6, Including A 60-yr-old Docked Over Arson In Osun

Six persons, yesterday, pleaded not guilty to arson before an Osogbo Magistrate’s court.
The accused persons; Oladele Tunji, 28; Azeez Onifade, 60; Raaji Abdulahi, 47; Salami Kayode, 46; Olarewaju Adekale, 40; and Azeez Ogunbola, 40,
were docked for alleged arson at Oba-Oke during the bloody clash between Oba-Ile and Oba-Oke communities in Olorunda Local Government Area of Osun State.
The Police had arrested the six people at Oba-Oke after they allegedly burnt the palace of the Oloba of Oba-Oke, Oba Adams Yusuf, penultimate Sunday, when a bloody clash ensued between the two neighbouring communities over the ownership of a disputed land.

The six accused persons, who are from Oba-Ile community and others now at large, according to the prosecution, were said to have committed the alleged offence on October 20 after the annual Oro festival of Oba-Ile.
They were also alleged to have attempted to take the lives of Sulaimon Taofeek, Durojaye Saheed, Rahman Abiona and Kosamotu Olalekan.
The six accused persons, however claimed innocence, urging the court to temper justice with mercy.

5 Things Your Husband Needs to Hear When Things Just Aren’t Going His Way

Here are five things that he may need to hear from you when he is down for the count:

1. “I believe in you.”
Sweet words like this, whispered or yelled, can help your husband know that, despite any self-doubt, there is someone that sees his worth and has bought into his long term vision and mission for himself and the family.
2. “I love you.”
Your husband may need to hear these words when things are not going his way to center him and remind him that your love is unconditional and anchored in something larger than immediate challenges or (perceived) failures.
3. “I am here if you need to talk.”
Some say that men aren’t wired to be the best communicators in general, And when their emotions are all up in a knot because of a current problem they are trying to solve in their lives—forget about it—you need a crow bar to get the man in your life to emote or express his feelings. Well, maybe the truth of the matter is that instead of getting them to open up, we give them permission to be themselves and be ready when they want to share.

4. “You sexy as ….”
s*x sells but it also heals. I’ve polled a few men informally about this statement and they agree that reminding your husband that he is sexy and wanted is something that brightens their day and infuses them with a little more courage to persevere. CAVEAT: It is best that this statement is said as a prelude to a love session and you are already unclad. You gotta deliver on this statement. Don’t be starting nothing that you can’t finish.
5. “This too shall pass.”
If your husband has identified himself as the leader of the family, Mr. Protector, and Mr. Provider, and somehow his current obstacles are keeping him from fulfilling these roles, it might be helpful to remind him that whatever is going on is temporary and it shall pass. When he hears this and knows that you believe this, it may give him the patience and peace of mind to ride out the tide without beating himself up for what he thinks he ought to be doing for himself and the family.

For Men – The Best Places To Meet Women

Most guys seem to have no idea where to meet women, which is odd considering they are everywhere you go.
Depending on the kind of girl you’re looking for, however, certain environments will be more suitable than others.

Here’s a list of the best places to meet women and the types you can find there.
The Gym – Although it’s a common place that most people already think of, the gym can be a decent place to find women. Just don’t be one of those guys that stares at them in their spandex all day.
Yoga Class – This is fast becoming one of the most popular places to meet women. The only problem is that some of these classes are starting to have more men than women in them due to this very fact.
Bookstore – A bookstore, or alternatively the library, can be a great place to meet women with a more intellectual side to them.

Weddings – Probably more suited for a quick one night fling, weddings can be the perfect place to take advantage of the high emotions most women will be feeling during the proceedings.
The Workplace – This can get you into a sticky situation if things go wrong, but the capacity to get to know a girl over a longer period of time can be a boon to those who lack the game required for other environments.
Online – When all else fails, simply create an account at one of the many popular online dating sites. It will be a game of numbers but then again the art of picking up women already is. You can find anything from long term relationships to short term hookups here.

The 11 Differences Between Dating A Girl And A Woman

A boy is attracted to girls. A man is attracted to women. Now, this has nothing to do with the actual age of a person. I’m referring to maturity, life vision and stage of life. In fact, some people regardless of their age, will never really grow up. Also, this isn’t to say that a woman won’t ever have “girlish” or immature tendencies or vice versa. This post refers to one’s maturity and most points would also apply if you switch the genders as well.

If you are a boy, then expect that you will attract only girls. However, if you are a man (independent, knows your worth and value, has a strong moral compass, is considerate and an able communicator and doesn’t let insecurity dominate your psyche), then you should be dating a woman. And if you can’t spot the difference just yet, here are some pointers:
1. A girl throws tantrums. When displeased, upset or angry, she reacts just as she did as a child when she didn’t get her way with her parents. This often consists of screaming, pouting, giving the silent treatment, being passive, aggressive and/or punishing. A woman still feels the emotions of being upset/displeased, but has cultivated the skill of responding versus reacting. She comes to the table as an adult, and communicates clearly what is bothering her.
2. A girl perceives herself as a princess and believes people should treat her like so. She is entitled and feels that she is owed and therefore expects more than she appreciates. A woman, has standards (what she holds herself to) not expectations (what she projects on to others).
3. A girl uses her physical beauty as her currency and basis of value. A girl may be so used to feeling validated through her looks and se*uality, that she uses this as her primary tool to get what she wants in life. A woman, knows her worth is beyond her physicality. A woman bases her value on her intelligence, her strength, her integrity, her values, her contributions, her humanity.
4. A girl banks on a man to be her financial strategy. A woman plans to be financially independent — she banks on… herself. And if she so happens to enter a relationship dynamic where it makes sense for her partner to be the primary breadwinner, it’s considered a bonus, not the expected life line.
5. A girl sees the world from a place of lack and scarcity. She competes and will even tear down another in order to secure resources or a mate. A woman helps other women. She knows that there’s plenty enough to go around and takes the high road of integrity to get what she wants.
6. A girl cannot be bothered with anything domestic and is proud of the fact that she cannot cook or clean. A woman understands that being domestic is not a duty, but understands that it is one way of taking care of herself and others. She also understands that in the event she wants to create a family, having a person in the household who can contribute domestically is important.

7. “A girl wants attention, a woman wants respect. A girl wants to be adored by many. A woman wants to be adored by one.” -anonymous
8. A girl does not respect her body. She has not yet understood that her body and heart are sacred, and that it’s important to be mindful of how she treats it and who she shares it with.
9. A woman takes the time to reflect on the type of human she wants to be, the example she wants to leave and the vision for her life. She has put thought into her values and what she stands for. A girl has not established her moral compass or values and consequently, is often inconsistent.
10. A girl has a checklist that prioritizes superficial qualities above anything else. Here is an example of how this checklist may look: Hot, popular, wears skinny jeans, over six feet tall, rich.. This is the checklist of what a woman may look for: High integrity, intelligent, kind, good communicator, emotionally available…
Now, a lot of these differences require taking the time to know someone to figure out if the apple of your eye is indeed a mature woman, or someone with an immature mindset. However, one of the quickest filters that you can notice from the beginning is this:
11. A girl plays games. A woman doesn’t.

Brain Cells Use Sleep Time To ‘Flush Out’ Toxins, Restoring Healthy Brain Function

A healthy brain requires plenty of restful sleep, not only to support proper memory retention but also for physical maintenance and detoxification purposes. And new research funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health further reinforces these latter points, having found that getting a good night’s rest is absolutely vital for brain cells to fully relax, allowing special fluid to rush in the brain and literally flush out material toxins during the night.

It is a whole new area of brain research that scientists from the Center for Translational Neuromedicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York are pioneering, but it has the potential to revolutionize how the medical community views degenerative brain conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. If simple rest is really the missing ingredient for many people currently suffering the early stages of dementia, then the cure is pretty straight forward.
According to a recent announcement by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Dr. Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., D.M.Sc., and her colleagues were not expecting the results they eventually arrived at as part of their sleep study. Though it has been hypothesized that sleep somehow helps clear the brain and prepare it for each new day, little is understood about the mechanisms that drive this important process — that is, until now.
As published in the journal Science, the new research identified glia, a type of brain cell, as the controlling mechanism that allows cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to flow through special channels in the brain and scavenge waste. And it is only while a person sleeps, says Dr. Nedergaard and her team, that glia appears to perform this important duty, effectively facilitating a vast network of tiny channels through which CSF can flow and clear out toxins.
The glymphatic system, which activates during sleep, is the brain’s ultimate detoxifier

Much like how the lymphatic system clears out metabolic waste from the rest of the body, the “glymphatic system,” as Dr. Nedergaard calls it, takes care of the cellular trash that otherwise builds up in a person’s brain and impairs neurological function. This even includes those infamous beta-amyloid proteins, which copious research has identified as being linked to Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
“We here report that sleep has a critical function in ensuring metabolic homeostasis,” write the authors in their abstract. “[T]he restorative function of sleep may be a consequence of the enhanced removal of potentially neurotoxic waste products that accumulate in the awake central nervous system.”
The moral of the story, in conclusion, is that sleep is an absolutely critical component of vibrant health. It is during these salient, unconscious hours that the brain is able to cleanse and restore itself in ways that it is unable to do while awake. So be sure to maintain a regular and adequate sleep schedule — your brain will thank you.
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Top 3 Types Of Girls Men HATE To Date

We LOVE girls. It’s in our DNA. However, past your looks and past your image you TRY to portray of yourself, these are the three types of girls we can’t stand!

3. The Debater.
This is the girl that is never wrong. Ever. Ask her who is right and who is wrong in the argument? She is. You beat her with proof and examples or even took her to court and beat her through the legal process and still ask her who is right? She is. Girls, this is the side of you or the few of you who refuse to be wrong. No matter if the relationship is on the line, it’s a debate about sports, or we’re asking you if you’ll let us go to the bar with our friends, this is the girl who has it her way or the highway. Definitely not the kind of girl ANY guy wants to consider putting a ring on.
2. The “Perfect” Girl.
This is the girl who realized in Middle School that all the boys liked her and it was because she was prettier than other girls and has ridden it her whole life. College was her way of finding the richest man she could to take care of her for the rest of her life. First of all these types of girls are impossible to please as well as they will always think they’re better than you. Giving a girl the kind of power to know she can leave you and date any other guy is horrible when she abuses it. Girls who have these kinds of looks and are humble are hard to find, but if you have one, don’t let go of her.

1. Miss Negative.
Want to hear a sad story? They have one. Want to hear how bad someone else’s life is? They would LOVE to sit you down and tell you about theirs. These are the girls that find the bad side to everything. You win a million dollars in the lottery? She’s thinking about taxes and will instantly tell you about the stories of people who ruin their lives after they win the lottery. There’s just no happiness in them. Not only are they impossible to date, they’re impossible to enjoy.
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7 Advice From Ladies That Put Men Off

These are things women should just avoid offering up, no matter how helpful she believes she’s being because in all likelihood, she’s probably throwing gasoline on the fire.

1. Let me show you how… This one is all about ego. You know how you’ve always believed that your guy just HATES to admit that he’s not able to do something? Well you were right. Just don’t say anything. Do what you’ve already been doing: let him do it wrong then you come through and do it your way – errr I mean – the RIGHT way.
2. Size doesn’t matter. I mean come on. This one is downright insulting. You know this is a lie. The guy knows it’s a lie. Suuuuuuuuure, it’s not what you’ve got, it’s how you use it. But if he aint got it, he probably won’t be using it.
3. Ask for directions/It’s faster if you go this way… Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. But you know what? He’s already embarrassed and ashamed because he’s gotten you lost. Now you want to compound the problem with your logic? How dare you! We’ll get there when we get there!
4. How to manage his money. – Of course no one NEEDS an 80 inch television. But we’re getting it any way! Bad credit be damned!

5. It’s just a game. – Is it? Is it really? You know what? If your guy is upset over a big loss the WORST thing to say is this. Because it is so NOT just a game. He’s not a fool. He knows that a win or loss by his favorite team isn’t going to cure cancer – but that knowledge doesn’t make that last second loss to a hated rival go down any easier.
6. You should just … – Ugh. This is one of the WORST ways to start any kind of advisory statement. Because that opening phrase implies that something is easy. Solutions are generally pretty simple…execution of those solutions….not really as easy as that. You should just lose weight. You should just root for another team. You should just stop watching P0*n. If it was that easy everyone would do it!
7.You shouldn’t be eating… – This is another insulting one. Again implying that the guy is completely unaware. Hey, by a certain age, most people in general know that consuming more calories than you burn will lead to a few medical problems. But he still wants every artery-clogging morsel of that steak. Back off!

For Men – The Best Places To Meet Women

Most guys seem to have no idea where to meet women, which is odd considering they are everywhere you go.
Depending on the kind of girl you’re looking for, however, certain environments will be more suitable than others.

Here’s a list of the best places to meet women and the types you can find there.
The Gym – Although it’s a common place that most people already think of, the gym can be a decent place to find women. Just don’t be one of those guys that stares at them in their spandex all day.
Yoga Class – This is fast becoming one of the most popular places to meet women. The only problem is that some of these classes are starting to have more men than women in them due to this very fact.
Bookstore – A bookstore, or alternatively the library, can be a great place to meet women with a more intellectual side to them.

Weddings – Probably more suited for a quick one night fling, weddings can be the perfect place to take advantage of the high emotions most women will be feeling during the proceedings.
The Workplace – This can get you into a sticky situation if things go wrong, but the capacity to get to know a girl over a longer period of time can be a boon to those who lack the game required for other environments.
Online – When all else fails, simply create an account at one of the many popular online dating sites. It will be a game of numbers but then again the art of picking up women already is. You can find anything from long term relationships to short term hookups here

Skye Bank grosses N102bn in Q3

By BLAISE UDUNZE
Skye Bank Plc leveraged its increasingly efficient cost management and stable market share to optimize profitability in the third quarter of 2013 as gross earnings rose to N102 billion in the nine-month period, from N94 billion in the corresponding period of 2012.
The bank’s net interest margin increased by 12 percentage points from 47 percent to about 59 percent underlying the success of its focus on core commercial banking operations and investments in services delivery.
Interim earnings report for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013, which was prepared in compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), showed that the bank sustained steady growth in top-line earnings and made impressive growth in core banking profitability although its net bottom-line was constrained by regulatory costs.
The nine-month report showed that while interest income grew by 13.5 percent, net interest income rose by 42.04 percent, with net interest margin, which measures the profitability of the core banking operations, increasing from 47.08 percent in third quarter 2012 to 58.88 percent in third quarter 2013. The strong core profitability muted the adverse impact of industry-wide cost headwinds on the net bottom-line of the bank. The bank noted that various regulatory policies and tightened liquidity including the introduction of 50 percent Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) on public sector deposits and generally put pressure on profitability margins of banks.
The group results showed that gross earnings increased to N102.04 billion in 2013 as against N94.13 billion in comparable period of 2012 as interest income increased from N76.41 billion to N86.76 billion. Similarly, net interest income rose from N35.97 billion to N51.09 billion, while Group operating profit also rose by 21.6 per cent from N50.79 billion to N61.74 billion.
Commenting on the results, Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti, said the results have demonstrated the capacity of the bank to sustain continuous improvement in major performance indices.
According to him, the moderate growth was commendable in the context of the several regulatory policies and tightened liquidity which has constrained profitability margins across the industry.

ASUU’s N1.58tr war

By IKENNA EMEWU

•Exclusive full report of 21-point vexed agreement
•How we lost 34 months to strike in 14 years

At the latest and current onslaught, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), simply put, all lecturers in all federal and state universities, have been at war for about 110 days with the Federal Government.
It is a war Nigerians are aware of but don’t have the details of what really transpired in the much cited 2009 agreement
And from Abuja Metro investigations, the nation’s university system has lost close to three years to strike in 14 years. It is a total of about 33 months, 15 days as at today and the count continues until the last day of the present strike.
Because these strikes were not continuous, it unleashed 14 interruptions in 14 years, indicating that no year has been spared of ASUU strike in the period in review. Of the years, 2004 and 2012 that would have escaped the endless and fruitless strikes inherited protracted wars that spilled over to them from the previous years.
Ironically, the 2009 four-month strike that led to the disputed agreement that still causes wars till now was immediately followed the following year with a longer crisis that lasted five months and one week.
From the document in our possession from the Senate Committee on Education, ASUU entered into a 21-point deed with the FG in 1999, as a way of putting a stop to the endless strikes. Clauses 1 -6 of the agreement involve benefits of the university teachers to enable them work better.
Clauses 7 to 21, which constitute the bulk of the agreement are about making the universities better and suitable for learning. Outside the major issues, the agreement contains 27 sub clauses on conditions of implementation.
But the major point of disagreement is the funding of universities in Clause 7 whose cost is reduced to monetary figures. ASUU asked the FG to better fund the universities and that entailed a three-year plan. But the total proposed figure for the better funding amounts to N1,518,331,545,304 (One trillion, five hundred and eighteen billion, three hundred and thirty one million, five hundred and forty five thousand, three hundred and four naira)
A breakdown of the funding into three years which the FG also admitted to adhere to itemized average of N472, 031,575, 919 in 2009, N497,331, 778, 701 for 2010, and N548,768,190, 681 for 2011. Apart from full implementation, it is doubtful if the FG ever funded the universities in the past years with these sums as agreed to in a pact it executed as ASUU’s reason for strikes has remained the non-implementation of the agreement.
If there is any impossibility in the agreement signed by the two parties, it is essentially Clause 7(b) that states that “Each State University shall require N3,680,018 per student for the period 2009 – 2011.”
In Clause 7 (c)(d)  the agreement itemized that:  “A minimum of 26 per cent of the annual budget of the state and federal government be devoted to education,” and that: Education should be put on a ‘First Charge’” in the budget respectively.
At the Senate last week, while debate was on, Senator Adeyeye, a professor who represents one of the constituencies in Osun State faulted both the government for entering into impossible agreement and ASUU for drafting impossible and untenable conditions in the agreement. He questioned the rationale of compelling the FG in a deed to fund state universities it does not own and did not set up. He saw FG’s acceptance as irrational. But most of all, Adeyeye could not understand why lecturers could require allowances to supervise examinations, post graduate students works and other academic related works. His argument is that these constitute the core of lectureship and there is no need to pay lecturers extra benefits for doing the work for which they are lecturers.
The academic senator said the condition does not obtain anywhere in the academic world where teachers should be paid special benefits for teaching and marking exam scripts.
But there was none however that faulted the issue of funding as they agreed the demand by the lecturers for such is in order and for the good of the education system. The details of the agreement are presented fully, the first time in media report.

ASUU ASTRIKES SINCE 1999


1999 – 5 months
2001 – 3 months
2003 – 6 months that stretched into early 2004
2005 – 3 days
2006 – 1 week
2007 – 3 months
2008 – 1 week
2009 – 4 months
2010 – 5 months, 1 week
2011 – 3 months that extended into 2012
2013 – over 3 months
Total – 33 months, about 15 days

ASUU/FG 2009 AGREEMENT
In October 2009 the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) entered into an agreement which covers the following areas:

1.     Salary structure for academic staff of Nigerian universities;
2.     Earned academic allowances.
Post graduate supervision allowance, teaching practice/industrial supervision/field trip allowances, honoraria for external/internal examiner (postgraduate thesis), Honoraria for External Moderator of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Examinations, Postgraduate Study grant, External Assessment of Readers of professors, Call Duty/Clinical Hazard, Responsibility Allowance, excess Workload Allowance.

3.  Non-salary Condition of Service Vehicle Loan/car Refurbishing Loan, Housing Loan, Research leave, sabbatical Leave, Sick Leave, Maternity Leave, Injury pension, Staff Schools, provision of Accommodation and facilities.
4.  Pension of University academic Staff and compulsory Retirement Age.

5.  Formation of the Nigerian University Pension Fund Administrator.

6.  National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

7.  Funding of Universities:
a.  All regular federal universities shall require the sum of One Trillion, Five Hundred and Eighteen Billion, Three Hundred and Thirty-One Million, Five Hundred and Forty-Five Thousand, Three Hundred and Four Naira (N1, 518, 331, 545, 304) only for the period 2009 – 2011 as follows:
2009  -  N472, 031, 575, 919
2010 -  N497, 331, 778, 701
2011 - N548, 768, 190, 681

b. Each State University shall require N3,680,018 per student for the period 2009 – 2011 as follows:
2009  – N1,144, 075
2010  - N1, 205, 880
2011 - N1, 330, 063

c.  A minimum of 26% of the Annual Budget of the State and Federal Government be.

d. Education should be put on a ‘First Charge’

e.  Federal Government Assistance to States for Higher education

f.  Education Tax Fund Act to be amended to its original conception as Higher Education  Fund

g.  Governing Council of Universities shall access and effectively utilize funds from PTDF for research, training and development of Academic Staff

8. Transfer of Landed Property

9. Patronage of University Services

10.Funds from Alumni Association

11. Private Sector Contributions

12. Cost Saving Measure

13. Duty Free Importation of Educational Materials by Universities

14. Setting up Research Development Unit by Companies operating in Nigeria.
15. Budget Monitoring Committee. Each University Council shall set up Budget Monitoring Committee.

16. University Post Doctoral Fellowship: Each University Governing Council should introduce Post Doctoral Fellowship Leave with pay outside Nigeria.

17.  Provision for teaching and Research Development

18. National Research Fund

19.  University Autonomy and Academic Freedom:
a. Membership of Governing councils

b. Review of Laws that impede University Autonomy, Academic Freedom, Internal Accountability and Transparency.

c. Sole Administrators for Nigerian Universities. No Sole Administrator.

d. Pre-Degree/Remedial Programmes to be limited.

e. Pyramidal structure of Academic Staff Establishment in Universities.

f. Expenditures on Academic Affairs

20.   Issues that require legislation:
a. Joint Admission and matriculation Board (JAMB) Act 2004 to provide for better collaboration between JAMB and the Universities consistent with the autonomy of the Universities.

b.  Amendment of the National Universities Commission Act 2004 to make its provision more consistent with University Autonomy and powers of the Senate on Academic matters.

c.  Amendment of the Education (National Minimum Standards and Establishment of Institutions) Act 2004 to better articulate the co-coordinating function of the NUC in the accreditation exercise and the establishment of Minimum standards.

21. Setting up an Implementation Monitoring Committee to monitor the implementation of the Agreement with the following members
a. Two members representing the Committee of Pro Chancellors

b. The Chairman Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities (CVC)

c. One member representing NUC as Secretary

d. One member representing the Federal Ministry of Education

e. Five members representing ASUU and
f. A recommendation that the following be members of the Committee:
•One Representative of the Senate Committee on Education
•One Representative of the House Committee on Education.
•Chairman Committee of Pro Chancellors of State Universities
•Chairman Committee of Vice Chancellors of State Universities.

ASUU strike: Sambo, minister, VCs in closed door meeting

FROM JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, ABUJA
Vice President Namadi Sambo, yesterday held a closed-door meeting with the supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike and vice chancellors of universities, in a bid to end the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
No official statement was issued at the end of the meeting held at the Presidential Villa. Also, nobody who attended the meeting was ready to take questions from newsmen.
Other members of the delegation included Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Isaac Adewole, among others
Last week, the Senate passed a resolution urging Senate President David Mark to prevail on President Goodluck Jonathan and officials of the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities (ASUU) to end its four-month strike that has shut down Nigerian universities since July.
The Senate resolution to empower Mark to lead the negotiation team with government and ASUU was based on a motion sponsored by108 members.
The latest move by the vice president may not be unconnected with Federal Government’s resolve to bring about a quick end to the impasse, following the failure of the Governor Gabriel Suswam negotiation team to end the crisis.

Femi Fani-Kayode’s Tweets About Women

A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, reveals what he thinks about women. Check out his post on Twitter.

Is he right?

SHOCKING VIDEO: SEE 4 Cobras Babysit Sleeping Baby Without Harming Her

Cobra is one of the most venomous snakes in the world and one bite can be lethal if the cure is not delivered in due time.

In this video which has gone viral, four snakes, one on each edge, stand stiff around a baby lying on a blanket with their hoods flared out to intimidate any threat that may approach.
The baby must be used to having the cobras around as she is seen wrapping her arms around one.
Whether the baby was in any actual danger is under dispute as some have pointed out the fangs of these deadly serpents are often removed by cautious snake charmers thereby making them harmless.
Whatever it is, the parents of this child sure have some nerve.

How would you react if you saw four cobras surrounding a baby?

‘How NTA Shut Down My Show For Interviewing A Gay Man’ – Funmi Iyanda Reveals

Award winning broadcaster, journalist, TV talk show host Funmi Iyanda has finally opened up about how Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) shut down her live shows after she interviewed openly gay Nigerian man, Bisi Alimi, on her popular breakfast show, New Dawn, in 2004.

See her tweets below:

According to Funmi, after her interview with Bisi on national TV, their lives changed forever as her show was cancelled and he couldn’t return to UNILAG where he was a student at the time. He had to go into hiding and eventually relocated abroad.
When asked recently why as a straight celebrity, she supports Bisi Alimi and LGBT rights, she said:
“My sense of justice, fairness and rationality supersede any latent sense of social propriety. Gay rights, civil rights, religious rights, gender rights, child rights are human rights. Justice, equity and fairness are my idea of morality.

“Nigeria of today seems completely homophobic, xenophobic and religiously polarized as though that is the way we always were.
“I was a little girl who grew up in the same neighbourhood as gay Miss John, Muslim cleric Alhaji Abara, disabled Nureni, Mulika in her headscarves and pious Catholic Igbo Mama Uche.
“I saw differences in ethnicity; religion, gender, class and se*uality but these differences did not carry judgement. We lived together mostly harmoniously; any lack of harmony was on account of individual bad behaviour not genetic differences or lifestyle choices. I miss that Nigeria. I guess in a way l still live in that Nigeria in my head.
“And that was why in 2004 I risked my career to put Bisi on my sofa and conduct Nigeria’s first interview of an openly gay man on national television. Bisi and I did pay a hefty price for that action, he more than myself.
“Was it worth it? I’m afraid l have never had the luxury of absolute self-congratulations or flagellation. What I do know is, at that moment, it felt right. And every moment since then, it has felt right. I do what feels right by a conscience conditioned by my justice-minded, meddling mother, a childhood experiencing the beauty of diversity and a belief in our common humanity,” she said.

Terrorism: Jonathan Seeks Israel’s Assistance In Fight Against Terrorism

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (L), WITH PRESIDENT SHIMON PERES OF ISRAEL, DURING A BILATERAL MEETING IN JERUSALEM ON MONDAY

President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed that his Administration will continue to actively combat the menace of terrorism in partnership with all peace-loving countries of the world.

He made the pledge on Monday in Jerusalem at a meeting with President Shimon Peres of Israel.
Mr. Jonathan said that Nigeria will welcome enhanced cooperation and aid from Israel for its ongoing efforts to end terrorist attacks and insurgency in parts of the country.
“Combating the menace of terrorism is a challenge that we must address in partnership with all peace loving countries and peoples of the world.
“I seek the cooperation of your country to confront the security threat from terrorist groups that my country is now facing.  There is no doubt that Israel has had decades of experience in combating terrorism. Nigeria can benefit tremendously from your experience in this area,” the Nigerian President told his Israeli counterpart.
On the growing economic relations between Nigeria and Israel, President Jonathan called for greater synergy between both countries in other sectors yet to be explored, saying that his administration will also welcome the greater deployment of Israel’s renowned expertise in furtherance of Nigeria’s agenda for national transformation in areas such as healthcare, agriculture, electric power supply and the management of water resources.
In his remarks at the meeting, Mr. Peres expressed delight at having the rare privilege of hosting “the first Nigerian President to visit the state of Israel”.
“You are a most distinguished pilgrim. In recent years, our relations have extended to many other spheres, and are steadily growing. The relations between Nigeria and Israel are close and long-standing. They are based upon friendship and the shared values of freedom, democracy and faith. Today, we also face common menaces.

“Nigeria and Israel have been steadfast partners in combating terror groups such as Al Qaeda, Hezbollah and Boko Haram which threaten the regional stability in Western Africa and in the Middle East.
“You have combated the menace of Boko Haram with a steady hand and great courage. The State of Israel too has been fighting terrorism since its establishment. Terrorists all over the world are united in their attempt to destroy hope and unity. Those of us who seek peace and freedom must be united in order to defend our common front.
“Mr. President, you have been a brave leader of a brave country marching ahead towards the strengthening of democracy and development; and at the same time, trying to unite your people. The world is watching as Nigeria grows and prospers, achieving its economic and development goals. Your country, Mr. President, is not only a great hope. It is an example and an inspiration for countries around it – a true testament to the strength of the human potential.
“Israel and Nigeria share the belief that the progress we make in our own countries and societies can benefit our neighbors and regions at large. I know that one of highlights of your trip was the signing of the Bilateral Air Services Agreement between Israel and Nigeria. You are a leader who opens the skies for the horizons of tomorrow. Hand in hand, let us soar along the runway of progress and freedom towards a brighter future,” President Peres told President Jonathan.
Earlier in the day, President Jonathan had met with Israel’s Minister of Defence, Mr. Moshe Ya’alon. He also visited the Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem where he laid a wreath in the Hall of Remembrance and lit a flame in honour of the dead.

From Nigerians in Tanzanian prison, a desperate cry for help

Having spent up to three years in detention awaiting trial over alleged involvement in criminal activities, and unsure of whether they would ever be taken to court, Nigerians in Tanzania beg President Jonathan to intervene in their case. MOSES AKAIGWE reports

For years, they have been incarcerated in a foreign land, with no help coming their way. No fewer than 30 Nigerians who have been in detention in Tanzania for about three years without trial have cried out to the Federal Government to save them from dying in foreign land.
The Nigerians are passionately calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to intervene in their case and ensure that justice is served.
Alleging starvation, torture and lack of basic provisions, the Nigerians said they were arrested at different times between 2010 and 2012 for sundry offences, including drug trafficking, but are yet to be arraigned “due to lack of evidence and corruption” on the side of the Tanzanian law enforcement officials.
The Nigerians are being held in Keko Remand Prison, said to be notorious for its lack of basic amenities and congestion, which sometimes result in health problems and avoidable deaths.
The save-our-soul message was conveyed through a phone call from the prison in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s major port city, to the reporter recently by the detainees who claimed that the Nigerian High Commission in the country has not lived up to its consular responsibility to them. They said the mission has been very insensitive to their plight.
The detainees, who spoke in hushed tones through one of them named Chris, said those arrested for drug related crimes had their documents, personal belongings and the substances in their possession, pilfered and sold by the Tanzanian drug enforcement agents for personal gains.
The result, Chris told the reporter, is that without exhibits and other incriminating pieces of evidence, the various cases involving the Nigerians have consistently been stalled for years as the officials do not have anything to work with in court.
The Nigerians also disclosed that the Tanzanian authorities have been blaming their inability to take their cases to court on lack of funds, a claim corroborated on phone by a Nigerian High Commission source in that country.
The telephone interview with the detainee lasted for some minutes at a particular time each day for about three different days, apparently because he was using an unauthorized set which he seemed to have limited access to.
Here is his story: “In my own case, I was arrested in March, 2012. They took everything I had on me, including money, the day they arrested me and there is no trace of them now. More than a year and half after, they keep telling me that they are still investigating. The other Nigerian whose voice you are hearing, was arrested a year before me. There are many other Nigerians that were here before I was arrested, but nobody has been taken to court. They keep telling us that investigations are still going on.
“No court appearance, no medicine, no feeding, no water. We are dying gradually. The cell itself is like hell. Ordinarily, this cell where I am calling you from, is not supposed to accommodate more than 16 people, but there are about 50 black foreigners packed here like in the days of slave trade.
“There was a day the inmates decided to protest the inhuman condition in the prison, especially lack of water, and the result was that we were locked up and severely beaten. The water (supply) was cut and the protesters began to faint after the third day of the protest. Yet, nothing has changed. Even when we informed the Nigerian embassy, they did not protest.”
Curiously, each time they hear the Nigerians bemoan their fate, the same drug law enforcement officers and warders responsible for their condition remind them that it is an irony that they are citizens of an influential country like Nigeria, and have a particular powerful prophet (names withheld)) noted for performing miracles at home, and yet are suffering in a foreign land.
Chris went on: “One of the top officers of the anti-drug trafficking police here told us that he had visited the prophet’s church in Lagos, and that the man is a powerful man of God who can help set us free using his spiritual powers. That is why we are praying that President Jonathan and this prophet should hear about our case. We were told that if the man of God reads about our case in the newspaper, he will pray for us to be released.”
The prison inmates alleged that despite many efforts to get assistance from the Nigerian High Commission, all the help they have so far received was in form a visit to their cells in March, 2013, during which they were given “mere toiletries”.
Asked how he got the telephone number of the reporter, Chris who claims he hails from Imo State, disclosed that he copied the number from a copy of Daily Sun allegedly smuggled into the cell for the inmates by some unknown people.
Contacted on phone, a top official of the Nigerian High Commission in Tanzania, who did not want his name mentioned, because, according to him, he did not have the mandate to comment on the matter, confirmed that the mission had been aware that some Nigerian are being held in Keko Remand Prison. He, however, blamed the inmates for being victims of their own greed.
He said that upon receiving information that about 13 Nigerians were being detained in the prison, the mission visited them with provisions. “We have been in touch with them. It should not be made to look like we don’t know what to do. We know what we should do, and we have been doing it. We are on top of the situation,” the official told the reporter.
Apart from contacting the families of some of them in Nigeria, the source said the High Commission also took the matter to the relevant authorities in Tanzania, including the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), where it was learnt, as the Nigerian inmates had earlier claimed, that there was no money to prosecute the cases.
He disclosed that even beyond the normal diplomatic channels, the mission had at different times reached out to some of the host agencies handling the cases, arguing, however, that there were limitations. “We cannot perform magic, but we are not sleeping on the matter,” the official added.
He further disclosed that before the cases were brought to the knowledge of the High Commission, some of the Nigerians had already spent about two years in the prison, while the only lady involved refused to cooperate with the mission’s officials. He said the lady might have refused to cooperate with the mission’s officials, like some of her colleagues, because she did not want to face the shame of her identity being exposed.
Dismissing the argument that if the Federal Government had intervened through the Foreign Affairs Ministry, the Nigerians would have received justice by now, the source stated: “It is not true. These are serious cases. It was their greed that landed them in this situation. They were desperate. When I visited them, I prayed for them, but it was their fault.
“Last year, a young Nigerian died in his hotel room in this country as a result of swallowing wraps of hard drugs which later burst in his stomach. We were contacted. So, some of these cases are as a result of their being desperate and that makes our work difficult.”
With the Tanzanian authorities insisting they don’t have money to prosecute the cases, some of which have been stalled for as long as three years, what is the way out, the official was asked.
“That is the point now, and we are strategizing on that,” he said. “The state says it has no money to hire judicial officials. If you don’t have money, why not deport the Nigerians you are detaining?”
Reacting to the claim by the High Commission’s source that the officials had been discharging their responsibilities properly, and were on top of the situation, Chris and his colleagues insisted that enough had not been done by Nigeria’s representatives in the country to ensure that the detainees get justice.
He retorted: “People from other embassies come here every week to see their citizens, but people at our own embassy don’t care. Even the warders and police officers here tell us that not enough has been done by our country to get justice for us. The truth is that it is not just lack of money that is keeping us here. They don’t have evidence against us. That is why they can’t take us to court. When they arrest you, they take all your documents, your money and sell the exhibit. And, if they don’t have money to send us to court and they don’t have proof, why still keep us in prison? Justice delayed is justice denied.”
Insisting on his accusation of “insensitivity and incompetence” against the Nigeria mission in Tanzania, Chris added: “If they had come out boldly to demand justice or even hired lawyers on our behalf, by now all the cases would have been settled. Those people are not serious. They are arrogant. As if they did us a big favour, they keep reminding us that they came here with provisions. But, what they actually brought were pomade and one or two other things.”
Despite repeated request sent to the High Commission by the reporter for the High Commissioner’s comments, the mission refused to react officially to the detainees’ plight. Rather, it was gathered that the officials contacted the Nigerians in the prison and berated them for reporting the situation to the press back home, maintaining that diplomatic matters were not resolved through publications in foreign media.

Is Jim Iyke Really Relocating To Ghana?!?

Reports reaching me this morning say that Nollywood’s bad boy turned born-again, Jim Iyke is planning to relocate to Ghana, the home country of his girl, Nadia Buari.
The actor who was recently in a deliverance saga is gradually settling down in Accra and is looking to buy a house there while he is featuring in a new Ghollywood movie entitled ‘And Love Comes Around’.

Bale is Only Adapting to His New Club and He Needs Time- Ancelotti.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has urged club faithful to be patient with Gareth Bale, who is yet to impress at the Bernebeu following his record-breaking summer move.

The Welshman is yet to find his peak since joining the ‘Los Blancos’ for £85m (100 million euros) from Tottenham Hotspur. He has not been able to complete a full game for his new club as he battles to return to full fitness.
Having started for the Madrid giants in Saturday’s 2-1 loss at the Camp Nou, a yellow card was all the 24-year-old winger had to show before he was replaced an hour into the match.

Image AFP: Gareth Bale Being Showed a Yellow Card During Saturday’s El Clasico.

Ancelotti accepts the fact that Bale has not unleashed his predatory form on the Spanish Primera Division but pointed out that new players need to be allowed some reasonable period of time to acclimatise to a new club and culture.
“It’s true that in the last few games he hasn’t done extraordinary things, but a player who arrives at a new team, in a new culture, needs time to adapt,” Ancelloti told Spanish radio Cadena Cope.
“The problem the player has is of adaptation. It’s not the same to play in Spain as in England.”
There has been notions that Bale’s price tag played a part in the boss’ decision to start him ahead of Karim Benzema in Saturday’s ‘El Clasico’.

The Italian tactician gambled with Bale, who he started alongside the pair of Cristiano Ronaldo and Angel Di Maria, up front without any recognised centre-forward as Frenchman, Benzema, was demoted to the bench.
The move however did not pay off as Madrid failed to create any clear-cut opportunity in the first-half before he injected some of his attackers into the game.

AFP Image: Carlo Ancelotti and Zinidane Zidine Watches El Clasico From the Dugout.

The Italian tactician played down such notion, stressing he considers all his players on a level-playing field.
“For me, Bale is a player the same as any other. I think he was a good signing for Real Madrid. Bale played because in my opinion he could play and create problems for Barcelona- only because of that.
“I didn’t put in Benzema because I didn’t want the opposing defenders to have a clear point of reference. Therefore, Bale started on the left and could change position with Di Maria.”

Akhigbe: I Have Lost A Brother, Friend And Comrade-At-Arms – Mark

Mike Akhigbe

The death of Nigeria’s former military vice-president, Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe (rtd) has been described as the loss of a brother, confidant, friend and comrade-at-arms by Senate President, David Mark.

In a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan on Tuesday, Mr. Mark, a retired Brigadier-General of the Nigerian Army, recalled their days at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), noting that “Mike was fearless and very diligent in our course.
“He took these attributes to all the formations where he was privileged to have been posted either in his core military postings or political offices,” he said.
The statement also said the late Akhigbe’s death was a huge personal loss to Mark, the members of Course 3, the Armed Forces, Edo State, where the deceased hailed from and the nation.

“But we cannot question God. He alone gives life and takes it when he so desires. We are bound by His decision to take our brother and friend at this time,” Mark said.
The Senate President, who is the Chairman of Course 3 Alumni of the NDA, said: “We are consoled that while Mike was with us, he lived his life in the service of God and mankind.”
He prayed that God would grant the family the fortitude to bear the very painful departure.
Retired Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe, who was the Chief of General Staff in the military regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, finally gave up the ghost at his New York residence yesterday at about 1pm (7pm Nigerian time) after the Nigerian media was awash with reports yesterday morning that he had died in a U.K hospital.

CORRUPTION: Civil Service Commission Hid N11.7m In Employee’s Account – Reps

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts said on Monday that the Federal Civil Service Commission breached financial regulations by paying “over N11.7m” into the private bank account of one member of its staff.

The committee, which queried the commission for the act, said it found out that the money was approved for the hosting of an international conference in Abuja.
However, it stated that a member of staff kept the money in a private account as against the account of the commission.
The Chairman of the committee, Mr. Adeola Olamilekan, directed the commission to produce the employee, whose name was not given, on Wednesday (tomorrow) for questioning.
He also said the commission would explain what eventually happened to the money.
The committee called for the list of those who attended the conference where the N11.7m was purportedly spent.
Olamilekan said, “We cannot understand why an individual should be given such a huge amount to be paid into his or her personal account.

“Government money being paid into a personal account? What if he or she runs away with the money?
“It is illegal and unacceptable; it is against financial regulations and the committee will get to the root of the transaction.
“The affected member of staff should be brought before this committee by Wednesday.”
Olamilekan, who gave the directive to the Permanent Secretary of the Commission, Mr. Suleiman Mustapha, said the committee was also interested in knowing whether hotel accommodation was  provided for the foreigners who attended the conference.
According to him, the home governments of the foreign participants would have picked the bills of their delegates and not the commission since it was an international conference.
The committee also found out that another employee collected N493,000 to attend a conference but there was no documentation to justify the expenditure.
Similarly, a consultant was said to have been paid N900,000 by the commission without deducting tax and charges due to the government

Adekunle Ajasin University Recruitment 2013

Adekunle Ajasin University – Applications are invited from suitably qualified and interested candidates to fill the Academic and Administrative and Technical Staff Vacancies in the University:

1. Graduate Assistant in the following faculties;

• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Social and Management Sciences

2.) Registry Department

• Deputy Registrar
• Assistant Registrar (Legal)
• Administrative Officer I (Legal)
• Administrative Officer II (Legal)

3.) Guidance and Counselling Unit

• Administrative Officer I (G&C)
• Administrative Officer II (G&C)

4.) Bursary Department

• Deputy Bursar

5.) Medical and Health Services Department

• Director of Health Services

6.) Physical Planning and Development Department

• Director of Physical Planning and Development
• Principal Horticulturist
• Horticulturist I
• Architect II

7.) University Advancement Office

• Director of Advancement

8.) Information and Communication Technology Application Centre (ICTAC)

• Director of ICTAC
• Senior Systems Analyst
• System Analyst I
• System Analyst II

9.) Security Unit

• Chief Security Officer

10.) Internal Audit Unit

• Chief Internal Auditor

WORKS & SERVICES DEPARTMENT
11.) (Mechanical Unit)

• Assistant Chief Mechanical Engineer
• Principal Mechanical Engineer
• Senior Mechanical Engineer
• Engineer I (Mechanical)
• Engineer II (Mechanical)

WORKS & SERVICES DEPARTMENT
12.) (Electrical Unit)

• Senior Electrical Engineer
• Engineer II (Electrical)

WORKS & SERVICES DEPARTMENT
13. (Civil Unit)

• Senior Civil Engineer

14.) Technologists

• Chief Technologist – (Chemistry & Industrial Chemistry Department)
• Technologist I – (Science & Technical Education Demonstration Lab.)
• Technologist II – (Physics & Electronics Department)

15.) Sports Centre

• Assistant Chief Sports Coach
• Principal Sports Coach
• Senior Sports Coach
• Sports Coach I
• Sports Coach II
• Assistant Sports Coach

Qualification(S) and Requirements
(i) Graduate Assistant
Candidates with First Class Degree from any recognized University in the relevant discipline and are ready to proceed immediately to postgraduate studies leading to the award of Master and Ph.D degrees. Also Adekunle Ajasin University graduates with a minimum CGPA of 4.0 are also eligible to apply.

(ii) Deputy Registrar (CONTISS 14) (N1831708 – (N2392572)
Candidates must possess a good Honours degree, with at least Second Class (Lower Division), plus a Masters’ degree in relevant discipline from a recognized University and must have not less than fifteen (15) years cognate experience in a University or an institution of comparable status, three (3) of which must have been at senior management position (i.e. Principal Assistant Registrar).

(iii) Assistant Registrar (LEGAL) (CONTISS 9) (N788784 – (N1142410)
Candidates must possess a good Bachelor of Law (LL.B) with at least Second Class (Lower Division), from a recognized University and Barrister at Law (B.L) and must have not less than six (6) years’ cognate experience in a University or an institution of comparable status.

(iv) Administrative Officer I (LEGAL) (CONTISS 8) (N682547 – (N1008531)
Candidates must possess a good Honours degree in relevant discipline with at least Second Class (Lower Division), from a recognized University, and must have at least three (3) years cognate experience in a University or an institution of comparable status.

OR
Candidates must possess a good Honours degree with at least Second Class (Lower Division) from a recognized University plus a Masters’ Degree in relevant discipline.

(v) Administrative Officer II (LEGAL) (CONTISS 7) (N590191 – (N868105)
Candidates must possess a good Honours degree, with at least Second Class (Lower Division) in relevant discipline from a recognized University.

(vi) Administrative Officer I (Guidance & Counselling) (CONTISS 8) (N682547 – (N1008531)
Candidates must possess a good Honours degree in relevant discipline with at least Second Class (Lower Division), from a recognized University, and must have at least three (3) years cognate experience in a University or an institution of comparable status.

OR
Candidates must possess a good Honours degree wit at least Second Class (Lower Division) from a recognized University plus a Masters’ Degree in relevant discipline.

(vii) Administrative Officer II (Guidance & Counselling) ( CONTISS 7) (N590191 – (N868105)
Candidates must possess a good Honours degree, with at least Second Class (Lower Division) in relevant discipline from a recognized University.

(viii) Deputy Bursary (CONTISS 14) (N1831708 – (N2392572)
Candidates must possess a B.Sc. degree in Accounting or related discipline with at least Second Class (Lower Division) plus MBA or M.Sc. in relevant discipline from a recognized University; and must be a full member of a recognized professional accounting body such as ICAN, ACA, ACCA, ACMA and CPA. Candidate must also have at least twelve (12) years cognate experience, three (3) of which must have been at a senior management position (i.e. Chief Accountant) in a University or equivalent institution of higher learning, or an appropriate corporate organization. Computer literacy is mandatory.

(ix) Director of Health Services (CONTISS 15) (N2242999 – N2886591)
Candidates must possess requisite medical qualification, i.e. MBBS or MBCHB and be registered with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) plus a Masters’ degree or Fellowship in Public Health or related clinical discipline. He/she must in addition have at least fifteen (15) years’ post-qualification cognate experience in the Health Services of a University or equivalent institutions with substantial involvement in the administration of the Health Services.

(x) Director of Physical Planning (CONTISS 15) (N2242999 – N2886591)
Candidates must possess a good Honours degree in Architecture/Quantity Surveying/Building/Town planning with at least Second Class (Lower Division) from a recognized University. Candidate must be registered with ARCON/QSRBN/CORBON/TOPREC and have at least fifteen (15) years post-qualification cognate experience in a University or an institution of comparable status, eight of which must have been in a senior management position. Possession of a Masters’ degree in relevant discipline will be an added advantage.

(xi) Director of Advancement (CONTISS 15) (N2242999 – N2886591)
Candidates must possess a good Honours and a Master degree from a recognized University or equivalent. A doctorate is an added advantage. At least 15 years post-qualification experience in a relevant institutional setting, eight (8) of which must have been spent in senior management grade is required. In addition, candidates must possess demonstrable evidence of international exposure and long-standing experience in issues relating to University advancement and development, grantsmanship, endowment administration and capacity for extensive networking. A high degree of proficiency in English Language is required, while a working knowledge of a second (international) language will be an added advantage. Computer literacy is mandatory.

(xii) Director of ICTAC (CONTISS 15) (N2242999 – N2886591)
Candidates must possess a Bachelor of Science degree with at least a Second Class (Lower Division) in Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering or Engineering Physics, from a recognized University, plus a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or Information and Communication Technology plus a minimum of twelve (12) years cognate professional experience especially in the design and implementation of large systems or with a Masters’ degree in Computer Science or Information & Communication Technology, plus fifteen (15) years’ cognate professional experience especially in the design and implementation of large data processing systems. Candidate must also have at least five (5) years administrative experience at the senior management level with strong evidence of project team and group leadership, and candidates must have acquired full membership of the Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria (MCPN).

(xiii) Chief Security Officer (CONTISS 13) (N1456399 – N1919655)
Candidates must possess a good Honours Degree in any discipline with a least Second Class (Lower Division), from a recognized University and must have substantial training in the Police or any of the Armed Forces/Security Service; and not less than thirteen (13) years’ experience in the Police or the Armed Forces not below the rank of Superintendent of Police or its equivalent.
OR
Candidates must possess a good Honours Degree in any discipline with a least Second Class (Lower Division), plus a Masters’ degree in any relevant discipline from a recognized University and must have substantial training in the Police or any of the Armed Forces/Security Service and not less than nine (9) years’ experience in the Police or the Armed Forces not below the rank of Superintendent of Police or its equivalent.

(xiv) Chief Internal Auditor (CONTISS 13) (N1456399 – N1919655)
Candidates must possess a B.Sc. degree in Accounting, with at least Second Class (Lower Division), from a recognized University plus full membership of a recognized professional accounting body, such as ICAN, ACA, ACMA, ACCA, and CPA; and must have nine (9) years cognate experience, two (2) of which must have been at a senior management position in a University or other equivalent institution.

(xv) Assistant Chief Mechanical Engineer (CONTISS 12) (N1086153 – N1519173)
Candidates must possess a good Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering with at least Second Class (Lower Division) from a recognized University. Candidates must be registered with COREN and have at least eleven (11) years postqualification cognate experience in a University or an institution of comparable status.

(xvi) Principal Mechanical Engineer (CONTISS 11) (N984105 – N1386335)
Candidates must possess a good honours degree in Mechanical Engineering with at least Second Class (Lower Division) from a recognized University. Candidates must be registered with COREN and have at least nine (9) years post-qualification cognate experience in a University or an institution of comparable status.

(xvii) Senior Engineer Mechanical/Electrical (CONTISS 9) (N788784 – (N1142410)
Candidates must possess B.Sc Engineering with at least Second Class (Lower Division) in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering from a recognized University or equivalent qualification, registrable with COREN. Candidates must have at least six (6) years post-qualification cognate experience.

(xviii) Mechanical Engineer I (CONTISS 8) (N682547 – (N1008531)
Candidates must possess B.Sc Engineering with at least Second Class (Lower Division) in Mechanical Engineering from a recognized University, or equivalent qualification, registrable with COREN. Candidates must have at least Four (4) years post-qualification cognate experience.

(xix) Mechanical/Electrical Engineer II (CONTISS 7) (N590191 – (N868105)
Candidates must possess B.Sc Engineering with at least Second Class (Lower Division) in Mechanical/Electrical Engineer from a recognized University, or equivalent qualification, registrable with COREN. Candidates must have at least Two (2) years post-qualification cognate experience.

(xx) Senior Civil Engineer (CONTISS 9) (N788784 – (N1142410)
Candidates must possess a good Honours degree in Civil Engineering with at least Second Class (Lower Division) from a recognized University. Candidates must be registered with COREN and have at least six (6) years post-qualification cognate experience in a University or an institution of comparable status.

(xxi) Principal Horticulturist CONTISS 10) (N882529 – N1262969)
Candidate must possess a good Honours degree with a minimum of Second Class (Lower Division) in Horticulture, Botany or Plant Science and a minimum of nine (9) years cognate experience in the Horticulture Unit of a University or an equivalent institution.

(xxii) Horticulturist I (CONTISS 8) (N682547 – (N1008531)
Candidate must possess a good Honours degree with a minimum of Second Class (Lower Division) in Horticulture, Botany or Plant Science and a minimum of three (3) years cognate experience in the Horticulture Unit of a University or an equivalent institution.

(xxiii) Architect I (CONTISS 8) (N682547 – (N1008531)
Candidates must possess a good Honours degree in Architecture with at least Second Class (Lower Division) from a recognized University and be registerable with ARCON.

(xxiv) Chief Technologist (CONTISS 13) (N1456399 – (N1919655)
Candidates must possess B.Sc/HND with at least Second Class (Lower Division/Lower Credit) in relevant field from a recognized University, registrable with NISLT. Candidates must have at least fifteen (15) years post-qualification cognate experience.

(xxv) Technologist I (CONTISS 8) (N682547 – (N1008531)
Candidates must possess HND with at least Second Class (Lower Credit) in relevant field from a recognized University or equivalent qualification registrable with NISLT. Candidates must have at least three (3) years post-qualification cognate experience.

(xxvi) Technologist II (CONTISS 7) (N590191 – (N868105)
Candidates must possess HND with at least Second Class (Lower Credit) in relevant field from a recognized University or equivalent qualification registrable with NISLT. Candidates must have at least two (2) years post-qualification cognate experience.

(xxvii) Senior Systems Analyst (CONTISS 9) (N788784 – (N1142410)
Candidates must have a Bachelor of Science degree with at least a Second Class (Lower Division) in Computer Science/Information Communication & Technology with a minimum of Second Class (Lower Division) plus six (6) years’ cognate experience in computer applications.
OR
Candidates must in addition to the Bachelor of Science degree possess M.Sc. degree in Computer Science or Information & Communication Technology or equivalent discipline plus three (3) years’ experience in a University or equivalent institutions.
(xxviii) Systems Analyst I (CONTISS 8) (N682547 – (N1008531)
Candidate must have a Bachelor of Science degree with at least a Second Class (Lower Division) in Computer Science/Information Communication & Technology with a minimum of Second Class (Lower Division) plus three (3) years’ post qualification cognate experience in Data processing and Software Design.

(xxix) Systems Analyst II (CONTISS 7) (N590191 – (N868105)
Candidate must have a Bachelor of Science degree with at least a Second Class (Lower Division) in Computer Science/Information Communication & Technology or related discipline from a recognized University.

(xxx) Assistant Chief Sports Coach (CONTISS 11) (N984105 – N1386335)
Candidates must possess a good Honours Degree with at least Second Class (Lower Division) in Physical & Health Education/Human Kinetic Education from a recognized University plus twelve (12) years’ coaching experience in a University or an institution of comparable status.
OR
Candidates must possess a good Honours Degree in relevant discipline plus a Ph.D. Degree in Physical & Health Education with at least six (6) years’ coaching experience in a University or institution of comparable status.

(xxxi) Principal Sports Coach (CONTISS 10) (N882529 – N1262969)
Candidates must possess a good Honours Degree in Physical and Health Education/Human Kinetic Education from a recognized University plus nine (9) years’ coaching experience in a University an institution of comparable status.
OR
Candidates must possess a good Honours Degree in relevant discipline plus a Masters’ Degree in Physical & Health Education/Human Kinetic Education and a Coaching certificate with at least six (6) years’ coaching experience in a University or an institution of comparable status.

(xxxii) Senior Sports Coach (CONTISS 9) (N788784 – (N1142410)
Candidates must possess a good Honours Degree in Physical and Health Education from a recognized University plus six (6) years coaching experience.
OR
Candidates must possess a good Honours Degree in Physical and Health Education and a Master’s Degree in any relevant discipline from a recognized University plus three (3) years’ coaching experience in a University or an equivalent institution.

(xxxiii) Sports Coach I (CONTISS 8) (N682547 – (N1008531)
Candidates must possess a good Honours Degree in Physical and Health Education from a recognized University plus three (3) years coaching experience in a University or an equivalent institution.
OR
Candidates must possess a good Honours Degree in Physical and Health Education plus a Master’s Degree in any relevant discipline from a recognized University.

(xxxiv) Sports Coach II (CONTISS 7) (N590191 – (N868105)
Candidates must possess a good Honours Degree in Physical and Health Education from a recognized University.
OR
Candidates must possess National Institute of Sports Higher National Diploma in Coaching or a University Diploma or National Certificate of Education in Physical and Health Education plus six (6) years’ coaching experience in a University or an equivalent institution.

(xxxv) Assistant Sports Coach (CONTISS 6) (N373557 – N561843)
Candidates must posses Diploma in coaching from a recognized institution or National Institute of Sports Grade III certificate.
Method of Application
Candidates are requested to forward their application with 25 copies of their curriculum vitae which should contain, among other things, the following, to the University:

• Names in full (Surname last in block letters)
• Place and Date of birth
• State of Origin/Local Government or Origin
• Nationality
• Post Desired
• Names of Educational Institutions attended with dates
• Qualifications (Academic/Professional) and Certificates Obtained with Dates
• Statements of Work Experience (if any). Candidates should request their referees to forward their references, under confidential cover, on their behalf direct to the Registrar before the close of submission of application.
• Permanent Home Address
• Current Contact Address
• E-mail Address and Telephone Number
• Marital Status
• Number and ages of Children
• Name and Address of Next of Kin
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Graduates with University degrees or equivalent should have completed the NYSC programme or have an evidence of exemption from the programme.

All Applications Should Be Addressed To
The Registrar,
Adekunle Ajasin University,
P.M.B 01,
Akungba-Akoko,
Ondo State, Nigeria.

Application Deadline: 7th November, 2013
Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted