Five students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta were arrested by the Police for illegal possession of guns and engaging in cult activities.
The arrested students are Olawale Olaniyi, Adeyemi Azeez, Olufalo Bidemi, Osilaja Hammed and Bashorun Sodiq.
The accused were charged before a Magistrate Court in Ogun State on a three-count charge, ranging from conspiracy, unlawful possession of firearms and belonging to a secret cult by the Director...
Thursday, 25 December 2014
12:42
Emmanuel Shebbs
The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) held the combined 25th and 26th Convocation Ceremonies for the 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 session graudands on Friday December 19th, 2014 at the New Auditorium of the University.
A total of 4,324 students received their first degree certificates with 52 of them bagging first class.
Speaking at the event, the Pro-Chancellor...
Wednesday, 24 December 2014
08:12
Emmanuel Shebbs
In pursuance of the primary objective of saving our great nation from total collapse, I, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari of the Nigerian army have, after due consultation amongst the services of the armed forces, been formally invested with the authority of the Head of the Federal Military Government and the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It is with humility...
Monday, 22 December 2014
13:43
Emmanuel Shebbs
Calabar Carnival street (dry-run) party scene, 2014
Well,
for those who may not have been privileged to witness the Calabar Carnival,
here is a tip of the ice for you.
The
Calabar Carnival is an annual event which lasts for 31days-1st
December to 31st December. But the street party, which accounts for
my concern for writing this piece, comes up on 27th day of December.
It is usually...
Tuesday, 30 September 2014
16:36
Emmanuel Shebbs
To a Nigerian, the first day of
October is a day everyone joys for what they don’t know. Everyone gets happier,
probably because it is a holiday and a day they stay out of the troubles of Nigeria’s
work force.
From juvenile, a Nigerian was
told to revere 1st October much more than their birthdays because if was on
that day, Nigeria got freedom from British colonialism. It was a day Nigerian bureaucrats
were...
Friday, 19 September 2014
15:27
Emmanuel Shebbs
The University of Calabar
community once again witnessed a huge feel of entertainment last week as the
Family of Prof. James Epoke gave out their one and only daughter to the family
of William Obasuyi in marriage. The wedding processes commenced with a
traditional wedding which involves the payment of dowry and presentation of
wine to the bride’s family. The traditional wedding held at Igboimabana...
Saturday, 17 May 2014
00:59
Emmanuel Shebbs
At first, he was kinda
discouraged but after a long time persistence, Segun Oyeyiola came up with the
first solar-powered car in Nigeria and makes boast and fame and name.
A report revealed
that the car itself has got a scarce detail. According to the report, “given
the size of the solar panel and (what is assumed to be) the lack of access to
modern li-ion or li-air batteries, I’d have...
Sunday, 11 May 2014
21:40
Emmanuel Shebbs
An Abia State student will soon be smiling home with a huge
sum of N50,000 (fifty thousand) Naira in his pocket; courtesy of the Ochedo
Global legacies in the education sector which has left no one without a touch.
The Ochedo’s bursary grants to Abia State students have
struck a different tune in Nigeria education system as the only state that paid
up to such sum of money to its students. Research has revealed that this is the
highest grant ever given to students just for bursary by a state...
21:39
Emmanuel Shebbs
Abia State Polytechnic is the feather that colours the flying
wings of education in Abia State. For those who may have ignored the relevance
of polytechnics in Nigeria, it will however be shocking to them that Abia
Polytechnic is shredding the pride of most universities by introducing a new
wave of school administration in ASPOLY which has over the years attracted the
winks of likes and jealousy by passers-by who perhaps expected a lower feat.
The newly procured permanent site has attracted...
21:08
Emmanuel Shebbs
A University of Calabar lecturer, Dr. Godwin Iwatt has been knocked
by unknown assassin who shot him in his office.
It was about 1:30 PM, on a normal school day, a gunshot was
heard around the administrative unit of the Department of Micro Biology. The
gun shot scared the students and staff around the area and all scampered for
safety.
An eyewitness told our correspondent: “when we heard the...
21:01
Emmanuel Shebbs
It was another wonderful Sunday,
after a church service in Calabar, when a student-pastor and his members cut
and ate a keyboard which was presented by the Pastor to the church as a
birthday gift.
“There is no difference between
this keyboard here and the keyboard you use in this church”, says Afia Ndah,
the Chief Executive Officer of Chi Chi Spiece who is the designer of the cake
that looks...
Sunday, 4 May 2014
13:26
Emmanuel Shebbs
Asari Dokubo has been off the
shades of media for some time now.
The other time he came out, he
challenged the statement made by one of the top politicians in Nigeria and
former Head of State Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. Although the statement was ethnocentric,
former Head of State was making a case for free and fair election come 2015. In
reaction, Dokubo swore fire and brimstone if Jonathan fails...
Saturday, 3 May 2014
07:27
Emmanuel Shebbs
The day was 6th July
1967. In the early hours of the day, as usual, a civil servant on the streets
of Onitsha and Aba would have his flat file strapped under his arms to board
the next train to his office.
A school master would be on his
White Horse bicycle, cycling his way to the school to wait on late-coming
students to whip with the cane, inculcate the culture of true citizenship,
discipline...
Thursday, 1 May 2014
01:21
Emmanuel Shebbs
Under the cover of darkness,
Nigeria’s dreaded Islamic
terrorist group, Boko Haram have allegedly conveyed
over 80 under-age girls earlier kidnapped at Government Girls Secondary School
in the Chibouk area of the north-eastern state of Borno to Cameroon, while
another 50 had been hidden in Chad. Painfully, all these under-age girls
between 12 to 17 years were transported in long buses outside...
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
02:07
Emmanuel Shebbs
Letter writing is an act of communication. In most establishments, letter writing exercise, especially, ‘Application Letters’ are used by most CEOs to do entrance Tests for their applicants for employment.
This is because letter writing pulls the in-gene of personal expression in you. It causes you to do some more in writing, thinking, articulation and composition; it also tows out your initiative a great deal. For those that are writers, one common thing is that if you go through your work...
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