Category: Education

  • Nigerian student stabbed to death in London by youth gang

    A Nigerian student, Fola Orebiyi, was reportedly stabbed to death on Sunday in Notting Hill, London, by a gang of youths, Dailypost.ng reports.

    According to Evening Standard UK, Orebiyi was stabbed in a street clash close to Westbourne Grove just yards from the Portobello Arts Club.

    The 17-year-old was reportedly involved in a fight on a nearby estate with a gang of youths, who chased him into the busy road where he was attacked.

    Police and paramedics tried to resuscitate him for a long time but to no avail. He collapsed and bled to death.

    The deceased’s neighbor, Osman Sahal, told the police: “He was a nice boy and very considerate none of us can understand how this could have happened.

    “As far as I knew, he was never in trouble I suppose we must now wait for the police to investigate.”

    Orebiyi, who completed his General Certificate of Secondary Education, GCSE, at Holland Park in London was studying for his A levels at the Chelsea Academy before his death.

  • Check out the new 2016 JAMB admission guidelines

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released its guidelines for the 2016 admissions’ process.

    The exam body said it has adopted what it termed the point system option after an extensive one-week meeting JAMB had with universities and other tertiary institutions’ administrators in the country.

    While explaining how the admission process would work for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates and direct entry students, the organisation stated that universities were going to charge fees for screening of candidates at the end of the process for admission.

    According to JAMB, “the new method uses a point system to offer provisional admission to candidates.”

    “Before a candidate can be considered for screening, he/she must have been offered a provisional admission by JAMB. The JAMB admission checker portal is going to be opened soon for this process, so praying is all you can do now,” JAMB said.

    The statement said, “JAMB’s provisional admission no longer makes much sense this year, your points tally will decide your faith. The points are evenly spread out between your O’ Level and JAMB results to provide a level-playing field for all.

    “In the first case, any candidate who submits only one result which contains his/her relevant subjects already has 10 points. The exam could be NECO, WASSCE, November/December WASSCE etc, but any candidate who has two sittings only gets 2 points. So this means that candidates with only one result are at an advantage but only just.”

    The organisation added that the “next point grades fell into the O’ Level grades where each grade would have it equivalent point; A=6 marks, B=4 marks, C=3 marks, so the better the candidates’ grades, the better his or her chances of securing admission this year.

    “The next point is the UTME scores where each score range has its equivalent point which can be summarised thus, 180-200=20-23 marks, 200-250=24-33 points, 251-300=34-43, 300-400=44-60 points,” JAMB explained.

    Giving a breakdown, JAMB explained that each category would contain five JAMB results per point added.

    For example a candidate with 180-185 gets 20 points, while a candidate with 186-190 gets 21 points.

    JAMB added that the point system for direct entry would be released soon.

    JAMB stated that fees would still be charged for screening which would replace the Post UTME test.

    JAMB also emphasised that catchment and educationally less-developed state would still be used for admission into the nation’s tertiary institutions.

    JAMB said, “Merit contains 45 per cent of the total candidates for a particular course, Catchment contains 35 per cent and ELDS and staff lists contains the rest. Cut off marks will be released by the institutions this year in the form of points and not marks.

    “If a school declares its cut off mark for Medicine as 90 points and JAMB grants a candidate with 250 a provisional admission but his/her total points falls short of the 90 points, then he/she will lose the admission. So the provisional admission is just a means to an end, not the end in itself.”

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  • Photos from the British Council visit to UNICAL Vice-Chancellor

    On the 29th of June, 2016, the British Council took it visitation to the University of Calabar and guess who the visit honoured?

    Prof Zana Akpagu, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar was on Wednesday visited by the British Council to ask and seek for his council on how he’s been able to uplift the institution from whence he took over from Prof James Ekpoke.

    Although, we were unable to get the insight, but promise to bring you the full story later on. See all the photos after the cut…

  • Attend UNICAL 2nd College of Medical Sciences Distinguished Lecture Series On July 20th

    Prof Ikpeme Ikpeme of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) cordially invites the academia, members of the university community and the general public to the 2nd College of Medical Sciences Distinguished Lecture Series. 

    The event will be held on wednesday, 20th July, 2016 at the Unical Hotel Conference Centre and will commence from 10am prompt.
    The Distinguished Lecturer is Prof Maisie Etukudo of the Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences. 
    The topic for the lecture is ” Will the Malnourished Always be Amongst Us” .
  • See why Gov Ayade is building a Canadian International School in Calabar

    Speaking on how to rebrand the educational system in Nigeria, Cross River State Commissioner for Education, Mr. Goddy Ettah says the recent partnership entered into by the state with the Canadian government is aimed at raising the standard of education in the state.

    Speaking on what would be the benefit of the partnership, Etta, who accompanied Governor Ben Ayade to the Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) signing ceremony in Ottawa, Canada, said the governor intends to raise the standard of education in the state to a level that it would attrack students from across the country.

    “The essence of the trip is to partner the Canadian Bureau for International Education to establish a Canadian International School, comprising primary, secondary and tertiary institution in the state.”

    Specifically, Etta said: ‘’Our intention is to bring the highest standard of education that Canada is known for to Cross River State such that the state will become a hub for standardized educational training.The governor’s presence attracted all the stakeholders in education in Canada who rallied round him by demonstrating their willingness to partner the state in actualizing the dream of setting up a world class institution in Cross River”.

    According to him, the state decided to partner Canada because the country is rated the best in terms of education in the world and the governor is in a hurry to replicate such a high standard form of education in the state for the benefit of its citizenry and the country at large.

    “This MoU is to enable the takeoff of a Canadian International school to provide learning facilities for primary, secondary and a tertiary institution in Calabar. By July 16, 2016, the technical team including architects from Canada will be in the state to give muscle to the MoU that has been signed as they will commence the need assessment process for a suitable site for the school.”

    The commissioner who called on well-meaning Cross Riverians to rally round Governor Ayade because he has good intentions for the state added that “the trip was a step in the right direction and I am convinced that this will boost the economy of the state in addition to changing the educational status of the state and country at large. When established, it is expected that it will attract people from all across the country and even beyond because it is going to be first class.”

    From the office of the Governor, Senator Professor Benedict Ayade. 

  • Vacancy: Apply For The Position Of Lecturer At Divine Polytechnic, Mkpani-Ugep In Cross River

    Divine Polytechnic, Mkpani-Ugep, Yakurr LGA of Cross River State wishes to invite suitably qualified candidates to occupy the following positions in the institute:

    • Registrar 
    • Bursar 
    • Librarian 

    Canidates for the above position must have first and second degrees with five (5) years of working experience in the position they are applying for.

    Needed also are suitably qualified candidates to occupy various lecturing positions in the following departments:

    • Accountancy 
    • Agricultural Science Extension 
    • Banking and Finance 
    • Business Administration 
    • Computer Science 
    • Electrical/Electronic Engineering 
    • Estate Management 
    • Hospitality and Tourism Studies 
    • Mass Communication 
    • Mathematics and Statistics 
    • Public Administration 

    Candidates for the above lecturing jobs must have first degree in the area they are applying for, must be computer literate and must have at least, one (1) year lecturing experience.

    Also required are a suitably qualified candidates to occupy the positions of:

    • Office Assistants

    Candidates applying for the positions of the office assistants must have OND or NCE with Upper Division in Secretariats Studies and must be computer literate.

    All applications should be forwarded to the office of the Rector, Divine Polytechnic, Mkpani, P. O. Box 282 Ugep, Yakurr LGA, Cross River State. 

    Or email at divinepolymkpani74@gmail.com two (2) weeks from the date of this advert.

  • CRUTECH to ban Keke Napep drivers in Campus

    The Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), Calabar Campus has said to raise a ban on tricycles popular known as Keke Napep drivers inside and within the gate of the varsity. 

    The Keke drivers said, they used to pay taxes to the school management to enable them commute students to and fro campus at the rate of N30 to N50 only.

    According to one lecturer who remanded the statement stating that it’s for the security reasons of the University in whole as they’ve faced series of attacks including robbery, Killings and kidnapping by the alleged tricycle drivers.

    He added that, the student might feel it but it’s for their own good and that the management will do more to provide buses to convey students and staffs just like UNICAL.

  • UNICAL To Employ Best Graduating Medical Laboratory Science Student

    The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has said to be employing fresh graduates from the Department of Medical Laboratory Science during her 13th Induction/Oath Taking graduating Lab Scientists into the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria. 


    Speaking at the ceremony, the Vice Chancellor, Prof Zana Akpagu warned the inductees that, 

    “Medical Laboratory Science profession is strategic to the health sector, priceless to the Nation and the world at large”. 

    Also speaking on the event was the College of Medical Science Provost, Prof. Maurice Asuquo who said that the College of Medical Sciences is very happy to launch fresh hands full of hope, praying that they will succeed against all odds if they maintain ethical practices.

    The VC, Prof. Zana Akpagu later presented appointment letter to the First Class graduate of the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Egba Agala Eja who scored 4.83 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA).

    All together, a total of 63 fresh graduates from the department were inducted with 59 from the University of Calabar, UNICAL and 4 from the University of Nigeria, UNN Nsukka Campus.
  • Must Read: Why Using Smartphone At Night Could Lead To Blindness

    Shocking but true fact! Do you know that using smartphones at night could cause you blindness? Yes, scientists have discovered that constantly using your phone at night will one day rob you of your sight. See more details.

    A short-lived optical sensation can lead some smartphone users to mistakenly believe they’ve lost sight in one eye, British doctors report.

    The temporary vision loss can affect people who read their smartphone in the dark while lying on their side, explained Dr. Gordon Plant, an ophthalmologist with Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.

    When they stop reading and get up to do something else, they might suddenly lose vision in the eye they’ve been using to read their smartphone, said Plant, senior author of a paper on the phenomenon.

    Luckily, it’s a temporary condition that lasts for several minutes, with no risk of permanent damage, he added.

    Plant said he wrote the paper because these people might think they’ve suffered a stroke or some other medical emergency.

    “I have seen a dozen or so similar cases,”Plant said. “The reason I wish to make this known is because it leads to anxiety and unnecessary investigation because the patients — and their doctors — think they have had a transient ischemic attack.” A TIA is a temporary loss of blood circulation in the brain that can serve as a warning sign for stroke.

    The optical trick results from the eye’s ability to adapt to dark conditions, Plant said. It’s similar to how your vision may become dim when you move from a very bright space to a very dark location.


    “The patients are looking at their phone in the dark lying on their side,” he said. “If on their left side, the left eye is occluded by the pillow and they are viewing the phone with the right eye. The left eye is adapted to the dark and the right eye is adapted to the light.”

    When they switch off the phone, Plant said, they can’t see with the light-adapted eye in the dark, as it takes several minutes to adjust to the dark. However, they can see with the dark-adapted left eye, and so they think that they have lost vision in the right eye, he explained.

    The paper cites two case studies — a 22-year-old woman who’d suffered recurring bouts of nighttime vision loss in her right eye for several months, and a 40-year-old woman who would wake up with a loss of vision in one eye that lasted as long as 15 minutes.

    Both women went through a battery of tests, including MRIs and echocardiograms, before doctors figured out it was a trick of the eyes caused by reading a smartphone in the dark while lying in bed.

    Plant figures the effect could be caused by any device that generates a bright light, but adds that the solution is “easy — look at the phone with both eyes.”

    That way, both eyes will maintain the same adaptation to light, he said.


    Another eye specialist agreed.


    “If you look at your smartphone or your e-reader with both eyes you won’t have this surprise of losing your vision, which obviously is very scary for anyone, even if it’s temporary,” said Dr. Rahul Khurana, an ophthalmologist in Mountain View, Calif.

    Khurana said this information can help doctors avoid ordering expensive brain scans and other testing. Instead, they can start their investigation by simply asking patients a few questions about their smartphone use.

    “A lot of times when people have temporary loss of vision, there are so many potential causes of it that we aren’t always thinking of something as simple” as light adaptation, said Khurana, an expert with the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

    The report was published in the June 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.