JAMB advises candidates to register before Jan. 30 deadline.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday advised candidates intending to register for the 2015 Computer Based test (CBT) to do so immediately.

JAMB said the advice became necessary because the website of the board would be on Jan. 30.

A statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of JAMB, Mr Fabian Benjamin, in Lagos noted that over 1.4 million candidates had registered for the first ever all- computer mode of examination.

It said the sale of forms for the examination commenced since September, 2014.

“The 2015 UTME application closes on Friday, 30th January, 2015 and all candidates desirous of sitting for the examination are advised to immediately obtain the application documents at the designated banks.

Adding Values

Becoming a Real Goal-Getter

As a professional, it’s no secret that setting goals produces positive results. We learn this concept from a very young age: reading, writing, speaking, and even more advanced ambitions such as becoming the new class president, making the basketball team, or getting accepted into our law school of choice. At some point along the way, we’ve all learned to set and achieve goals to get what we want out of life. Our professional endeavors are no different.

As we approach the end of another year—or rather the beginning of a new one—it’s important to reflect on our past and present situation(s), while considering improvements to the year ahead. Perhaps you aspire to attend more networking events, increase your business contacts, strengthen your online reputation, or become an expert on a certain subject. Setting goals, through a formalized plan, will help you prioritize your efforts and steer you in the right direction to personal and professional advancement.

Here are  things to consider as you take your goal-setting strategy to the next level:

Take a step back.

Indian court orders release of woman on hunger strike for 14 years

An Indian judge has ordered the release of human rights campaigner Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on hunger strike for nearly 14 years in protest at a law granting sweeping powers to security forces in the country's troubled north-east.

Sharmila, 42, had appeared before a sessions court in the state capital Imphal to appeal against the decision of a lower court to put her on trial on a charge of attempted suicide as reported by theguardian, click here for full story

JEALOUSY: Housewife Bathes Rival With Acid

A jealous housewife, Rosemary (surname withheld), in Oko-Ogbelecommunity in Asaba, Delta State, has allegedly bathed her rival withacid water and jumped into River Niger.

Report said the house wife had complained of the frequent visits to the husband by the woman. During one of the visits, Rosemary had warned her rival that she would teach her some lessons.


It was reliably gathered that the husband, a well-known fisherman and a native of Bomadi Community, who settled in the Oko-Ogbele community, had threatened to marry another woman when the wife became unruly.


It was gathered that she sometimes attacked the husband with dangerous weapons.

BIRD FLU: Hundreds Of Birds Destroyed In Rivers

The Rivers State government has destroyed hundreds of birds in a private poultry farm in Port Harcourt. 

The birds were destroyed after a laboratory test outside the state confirmed positive symptoms of Avian Influenza, otherwise known asbird flu.

The state commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Emma Chinda, who confirmed the outbreak to journalists in Port Harcourt, disclosed that the privately owned poultry farm where the virus manifested in the state had been quarantined and decontaminated.

My husband has gone mad; dissolve our marriage, woman begs court

A fashion designer, Abosede Lawal, has told an Igando Grade A Customary Court to dissolve her 20 years old marriage with her estranged husband, Demola Lawal, who she alleged is mentally deranged.

Abosede, a resident of 29, Ore Ofe Street, Governor’s Road, Ikotun, told the court that she had five children with her husband, a mechanic.

She told the court President, Rasack Ishola-Adeyeri, that when they got married, she did not know that he had mental disorder until she gave birth to their first child.

She said he started behaving funny and saying things nobody understood at the hospital where she gave birth.

The fashion designer said she thought it was something she could cope with initially, stating that she thought that her husband would get well one day until she finally moved out, following threats to her life by her husband.

Thursday: Sweet Time With Jesus

Speak the Wisdom of God

1 Corinthians 2:6-7
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world,nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God…..

The wisdom of God is the divine birthright of every believer. It is by this wisdom that God created all things in the world. As natural wisdom passed on from parents to children, so is divine wisdom passed on from God to His children. “Christ Jesus …. Is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption”(1 Corinthians 1:30). Therefore , Jesus Christ is our wisdom.

INEC confirms ownership of ballot boxes intercepted in Ogun

The Ogun Police Command says INEC has confirmed its ownership of the ballot boxes that were intercepted by soldiers on the Benin-Sagamu Expressway.

The spokesperson of the command, Mr Muyiwa Adejobi, told newsmen on Tuesday in Abeokuta that soldiers attached to the 35 Artillery Brigade, Abeokuta, on Tuesday intercepted a truck containing 3,600 ballot boxes.

Adejobi said that the driver and two other passengers of the truck, who could not give satisfactory explanations concerning the boxes were handed over to the police at the Ijebu-Ode Area Command.

He, however, said that INEC, in the course of investigations conducted by the police confirmed that the items were meant for the commission.

Happy Belated Birthday to Chukwulete Chiamaka Dazlyn

On your  day, i wish you all the very best, all the joy you can ever have and may you be blessed abundantly, May you have a fantastic many more birthdays  to come... HAPPY Belated BIRTHDAY !!!!

FIFA insists on arbitration panel to resolve NFF election dispute

The world football governing body FIFA, has recommended that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), sets up an arbitration panel, to resolve disputes that has arisen from the September 30 elections.

In a letter signed by FIFA’s Director of Legal Affairs, Marco Villiger and Head of Corporate Legal, Oliver Jaberg, the body confirmed it had received a letter from Ike Igbogwe, confirming the NFF’s rejection of its request for an arbitration panel.

FIFA explained it was an internal matter and they had no authority to wade in.

14 yrs of GSM revolution: The thorns, the thrills

It seems like yesterday; but 14 years have goneby since the Global system for Mobile communication, GSM debuted in Nigeria.

In fact, last Monday, January 19, 2015, marked exactly 14 years Nigeria concluded the historic Digital Mobile Licensing round which came at the heels of telecoms deregulation in Nigeria.

The auction actually commenced on January 17 and ended on January 19, 2001. Radio Spectrum International, RSI, Charles Rivers Associates, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) and Mr.Paul Usoro (SAN) were consultants to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on the auction.

Although, this licensing regime ushered in the ubiquitous GSM which consequently changed the face of the telecoms landscape in Africa and made Nigeria the haven for telecommunications investors, the story is not all- through rosy.

However, industry practitioners who took a critical look at the road this sector has taken from the country’s paltry 450, 000 connected lines in 2001 to over 135 million active subscribers as at the end of 2014, are seeing tremendous growth with multiplier effects in all other sectors of the economy, including the banking, education, e-commerce/retailing, agriculture, medicine, media, oil and gas, among other sectors.

Even at that, the problem of perennial low quality of service in the sector, apparently puts a clog in the wheel of progress and perhaps slowed down the pace of growth that would have made the country greater.

Besides poor quality of service with its attendant problem of dropped calls and poor voice clarity, there are other issues that bother on poor services from the operators, like unsolicited text messages, unwanted and nauseating telemarketing and locked-messages which infringe on subscribers’ right of privacy.

Increased investments