Dr Moses Amako, formal CMD of Owerri Specialist Hospital Kidnapped dies 4 days after his release

    
   The immediate past Chief Medical Director of Owerri Specialist Hospital, Dr Mose  who was kidnapped on December 1, but later released one week after, has been reported died.

    Dr Amako died last Saturday at about 7 pm following bullet injuries he sustained in one of his legs. The abductors shattered his leg with bullets and kept him captive for over one week.
   According to the SUN reports, the late Dr Amako was released to the family last week Wednesday having paid a ransom of N 20 million. He was immediately rushed to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention.
It was gathered that more than 10 medical consultants battled to save his life but the injuries were affected by tetanus.

2012/2013 UNIZIK Diploma Admission List Released

The Diploma admission lists for UNIZIK academic year of 2012/2013 has been released. This list is reported to be pasted on the UNIZIK Diploma building noticed board. It is unforunate that currently the list had not be online.So, If you applied for the programme, do yourself good by visiting Nnamdi Azikwe University, Akwa.

JAMB UTME 2012 Registration/entry for 2012/2013-www.jamb.org.ng

  The registration for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination JAMB UTME 2012 is still on . Candidates registration for this examination must adhere strictly to the instructions I have stated below here. Though, this registration has been on for sometime now,  many candidates registering for this exam have been making mistakes during the registration and this is likely going to affect them adversely.

• First, NOT ALL CAFES are allow to register candidates for the examination. So, candidates are not go to any cafe in the quest that HE/SHE want register for JAMB UTME 2012.  Please, click HERE  to search for available Registration Centres/Authorized Cafes in your State of registration.
• Candidates are expected to download the UTME Registration Template and practice the filling of the form off line before going online to fill the form to avoid mistakes because it is state clear that NO correction after submission.

JAMB Plan to Introduce E- ExaminationTesting Method

    Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) propose introduction of  of electronic testing, of prospective candidates seeking admissions into the nation’s universities and other tertiary institutions.
   He explained that with the “E” testing, when operational, a candidate will seat by a computer, do the examination and as soon as he or she finishes, the candidate will press a button on the computer and the result comes out and as soon as the candidate gets to the entrance gate of the examinations centre, the result slip will be issued to him or her.
Ojerinde, who disclosed this at the commissioning of an ultra modern  Zonal office of JAMB in Minna, stated that the new zonal office will further enhance the confidentiality of JAMB examinations.

Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe calls for elections next year 2012

  President Mugabe has recently call for election next year 2012
"We are saying time has come now to prepare to have elections - we just have to have elections next year," Mr Mugabe told the conference.
He said the unity government had "overstayed its welcome".
"Our country does not have an elected government," he said. "I am president to a political arrangement which is makeshift, undemocratic and illegitimate."
Elections do not have to happen until 2013, but analysts say Mr Mugabe's supporters want them earlier for fear that the elderly president may not cope with the pressure of campaigning. He is expected to be formally endorsed as Zanu-PF's presidential candidate before the end of the conference.
Read more at BBC.com

 
        Hmm.... I can see that African Leaders are now beginning to learn from the mistake of other Leaders

Another Second Round of Recruitment by Ogun State Government

  If you are an Ogun state indigene unemployed, this is another opportunity for you. 
The State has begun the of recruitment of another batch employees as part of the  state’s Rapid Employment Programme with the invitation of 7,424 applicants for  an interview at the June 12 Cultural Centre on December 12 and 13.

According to a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy Alhaji Yusuph Olaniyonu, the list of 7,424 applicants invited for the interview would be pasted on the state website and aired on the Ogun State Television (OGTV).

  The applicants are part of the previously short-listed 10,000 candidates who  were scheduled to participate in the interview sessions held on November 4 and 5 and they fall into two categories.

The first category consisting of 5,277 candidates were invited for the last round of interviews but did not turn up due to different reasons and the government had decided to give them a second chance
   
  For further information visit www.ogunstate.com.gov

Okonjo-Iweala Named Among 100 Top Global Thinkers

   Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister for the Economy and Minister of Financehas been named one of 100 Global Thinkers by the iconic Washington-based journal, Foreign Policy magazine.

Mr. Paul Nwabuikwu, Special Assistant on Communication to the minister, said Okonjo-Iweala was honoured along with a group of distinguished activists, political leaders, diplomats and entrepreneurs from across the world.

Adele's Chart-Topping Release 21 Becomes Biggest-Selling Album of the Century

      Adele I want to start by saying that your Album has made a lot of good impressions.

The singer - recovering from an operation to save her voice - released her second album just 10 months ago, making the feat even more impressive.

It overtook the late Amy Winehouse's Back To Black, which landed the record a little over three months ago.

The new record of 3.4 million sales was confirmed yesterday by the Official Charts Company.

Amy's album took five years to get to its present 3.3 million sales level, and its success was partly due to the further sales boost following her death in July.

ASUU Strike begins on midnight Sunday!

  ASUU embarks on  strike following the government refusal to sign the union agreement of 2009.       According to the punch report government had promised to honour the agreement reached two years ago on the adequate funding of the universities and other sundry issues after a meeting with ASUU in September.
A Memorandum of Understanding by both parties was signed at the meeting with the Ministers of Education and Labour and Productivity in attendance.
But ASUU President, Prof.Ukachukwu Awuzie, said in Port Harcourt on Sunday, that the government had deliberately refused to honour the agreement.
Awuzie regretted that rather than executing the content of the accord, the government sacked the Implementation Monitoring Committee that served as the forum for a dialogue with ASUU on the dispute.
He wondered why the government did not make any move to implement the core components of the agreement, even when the union granted its (government) request for a two-month grace to begin the implementation process.

late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu Burial Funeral Announced!

  The report by south east governors yesterday shows that the late Ojukwu will be buried in his home tome Nnewi country home in Anambra State next February.
   The SUN reported that the date was announced after the meeting of Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum and Anambra State Governor Peter Obi,which lasted for over two hours at the Enugu State Government House, The source says that the remains would be brought to Enugu on February 2, 2012 where all ceremonies lined up to bid him farewell would take place after which the corpse would be moved to Nnewi and handed over to Ojukwu’s kinsmen for burial.

Chima Anthony Akpalaba,final year Law student sentenced to 19 years imprisonment for kidnapping

  Chima Anthony Akpalaba, a final year Law student of the University of Benin has been sentenced to 19 years imprisonment for kidnapping a seven-year-old girl. Justice T. C. Makwe of the Delta State High Court handed down the sentence in Asaba.

  The sun reported that the convict had been standing trial since 2009 on a five-count charge of kidnapping, hails from Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. He committed the offence on February 9, 2009 at Infant Jesus Road, Asaba.

88 ambassadorial nominees; Bianca on special category, Maduekwe& Mrs. Fidelia Njeze on top the list of non-career nominees.

    A new  list of 88 ambassadorial nominees are waiting for comfirmation by the senate. The list shows that Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Madueke; and former Aviation Minister, Mrs. Fidelia Njeze appears on on top of list of the non-career nominees and the wife of the late Chief Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, Bianca,  was listed under special category.

See How I Live With Snake for 2years- Maj.(Mrs) Samalia's True Life Story

It was a terrible experience as Maj. Samalia narrates her story of encounter with the mysterious creature.
   I was posted to Kebbi State after I was promoted to the rank of a Major. Before then, I had lost my husband in a ghastly motor  accident. We had 3 children all who were then in the tertiary institutions. When I was posted to Kebbi State I was not so much bordered since all my children were all in their respective higher institutions. The Kebbi state commandant offer me an accommodation  in the 82 division staff quarters. My children hardly visit me because they were all too busy with their academy. so, I was the only person sleeping in my appartment.