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  • Registrar: LASU can admit 4,500

    Registrar: LASU can admit 4,500

    The Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, has  capacity to admit 4,500 freshers for the 2015/2016 academic session.

    The Registrar, Akinwunmi Lewis, said this yesterday in Lagos in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

    “We cannot admit beyond the facilities on ground in terms of the man power, lecture rooms, laboratories and library, among others.

    “This is to ensure that the method of teaching is effective so that the rate of failure can be minimised,’’ he said.

    Lewis said the university had so far admitted 4,000 candidates for the new session.

    He, however, clarified that not all the candidates offered admission had accepted as some of them had  secured admission elsewhere while others had their personal reasons.

    The registrar said matriculation for new students would come up in the first week of March.

     

  • Academy gets Registrar

    Academy gets Registrar

    The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has appointed Head of Personnel Department, Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN) Oron, Mr. Ante Mkpandiok as the Registrar of the institution.

    His appointment followed the death, last week, of its former Rector, Mr Joshua Okpo.

    Mkpandiok was mandated by the Minister to oversee the affairs of the academy pending the appointment of a new Rector by President Muhammadu Buhari.

    The new Registrar holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Calabar and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the same university.

    The new Registrar was until his appointment, the Head of Personnel  and has worked in the academy for over two decades.

     

  • President approves Federal High Court Chief Registrar, 29 others as judges

    President approves Federal High Court Chief Registrar, 29 others as judges

    President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of the Chief Registrar of the Federal High Court, Mrs Rosemary O. Dugbo Oghoghorie, and 29 others as judges for the Federal High Court.

    Their appointment by the president was on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC).

    NJC’s Acting Director of Information, Soji Oye, in a statement said that the new judges will be sworn-in on Wednesday (December 2) in Abuja by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council, Mahmud Mohammed.

    Mrs. Dugbo Oghoghorie is taking the slot of Delta State, Yellin S. Bogoro (Bauchi State), Taiwo Obayomi Taiwo (Ogun State), Ibrahim Watila (Borno State), Mallong Peter Hoommuk (Plateau State), Isa Hamma Adama Dashen (Adamawa  State), Hassan Dikko (Kebbi State), Jude Kanyioh Dagat (Kaduna State), Olayinka Olusegun Tokode (Osun State) and Simon Akpah Amobeda (Kogi State).

    Others are Jane Egienanwan Inyang (Cross River State), Daniel Emeka Osiagor (Rivers State), Prof Chuka Austine Obiozor (Anambra State), Iniekenimi Nicholas Oweib (Bayelsa State), Hassan Muslim Sule (Zamfara State), Hadiza Rabiu Shagari (Sokoto State), Saleh Kogo Idrissa (Yobe State), Joyce Obehi Abdulmalik (Edo State) and Hillary Ide Osho Oshomah (Edo State).

    Also included are Fadima Murtala Aminu (Adamawa State), Toyin Bolaji Adegoke           (Kwara State), James Kolawole Omotosho (Ogun State), Nehizena Idemudia Ekunwe (Edo State), Stephen Daylop Pam (Plateau State), Akintayo Aluko (        Ekiti State), Dr. Nnamdi O. Dimgba (Abia State), Emeka Nwite (Ebonyi State), Abdulazeez M.Z. Anka (Zamfara State), Abdu Dogo (FCT) and Adamu Turaki Muhammed (Jigawa State).

  • Open letter to NECO Registrar

    While I am not among those in support of the scrapping of the National Examination Council (NECO), it really becomes imperative to chip in a word or two on certain wrongs being made by the examination body, especially on wrong names of candidates that sat for the NECO examinations.

    A lot of candidates that sat for NECO had tales of woes to tell based on giving them wrong names in the examinations conducted by the body. I was a victim because my name was wrongly written.

    In 2007, I sat for the private November/ December examinations, having sat the previous year’s examination which I did not meet the requirement. On my registration, I used my full name: Usman Garba Santuraki. But on receipt of the time table for examination, I was confronted with a wrong name. Santuraki in my name was omitted and an abbreviation A was substituted with it. I confronted the officials at the Yola office, only for them to tell me that they are not in a position to effect any correction and that the best alternative for me was to travel to the head office in Minna and complain to the Registrar as he is the only person that could effect any correction.

    I really find this incomprehensible and so absurd, that the office in Yola cannot officially forward my compliant at this age of global advancement to the head office.

    A lot of candidates who sat for NECO examinations are in my shoes, but to their amazement, the usual answer to their problems is always the same.

    It is therefore in this light, that I am using this medium to highlight my predicament and that of others who have similar problems, but cannot travel down to Minna.

     

    • By Usman Santuraki,

    Demsawo, Jimeta-Yola.

  • UNILAG JAMB’s policy meant to help candidates, says Registrar

    UNILAG JAMB’s policy meant to help candidates, says Registrar

    The Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, has reacted to the protest at the University of Lagos by parents and candidates who could not access the university’s admission.

    He explained that the policy introduced by JAMB, for which he has been criticised, “is actually meant to help the candidates not only to get admission but to get it on time.”

    Ojerinde stated that the decision to reallocate candidates who cannot be admitted into their choice institutions because of the high cut-off marks set by the institutions for the various courses to other federal, states and private institutions was actually to help them.

    He said the reallocation was based on the availability of spaces; choice of the course of the candidate; geographical zone of the candidates’ first choice and the performance of the candidates.

    The Registrar pointed out that JAMB had made the situation clear to the institutions during a policy meeting on July 14 with representatives of the federal, state and private universities.

    “By this approach, wastage of high scores will be reduced, the fate of the candidates will be determined on time and yet the interest of their areas of study may be satisfied,” Ojerinde stressed.

    He noted that the decision became imperative because “the big universities are overloaded” while others have spaces that are not filled.

    Expatiating, Ojerinde said:  “Can you imagine 8,000 students seeking admission to study law in a university that will take only 250 candidates for law?

    “The remaining 7,750 candidates will wait endlessly and hopelessly till the end of the admission. Or imagine 7,500 candidates seeking admission to study medicine in a university.

    “Of these 7,500 candidates, 2,000 scored above 250 in the UTME. The university has a carrying capacity of only 150 candidates for medicine.

    “The remaining 7,350 who scored above 200 will be wasted. Particularly, 1,750 candidates who scored above 250 will be wasted while other universities either do not have enough candidates or high scoring candidates.”

    He added that JAMB had discovered that courses like Biological Sciences, Pharmacy, Agricultural Engineering and related courses are, in most cases, without enough candidates in the universities while everyone scampered to study medicine and only a small percentage eventually get admitted.

    Ojerinde indicted some so-called educational consultants, who he accused of having hidden agenda, which are being thwarted by JAMB’s proactive steps.

    He alleged they were behind the protests, declaring “This is a period of change. If they do not change, they will be changed.”

     

  • NIJ calls for admission

    NIJ calls for admission

    The Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) has invited candidates for admission into the institution.

    In an advert signed by the Registrar, Dotun Adenijo the following programmes are available: Full time and Part time National Diploma (ND), Higher National Diploma (HND) and Post-Graduate Diploma (PGD) for the 2015/2016 academic sessions.

    For the National Diploma in Mass Communication programme, candidates must have a minimum of five credits including English Language and Mathematics at not more than two sittings.

    The advert further stated that candidates seeking admissions into Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mass Communication must have a National Diploma in mass communication from a recognized institution with at least lower credit and one year post ND industrial attachment experience.

    It added that candidates for Post-Graduate Diploma in Print, Broadcast Journalism and Public Relations/ Advertising must have a good HND or University degree in any discipline.  An evidence of participation or exemption from NYSC is also compulsory.

    According to the statement applicants are expected to obtain a bank draft for the sum of N3, 550 for ND,  N5, 050 for HND and N7, 050 for PGD at Eco Bank, Wema Bank or Aso Savings and Loans branches nationwide.

    Payments can also be made into the school account number 0042006463 in Eco bank and 012075045 in Wema bank. The Bank draft or payment teller should be presented to the registry department of the institution after which an application form would be given to the student.

    The application forms should however be sent on or before Friday the 31st of July 2015.

  • Deputy Provost, Registrar get vehicles

    The Deputy Provost Wole Ajose and Registrar Olumuyiwa Coker, have received their official vehicles – a Toyota Corolla and Toyota Hilux pickup.  Also, the college took delivery of a new Toyota Coaster Bus.

  • Maritime University gets VC, Registrar

    President Goodluck Ebele  Jonathan has appointed Prof  Ongoebi Maureen Etebu as Vice Chancellor and Mr Anho Nathaniel Esoghene Lucky as Registrar of the Nigeria Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta State.

    In a statement, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Dr. MacJohn Nwaobiala, noted that Mrs. Etebu is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Port Harcourt.

    She graduated with a B.Sc from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, in 1982, and went on to obtain a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), in 1997.

    The Vice Chancellor also obtained an M.Sc in Engineering from the same insitution and an MBA from the University of Port Harcourt with a bias in Management.

    She has extensive working experience in the university administration and the Public Service and is occupying a Professional Chair for Engineering Management.

    The Registrar, Lucky, obtained a BA (Education) History/Foundations from the University of Port Harcourt and a Masters in Industrial and Labour Relations.

    He has held several positions in the University management spanning from Senior Assistant Registrar to the position of Deputy Registrar/College Secretary, College of Health Science, Delta State University, Abraka, a position which he held until his appointment.

     

  • UNIBEN’s ex-VC’s wife now registrar

    The Governing Council of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has appointed Mrs. Otasowie Oshodin as the eight substantive registrar of the institution.

    A statement by the outgoing registrar, Mrs. Gladys Ogboghodo, indicated that the appointment takes effect from May 7, 2015 when her own five-year tenure ends.

    Mrs. Otasowie Oshodin, spouse to the immediate past Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Osayuki Godwin Oshodin brings to the job vast experience gained as Deputy Registrar, Council and Committee; Deputy Registrar, Staff Training and Labour Relations which was her immediate last posting, amongst several others.

     

  • Registrar, workers harp on dedication

    The Registrar, ACE Mr. Felix Aderinboye, has advised workers to rededicate themselves to discharging their duties to the over 50-years institution to aid its further development. Aderinboye gave the advice while addressing workers in the Registry unit.

    He said regular meetings being held are meant to interact with workers in order to foster mutual understanding and peaceful co-existence. Aderinboye, who praised them for their dedication to duty, also appealed for continued support and cooperation.

    He emphasised the need for them to constantly seek self development, assuring them that the school’s management would continue to provide an enabling environment for them to exhibit their skills maximally through capacity training, workshops and seminars.

    He assured them of the management’s determination to reward those who are diligent, faithful and hardworking through regular promotion, asking them to shun absenteeism and be punctual.