President Goodluck Jonathan promises quality education in Yobe State, donates 200 million   PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has donated N200 million for the furnishing and equipping of yobe state university library named after him in Yobe State. The president, who was at the Yobe State University to inaugurate the library, also commended Governor Ibraim Geidam for the scrupulous use of resources available to the state in impacting on the lives of the people. He said one of the ways in which to encourage the youth towards making them good instrument for development is through good and education, and as such, he promised that his government would help the state in achieving this goal. He also added that government would ensure that the basic need towards achieving quality education in Yobe State is achieved.    

BY TIAMIYU HASSAN WHY STUDENTS FAIL WAEC: IT IS NOT OUR FAULT It is an incontrovertible fact that the rate of mass failure in public examinations in Nigeria is on the high side, especially in the National Examinations Council, West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, and the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.   Statistics of the recently conducted 2012/2013 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) showed that most of the students who sat for the examination would be experiencing shortfalls in some area.    Although statistics fared better in 2011 with 30.91% and 38.81% of candidates having five credits and above in five subjects, including English and Mathematics Fear of failure have lured several students into examination malpractices which is usually in form of students bringing in text books, phones and other gadgets that   has been disallowed by the examination authorities. This has affected several ...

lasusu president holding microphone Following the brutal massacre of fast rising artist damilola olaniyan ibrahim (aka) damino damoche, rumors have been ongoing that more students have been murdered after this incident which happened in front of the school gate. Our correspondent who was in lagos state university (lasu) reports that there is no such killings in and outside the school as the school is peaceful and the situation of things around the school premises is very much under control. The student union president of the school, comrade agbomeji olatunji, 300l, disclosed that damino damoche was murdered outside the school and not inside the school. “He was a student of the school and people think he was not a student but a full time musician. Rumors have it that he belonged to a faction but we have not been able to prove that, if indeed he was a member and I can assure you that police investigation is ongoing of which I pray that the culprits behind his murder are caught ...

News getting to us that the lagos state university student union (lasusu) president, comrade Ibrahim agbomeji has advised students of the school to evacute their hostels as it is not safe for now. He said that being in school is safe but outside school could be dangerous.       More reports soon Flashy news

A JSS 1 pupil of Valencia College, Ibadan, Oyo State, has done his school proud by becoming one of the youngest kids that have obtained the Microsoft Certified Professional certificate A 10-year-old pupil, Seyi-Ojo Anjolaoluwa, has emerged the youngest Nigerian Microsoft certified professional and one of the youngest people in the world to attain such feat. Born on July 21, 2002 to the family of Dr and Mrs Anjolaoluwa, the chubby boy participated in the MCIP test on July 24, 2012. He scored 869 out of possible 1,000. Due to his performance, he was adjudged by Microsoft as a certified professional in Microsoft Windows XP (Administration Management and Configuration, Exam 70 – 270). Anjolaoluwa, a JSS1 pupil of Valencia College, Ibadan, Oyo State, has thus joined the league of world’s set of young Microsoft certified professionals, including Lavinashree, an eight-year-old Indian, and two Pakistanis, named Arfa and Thobani. Though their performance was not as high as Anjol...

It is no longer news that budding Nigerian hip hop act, Olaniyan Damilola aka Damino Damoche is dead following two gunshots; one to the head and another to his left wrist but what might be news is, Damino was killed due to his association with campus fraternity in his school, the Lagos State University, LASU. News we are monitoring indicate that the attack was a reprisal from a rival gang, as Damoche was alleged to be a member of a confraternity on the campus – deadly clashes between members of rival cults on campuses is not new. It would be recalled that Damoche was shot dead at about 4:30 p.m. on Thursday by suspected campus fraternity gangs outside the school premises. Eyewitnesses said Damoche who was a final year student of Banking and Finance had just finished writing a class assessment when he was gunned down by his assailants who were on a motor bike.

Students of Abia State University, ABSU, who were on a peaceful demonstration to protest the planned revocation of the degree awarded former governor of the state, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu by the institution, were molested by soldiers and policemen yesterday. The students who had converged on the administrative block as early as 7am to prevent a Senate meeting over the matter – which is believed to be the continuation of the persecution of the former governor, were beaten black and blue and whisked away by combined team of soldiers and mobile policemen. The protest had started in a peaceful manner and within thirty minutes, the team of security operatives stormed the campus, beating every student on sight, including those who were not part of the protest. In the ensuing milieu, students and staff were seen scampering for safety. It would be recalled that Kalu had cut short his degree programme at the University of Maiduguri and had transferred his transcripts and other details t...

The menace of commercial motorcycle operation, popularly known as okada, has once again been brought to the fore with the brutal murder of rising hip hop act and student of Lagos State University, LASU, Damilola Olaniyan Ibrahim aka Damino Damoche, last Thursday by gunmen on Okada. Prior to Damoche’s murder, the activities of okada had been restricted in the state, and now, the state governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, is blaming okada for the death of the singer. Condemning the gruesome killing of Damilola, Fashola urged residents to see reason for restriction of commercial Okada operators in the state. He said that the recent murder and previous ones b*ttressed the state government’s aim of taming crime through the new road traffic law which restricts the activities of commercial motorcycle popularly called Okada. “Most dastardly acts are perpetrated with the use of okada so residents have to be security conscious and on their guard all the time. On Thursday, Damino Damoc...

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