2015 MTN Foundation Scholarship

MTN (MTN Foundation) invites applications from eligible students from across the country for its 2015 Scholarship program.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Applicants from public Universities and Colleges of Education in Nigeria must be full time undergraduates in 200 level/2nd year.

Applicants from public Universities and Colleges of Education must have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) score of 3.5 or its equivalent (2:1)

Applicants from public Polytechnics must have a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 (upper credit) from the Ordinary National Diploma (OND) programme and must have secured admission into the Higher National Diploma programme (HND).

Direct entry level students must have a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 (upper credit) from the OND programme and must have secured admission into 200 level/2nd year in a public University

Current Beneficiaries of the MTN Foundation Science and Technology Scholarship award are not eligible to apply


The MTN Foundation reserves the right to cancel or suspend a scholarship award if it is discovered that an applicant /awardee provided false information.

Names of successful candidates will be published in National Dailies

WORTH: N200,000 per beneficiary.

DEADLINE: Closing date for receipt of application is Sunday, September 6, 2015
Please note that all information provided will be verified and persons with fraudulent information will be held accountable.

Please note that this portal is the only mode of application.

Only applications from students studying one of the under listed courses will be considered:
Accountancy/Accounting
Agric. Extension and Rural Development;
Agricultural Science; Agronomy
Animal Breeding and Genetics;
Animal Nutrition;
Animal Production and Health
Aquaculture and Fisheries Management;
Applied Physics
Architecture;
Chemical Engineering;
Civil Engineering;
Computer and Electronics
Computer and Information Science;
Computer and Mathematics;
Computer Engineering
Computer Science;
Electrical Engineering;
Electrical/Electronics Engineering;
Electronics and Computer Technology
Electronics Engineering;
Engineering Physics;
Industrial Mathematics;
Industrial Physics
Information Technology;
Mathematics;
Mechanical Engineering;
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Petroleum and Gas Engineering;
Physics Electronics;
Geophysics;
Physics/ Computational Modeling
Pure/ Applied Physics;
Statistics;
Statistics and Computer Science;
System Engineering.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

NASELS OAU: Congress Reinstates Suspended Executives

The Congress of students of the Department of English and Literary Studies has late yesterday night lifted the suspension order placed on three executive members of National Association of Students of English and Literary Studies (NASELS) by her legislative arm.

Following a congress presided over by the Vice President and acting President of the association, the suspended President, General Secretary and Financial Secretary were considered to resume their various offices. The Clerk of NASELS Students’ Representative Council, NSRC was called upon in the course of the congress to explain the resolution of the parliament some days ago that pronounced three (3) executive members suspended which he did. After deliberations, a motion to lift the suspension on those executives was overwhelmingly voted for and adopted.


The NSRC however escaped ban which could have been tagged by many as reprisal following the failure of a motion agitating for the suspension of the parliament for three (3) weeks to pass. With this development, some NASELSites have suggested that the Executive Council is expected to leverage on the peculiarity of this moment to build a stronger and cooperating tie with her legislative arm for the progress of the association.

It will be recalled that the NASELS Students’ Representative Council (NSRC) on Monday, August 17 suspended the President, General Secretary and Financial Secretary having been found guilty of committing constitutional aberration and gross misconduct.

OAU Vice Chancellor Inaugurates Central Strategic Planning Committee

The Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Professor Bamitale Omole has on Tuesday, 11th August, 2015 inaugurated a Central Strategic Planning Committee that is expected to work with all OAU stakeholders and develop a Strategic Plan for the University for the period of 2016-2020.

The life span of the OAU Strategic Plan for the period of 2011-2015 will expire by December, 2015, hence, the need for the development of a new Strategic Plan. The Committee has been given a period of three (3) months to execute this task.


The thrusts of the Plan include Academic Programmes and Support, Governance, Fund Generation and Management, Student and Staff Welfare, Municipal Services, Security, University Estate, Linkages and Partnerships, and Human Resources Development and Management.

According to the mandate given to the Central Strategic Planning Committee, every member of the University community is important in the process and the Committee expects input from all as to where the University should be by 2020. Submissions can be made to the Secretary, CSPC in Room 1 & 2, Floor 3 of the Secretariat Building Extension (ATSE) and/or strategicplan@oauife.edu.ng

Cut-off Marks Are Not Out -OAU Admissions Office

By Adetula David

The Admissions Office of Obafemi Awolowo University has discarded the widespread rumour circulating the air especially the social media that the cut-off mark for the 2015/2016 admission exercise is out.

One of our correspondents who visited the Admissions Office today reliably gathered that the cut-off marks are not out. The staff of the office in charge of admissions further said that we will know when the cut-off marks are actually out.


"The admission cut-off marks for this year is not yet out. When we release it, you will know" A staff responded.

You can always trust OAU Peeps News Agency for the accurate release of details regarding admissions and once the cut-off marks for this year are out, you will be dully informed.

Students' Union VP, Oprah Is A Year Older Today

The Vice President of the Great Ife Students Union, Oladunjoye Opeyemi a.k.a Oprah is a year older today as she celebrates her birthday. The law student was born on August 19, more than two decades ago.


The entire crew of OAU Peeps News Agency uses this medium to felicitate with you and wish you the best of God in your academic, administrative and other life's endeavour. You are celebrated dear!

Apply To Become UNILEVER Campus Ambassador

The Unilever Nigeria PLC is giving opportunities to students to become her ambassador. See detailed information about the Unilever Campus Ambassador and how to take part in it below:

About UNILEVER Campus Ambassadors.
The Campus Ambassador role provides great opportunities for wider levels of interaction and building a rewarding relationship with the company. It also creates invaluable networking and work platform for students that helps create a seamless transition between school life and the real world.

One of the ways in which we engage students is through campus activities in Nigerian Universities and we do this in collaboration with students who we select as Campus Ambassadors.

Terms for engagement
To qualify to be a Unilever Brand Ambassador, candidates must:




Be enrolled in a Nigerian University.
Not be in first year and or final year.
Have a minimum of at least 3.0 CGPA on a 5.0 Point rating scale or 5.0 CGPA on a 7.0 Point rating scale.
Be creative and innovative.
Be sociable and actively involved in school activities on Campus.
Have a good moral record and relationship with the School authorities.
Have good communication skills.

Responsibilities
Work closely with the Unilever Employer Brand team.
Participate in organizing Unilever campus events.
Spread the word about Internships and other opportunities.
Provide campus/students insights to Unilever
Build relationships on campus with faculty and student groups.
Spread Unilever goodwill with fellow students.

DEADLINE: not specified

To be a part of this great opportunity, Please click on this link signup

The Death Of Hope -Pope Jay

(In April 2014, Over 200 girls were kidnapped by the Boko Haram sect, a dreaded insurgent group in North of Nigeria. Since then, several rescues and escapes have been reported but this flash fiction is dedicated to the ones whose escape or rescue story we would never hear...)  

 

And there she lay, in her own pool of blood, counting down with every breath, looking for the perfect last words. Abubakar Aasia was going to leave this world not exactly the way she planned. She had wanted to be a politician so she could help her small community. But there and then, she watched that very dream fade before her eyes, perhaps killed by the very nation she had hoped to serve or the ones she had hoped to protect it from.

  A few months earlier when the militants came to abduct her and her mates in school, they were quite hopeful that they would be rescued. But after weeks of waiting, she tried to escape. Her escapade got her caught up in a cross fire and as in most cases, a bullet went astray. As life left her body Aasia finally found the words, the very words every pious Muslim wants to say last.

“La Ilaha illa Allah,Muhammadu Rasool Allah."

Pope Jay