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  • UI admits 2,671 out of 41,367

    UI admits 2,671 out of 41,367

    The University of Ibadan has admitted 2,671 candidates for the 2012/2013 academic session. This is out of the 41,367 candidates who applied to the university, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said.

    Adewole, who said this at the matriculation held at the International Conference Centre of the university, last Friday, added that 75 students admitted in the 2011/2012 session were asked to withdraw for failure to meet academic requirements.

    He said the university has built a reputation for itself as an emerging institution of first choice, saying it is fast becoming the destination of parents who want an institution with integrity for their children.

    He assured the students that the university had relevant resources to make them the best they want to be in life and urged them to earn the honour of being outstanding graduates of the institution.

    In his matriculation lecture entitled: Balancing the protest culture among undergraduate students and making the best use of the golden opportunity for academic excellence, Prof Innocent Modo of the University of Uyo, said the nation’s university system must take its rightful place among the comity of world-class ivory towers.

    He advised the Federal Government to adequately fund the universities in order to maintain their facilities.

    Modo also called on private and individual organisations to assist in contributing towards the education tax fund. He urged the matriculants to focus on achieving academic excellence rather than embarking on the protest culture of criticizing what is wrong within the society or the school.

    “You must blend fast and fit into the good name that the school has built over the years, you are therefore, advised to face your studies squarely while still acting as watchdogs of government and the university,” he said.

     

  • Yobo admits Burkina Faso slip up

    Yobo admits Burkina Faso slip up

    Nigeria captain, Joseph Yobo, has opened up that his team slipped up against Burkina Faso in Monday’s AFCON match in Nelspruit.

    Yobo and his teammates had their hearts broken at the death of their opening game at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations when Alain Traore cancelled out Emmanuel Emenike’s first half goal. But the 32-year-old centre-back is of the view that the slip has not ended his team’s ambition of progressing from their group.

    “One slip on the way does not end the journey, as we are determined to make Nigerians happy with this tournament,” said the Nigerian skipper.

    The Fenerbahce man also praised the Nigerian squad for their spirited effort in their AFCON opening game in spite of the draw and made it clear that they are motivated by the letter from their country’s president, Goodluck Jonathan to do well in the tournament.

    “I will like to on behalf of my teammates assure Mr President, that we will not let him down. All we need is for him to continue to say his fatherly prayers for us all and we shall surely deliver,” he said.

    Jonathan’s letter to the Super Eagles was delivered to the team on Monday evening by the Nigerian sports minister, Bolaji Abdullahi in company of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) leadership.

    “The Africa Cup of Nations has always been an exciting and important sports event for us in Nigeria and other African countries. However, this edition of 2013 even holds a greater significance for us as a nation. Next year 2014, our dear country will be one-hundred-years-old.

    “As we look back and celebrate our achievements as a strong, united nation, we cannot understate the role that sports, especially football played in our national life. Football remains one enduring unifying factor in our country which transcends our diversity. A successful outing at the Africa Cup of Nations will offer a great opportunity to further inspire pride, faith and hope in a re-energised new Nigeria in the course of our centennial celebrations,” part of the president’s letter read.

  • Court admits Ndume’s call logs

    A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday admitted in evidence, alleged telephone conversations and text messages between Senator Ali Ndume and the convicted spokesman for the Boko Haram, Ali Konduga.

    The call logs and text messages obtained from two telephones belonging to Senator Ndume and Konduga were processed by a forensic examiner from the Department of the State Security Service (SSS), Mr. Aliu Usman.

    Justice Gabriel Kolawole rejected the argument of Ndume’s counsel, Rickey Tarfa (SAN), who said the forensic examiner from the SSS did not disclose his qualification to the court to determine his status.

    He said the failure of the expert to substantiate his claim with requisite qualification as demanded by law was fatal to admissibility of the documentary evidence.

    Besides, he argued that the telephone conversations and SMS messages documented in a bounded report was not certified as required by Section 102 of the Evidence Act.

    Tarfa argued that before such a document from a public officer could be admitted in evidence by a law court, it must be certified by the appropriate authority.

    He also contended that the evidence was a computer generated document not backed up with a certificate as required by Section 84 of the Evidence Act.

    He therefore asked Justice Kolawole to throw out the document for not being admissible in law.

    Mr. Thompson Olatingbe, counsel to the Federal Government, however asked the judge to dismiss the objection on the grounds that it was prepared by the witness and signed as his own report of the forensic examination carried out on the telephones of Senator Ndume and Konduga.

    He told the court that the SSS operative had earlier introduced himself as a forensic examiner and would not have been employed by SSS if he was not qualified.

    In his ruling, Justice Kolawole agreed that the failure of the SSS operative to establish his qualification was fatal to the case of the prosecution.

    The judge in the ruling, however, agreed that the document did not fall among the public documents that must be certified before it can be admitted in law.

    The judge also held that the witness never claimed that he generated the contents of the report from computer as claimed by the defence lawyer.

    The court said the probate value to be attached to the report would be determined in the course of trial since the witness did not disclose his qualification.

    Earlier, the witness had told the court how he was mandated by a probe panel to examine the conversations and text messages exchanged by Senator Ndume and the Boko Haram spokesman to ascertain the allegation of the Boko Haram sect that the Senator was their financier.

    Further hearing continues today.

     

  • Odu’a Farmers Academy admits 500 OYES cadets

    Over 500 members of the Osun State Youths Empowerment Scheme (‘O’ Yes) have been admitted into Odu’a Farmers’ Academy for a six-month practical training in modern farming.

    The cadets, who are mainly young men released from the scheme by the Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, for the training, will be exposed to modern techniques in the management of food crops, horticulture and rearing of commercial livestock.

    The courses include commercial crop production (maize, water melon, vegetable, pepper, tomatoes) livestock production and short courses on project management and aquaculture.

    The move by the state government to engage the youth in mechanised farming is aimed at helping to plug the shortage of food production in the state.

    Aregbesola said with the training, the agricultural potential of the state would be developed, adding that food would be made available and at low price to the people.

    The governor had disclosed that the focus of his administration would be on industrialising the state through farming and provision of essential facilities to better the living standard of the people of the state.

    The Group Managing Director (GMD) of Odu’a Investment Company Limited, Mr Adebayo Jimoh, while receiving the students, said the academy was established to provide the highest level of qualitative and modern training for new and emerging commercial farmers in viable food commodities to sustain food security in Nigeria.

    He said the cadets would be exposed to theory and practice of farming and this would bring about an alternative to the old traditional way of farming.

    The Odu’a boss noted that the trainees would enjoy an after-training follow-up and support by the government through their local governments in making available lands and soft loans for their take-off at the end of the programme.

    The academy situated at the old farm centre, (AISU) Ede, near Abere in Osun State provides training for commercial farmers in food commodities.

    It will assist trainees in planning and laying out farms and farm estates, processing, farm business management and executing trainer’s feasibility and writing bankable proposal.

  • Injured Oduamadi admits he misses football

    Nigeria winger Nnamdi Oduamadi has admitted he misses the game just as he began rehabilitation for a hip injury.

    The Varese of Italy forward told MTNFootball.com he has begun his journey back to action after a long injury layoff as he now walks any without support and has been working out at the gym.

    “I have dropped the crutches, I am feeling better now. I have now commenced work at the gym and I will soon start training,” he disclosed.

    “I have missed the game a lot and I am very much eager to return to action soon.”

    He suffered the injury during training with the Super Eagles in June and needed surgery thereafter.

    The former AC Milan player was part of the Torino team who won promotion back to Serie A last term where he scored three goals in 11 appearances.