WAEC Releases 2015 May/June WASSCE Results

The West African Examinations Council has released the May/June 2015 Senior School Certificate Examination results, withholding 118,101 candidates’ results out of the 1.5 million students that sat the examination.

WAEC Head of National Office, Mr. Charles Eguridu, announced this in Lagos at a press conference on Monday.

Eguridu added that the states owing WAEC had reduced to 13, saying the candidates in public schools in the 13 states would not have their results until their state governments pay their candidates’ registration fees.

The examination body had raised the alarm that 19 states owed the agency about N4bn, an amount that might cripple the operations of WAEC.


Source: Punch

OAU P-UTME: 10,338 Candidates Scored 200 Marks & Above

No fewer than 10, 293 candidates failed to score 200 marks and above in the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.

This was contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju, on Sunday.

The university, according to Olarewaju, released the result of the Saturday screening barely six hours after the conduct of its post-UTME exercise on the website of the institution.

He said, “Out of about 20, 631 candidates, who sat for the screening, 10, 338 candidates scored 200 marks and above. This signifies about 58 per cent, specifically 57.08 per cent.

“A sizeable number of the candidates, however, put in exceptional brilliance, which produced spectacular results, scoring 300 and above, with four of them, who are aspiring to study Education English, specially outstanding.

“Leading with the highest score of 348 is NZE, Samuel Onyenachi, with UTME no: 55227945CC, aspiring to study English Education, while the second highest of 344 was scored by ADEBAJO, Glory Olalekan, with UTME no: 55552404.

“The other two candidates, who both scored the same marks of 337 are EPUNAM, Ifeanyi Jude and OSENI, Felix Oluwatobi.”

Olarewaju advised all the candidates, who sat for the screening, to check their results accordingly.

Source: Punch

OAU Post-UTME Results Released

The much anticipated results of screening exercise for candidates seeking admission to Obafemi Awolowo University is finally out! Login to OAU portal to see your results.

Goodluck!

Secret of Success (Part 2)

By Adigun Paul

Having read the 'Secret of Success Part 1', it is high time I enlightened you the more on the secret of success. I will like to shed  more light on some basic, if not necessary things to be successful.

A successful heart is a fulfilled heart that means if you are successful there will be a great joy in your heart. People tend towards you because they know you have a success packed story.

Success goes down to how you can make use of these few tips of mine. Read, digest and act on it.

Read motivational books
Reading motivational books makes you to discover yourself, your talent and your goal. Try as much as possible not to deteriorate motivational books that they are just mere books. These books are mostly written by successful people. It could be religious, academic, social or marital books. You tend to be successful in that area than them if you get a motivational book.

Always move with visionary people
Visionary people are those that have the sight on their future, aiming and striving to be successful. You will surely see it in their way of life and speeches in the class, in religious places and in other public grounds. They are zealous and concerned about their future. Move with them and make friends with them.

Efficiency
The only way you can ride on to success is by being efficient in every area. Nothing should be left untouched. Failure to go along with a specific part may lead to your failure in other parts because life requires you having a little knowledge at least in every aspect of it. Be dynamic and not static!

Change your life with your thought
This goes a long way because success begins with you, starts from your actions and perseverance. It starts from how much you can be able to think, reason and act. Your thought is very powerful and goes a long way in determining how successful you can be. You make choices yourself and  choose everything yourself.

Consistent in pursuit of your dreams and goals
Think about people who run marathon and win, does it just happen? They train for weeks and months focused on attaining that goal. They do not blame others if they fail. Likewise do they let other people's utterances down them. Therefore, only consistency makes the difference. Keep moving on and don't look at your past but focus more on your goal.

Remember, we will decide our destiny ourselves. Yes! You are where you are because that is where your mind wants you to be. It is not someone else's fault.

It is the way 99.9% of us have been conditioned but in an instant and a single instant, you can change all of that.

Therefore make the change today and get yourself on the right track. Danke!

OAU Post-UTME: DE Candidates Surprised With Current Affairs Questions

By Adetula David

Over 27,000 candidates cutting across secondary school leavers and Direct Entry students who had applied to Obafemi Awolowo University for admission wrote today’s Post-UTME at various centres in the institution.

Many of the Direct Entry (DE) candidates that were tested for the first time via written examination have however expressed surprises with Current Affairs questions they were tested on. Many of them before now thought they would be tested on subjects relating to their field of study but that was not the case. One of the DE candidates who spoke with OAU Peeps News Agency on the condition of anonymity lamented that he was caught unaware as he was not prepared for what he met.

“I was not expecting Current Affairs questions. I was shocked when I saw questions on government, politics and the rest. As a DE student seeking admission into the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, I was prepared to answer questions from Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics but got a big surprise instead”.

Another candidate who spoke with us expressed displeasure at the method adopted by OAU this year to screen DE students stating that they were just made to buy forms and write the examination unnecessarily.

“Things are just changing when it gets to my time. How can OAU suddenly wake up overnight and start Post-UTME for DE students. I think OAU only needs money and that is why they have made us to write this exam. Funny enough, we were not tested based on what we know.” Another Direct Entry candidate said.

In this year's Post-UTME, Direct Entry students were tested in two (2) sections, one was on Use of English and the other on Current Affairs.

In what seems to be a contrasting opinion, the secondary school leavers expressed satisfaction at the conduct of the examination. Many of them were optimistic that they will score good marks that will be sufficient for them to gain admission. However, some of these candidates complained of time insufficiency as they could not finish up.

The result of the Post-UTME is expected to be released and accessible on the school portal within 24 hours after the conduct of the examination.

OAU Post-UTME Examination Holds Today

 

The Entire OAU Peeps News Agency hereby wishes every aspirant, both UTME and Direct Entry, writing the Obafemi Awolowo University’s Post UTME and Screening Examination respectively a good success. We Say All the Best

Your Body Selects Too: Know Your Allergies - Pope Jay

 Three hundred years ago in certain parts of Africa, if a man had a rash or a serious cough, it would have been thought to most likely be a spiritual attack. A hundred years ago, it would most likely be thought to be an infection and perhaps maybe still a spiritual attack. However, in the present day; a continuous sneeze, persistent itching and a whole lot of other illnesses can now be traced to a wide range of causes; from a simple bacterial infection to a complex and maybe untreatable viral infection to a whole lot of others causes. However, a vast majority of these simple illnesses can now be traced to a simple negative reaction by the body to something it does not like, simply called an Allergy.

An Allergy is a hypersensitivity reaction by the body to foreign substances that in similar amounts and circumstances may not affect other people and the substance that causes the allergic reaction is simply referred to as Allergen and an allergen may be a number of things; dust, fur, a particular type of food, bites from particular insects and certain drugs to mention a few. An allergen varies from person to person meaning that what causes an allergic reaction in Mr. A may not affect Mr. B at all and this is a major reason why it is very important to know ones specific allergens.

Some symptoms of allergies may include reddening of the eyes, mild and severe itching, runny nose, skin infections and even asthma attacks. Allergies may be deadly in some instances leading to conditions like anaphylactic shocks which may in turn lead to death. Allergies as simple as they may seem contribute a whole lot to worldwide deaths as a result of ignorance, carelessness and the lackadaisical attitude of majority towards their allergens. 

 The best way to handle allergies is to prevent them, a man should learn what is allergens are and avoid them. However, due to the imperfection of man and his inability to have a hundred percent control of his environment, allergens may not be totally avoidable therefore people should try to learn more about the nature of their allergies and their respective first aid treatments. For example, a man who gets breathing difficulties when exposed to dust or a damp environment should try as much as possible to avoid dusty environments and damp and moldy places as mould spores could irritate him and set up a toxic reaction in his system, he should also get face masks, inhalers and over the counter drugs for his condition just in case. Allergic symptoms may however persist in some cases; it would then be advisable to seek out a professional medical practitioner to confirm if it is really an allergy and how best to treat it. 

 Allergic reactions affect a high percentage of the population and the health system apart from providing cures can also help the society by the frequent enlightenment of the general masses in order to be more conscious of this individualistic natural selection process of the body and perhaps, they may reduce the hospital visits.

Pope Jay