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10 ways to ensure success in Post-UTME

The Joint Admission Matriculation Board(JAMB) recently announced 120 as the cutoff mark for candidates to qualify to write the post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ( UTME ).

With the lowered mark from 180 last year, more candidates will have the opportunity to write the examination and better chance for admission.

Based on past experience, here are a few tips and tricks on how to succeed in the exercise.

1.READ UP PAST QUESTIONS: This is very important for any student that wants to succeed in the upcoming examination
Past questions serve as a guide to writing the examination. It gives you a clue on the area of concentration and makes you well equipped on what to expect from the examiners.

Furthermore, so many tertiary institutions have been known over the years to repeat questions from the previous examinations. Some of the questions might be repeated and if a student has revised the past questions booklet thoroughly,he is sure to succeed.

2. ATTEMPT FAMILIAR QUESTIONS FIRST:
You should start with quesstionos that you are really good at as this will give you the confidence to take on the rest.
A student who focuses on the questions he or she knows best will do better than the one who doesn’t. It is always advisable to focus on the questions you know before you go for the ones you don’t know

3.TIME MANAGEMENT
Time is part of the examination. They test your ability to work with time. Manage the little time given for the examination and don’t waste much time on questions you don’t know. Answer all the ones you know and then come back to the unknown questions before the time lapses.

4. BE CONVERSANT WITH YOUR ENVIRONMENT
Visit your exam venue some days before the date. If you must arrive that day, arrive on time so as to make new friends that you can revise possible questions with. This will help you to get over the pressure that go with examinations.

5.GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES OF YOUR SCHOOL OF CHOICE
Different schools have different techniques for their Post-UTME. While most Nigerian universities have adopted the computer based test(CBT),others have stuck with the old PPT (paper and pencil test)
Whatever the case may be, to succeed in the examination, you should be conversant with the techniques of your examination before entering the exam hall.
You may find computer based examination trials on the internet and practice well so as to get used to the procedure if this is your first time.
6.OBEY ALL EXAMINATION INSTRUCTIONS
You must read all instructions before you start to answer the questions. This is very important. Failure to read instructions can make any student fail an examination.
Be sure to come to the examination hall with the right materials required of you to avoid disqualification in the examination hall

7. DO NOT CHEAT
In order to succeed in the post-utme examination, do not indulge in any form of examination malpractice. Do away with materials such as pieces of papers containing answers or gadgets and communication devices that can implicate you and be disqualified.

8.DRESS APPROPRIATELY
According to a popular saying –“dress the way you want to be addressed.” When going in for the examination,be sure to dress decently and appropriately to avoid harassment from examiners and security personnel.

9.REVIEW YOUR ANSWERED QUESTIONS BEFORE SUBMISSION
Don’t submit your questions without reading through them over and over again to check for mistakes and probably questions you missed.
Be sure to dot your I’s and cross your T’s before submission. There is no award for the first person to submit. It is not about how fast, but how well.

10.PRAY BEFORE AND AFTER THE EXAMINATION

It is pertinent to always commit whatever you do into the hands of your creator. So, as a candidate ensure you pray before and after the exam so as to succeed in your endeavour.

September 12, 2017
#NotTooYoungToRun: Can there be a generational shift?

Since the House of Representatives signed the ‘NotTooYoungToRun Bill’, many youths have taken to the social media to announce ambitions for various elective offices. With lack of political structures, grassroots appeal and deep pockets, it is left to be seen how these young Nigerians can turn global success stories to local realities. HANNAH OJO reports.

How are the mighty fallen? This statement best describes the recent election in Kenya where a 24 and 23- year- old who ran as independent candidates defeated experienced politicians with established political structures to win seats in the Kenyan parliament. In Nigeria where the Not too young to run bill was recently signed by the senate; the success story of these Kenyan youths have generated a new whirl of excitement as some upwardly mobile young people, including celebrities have joined the ilk of people seeking political offices.

Aimed at increasing youth participation in the political process, the #NotTooYoungToRun bill seeks to reduce the constitutional age requirement for running elective office in Nigeria. The bill with gazette number HB 544 seeks to alter sections 65, 106, 131, 177 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) to reduce the age qualification for the office of the president from 40 years to 30 years; Governor from 35 to 30, Senate 35 to 30, House of Representatives 30 to 25 and State House of Assembly 30 to 25. Another tangible change sought by the bill is the mainstreaming of Independent Candidacy, which would be used to curtail the imposition and substitution of candidates by political parties.

Hon. Tony Nwulu, a PDP member representing Oshodi/Isolo Federal Constituency II, Lagos state is the sponsor of the bill in the House of Representatives while the Senator representing Adamawa Central, Abdul-Aziz Murtala Nyako of the APC sponsored the bill in the senate. Although signed by the green chamber, the bill has suffered delay in the House of Reps where it has been stalled by allegations of money exchanging hands and assumption of threat to the educational attainment of northern youths.
For the amendment to become law; 24 state houses of assembly must also approve the bill and the President must assent to it.

In recent times, names which come to the fore as those who have ran a vibrant campaign on the strength of the conviction of how youths can influence governance include the inimitable Gbolahan Rhodes-Vivour who contested for the chairmanship position of Ikeja local government under the KOWA party as well as Dayo Israel who vied for the same post in Lagos Mainland, during the last local council elections held in July.

A slew of campaigners without political structure

Before Miss Cynthia Muge and Paul Nwirigi of Kenya turned into an inspiration for Nigerian youths seeking public office, there had been Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada and Emmanuel Macron, the 39 year old president of France whose win as a young, independent candidate threw the Nigerian youth community into a joyous mood. These victories invigorated the #NotTooYoungToRun campaigners and the effort seems set sailed even as the green chamber has endorsed it. However, it appears Nigerians youths may have lots of obstacles to deal with. Many of the young people who have indicated interest in electoral offices lack political structure, money and grass roots loyalty.

Emphasizing onthe importance of grass root connections to political aspirations, Fisayo Soyombo, a public analyst and investigative journalist wrote in a recent op-ed that the Kenya duo won because they had integrated themselves into their communities and also have a deep connection to the grassroots.
“Here in Nigeria, politically conscious youth cannot lay claim to a physical connection to the grassroots. The leading lights are all Twitter superstars and “social-media influencers”. Unfortunately, Twitter superstardom won’t deliver votes.
“Kenya proved that already with the defeat of its Twitter god, Boniface Mwangi, at the polls. Mwangi, a popular activist, currently has 738,000 followers on Twitter but he had only secured 11,714 votes as of the time he conceded defeat, while a candidate had double his votes and another had almost quadruple”, Soyombo further intoned.

Also, Chude Jideonwo, a media entrepreneur in a recent essay written as part of the Office of the Citizen series alluded to the question of grassroots connection when he said;
“How many young people, who are highly educated, deeply competent and globally aware, are members of political parties, are strategists taken seriously within these political parties, and are eligible to be part of crucial decision making in these political parties?” The response to his question hovers judging by current happenstances in Nigeria’s political scene.

In a chat with The Nation, Oluwaloseyi Babaeko, who recently declared his ambition to represent Kabba/Bunu constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly in the forthcoming elections under the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) umbrella, believes that ideological positions and consistent commitment to the welfare of the people can fill in the gap for a lack of political structure.

“We are mobilizing people using the political structure and the social media which is quite impressive because thousands of people have registered with us at the party secretariat in Kabba. The political process in Nigeria cost money no doubt but we are putting in efforts in place to conscientise the electorates and raise their awareness on the dangers of selling their future for peanuts”, added the aspirant who recently completed a Master’s in Conflict, Development and Security at the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds, UK.

While the likes of Babaeko and other young aspirants may have to battle with the deep money politics that has characterized Nigeria’s political space, other analysts like Babatope Falade-Onikoyi, a knowledge economy advocate believes leadership should be about vision and not age.
“The issue with older generation has never been their biology. It has been about ideas. Do we have ideas and frameworks that will change Nigeria? Leadership is not about age. It is about vision. What vision do we have other than disgust with the other generation?” Onikoyi queried.

Reporting done as part of BudgIT media fellowship.

September 12, 2017
Community to hold Akugbe festival

The entire people of Idumowu Ebelle Community of Igueben local government area, Edo state, have expressed their readiness to host her first ever Akugbe festival.

Chairman of the planning committee, Edmund Oviawe, said the event is scheduled to hold on September 30, 2017 at Chief Ezomon’s Arena in the community.

According to Oviawe, the Akugbe festival is aimed at bringing sons and daughters of Ebelle community together in a festive mood, while also providing opportunity for them to socialize and exchange pleasantries.

He expressed confidence that the event will further foster unity and development of the community.

The festival will be rounded off with a Thanksgiving service on October 1, 2017, in all the churches domiciled in the community.

September 12, 2017
Who said Nigerian youths are unemployable?

Mary Mcleod Bethune once said: “We have powerful potentials in our youths, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends”.

There is no denial that Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with one of the largest populations of young people in the world, having about 33,652,424 members with a lot of innate potentials and resources. Unfortunately, they have been described paradoxically as a ‘demographic majority’ and a ‘resource minority’ in the country.

They’re often regarded as unproductive, lazy and useless to the economy, and this assertion has lingered for so long that the youth are beginning to believe they are unproductive, unreliable and straight up lazy fellows.

The advent of technological innovations and advancements in the 21st century has been blamed by several researchers, scholars, schools of thoughts, as the primary cause of the unproductivity and unemployability of an average Nigerian youth.

Lots of scholarly articles and journals have been published on how Nigerian youth are unemployable, unproductive and incapacitated in the country and people hardly criticize or take a stand against these works because they believe the points are valid and the assertion is true, but contrary to popular belief, this is very wrong!

In furtherance, a popular adage–you can’t put new wines in old bottle. The youth are the new wine of the society and they are always crop-fitted into the old bottles of the Nigerian Educational system and at the end of the day, they still take the blame for their unproductivity and ineptitude.

According to statistics from the British Council, since 2002, the number of Nigerians being educated in the UK increased by over 75% and that figure was generated in 2010. Thus, it can be expected that the percentage is higher given the continued dilapidation of the country’s education system.

Most of these young people running away from the country have become successful in their diverse fields abroad. So, who is to blame?

The most recent Census Bureau study reveals that African immigrants have the most success in the American higher education system Nigerians appear to be especially, successful when it comes to attaining advanced degrees. The data shows that 17% of all Nigerians in the country have a master’s degree, and 4% have a doctorate. To put that in perspective, the same data reveals that only 8%of native-born whites hold master’s degrees, and 1% have earned doctorates.

Why are our youth abroad doing so well? If Nigerian youth are truly unproductive, unemployable and lazy, how are they able to compete favourably with their counterparts abroad when they get there?

They’re perceived to be unemployable because the nation is deplorable! Let’s take a look at the number of graduates poured into the labour market every year, Over 500,000! All these people go into the labour market in search of jobs, and quite a good number of them graduated with fairly good grades.

What then is the problem? They blame it on lack of skills and talents, when they hardly made provisions for skill acquisitions in their educational system.
They don’t know because they were not taught!

The youth are agile, easily adapt to situations and are always ready to proffer solutions when need be. They have greater mental strength than their predecessors; they’re seen in most sectors of the economy using their technological, communication and marketing skills to rebuild the broken walls of our economy

The youths are the brains behind the technological progress in Nigeria. They are the cyber Lords; the political activists and campaign managers, the industrial labourers, the marketing managers, etcetera, of the nation yet they’re called unemployable!

They’re found in almost every sector; some of them don’t have a good training base and are subjected to learning these skills in a few months – what should have been incorporated in the school’s curriculum.

Many Nigerian youths are grounded in different skills acquired through apprenticeship, education, observation and teaching which does not take very long and they become professionals at it.

When harnessed, this population brings into life, goods that satisfy everyday needs although most times, they lack good manufacturing equipment for mass production.

It can be deduced that the problem of the so-called unemployability of Nigerian youths lies not with the youth, but the leadership of the country. Perhaps they don’t want tomorrow to have leaders.

Consequently, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said it all, saying: “the youths constitute Nigeria’s only hope for a real future, if we want a real future, we should never look down on our youth”.

September 11, 2017
Shock as 31-yr-old drowns months to wedding

A pall of grief fell on Uke community in Anambra State, after a worshipper at Adoration Ministry, Miss Olivia Uchechi allegedly drowned in a canal as she was trying to urinate.

The incident happened penultimate Sunday.

Shocked residents and friends of the late Uchechi were said to have combed the canal for her whereabouts without success.

The 31-year-old lady’s wedding was said to be four months away.

A resident identified as Robert Agu said: ‘’She had left the church in the middle of Sunday service to answer the call of nature when she slipped into the water-logged canal. The service, her friends started looking for her to no avail.

‘’They continued their search for her whereabouts till the next day when her body over-bloated body was found the next day. She was found with the dress she wore to church. Her tragic death is unfortunate because her wedding has been slated for December.’’

It was learnt that her remains were laid to rest last Monday.

Contacted, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Garba Baba Umar, promised to revert to our correspondence, but he was unable to do so at press time.

The mobile telephone line of the police spokesperson, Princess Nkeiruka Nwode was also switched off at press time.

September 9, 2017
Game of Throne characters we can’t wait to see again

The seventh season of medieval fantasy television series, Game of Thrones, has come to an end and in its characteristic manner, it wrapped up with a cliffhanger; the fall of the great wall erected by the men of the Nights Watch. Rated as one of the biggest productions to air on TV, producers announced that the next episode, which is said to be the final one, will air in another 16 months and fans of the show are not too happy about that. However, some of the characters will not easily leave our memories because of the fondness we have come to develop for them.
Below are at least five of them.

1. Arya Stark

The last child of Ned Stark (owing to the death of her brother, Rickon), Arya has been through a lot; arguably more than any of the Stark kids. After her father was executed by the monster, King Joffrey, she fled the capital, had run-ins with different gangs, was held in captivity and ended up with the Faceless Men, a band of executioners who trained her in their ways. Even though we are thankful that the adorable Arya can now take care of herself, something about her now scares us silly. That notwithstanding, we feel we should send her a thank you note for ridding the world of a treacherous leech like Lord Petyr Baelish.

2. Jon Snow

Unarguably, Jon Snow is everybody’s hero. He is the one we have all grown to love. He commanded the men of the Night’s Watch at a very young age, united the free folks with the other tribes and is championing the war against Wight Walkers. He has also been named the King in the North (even though he now pledges allegiance to Daenerys Targaryen). For what it’s worth, we are interested in knowing how he will react to the revelation that he is actually a Targaryen, and by fiat, the original ruler of all seven kingdoms.

3. Daenerys Targaryen

We basically want to see her because we never get tired of her story; her rising from the ashes of slavery to being the breaker of chains and the mother of dragons. Her silver hair and beautiful face is also part of why we want to see her again (and again). Daenerys refuses to give up her claim to the iron throne, even though she had captured kingdoms and has already been named queen. We would also love to see how she reacts to the news that Jon Snow is actually her nephew and the rightful heir to the throne.

4. Tyrion Lannister

We don’t know what to make of the imp. And even though we can never get enough of his witty ways and hedonistic lifestyle, some things about him bother us. For instance, we don’t know what to make of a man who is in league with an army hell bent on unseating his family from the Iron Throne. We are eager to see how it plays out between Tyrion and his evil sister Cersei who wants everybody dead. We also want to know whose side would come out victorious and what that would portend for him. We love him though, and we will never forget how he saved King’s Landing by mobilising the king’s army to decimate Stannis Baratheon’s at the Battle of Blackwater.

5. Bronn

Foul-mouthed and quick with the sword, Bronn is our favourite sell-sword who has worked for both Lannister brothers. He doesn’t hide the fact that he is for the highest bidder. We look forward to seeing him for two reasons. We would like to know if he eventually gets the castle Jamie Lannister promised him. We are also interested in knowing if he caves in and succumb to Tyrion’s offer, keeping in mind the fact that it was through Tyrion he came to Westeros and had the opportunity of working in the palace.

6. Ser Jorah Mormont

We know we said five but for kicks, we are particularly interested in seeing the look on his face when Ser Jorah Mormont discovers that Snow has been under the sheets with Daenerys Targaryen. Jorah is the only child of the former Night’s Watch’s Lord Commander, Jeor Mormont, but he was exiled for dealing in slavery. His unexpressed romance with the mother of dragons never led anywhere but she’s glad to have him by her side; lucky even. He had always expressed his desires to her but for obvious reasons, has not had a chance to explore. So we want to catch our fun at his expense.

September 8, 2017
Gynaecologist warns against oral sex

Prof. Adegboyega Fawole of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), has warned that Human Papiloma Virus (HPV) has been found in the throat of people engaging in oral sex.

Fawole, who is of the Department of Gynaecology, UITH told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Tuesday that HPV was mostly sexually transmitted.

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He said that the virus caused almost all cases of cervical cancer and could cause genital warts and anal cancer.

“Oral sex has been linked with an increased risk of acquiring HPV infection in the mouth and with an increased risk of developing oral cancers that are caused by HPV.

“However, sex in general has also been linked with these risks,” he said.

The gynaecologist warned that those engaging in oral sex were twice more likely to have oral HPV infection than those who did not engage in oral sex.

Fawole, however, said there was no need for individuals in monogamous relationships to restrict their sexual activities if the pair was in good health.

He called on people to always go for screening and check-up to guard against cancer of any kind.

September 6, 2017
United Nation International Day of Charity

By Moses Emorinken

…what do you see?

When you fix your gaze upon the indigents and less privileged, what do you see? Do you see a people requiring your pity or you see the fierce urgency for you to grow (financially, materially and otherwise) in order to be the change you want to see in the world?

Prima facie, you might think all they require is your unrestrained show of sympathy and the giving of alms and hand-outs. Yes they do require these things and more, however, that is not all you can do. They do not perpetually require your pity or periodic pittance, but that you grow, evolve and manifest into the full stature of your potential and latent possibilities. By doing so, you will not only have and possess enough to make substantial contributions to assuage their plight but your story and presence will automatically give them the opportunity and permission to do the same.

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As we mark the United Nations’ ( UN ) International Day of Charity whose prime focus is to raise awareness and provide a common platform for charity related activities all over the world for individuals, charitable, philanthropic and volunteer organizations for their own purposes on the local, national, regional and international level, it is also imperative that we realise that charity is the rent we pay for our stay on this terraqueous globe we call earth. The moment we cease to pay our rent (charity), we lost our essence, our usefulness – our raison d’être; the landlord (God, Creator, Nature etc.) will kick us out with or without quit notice.

Every year, charities all over the world help to save and improve people’s lives, fighting disease, protecting children, and giving hope to thousands of people. To honour the significant effort that a good number charities do, in 2012 the United Nations decided to designate the 5th of September, an annual International Day of Charity as an official day of recognition and celebration. The reason the date was chosen is because it is the anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa. It memorializes the assiduous and untiring work that Mother Teresa did by devoting her entire life to charity.

This is not the time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilising drug gradualism; this is the time for us to lift our people from the dark and desolate valleys of poverty to the sunlit path of material prosperity. It would be a fatal blunder for us as a people to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the extent to which our contributions to humanity can echo through time.

Statistically, the percentage of those living below the poverty line in our dear country averages between (55% – 67%); this is a staggering number. For far too long, a significant portion of Nigerians live on the lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. These statistics gives credence to fact that individuals, private organisations, non-governmental organisations and the government needs to intensify effort and synergise to combat and defeat extreme poverty in the country.

Contemplating how to begin your charity journey? You can start exactly where you are with what you have. As simple as ensuring that one or two pupils from indigent families get notebooks, pens and pencils will go a long way to alleviate their sundry worries even as schools resume.

Also, reaching out to the Internally Displaced People (IDPs), destitute living under the bridges, to the children living in the slum, and those in the remand and orphanage homes etc., will also go a long way. Let us as much as we can reach out to them today regardless of how little we have – even our widow’s might would be appreciated.

If you do your charity to get a social recognition or for political reasons, be rest assured that it would be tantamount to a show and a bauble; a theatrical calisthenics to which posterity will never be impressed by or with.

Reach out and touch a life with all sincerity and altruistic intensions.

Finally, remember that the choices and actions you take today will ripple through time, and has the ability to alter fates and destinies; so much literally rests in our hands.

Contact Moses Emorinken

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September 5, 2017
‘Help save my sight and dreams’

Losing both eyes to the deadly paws of cataract just five years ago, Master Holy Ogene, a talented musician is appealing to well-meaning Nigerians to save his sight and dreams

At the first encounter, his visual handicap is not obvious, considering the way he carries himself with little or no assistance at all. It is astonishing to find him deriving strength and courage from his inability to see. It is true that even in his physically challenged state, Master Holy Ogene has managed to craft a worthy name for himself, struggling to make ends meet and living without his parents help.

Christened Master Holy Ogene by his parents, he lost his sight in highly unfortunate circumstances just five years ago when he was still a student at Baba Fafunwa Millennia Senior Secondary School, Ojota, a Government school where both eyes were infected by cataract.

In an interview with our correspondent, he recalled the genesis of his present situation.

“When I was born, I had short sight. I was asked to use glasses but my father refused to let me use them as he believed I was too young to use recommended lens.”

Tragedy actually struck when he was admitted to Baba Fafunwa Senior Secondary School at Ojodu Berger where the inability to cope due to large groups of students finally coerced his father to let him use recommended lenses. However, the damage had already been done at the ripe age of 14.

“It was after I started using glasses upon admission that I got cataract on my left eye and it got serious. My Dad had to take me to Eye foundation and they advocated surgery as the only solution. I was about 14 at the time and the implications of an eye surgery was much which included an operation via my brain and the risk being my Dad signing a form if anything happened to me.”

The delayed decision in undergoing a surgery led to the complete closure of the right eye after cataract covered the second eye.

The 22 year old who is an upcoming musician and politician witnessed the loss of both eyes after the unfortunate incident. Not willing to concede to defeat, he picked up a singing career due to his current condition.

“Singing comes from emotions, how I feel and the society around me. How I feel being depressed and just hearing people around me. At times, when I eat I don’t see what I eat,” Holy said.

He described his foray into politics by the nature of his unique singing talent. He was able to attract the attention of politicians and majorly the political presence of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

“Due to my knowledge, and my brain, I operate phones and create technology. I created caller tunes and the current one for my phone was created by me. I created caller tunes and ways to advertise politicians which instantly peaked their interest in me, especially the PDP, though I would not want to say much over that.” He however attested to creating his own caller tune himself.

The event which happened in his heydays in secondary school hampered him from acquiring higher education but did not stop him from developing his mind.

“I wasn’t able to go to university but I went for some lessons to take my knowledge to another level.”

When asked if he used braille as means to communicate or express himself; he stated that he did not believe in the use of braille phones, he attested to the capability of using any phone no matter the complexity in functionality in less than three days.

“I use a normal phone and there is no phone I can’t use. Right now, I can send you a text message as fast as possible,” he demonstrated using his Nokia phone. Even the caller tune I created, you can hear it yourself; I did it in less than 3 minutes.” He reaffirmed: “I create caller tunes for myself and can operate any phone in 3 days.”

“I require #340 000 for the operation which is the specific operation price but the total is #360 000 drugs inclusive. Eye foundation gave me a bigger bill of #750 000 which is much. The Federal Medical Centre Asaba is cheaper and I have the doctors report with me here offering me #360 000.”

Ogene appealed to well-meaning individuals, Churches, NGOs, and most importantly government officials and political parties. “I think this is a medium where parties can use my knowledge instead of making me a nuisance in the society to create an avenue where I can get my sight back.”

Ogene isn’t new to donations, he claimed that he had been given donations in the past but they had been very meagre to pay the bills for the drugs prescribed. “I got only #10 000 to #15 000 with little assistance from people but you know drugs and it has been almost two years and nothing else came. I don’t stay with my parents in Delta State, I have been feeding alone and life has been a little bit terrible and horrific.”

Holy who was accompanied by his distraught mother solicited the help of well-meaning Nigerians to save his sight by not letting the light of his dreams die a premature death, at the very tender age of 22.

His phone numbers are 08104974780 and 08142556716 while his account details is Ecobank, Ogene Holy 3823067769.

September 3, 2017
‘FG should re-arrest Kanu’

Recent move by the Federal Government to re-arrest the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, had been supported by majority of The Nation online readers.

They said the Radio Biafra founder should be re-arrested for flouting his bail conditions.

At least 1,522 readers responded to a poll topic “Should the Federal Government re-arrest IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, for allegedly violating his bail conditions?” posted on our website – www.staging.thenationonlineng.net.

The readers were expected to pick three options – (i) Yes, (ii) No, and (iii) I don’t know.

1, 009 readers (66%) of the total respondents voted “Yes” indicating that the IPOB leader should be re-arrested for flouting the bail conditions, while 473 (31%) picked No.

The remaining 40 readers (3%) of the total respondents selected “I don’t know.”

Kanu, who was granted “iron” bail by the Federal High Court, Abuja, on April 26, had allegedly flouted some of the bail conditions by organizing rallies to the dismay of federal government who had initiated moves to take him back to prison.

Justice Binta Nyako, who dismissed the bail applications of three other pro-Biafra agitators, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, barred Kanu from attending rallies.

She also ordered the IPOB leader to avoid crowd exceeding 10 persons and produce three sureties including a highly respected Jewish leader, among other stringent bail conditions.

Kanu is standing trial for criminal conspiracy, intimidation and membership of an illegal organization.

August 31, 2017