UNILAG resumes academic activities on May 2nd

UNILAG resumes academic activities on May 2nd

 

 

 

Following the closure of the school due to students' protest over their living conditions, the UNILAG Senate at its emergency meeting held today Friday, April 22, directed that the institution should resume full academic activities on Monday, May 2, 2016, with examinations commencing the week after. Students however have to adhere to the conditions stated on their website. Read below

'Visit the University website www.unilag.edu.ng and download the Undertaking and Indemnity Form.

· Students are to complete the Undertaking Form and get it notarized.

· Parents and Guardians are to complete the Parents Indemnity Form.

· Completed Undertaking Form which must be notarized and Parent’s Indemnity Form should be submitted at the various Departments and a clearance obtained. The clearance would be required to gain access into examination halls.

· Students accommodated in halls of residence are to obtain a clearance from the Departmental Officer which must be presented at the halls of residence to gain access into their rooms from Monday, May 2, 2016.

· Students are expected to visit the University website from Friday, April 22, 2016 and complete the clearance process on or before Monday, May 2, 2016.

· Examinations would commence from Monday, May 9, 2016. Consequently, students are expected to generate their examination dockets and ensure it is duly endorsed by their Course Advisers between Monday, April 25 and Monday, May 2, 2016.

· No student would be readmitted without completing the above process.

- The University would endeavour to provide electricity in the various halls of residence between the hours of 7.00 pm and 7.00 am daily. The boreholes in the hostels would continue to provide water supply to the hostels until normal supply from the Lagos State Water Corporation resumes.

- Examination commences on Monday, May 9, 2016. Students are to confirm their examination time-table from the various Faculties/Departments.

 

 

Late Prince Was the G.O.A.T. in Every Medium, See?

Interestingly, whatever anyone tried to do, the late Prince probably did better. This was true from beginning to end.

When he was 19, Prince played 20-something instruments on his self-produced debut full-length, and that was merely the preface to one the most prolific and thrilling discographies in the history of recorded sound.

In 1984, he would branch into film with Purple Rain, a perfectly idiosyncratic musical odyssey that stands as, if not the greatest film with a non-actor musician in the lead role, than probably the most enduring. (The album and song of the same name don’t hurt, of course.) A few years after that he would once again dip his toe into film by recording the soundtrack for the 1989 film Batman. It’s far from his best album, obviously, but in the grand scheme of soundtracks it’s pretty great, and, really, few things are cooler than getting Prince to write an entire set of new music for your movie.

One of the things cooler than Prince doing your soundtrack is Prince doing your football halftime show in the pouring rain with a set piece that made his guitar look like a massive boner in silhouette.

And maybe cooler than even that is Prince doing your stupid awards show in yellow lace bodysuit with the ass removed.

Prince’s essential Princeness shone through no matter the medium, and no matter how the world—in its sensibilities or technology—changed around him. The greatest stories of all time are about Prince. The one from ?uestlove’s book is probably the most ridiculous and amazing story imaginable. Via Slate:

Prince was carrying a big briefcase in his hand, and he was acting all mysterious, like it contained the glowing substance from Pulp Fic­tion or something. He made like he was going to open it, then stopped, then started again. Then he walked toward me.
“Where’s your phone?”
“What?” I said.
“Yeah, right, what?” he said. “I know you have it, Ahmir. Where is it?”
I thought maybe he wanted to make a phone call. I admit now that’s not a plausible reading of the situation, but it was all so surreal. “It’s here,” I said.
He took it from me and turned it over in his hand. “Your coat is in coat check?”
“Yeah.”
“Put this with it.”
“Why? You think I’m going to record something?”
“Check the phone.”
“What about him?” I pointed at Eddie. “You’re not going to take his phone? He’ll tell everyone.”
Eddie put up his hands. “Hey, man, I don’t know what you’re talk­ing about. My phone’s in the car.”
I put the phone in coat check. Prince was asking me. I was being asked by Prince. It was Prince who was asking me. And fine, maybe I didn’t understand any part of what was happening, but sometimes you just have to launch yourself out into the river of an evening.
When I got back, Prince had the briefcase out on the floor. He clicked the lock and opened it, and took out the strangest, most singu­lar pair of roller skates I had ever seen. They were clear skates that lit up, and the wheels sent a multicolored spark trail into your path.
He took them out and did a big lap around the rink.

His very way of being inspired one of the most hilarious comedy sketches of a generation, in which a lip-glossed Dave Chappelle reverse-jams home a game-ending dunk—“Game. Blouses.”—and then serves some pancakes.

Prince loved the skit so much that he turned it into one of the only memorable single covers of the digital music era.

When, in 1994, Prince changed his name to a symbol he invented, he mailed journalists what has to stand as the greatest floppy disk to ever grace the Earth.


There are kids, probably, who know very little about Prince’s music, but know him because he is the source some of the most ubiquitous .gifs of all time.

You could bury me with this Vine.


He was even incredible at Twitter. RIP.

Why we dropped Siasia, Amuneke from Eagles job –NFF

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has explained why the duo of coaches Samson Siasia and Emmanuel Amuneke were not considered for the job of handling the Super Eagles for the two major international friendlies billed for May and June this year.

Rising from her meeting held at the NFF secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday, the committee explained that the decision to leave out Siasia and Amuneke from the Eagles job was to enable the two coaches concentrate fully on their pending important assignments of taking the Dream team VI and the Flying Eagles to the Rio 2016 Olympics and the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations tournaments respectively.

The committee strongly solicited for the NFF Board to give Coach Samson Siasia all the support towards winning gold medal of the men’s football tournament of this year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil.

The Committee praised Amuneke for promoting most of the FIFA U- 17 World Cup winning players to the Flying Eagles team , noting with delight that his action was in tandem with the vision of the present NFF administration ‘s promotion of  growth, continuity and seamless transition of the age grade players to the senior teams.

It mandated the big wigs of the Abuja Glass house to support the world cup winning coach  as the national U- 20 team prepares for the race for the Zambia 2017 tournament.

Chad’s President “Idriss Deby” wins fifth term

22 Apr

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Chad’s President Idriss Deby has won a fifth term in office after winning 62% of the vote in elections earlier this month, official results show.

He has avoided a second-round vote, with his nearest rival, Saleh Kebzabo, taking 13% of votes cast.
On Tuesday, opposition parties said the vote counting lacked credibility.
Mr Deby, who took power in a coup 26 years ago, is seen by Western governments as a bulwark against Islamist militants in central Africa.
The headquarters of the regional multi-national force fighting Boko Haram insurgents is based in Chad.

The former French colony is also a base for France’s military operations in Africa
Mr Deby’s supporters celebrated by firing guns into the air in the central square in the capital, N’Djamena.
Ahead of the announcement of the results late on Thursday, there was a strong military presence in the city, the AFP news agency reports.
During the 10 April election, there was an online blackout as access to the internet was cut and mobile phones were unable to send text messages.
Twelve candidates ran against Mr Deby and turnout among the more than six million registered voters was 71%, the electoral commission said.
Opposition politicians allege that hundreds of ballot boxes disappeared during the counting process.
Mr Deby has denied opposition claims that about 60 soldiers who voted against him have disappeared, the Associated Press news agency reports.
In the run-up to the vote, protest marches were banned and four activists campaigning against the president were given suspended sentences.

- See more at: http://antvt.com/chads-president-idriss-deby-wins-fifth-term-with-62-of-vote/#sthash.UDRLG6el.dpuf

Chad’s President “Idriss Deby” wins fifth term

22 Apr

0 0

Chad’s President Idriss Deby has won a fifth term in office after winning 62% of the vote in elections earlier this month, official results show.

He has avoided a second-round vote, with his nearest rival, Saleh Kebzabo, taking 13% of votes cast.
On Tuesday, opposition parties said the vote counting lacked credibility.
Mr Deby, who took power in a coup 26 years ago, is seen by Western governments as a bulwark against Islamist militants in central Africa.
The headquarters of the regional multi-national force fighting Boko Haram insurgents is based in Chad.

The former French colony is also a base for France’s military operations in Africa
Mr Deby’s supporters celebrated by firing guns into the air in the central square in the capital, N’Djamena.
Ahead of the announcement of the results late on Thursday, there was a strong military presence in the city, the AFP news agency reports.
During the 10 April election, there was an online blackout as access to the internet was cut and mobile phones were unable to send text messages.
Twelve candidates ran against Mr Deby and turnout among the more than six million registered voters was 71%, the electoral commission said.
Opposition politicians allege that hundreds of ballot boxes disappeared during the counting process.
Mr Deby has denied opposition claims that about 60 soldiers who voted against him have disappeared, the Associated Press news agency reports.
In the run-up to the vote, protest marches were banned and four activists campaigning against the president were given suspended sentences.

- See more at: http://antvt.com/chads-president-idriss-deby-wins-fifth-term-with-62-of-vote/#sthash.UDRLG6el.dpuf

Chad’s President “Idriss Deby” wins fifth term

22 Apr

0 0

Chad’s President Idriss Deby has won a fifth term in office after winning 62% of the vote in elections earlier this month, official results show.

He has avoided a second-round vote, with his nearest rival, Saleh Kebzabo, taking 13% of votes cast.
On Tuesday, opposition parties said the vote counting lacked credibility.
Mr Deby, who took power in a coup 26 years ago, is seen by Western governments as a bulwark against Islamist militants in central Africa.
The headquarters of the regional multi-national force fighting Boko Haram insurgents is based in Chad.

The former French colony is also a base for France’s military operations in Africa
Mr Deby’s supporters celebrated by firing guns into the air in the central square in the capital, N’Djamena.
Ahead of the announcement of the results late on Thursday, there was a strong military presence in the city, the AFP news agency reports.
During the 10 April election, there was an online blackout as access to the internet was cut and mobile phones were unable to send text messages.
Twelve candidates ran against Mr Deby and turnout among the more than six million registered voters was 71%, the electoral commission said.
Opposition politicians allege that hundreds of ballot boxes disappeared during the counting process.
Mr Deby has denied opposition claims that about 60 soldiers who voted against him have disappeared, the Associated Press news agency reports.
In the run-up to the vote, protest marches were banned and four activists campaigning against the president were given suspended sentences.

- See more at: http://antvt.com/chads-president-idriss-deby-wins-fifth-term-with-62-of-vote/#sthash.UDRLG6el.dpuf

Chad’s President “Idriss Deby” wins fifth term

22 Apr

0 0

Chad’s President Idriss Deby has won a fifth term in office after winning 62% of the vote in elections earlier this month, official results show.

He has avoided a second-round vote, with his nearest rival, Saleh Kebzabo, taking 13% of votes cast.
On Tuesday, opposition parties said the vote counting lacked credibility.
Mr Deby, who took power in a coup 26 years ago, is seen by Western governments as a bulwark against Islamist militants in central Africa.
The headquarters of the regional multi-national force fighting Boko Haram insurgents is based in Chad.

The former French colony is also a base for France’s military operations in Africa
Mr Deby’s supporters celebrated by firing guns into the air in the central square in the capital, N’Djamena.
Ahead of the announcement of the results late on Thursday, there was a strong military presence in the city, the AFP news agency reports.
During the 10 April election, there was an online blackout as access to the internet was cut and mobile phones were unable to send text messages.
Twelve candidates ran against Mr Deby and turnout among the more than six million registered voters was 71%, the electoral commission said.
Opposition politicians allege that hundreds of ballot boxes disappeared during the counting process.
Mr Deby has denied opposition claims that about 60 soldiers who voted against him have disappeared, the Associated Press news agency reports.
In the run-up to the vote, protest marches were banned and four activists campaigning against the president were given suspended sentences.

- See more at: http://antvt.com/chads-president-idriss-deby-wins-fifth-term-with-62-of-vote/#sthash.UDRLG6el.dpuf

Nigerians now collect loans from Boko Haram because FG failed to fulfill its N5k promise' -Reno Omokri

Nigerians now collect loans from Boko Haram because FG failed to fulfill its N5k promise' -Reno Omokri

Some days ago, leadership of the Nigerian Army announced that Boko Haram members are luring some Nigerians into their fold by giving them loans. According to Reno Omokri, this is happening because the Federal government has refused to honor its electoral promise to give vulnerable Nigerians N5000 monthly. See his tweets below

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Prisons Comptroller-General summoned over molestation of female Lawmaker at National Assembly

Prisons Comptroller-General summoned over molestation of female Lawmaker at National Assembly

 

 

Members of the House of Representatives have summoned the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Prisons, Peter Ezenwa Ekpendu, over allegations that one of his aides slapped a female lawmaker, Onyemeachi Mprakpor, for overtaking his convoy within the premises of the National Assembly on Wednesday April 20th.

Briefing his colleagues and presenting a petition by the assaulted lawmaker at yesterday's plenary, the House of Representatives Minority Leader, Leo Ogor, said Mkrakpor who represents Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency of Delta State, was on her way out of the complex and attempted to overtake the 20-car convoy of the prison boss when she was stopped and assaulted by one of his aides

“They blocked her car, and started bashing her car. When she wound down the windows, an aide slapped her in the face. The CG sat in the comfort of his car while this happened,” Ogor narrated.

Also speaking, the Majority Leader of the house, Femi Gbajabiamila, said Mrakpor called him and was crying after she was assaulted.

The lower chamber of the legislative body after its deliberations, resolved to summon the Prison boss over the matter.

Meanwhile the prison authority says it has begun investigations into the said assault on the female lawmaker. Spokesperson of the Nigerian Prison Service, Francis Enobore, said

“We were all present at the National Assembly on Wednesday with the CG. He had a long convoy, but we all left the place together at the same time and while we were at the place, there was no fight or quarrel between any of our personnel and anyone around. As we all left together with the CG, it is not possible for anyone of us to have jumped down from the convoy and went back to the complex to fight anybody.”

He said the prison boss has constituted a panel of inquiry into the alleged assault.