, Dr. Alfred Mulade, said deployment of soldiers was “misadvised and ill-conceived especially at this time when the geopolitical zone is gradually coming to terms with the urgent need for sustaining the relative peace in the region.”
President of the IYC, Mr. Eric Omare, warned that extension of Operation Crocodile Smile II to the Niger Delta region will create tension in the area.
“The plan unnecessary; the federal government should not consider what the Operation Python Dance did in the South-East, which led to the tagging of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) as a terrorist group, as an achievement," Mr. Omare said.
“What Operation Python Dance II has done is not an achievement to the Federal Government. It is negative for the government."
“For the Niger Delta, from my experience, extending the Operation Crocodile Smile II to the Niger Delta will only aggravate the volatile situation in the region.”
In its reaction, Afenifere insisted that the Southwest does not require troops for security, urging them to go and fight Boko Harm in Northeast.
Biafra: Lai Mohammed lied about France, UK involvement – Fani-Kayode
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has mocked Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, for claiming that Nnamdi Kanu and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had the backing of France and the United Kingdom.
Fani-Kayode called Mohammed out in a tweet on Friday evening and asked him to stop lying.
He wrote: “U said France was funding IPOB, France said its NOT TRUE. U said u complained to UK about Radio Biafra, UK said its NOT TRUE. Lying Lai Lai!”
Mohammed had claimed that France was the “financial headquarters” of IPOB .
The Minister also said that the Nigerian government had reached out to the British government, to shut down Radio Biafra. But they refused to do so, as they advocate freedom of speech.
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