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SEASON GREETINGS

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merry xmas to all osasinfo blog readers

PC ERRORS AND THE SOLUTION FOR THEM

Here some common PC errors and the solutions for them... 1. MONITOR LED IS BLINKING: Check all the connections like Monitor Cable, Data cables,RAM, Display Card , CPU connections. 2. CONTINUOS THREE BEEPS: Problem in RAM Connection. 3. THREE BEEPS ( 1 Long 2 Short): Problem in Display Card Connection 4. THREE LONG BEEPS PERIOD WISE: Problem in BIOS or RAM (Basic Input Output System) 5. CONTINUOS NON-STOP BEEPING : Key Board Problem (I.e.; Some Key is pressed for Longer time) 6. FLOPPY DISK DRIVE (FDD) LED IS GLOWING CONTINUOSLY: Data cable to be connected properly (twisted cable). 7. NO DISPLAY ON THE SCREEN AT ALL: Hard Disk cable connected wrongly. Connect rightly seeing the Red mark (Faces power supply) and then Restart. 8. POWER LED IS OFF : a. Check main power cord b. Check S.M.P.S. c. Check Mother Board connection 9. SHOWING CMOS ERROR: Replace 3 Volt battery of Mother Board . Set Original Settings Manually.(Refer CMOS Setup chart)Enter your search terms Su

How to Change folder background in Windows 7/vista/xp

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I like to customize my folder and drive’s icon, color, view to give it a unique look. What about changing folder background? Usually we use software to do that. But here i change the folder’s background without any software. To do so firstly i would like you to know, what is the “desktop.ini” and how it works? Desktop.ini is the file where system assigns the values of icon, info, background image source etc. The folder will gives info about itself or a thumbnail view which has the proper desktop.ini file. It is a hidden system file and it's possible to show by CASE: 2 step: 2 in this article. Nothing to worry about it because the system can automatically create a new one if the file is being damaged or absent. It just needs a reboot of the system.

AAU TO RESUME SCHOOL ON THE 6TH JAN 2014

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All students of Ambrose Alli University are hereby informed that academic session will resume on 6th January 2014. Examinations are scheduled to begin by February 2014. The new session will commence from March 3rd 2014. This therefore implies that new students will begin full academic activity by march 3rd 2013.

HOW TO USE COMMAND PROMPT ON SYSTEM TO UNLOCK YOUR ANDROID PHONE

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It can really be annoying when you are locked out of your android smartphone simply because you tried the wrong patterns severally. When this happens, you can no longer access anything on your smartphone but receive incoming calls. For this method to work for you, your USB debugging must be turned on in your smartphone. Method 1: Connect your Android device via USB to your computer. Open Command Prompt by pressing the window key + R, then type “cmd” (without quotes) in the space provided and hit OK . Type in the following codes adb shell cd/data/data/ com.android.providers.settings/ databases sqlite3 settings.db update system set value=0 where

HOW TO MAKE USE OF AIRTEL BB PLAN ON NON BB PHONE

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Please follow this simple guide to keep enjoying Airtel BB plans on your network: Recharge your SIM with N100 then dial *440*17#, once it is successful dial *123*123# to confirm which account it will go to. NB: after dailing the code if it goes to Account 9 you have lost the ability to subscribe and use BB plans. However, if it goes to Account 10 congratulations you can still enjoy the BB plans till the airtel taking over is complete. Next: Send 'DEACTIVATE' in an sms to 440 to deactivate the daily plan then u can subscribe to the desired plan you want. 80MB N100 *440*17# BBUD 1Day 400MB N525 *440*18# BBUW 7Days 160MB N100 *440*171# BBUD2 (selected Lines) 240MB N200 *440*017# BBUD3 3Days (we all know how to extend it) 2GB N1500 *440*16# BBUM 1Month 6GB N3000 *440*016# BBUM3 3Months

LECTURES BEGIN IN ABSU

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This is to inform all ABSU students that lectures has started. as an eyewitness, lectures are taking place at law block, science and business admin block. Lecturers are willing to teach but the turnout of students is poor. Wishing all ABSU students a safe trip back to school.

ASUU strike update: FG finally signs agreement with Union, classes to resume

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has finally signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Government after it was confirmed that the disputed N200 billion expected to be paid into the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) account has been paid. The FG had before now given the Union an ultimatum to resume classes by Monday, December 9, or lose their jobs. The lecturers, however, called the government’s bluff, daring it to hand them their sack letters. Both parties have reportedly signed the MoU today in Abuja indicating that the strike would be called off sooner rather than later. There are indications that the strike may be called off next week when ASUU is expected to present the MoU to its National Executive meeting, NEC.

UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN 2013/2014 ADMISSION CLEARANCE EXERCISE HAS STARTED

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This is to inform all UTME and Direct Entry candidates, who have been offered provisional admission that the Admissions Clearance Exercise will commence on Monday, 9 December 2013 and end on Friday, 20 December 2013. Successful candidates for the Admissions Clearance Exercise would have paid the N20, 000.00 Acceptance Fee into the Admission Processing Fee Account at First Bank of Nigeria Plc (Acct. No – 2018156959 or University of Ibadan Micro-Finance Bank (Acct. No – 1050000027). Candidates are expected to report to the appropriate designated venues from 8.30a.m daily for the clearance exercise. The venues assigned to the Faculties are stated below: Venue 1 – GamalielOnosode Park, Behind Trenchard Hall (Faculties of Arts, Law, Science and Technology candidates) Venue 2 – Arts Theatre(Central Admin. Area) (College of Medicine, Faculties of Pharmacy, Education and The Social Sciences candidates) Venue 3- Admissions Office (Faculties of Agriculture & Forestry and

ASUU Strike Update - FG withdraws ultimatum

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December 11, 2013 Following the outcry of Nigerians and substantial compliance by some members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Federal Government has withdrawn the ultimatum given to striking lecturers to resume in Universities or be sacked. The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, while speaking to journalists, displayed a letter, which was signed by the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Tunde Lemo and addressed to the Accountant General of the Federation. The letter confirmed that the total sum of two hundred billion Naira (N200 000 000 000) had been paid into a Revitalisation of Universities Infrastructure Account, as agreed in a meeting between ASUU and President Goodluck Jonathan on November 5, 2013. Okupe noted that the federal government was interested in resolving the six-month old crisis in a peaceful manner for the overall interest of all concerned. “Right now, the issue o

ASUU Strike - NLC Makes Fresh Intervention

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According to Mr. Chris Uyot, the Acting General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the union has began another move to intervene in the impasse between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government. "The leadership of NLC has written a letter to the Presidency seeking leave to intervene in the crisis which is now in its sixth month. "We have sent a letter to the presidency today, Dec. 9. We want to intervene in this matter. "The turn of events is causing a lot of disaffection which can easily be resolved, that is if the government is willing to talk about it," Uyot said. Uyot said that NLC President Abdulwahed Omar met with the leadership of ASUU in Abuja as a preliminary step to articulate their position before meeting with the Presidency when invited.

Asuu STRIKE UPDATE- ASUU meets to decide today

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AS the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) meets today in Abuja, the issue of resumption from their five months-old strike will top the agenda of the meeting as expectations of Nigerians is to see the universities resume for lectures soonest. The ASUU president, Comrade Nasir Isa Fagge’s demand that the Federal Government should show commitment of meeting the disbursement of N200 billion for the year 2013 allocation to the universities through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was said to have been met, according to the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Dr. Doyin Okupe, last week. The Federal Government’s threat to disengage any lecturer that fails to resume lectures on December 4, earlier conveyed by the Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, has also been denied by President Goodluck Jonathan. With all these expected areas of conflict removed, many Nigerians are pleading with ASUU to suspend the strike and resume work. Indeed, feelers after th

HOW TO SPEED-UP INTERNET CONNECTION IN WINDOW 7/VISTA/XP

When using Windows 7/vista/xp it doesn't give us full bandwidth speed as it has to maintain OS (operating system) IDLE MODE. This idle mode is also applicable for processor, RAM, Audio & Video processing units to comfort a user but using or applying some tricks we can do it very simply. How to modify the idle or limit mode of bandwidth without doing any harm to Windows OS (operating system). It's a normal trick by using Group Policy Editor or gpedit. Just follow the steps 1. Go to Start menu type Run and press your enter key 2.In run type gpedit.msc and hit enter or click ok. The Group Policy Editor window will open if you have the sufficient privilege on the computer.

ASUU STRIKE UPDATE DEC 2013

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During the burial of former Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) President Festus Iyayi, members of the ASUU booed Rev. Fr. Andrew Obiyan who suggested that the months-long strike be called off. “Do not give the federal government the privilege of satisfaction of fighting and defeating you. I encourage you to surrender first in this fight. You have made your point eloquently and clear enough,” he said, which was met by jeers, according to the Daily Post. “Sincere and intelligent Nigerians will consider what you have done and will forever appreciate you for it. Your surrender at this time as a tool of power is the sign of strength, it’s not a sign of weakness,” Obiyan said, adding: “We may not trust the federal government owing to their antecedents, but I humbly request you to please trust them now.” ASUU President Dr. Nasri Fagge said that the boos were simply what the crowd thought of ending the five-month-long strike. Fagge said, “We were told here at this gatherin

UNIZIK PRESCIENCE 2014 FIRST BADGE ADMISSION LIST IS OUT

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For the candidates who applied for the prescience program at Unizik can now check their names at the utility building. Its being paste at the notice board in utility building. Those list are for the first badge. Meanwhile, the prescience/ diploma form is still on sale. Candidates who are interested are advice to purchase the form at any of the banks around the school. Prescience form= N8000, Diploma form= N5000 Read more here www.osasinfo.blogspot.com

UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN HAS PULLED OUT OF THE ASUU STRIKE

The University of Ibadan has pulled out of the ASUU strike and has announced that academic activities would resume on the 4th of January, 2014. This decision was announced by the Governing Council of the institution and was based on the directives of the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities and the National Universities Commission. However, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said strike still on. Mr. Olujimi Olukoyam, the registrar and secretary to the council at the UI, signed and released the official university bulletin on December 6, 2013, Friday. In the document the governing council explained that the re-opening became necessary in view of the consideration of all matters relating to the on-going ASUU strike, at its recent meeting. “Consequent upon the directives of the CPC which directed the Vice-Chancellors to re-open universities for academic and allied activities to commence, the management on Tuesday, directed the deans and directors to op

ASUU STRIKE

1) ASUU: A Union. 2) ASUUOLOGY: The study of ASUU. 3) ASUUCRAT: A member of ASUU. 4) ASUUCRACY: Government of ASUU plus Federal Government minus the students. 5) ASUUFEVA: Effects of ASUU on students. 6) ASUUNISTIC: The act of behaving in ASUU way. 7) ASUUDITE: A person who doesn’t believe in ASUU. ASUUING: demanding and negotiating in ASUU's manner. 9) ASUUNDER: Consequences of ASUU strike. 10) ASUUSTRIKER: A person who demostrates for ASUU. 11) ASUULATOR: The war between ASUU and the senators. 12) ASUUMANIAC: Someone who loves ASUU. 13) ASUUPHOBIA: The fear of ASUU. 14) ASUUCIDE: Act of killing an Asucrat by accident. 15) ASUUTIAN: A victim of ASUU's activities. 16) ASUUFÈCTO: a baby born by a student during ASUU. 17) ASUUGENERIAN: A student who spends 7 years in sch instead of 4 years due to ASUU strike. 18) ASUUIST: A lecturer or a group of lecturer who does not support ASUU but hopes to benefit from the union. 19) ASUUMONGER: Someone wh

ASUU strike: FG should pay lectures salary arrears – NLC, TUC

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The President of the Trade Union Congress, Mr. Boboi Kaigama and the Acting General Secretary of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Mr. Chris Uyot, yesterday called on the Federal Government to agree to the demands of protesting lecturers by paying their salary arrears from July to October, 2013. The duo, in separate interviews with PUNCH said that the way forward was to attend to the lecturers’ demands. According to Kaigama, the lecturers deserve to be paid their salaries, as going on strike does not mean that they were no longer entitled to their salaries. His argument is that the Union went on strike because of the Federal Government’s inability to implement the 2009 agreement reached with the Universities lecturers. He said, “It is okay, they are supposed to be paid their salaries; when one is on strike, it does not mean that he cannot be paid his or her salary. “They went on strike because of an agreement that was negotiated which the government has not been able to fulfil

2014 JAMB REGISTRATION IS OUT

General Instruction The instructions provided on this site will guide you to fill the registration form. Make sure you understand every step in the instruction before filling. Candidates are strongly advised to study the Brochure carefully before proceeding to fill the registration form. This is to avoid making mistakes in filling the form. The Sign In module enables you to validate your PIN and allows you to supply your basic personal details including biometrics and Passport Photograph. Note that your Biometrics, Passport Photograph and other Registration details can be captured online or offline. These details shall be verified on first visit (Sign-In) and shall not be required subsequently. Note that you are liable for misplacement of your card as your details can be accessed by someone else if found. YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR SCRATCH CARD. On successful Sign-In, you shall be redirected to the registration page, if you have not registered. If your complete r

Part-Time Degree Programmes 2013/2014

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Application Start Date: 12/11/2013 23:59:59 Application Closing Date: 14/12/2013 00:00:00 Application are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into Part-Time Degree Programmes for the 2013/2014 academic session. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS The General University Admission Requirements that apply uniformly across the faculties as well as the Specific Faculty Admission Requirements are displayed on the University websites: https://uniben.waeup.org or uniben.edu To quality for the entrance examinations into the various part-time degree programmes, candidate must satisfy the stated general and specific requirements for admission. METHOD OF APPLICATION All applications should be done between Wednesday 13th November 2013 and 14th December, 2013. The procedure for application is as follows: Visit www.uniben.edu Or uniben.waeup.org Candidates are advised to have a valid e-mail account before starting the application process (not the cyber-cafe’s mail). Clic

Diploma Full-Time Programmes 2013/2014

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Application Start Date: 04/09/2013 00:00:00 Application Closing Date: 30/11/2013 00:00:00 Instructions Note that this application concerns only the following subjects Diploma in Maritime Studies, Information and Communication Technology(ICT) Diploma in Health Administration and Management(DHAM). Diploma in Nursing Administration and Management(DNAM). Diploma in Primary Health Care and Statistics(DPHCS). Click on 'Register for application' at the top left of the displayed page to proceed. Provide all necessary information. Note that * means compulsory fields. An immediate mail will be send to the provided email address (ps your email not the cybercafe's mail). Open your mail to get your system generated id and password that you will use to login. On the https://uniben-kofa.waeup.org click on 'Login' (top right of front page). Enter your user name and the password from the mail to login. To start the application process, please click on 'Edit

BEAUTY TIPS

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Sip your way to healthy skin. Green tea's high on the list of skin-friendly beverages thanks to its impressive storehouse of polyphenols. Aim for four cups throughout your day. Iced tea is more than just cool, especially if it’s freshly made green tea. Brew some up to get: 1. Help with your weight. Overweight or obese exercisers burned off three more pounds and 7 percent more belly fat when they drank green tea instead of another beverage with the same calories, according to a new multicenter study. 2. Protection against cancer. Regular drinkers were 12 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than nondrinkers, according to research in 6,928 Chinese women. 3. Reduced risk of stroke. A UCLA review of nine studies found three cups a day cut the risk of stroke by 21 percent (black tea was protective too). 4. Healthier gums. In a study of 940 men, the more green tea a man drank, the less likely he was to have gum disease.

BEAUTY TIPS

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Reach for tomatoes. A German study found that lycopene-rich tomato paste helped participants prevent sunburn when they combined it with olive oil, daily for ten weeks. Besides being a great source of the antioxidant lycopene, tomatoes are considered a high-carotenoid fruit. These nutrients may help slow down cellular damage from free radicals.

BEAUTY TIPS

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They cleanse gently, once a day. Unless you have oily skin, you only need to wash your face in the evening, with a creamy cleanser and lukewarm water. Give the cleanser time to work. "Instead of scrubbing your face, let the cleanser sit on your skin for several seconds and break down the makeup, dirt, and oil," says Boston dermatologist Ranella Hirsch, MD. In the morning, simply splash your face with lukewarm water. (If you're oily, use a gentle foaming cleanser morning and evening.)

BEAUTY TIPS

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Avocados are not just for eating! A good source of biotin, avocados help to prevent dry skin and brittle hair and nails. When applied topically, they can hydrate parched skin. A tip from 1,801 Home Remedies: Create a moisturizing mask. Pit the fruit, puree the pulp, and pat it on your face. The oil acts as an emollient. It also contains beneficial vitamin E.

BEAUTY TIPS

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Mix handful of sea salt with olive oil and prepare a paste. Massage in circular motion for 15mins

53 THINGS ABOUT NIGERIA @53

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As Nigeria celebrates her 53rd Independence anniversary today, Daily Times serves our readers 53 unique things about the nation. Happy reading: 1. The most commonly spoken phrase in Nigeria is "How far?” 2. Nigeria is home to seven percent (7%) of the total languages spoken on earth. Taraba State alone has more languages than 30 African countries. 3. The Walls of Benin (800-1400AD), in present day Edo State, are the longest ancient earthworks in the world. 4. The Yoruba tribe has the highest rate of twin births in the world. Igbo-Ora, a little town in Oyo state, has been nicknamed ‘Twin capital of the World’ because of its unusually high rate of twins that is put as high as 158 twins per 1000 births. 5. Sarki Muhammad Kanta The Great of Kebbi, was the only ruler who resisted control by Songhai, West Africa’s greatest empire at that time. He founded and ruled the Hausa city-state of Kebbi around 1600 A.D. 6. Africa’s oldest known boat is The Dufuna canoe, which was di

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BEAUTY TIPS

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Mix 3 eggs, 2 table spoon olive oil and 1 table spoon vinegar and leave it on you hair for 30mins before shampoo for lustrous hair

BEAUTY TIPS

Mix Vaseline and glycerine in equal quantity and leave overnight, this is good for dry skin and more so during winters.

Apple iPad 2 Tablet (16GB, Wifi)

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Check out this Pricebenders auction! Last time, this Apple iPad 2 Tablet (16GB, Wifi) 2nd Generation sold for just $24.54 (a 93% savings!)! click here to check it out

BEAUTY TIPS

Remove stretch marks by massaging them with almond oil mixed with lavender essential oil, twice a day

BEAUTY TIPS

Remove stretch marks by massaging them with almond oil mixed with lavender essential oil, twice or thrice a day

BEAUTY TIPS

Oil your hair twice a week with coconut oil mixed with fresh lime juice. This will help in controlling split ends

BEAUTY TIPS

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Rub the dark area around eye with a powdered VITAMIN E capsule and wipe off with a mixture of honey and egg white (note not the york)

BEAUTY TIPS

Mix handful of sea salt with olive oil and prepare a paste. Massage in circular motion for 15mins for smooth skin

BEAUTY TIPS

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Use a lot of cream when massaging. if little is applied, the hands will not glide over the skin, creating excessive

WHICH WILL YOU LIKE TO HAPPEN TO YOU?

Which one is the worst and which one is the best to choose? after entering a bus, it gets to your turn to pay your fare,and you can’t find your money If your download Fail at 99% If you buy a brand new phone for $500 today and the next day the price drops to $300| On your first date in a restaurant, after eating fish, the bone hang on your throat If after working for 30 days,you got fired without salary After selling your fathers property to go abroad, and you got deported few weeks later If u try to withdraw your last money and the atm Debits u without paying.. If after 6 abortions and d guy still ends up not marrying you when your friend who has just come back from England gives u cheque and forgets to sign B4 he goes back if after you use a heavy perfume and your body odour is still stronger than RAID If You Break-Up With Your Bf and he wins 1million the next day! if the person that you were cursing out in traffic turns out to be the one interviewing you for a job….

WHICH NINJA TRIBE IS THE FUNNIEST?

A HAUSA man who removes his shoes to enter a taxi An IGBO man who goes to the bank with a spanner to open an account A YORUBA man who goes to bed with a ruler just to know him how long he has slept A TIV man who watches news on TV and waves at the news reader An EFIK nurse who wakes up a sleeping patient simply because she forgot to give him sleeping peels An EDO man who sprays himself with raid insecticide to keep mosquitoes away An IGALA man who turns down the volume of his TV because he want to read a text message An IKWERE man who polishes his shoes to take passport sized photograph A BAJJU man seriously campaigning for late for late Yakowa 2015 Gubernatorial Election A FULANI man who chooses to drink fanta because he thinks coke is unripe A NUPE man who puts his radio inside the refrigerator because he wants to listen to cool fm

QUESTION

My name is MUSA i only have N100,000 as my capital for business, and i love my girlfriend so much, so i want to use N85,000 and get her a brand new BLACKBERRY PHONE What am I? God sent Wise boy Mumu Stupid boy A learner Lover boy All of the above

Laughter Zone

Two little boys stole a big bag of orange from their neighbor and decided to go to a calm place to share it equally one of them suggested the nearby cemetery. As they were jumping the big gate to enter the cemetery two oranges fell out of the bag behind the gate, but the did not bother to pick them since they had enough in the bag. Few minutes later a drunk man on his way from a bar pass near the cemetery gate and heard a voice say "one for me, one for you, one for me, one for you" He immediately sober up and runs fast as he can to the local priest, father please come with me, come and witness God and Satan sharing corpse at the cemetery. They both ran back to the cemetery gate and the voice continues, "one for me, one for you, one for me, one for you". Suddenly the voice stopped counting and says what about the two at the gate? "Omo see marathon race" even the priest almost run pass the church gate, "shouting we are not dead ooooooh".

UNIBEN POST-UTME SCREENING EXERCISE 2013/2014

Application Start Date: 24/06/2013 05:00:00 Application Closing Date: 08/07/2013 23:59:00 Application Fee: 3550.0 Those applicants that could not upload their passport photographs but paid the application fee should come for the screening with: the original JAMB slip and password photograph on it for identification, a 1”x 1” passport photograph with a red background, printouts of application and payment slips, any other document that can generally identify the applicant Applicants are to come to the screening centres with the following: acknowledgement slip and bank teller for identification, four figure table (where applicable), writing materials (HB pencil and eraser) Note that GSM phones and calculators are not allowed. Click Here to Register

Laughters zone

An igbo farmer wrote to his son in prison, this year my son, I won’t be able to plant yam and cassava because I can’t dig the field, I know if you were here you would help me. The son wrote back, Dad don’t even think of digging the field because that where I buried the money I stole. The Nigeria police on reading the letter, the very next day the whole field was dug by police looking for the money but nothing was found, the following day the son wrote back, now you can plant you yam and cassava, dad, this is the best I can do from here, dad replied, wow!, son you are a powerful man indeed, even in prison, you sent police to help me dig the land, thank you son, I’ll write back when I harvest.

UNIBEN POST UME (PUTME) UPDATE

This is to inform all jamb candidate who put University of Benin as their first choice and score 200 in jamb that uniben putme application form will be on sale from 2 weeks time

FREE GOOGLE DRIVE TOOLS YOU'RE NOT USING

Though barely a year old, Google Drive is already a very popular service. It's easy to use if you already have a Google account, and its prices put Dropbox to shame. On Google Drive, 100GB costs a mere $5 a month (and Google even bumps up your Gmail storage to 25GB as a bonus). Dropbox charges double the price for 100GB. But like Google's Chrome browser, Google Drive becomes even more useful when you take advantage of third-party add-ons and services. These five totally free and easy-to-use tools will help you to encrypt your data, play your music, collaborate on slides, back up automatically, share files, and more. Some live on the desktop, some in Chrome, and some online, but all of them work to make Google Drive a happier online home for your data. BoxCryptor You may be too concerned about privacy and security to leave files lying around on a remote server. That's completely fair, but don't let it keep you from using the cloud. BoxCryptor is a Windows desktop app t

10 CROSS-PLATFORM APPS FOR WORK AND PLAY

The Earth now houses more devices than people. That's simple math. Back in 2008 Gartner counted all the computers on our planet and got a number of 1 billion. Back then researchers also promised that by 2014 there would be 2 billion computers in use. Meanwhile, Cisco has predicted that mobile devices will outnumber people by the end of 2013 -- which means we'll be passing that milestone this year. Putting those figures together, you realize two things: There are already more computing devices than people, and the technocratic era is already in full play, while everyone's still waiting for it to come. And I haven't even brought in the statistics on robots yet. Some people, because they are too young to use them, too old to care about them, or too poor to afford them, own no computers, no tablets and no smartphones. That can only mean that a lot of people own more than one device. You can take my word for that or head over to the nearest Starbucks, where you'r
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Senate President, NANS, Comrade Donald Onukaogu - Federal University of Technology, Owerri. Assah Ejeita from Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri. Duru Jacob, Assistant Secretary General of NANS, Zone B. Japheth and one other whose full name could not be ascertained as at press time. They travelled last night in order to get to Uyo for their intervention of student riots this morning, but unfortunately, met their untimely death.

STUDENT SHOT DEAD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BENIN

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these is the photo of student shot as of yesterday in Uniben Location: Sports complex(main bowl) while doing NUC biometrics exercise and osasogie

TABLET DEVICES AND EMPOWERMENT OF STUDENTS IN OSUN STATE

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There is a not so quiet revolution playing out in the education sector in Osun State. The Opon Imo initiative is a unique and groundbreaking attempt at re-engineering how students learn at the senior secondary level, by making available to each one of them hand held digital tablets. On each of the tablets are preloaded e-books on all subjects that are offered at secondary school level, video/audio lectures and tutoring notes, as well as a test platform for students’ self-assessment to monitor their own comprehension and mastery of the subject. Opon Imo thus creates a virtual learning environment in which each student can immerse himself, preview topics ahead of class, revise after the class and assess his or her learning. It literally places in the hands of each student a vast world of knowledge. It then beloves on each student to take full advantage of this learning opportunity for his or her success. I have had the privilege of being involved with the project from inception