Internship, Unified Scheme of Service, Unilateral Conversion Approved for Nurses

Following several agitations from The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) to the Federal Government to approve the unified schemes of service for nurses and the implementation of internship for graduates of nursing sciences. This is to inform the general public that the scheme has been approved and full implementation will begin soon. The news filtered in from Minna in Niger state where the National Council on establishment meeting held some days ago.

Confirming the report through a communique tagged " A Victory For Nigerian Nurses" , the President of The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Comrade {Nurse} Abdrafiu Alani Adeniji, congratulated all nurses and also stated that "it is a thing of joy that the efforts of our heroes and forefathers of the nursing profession have not being in vain”. He further stated that all hands will be on deck to utilise all resources within their disposal to achieve its full implementation and the upliftment of the nursing profession to the profession where they can truly be at par with other front line professionals in the health industry and with other counterparts on the international scene.

Speaking with a correspondent of OAU Peeps News Agency on the development, a nursing student of Obafemi Awolowo University and also the Senate president of All Nigerian Universities Nursing Students Association(NUNSA), Senator Ogunjobi Yomi Ogyom said the development will bring professionalism to nursing practice and will further improve the quality of Nigerian nurses hence Nigerians will have access to nursing care practice as being experienced in the Western world. He further Congratulated all nursing students and thanked everyone who helped in bringing the nursing students dream to reality.

Enter The University Of Sussex & Goal Nigeria #WritingGamesNG Competition

In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Nigeria’s victory at the Men’s Football Event of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Goal Nigeria and the University of Sussex, United Kingdom, have announced the #WritingGamesNG, an essay writing competition.

The #WritingGamesNG theme is “The spirit of Atlanta '96 - how sport and Olympic values can promote individual and national development.”

The competition is open to final year undergraduate and post-graduate students in both Nigerian and overseas institutions and National Youth Service Corps personnel in Nigeria.

The competition is to celebrate the unprecedented victory of the Nigeria men’s football team that won Africa’s first football gold medal 20 years ago.

“We want our readers, who are mostly young and keen football fans, to cast their minds back on a time when Nigeria ruled the Olympics and how that feat can be used to promote important values on our country’s march to greatness,” said Goal Nigeria chief editor Lolade Adewuyi.

The University of Sussex joined with Goal Nigeria to promote writing in the country.

“It is often said that we all speak football but the role of education in society is often overlooked. The University of Sussex is delighted to team up with Goal on the #WritingGamesNG to promote education via sports and vice-versa. Sussex is a top 20 UK university just an hour from London; we offer a sports scholarships scheme and £5,000 Sussex Nigeria Scholarships,” said Tosin Adebisi, Senior International Officer at the University of Sussex.

The competition will be judged by Professor Richard Follett from the University of Sussex, Professor Dipo Salami from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, and the Goal Nigeria Editorial Board. The competition is also supported by AIESEC Nigeria.

The Gold Medal winner will be awarded a certificate of achievement from the University of Sussex and Goal Nigeria as well as a four-day trip to the Writivism 2016 Festival in Kampala, Uganda. The winning entry will also be published on the websites of Goal.com and the University of Sussex.

The winner will also be matched with a mentor from Writivism to help with professional development.

The Silver and Bronze Medal winners will receive certificates of achievement and will win placement opportunities at Goal Nigeria to undertake internships. Both entries will be published on Goal.com.

All three finalists will have an opportunity to contribute editorials towards Goal.com coverage of the Olympic Games and will also receive branded items from Sussex and other partners.

Entries must be between 500 and 750 words and should be sent to nigeria.competitions@goal.com no later than midnight August 6, 2016. Winners will be announced on August 12, 2016.

Terms and Conditions/Eligibility
- Must be a final year student of a Nigerian university/polytechnic or a Nigerian final year student in an overseas university and have a valid travel document.
- Must be a current NYSC personnel. IDs will be presented alongside entries.
- By participating, entrants agree that their names, profiles and images can be used for publicity purposes for the competition.
- Entries must be between 500-750 words and will be judged on the originality of ideas,
- Entries will only be accepted via the official email, nigeria.competitions@goal.com
- Entries close at midnight on August 6, 2016.
- Winners will be announced on August 12, 2016 via the Goal website.

Buhari Sacks JAMB Registrar, Appoints New CEOs

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 17 new Chief Executives for Parastatals and Agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education. The appointment is with effect from August 1, 2016.

While some of the appointments amounted to the sack of the former CEOs, some others, like the National Universities Commission, had theirs replaced after the tenure of office of the incumbent.
Those appointed are:

National Universities Commission – Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed

Nigerian Institute for Education Planning and Administration – Prof. Lilian Salami
Universal Basic Education – Dr. Hameed Bobboyi

National library of Nigeria – Prof Lanre Aina

National Examinations Council – Prof. Charles Uwakwe

National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal education – Prof. Abba Aladu

Nomadic education Commission – Prof. Bashir Usman

National Business and technical Examinations Board – Prof. Isioma Isiugo-Abanihe

Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria – Prof. Sunday Josiah Ajiboye

Computer Registration Council of Nigeria – Afolabi Aderinto

National Commission for Colleges of Education – Prof. Bappah Aliyu

Tertiary Education Trust Fund – Dr. Abdullahi Bichi Baffa

National Mathematical Centre – Prof. Steven Ejugwu Onah

Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB – Prof. Ishaq Oloyede

National Institute of Nigerian Languages – Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche

Librarian Registration Counil of Nigeria – Prof Michael Afolabi

National Teachers Institute – Prof Garba Dahuwa Azare

Similarly, President Buhari has also approved that the following chief executives to be retained in their respective agencies:

Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council – Prof. Samaila Junaidu

Nigerian French Language C\Village – Prof Rauuf adebisi

National board for technical education – Dr. Mas’ud Kazaure

National Arabic language Village – Prof. Muhammad Mu’az.



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Important Notice To Fresh OAU Undergraduates

The ICT department of Obafemi Awolowo University has come out with plans to commence the ICT training earlier postponed. Below is the information posted to the fresh undergraduates.

This is to inform the fresh undergraduate students in the following faculties: Technology, Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Dentistry, Agriculture, Sciences, EDM and Pharmacy; that the earlier postponed ICT training as a result of university closure has been rescheduled for Thursday 4th and Friday 5th August, 2016.

Kindly maintain your batch.

For enquiries: 07051091412, 08121255174

Revised OAU Academic Calendar For The 2015/2016 Session

The Academic Calendar for the 2015/2016 Academic session has been amended.

The breakdown of academic activities is as stated below;

Harmattan Semester
July 28, 2016 - Senate
August 3, 2016 - Fresh Students come into Residence
August 7, 2016 – Returning Students come into Residence
August 8th, 2016 – Harmattan Semester lectures commence
August 19th, 2016 – End of Normal registration
August 31, 2016 – End of Late Registration
September 1, 2016 – Matriculation
September 5-9, 2016 – Continuous Assessment
September 28, 2016 – Senate
October 28, 2016 – Harmattan semester Lectures Ends
Oct 31-Nov 4, 2017 - Lecture free week
November 7, 2016 – Harmattan Semester Examination Begins
November 25, 2016 – Harmattan Semester examination Ends
November 25, 2016 – End of Semester

Rain Semester
November 28, 2016 – Online Registration For Rain Semester
November 30th, 2016 - senate
December 7-10, 2016 – Convocation Ceremonies
December 9, 2016 – End of Normal Registration
December 11, 2016 – Students Return to Residence for Rain semester
December 12, 2016 – Rain Semester Lectures Commence
December 16th, 2016 End of Late Registration with Penalty
January 23 –27, 2017 – Continuous Assessment
January 25, 2017 – Senate
March 10, 2017 – Rain Semester Lectures End
March 13-17, 2017 – Lecture Free Week
March 20, 2017 – Rain Semester Examinations Begin
March 29, 2017 – Senate
April 7, 2017 – Rain Semester Examinations End
April 7, 2017 – End of Session

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WhatsApp Autocracy- Pope Jay

Over the past weeks, the number of WhatsApp groups I belong to has increased geometrically. Most of the groups I have had to join recently have been due to an unavoidable necessity. And in some of these groups, I have had to be one of the group administrators for various reasons. I must confess, It has been quite an experience: Good, bad and ugly.


I have come to observe that different people join different groups (WhatsApp groups majorly) for different reasons and most importantly without considering the fundamentals that birth most of these groups. Within permissible limits of presumption, I want to believe that a high percentage of users, especially in the older teenage and early youthful stage, join most groups in search of adventure and amusement without any real connection to the main purpose of the establishment of the group.  The aftereffect of this is not far-fetched; it's loads and loads of irrelevant chats, annoying spam and unnecessary “Send To 7 People or die” messages.


Personally, I try to castigate this rather sad decadence of order whenever I can, especially in groups where I can. I am an advocate of purpose; I believe my actions at every point in time should be tied to a particular purpose. As a matter of fact, this is a basic principle for achieving appreciable productivity. Putting this simply, if I join a WhatsApp group to plan an event, the messages and posts on such group should be centred around this purpose, if I want to listen to the gospel, I know where to go.


I have had to offend many people who do not share this perspective. If I create a group for a particular reason and, knowing fully well this purpose, a person decides to spam the group with very irrelevant information, there is a very high tendency that I may 'unintentionally' remove such person from the group. Many people have often called this autocratic and oppressive and this just leaves me to wonder, “Are WhatsApp groups supposed to be democratic?”.


In as much as I appreciate the dividends of democracy et al, I believe it does have its flaws and it is these flaws that make it relatively unsuitable in some scenarios. For instance, there have been issues of administrators removing persons of antagonistic beliefs from general groups and this is condemnable ONLY if it does not agree with the choice of the majority; which according to basic democratic guidelines, carry the vote. However, if I as a person or corporate body create a group and set rules, I reserve the right to dismiss or sanction you if you break these rules. In simpler terms, it’s just like clicking the “I agree” column in the Terms and Conditions section (which no one ever reads) when signing up on most social network platforms, giving the handlers the right to delete your account whenever you break their rules.


Conclusively, I would also want to advise the “Human Rights Activists” who go around fighting when people are sanctioned for breaking rules or basic ethical codes to try to easen up and be a little more patient when trying to moderate some issues, especially the “WhatsApp Activists”. There is such a thing as WhatsApp Autocracy whether you like it or not; in which case it's probably better to just leave the group.          


Pope Jay