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Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) as part of its efforts to combat corruption in the country. The signing took place on Monday, February 21.

The EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, met with the Director-General of the Nigerian Youth Service Corps, Maj.-Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja to formalize the existing partnership between the agencies in the fight against corruption and economic crimes in Nigeria. Bawa was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to lead the commission.

As explained by Bawa, the MoU would serve as a roadmap for what the EFCC and the NYSC would be doing from time to time in order to bring about the course’s implementation.

He went on to clarify that, while the EFCC’s mission needed qualified officers, corps members have always contributed to the agency’s accomplishments when the agency is short on personnel.

His remarks on the NYSC Community Development Service (CDS) were accompanied by the observation that corps members are always prepared to put in their best efforts in the fight against corruption, which the EFCC has commended the corps for.

He also asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to apprehend scammers who blackmail Nigerians through social media with the promise of influencing their posting, redeployment, or relocation.

This is to advise the general public, particularly prospective candidates who have applied for admission into the College of Midwifery Ihiala for the 2022/2023 session, that the entrance test for batch A applicants will begin as planned below.

The admission exam/interview will take place on;  February 24, 2022.

Time: 8:00 a.m. sharp, please.

Venue: The location is the school’s grounds.

Please bring the originals and photocopies of the following papers with you to the interview.

• Your certificate, both in original and photocopy form (WAEC,NECO 0R NABTEB)
• Testimonial
• Two (2) passport photographs are required.
• A letter of recommendation from the parish priest or pastor of your religious community
• Certificate of birth/certificate from the National Population Commission
• Candidates’ letter of identification from the local government
• Baptismal certificate
• Writing materials (pencil and paper) are available at the school bookshop.
• There are two files (one school and one office file obtainable from the school bookshop)
• Fee for the interview: N8,000, which must be deposited into either of the following school’s bank account before the day of the admission exam/interview.

Bank: first bank

Account name: School of Midwifery, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Ihiala, Account number: 00000000

Account number: 2019736091

• Remember to bring the printout from the teller or bank to the interview as proof of payment for the price because you will be writing both the entrance and interview tests on the same day. There will be no transfer or POS payment.
• Candidates are required to adhere exactly to the date and time, as well as the COVID -19 guidelines, throughout the process.
• Do not forget to put your face mask or transparent face shield on.
• When the candidate arrives at the front gate of the hospital, he or she will be yelled for COVID-19.

For further information, please contact 08063883677.

JAMB has decided to extend the ability to handle one of its critical operations, which was previously only available at JAMB offices across the country to all accredited Computer-Based Test centers, in response to a request from Computer-Based Test center owners to be allowed to perform certain specialized operations and to further broaden access to the Board’s services, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

Therefore, starting on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, applicants will be able to utilize this specific service at any CBT center in their area, regardless of where they live in the country.

The registration of applicants who seek to access application forms for Part-Time, Sandwich, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), and Distance Learning programs is one of the services that will be liberalized.

As a proactive organization, the Board chooses to decongest the massive crowds that have gathered at its numerous locations.

Because of this, applicants are no longer need to visit the Board’s headquarters in order to access this specific service, since it is available at all authorized CBT centers around the country.

Accredited CBT centers are admonished by this statement not to charge more than the regulated N700 service charge for registration into the aforementioned programs, as stated in the previous release.

Due to the fact that these groups of candidates are not covered by the newly-introduced cashless policy, they are required to pay N700 at the registration point using their ATM cards.

Candidates for the UTME/DE, on the other hand, should be aware that the service price for the application papers is already included in their e-PIN costs, as stipulated by the National Assembly.

Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, the Governor of Bauchi State, has expressed his willingness to return to the classroom to teach in order to promote the teaching profession and the quality of education in the state. Senator Mohammed is the first governor in Nigeria to express his willingness to return to the classroom.

Governor Bala Mohammed, a trained teacher who has spent his whole life in the teaching profession, has promised that his administration has already put in place initiatives targeted at enhancing the educational sector in the state and promoting teaching as the best, noblest, and oldest vocation on the planet.

Bala Mohammed was speaking during an interview with Channels Television on the Political Paradigm, stating that the accomplishments he has made over the last three years are more easily seen than described, as witnessed by Our Correspondent.

Additionally, the Governor stated that he did not arrive in Bauchi State as Governor in 2019 blinded, but rather with a plan to face all multidimensional difficulties that he had thoroughly mastered through his previous experience in the federal civil service and as a politician.

The governor went on to say that his administration had completed over 3000 blocks of classrooms and more than 300 kilometers of roads, in addition to many projects that had been abandoned by the previous administration around the state, despite the limited resources at its disposal.

Concerning healthcare delivery, the Governor stated that his administration has already declared a state of emergency in the sector and has constructed a functional primary health care facility in each ward across the state, in addition to equipping over 400 primary health care facilities and renovating and upgrading numerous general hospitals.

The governor told the people of the state that his administration would continue to embark on initiatives and programs that would have a good influence on their lives and living conditions.

Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the national president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, has declared that the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has no authority to administer admissions into higher education institutions across the country.

The empowerment of JAMB to handle admissions to higher institutions, according to Osodeke, was an infringement on universities’ autonomy. He said that each university senate was in charge of overseeing all academic concerns at the university, including establishing entrance rules and approving undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

JAMB’s job, according to Osodeke, is to administer matriculation examinations for admission into a Nigerian higher institution, designate examiners, and collect/disseminate information on all topics pertaining to entrance tests.

He slammed JAMB for operating outside of its authority by controlling activities in Nigerian institutions, saying it jeopardized university autonomy.

He urged JAMB to stick to its basic mandate and let universities make decisions about admission policies and procedures.

The second series edition of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for private applicants, also known as the General Certificate Examination, has been released on Monday, February 14.

According to Patrick Areghan, the director of the WAEC office in Nigeria, a total of 25,008 candidates, or 48.61 percent of the total number of 51,444 candidates who took part in the examination, received credits in five courses, including English Language and Mathematics. Male candidates accounted for 12,272 of the total, while female candidates accounted for 12,736.

According to Areghan, out of the total number of candidates who took the examination, 49,584 candidates, representing 96.38 percent, have had their results fully processed and released, while 1,860 candidates, representing 3.62 percent, have had a few of their subjects still being processed as a result of errors on the part of the candidates, according to Areghan

Furthermore, he stated that prospective candidates who do not have a National Identification Number (NIN) will not be permitted to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination this year.

All members of the faculty and the general public are thus notified that admission forms for nursing and midwifery programs at the College of Nursing Sciences, Federal Medical Center, Nguru will be available for purchase beginning on Wednesday, February 9, 2020 and ending on Sunday, February 21, 2020.

In light of the foregoing, interested candidates should proceed to the Bursary Department of the College along Gashua Road for the purchase of the application form at a cost of 5,000 (Five Thousand Naira) only, which is non-refundable.

Please keep in mind that admission forms will be available for purchase from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., seven days a week.

For further information, please contact the Provost of the College and the Admission Officer of the college at the following telephone numbers: 08162883002 and 08036371735.

Requirements :

To be considered, candidates must have five (5) credits in NECO/WAEC/NABTEB, with at least one (1) credit in English Language. Basic Nursing and Basic Midwifery require the completion of mathematics, biology, chemistry, and physics in no more than two sittings.

All completed forms must be submitted by the 21st of February, 2022, at the latest.

THE DATE FOR THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION IS: February 22, 2022.

WHILE THE INTERVIEW WILL BEGIN ON THE 28th of February, 2022.

This is to advise the candidates who have been shortlisted that the interview exercise for admission into Basic Midwifery, 2022/2023 that the registration process has been planned to take place on; 

Monday, February 21, 2022 at 9 a.m. in both the Ibadan and Kishi campuses:

Registration process

Candidates should check their names on both campuses by visiting the link provided below: https://oysconme.edu.ng/shortlist.

Requirements

It is recommended that you bring the following documentation with you:

i) Take a printout of the entry result slip.

ii. A certified copy of your WAEC/NECO results

iii. A certified copy of your birth certificate.

iv. A photocopy of the original local government identification certificate

v. Hb pencil 

vi. Nose mask 

Important notice

We would like to draw your attention to the fact that 42 percent and 54 percent are being used as cut off markers for indigenous and non-indigenous people in Oyo state, respectively.