School of Engineering and Applied Science Excellence Scholarship Scheme in UK, 2015

Study Subject(s): Scholarships are awarded in any subject area within the School of Engineering & Applied Science.Aston University is offering 25 excellence scholarships within the School of Engineering & Applied Science. Scholarships of £3000 each are paid by a reduction in tuition fee. These excellence scholarships are available for self-financing international students joining undergraduate MEng, BEng and BSc programmes in September 2015. The application deadline is 30th June 2015.

LIVERPOOL TO OFFER IBE LONG TERM DEAL

English Premier League side, Liverpool, wants to tie Jordon Ibe down to a long term deal at Anfield, africanFootball.com reports.

Ibe, who is eligible to play for either Nigeria or England, has attracted much attention with his impressive displays for “The Reds” since he was recalled from a loan spell at Derby County.

Manager Brendan Rodgers wants Ibe to sign a long term deal and reports indicate that the deal will be four times bigger than the 19-year old current wages.



According to The Mirror, the player  could earn £25,000 a week if he signs the proposed five-year deal.

SOURCE:THE NATION ONLINE

GEJ AND BUHARI SUPPORTERS CLASH IN LONDON

The high wire politics and bitter rivalry between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday took a dramatic dimension in London as their supporters clashed during the much publicised visit by APC presidential candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, to the Royal Institute of International Affairs, otherwise known as Chatham House.

LEPROSY RAVAGES ANAMBRA STATE

DESPITE efforts to contain infectious diseases, Anambra State government has revealed that 14 new cases of Leprosy has been discovered in some communities in the state.

The State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Joe Akabike who disclosed the surge of the infection while fielding questions from newsmen in Awka on Wednesday, announced that by 2014, the state had registered a total of 95 cases.

He said leprosy rehabilitation centres have been established at Father Damian centre, Nnewi and the Okija centre, adding that the disease is treated in all the 21 local councils while the drugs are given free.

He advised the general public to watch out for the symptoms of leprosy including patches on the skin, loss of feeling in the skin, numbness on the hand and feet, weakness of the hands, feet and eye lid, painful nerves and swellings on the face or earlobe etc

SOURCE:THE GUARDIAN

AN AMERICAN BLOGGER WAS HACKED TO DEATH IN BAGLADESH

Avijit Roy-An American blogger of Bangladeshi origin who was an outspoken critic of religious extremism was hacked to death in an attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
It was on thursday night while he was going along the street with his wife. Some attackers came upon them and attacked him and matchetted him to death.

A bangladeshi Newspaper Prothom Alo said local ismaic group Ansar Bangla-7 claim responsibility for the attack.

ONDO STATE GOVERNMENT STARTED PAYMENT OF BURSARY AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Briefing journalists in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Wednesday, chairman of the board, Mr. Daye Awude, said about 25,000 students pursuing academic programmes in different tertiary institutions across the country would benefit from the payments.

He put the regular scholarship and bursary components of the scheme at N100m and N248m respectively.

The categories include the regular scheme, the physically-challenged, medical students in clinical stages and those in the Nigerian Law Schools.

According to Awude, those in the regular scheme will get N36m; medical, N38m; law school, N12m and the physically challenged, N10m.

“Disbursement will be done in phases,

LIST OF ACADEMY AWARD WINNER 2015

The 2015 Academy  annual award honors cinematic achievements in the film industry. The following made the list of this year winners

Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) was the night’s big winner, earning the Oscars for Best Film and Best Original Screenplay. The film’s director Alejandro González Iñárritu was named Best Director.

Eddie Redmayne earned Best Actor for his incredible portrayl of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.

PASTOR ADEBOYE ESTABLISHES THE LINK BETWEEN MATHEMATICS AND MARRIAGE

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has established a link between mathematics and marriage.

Adeboye, a mathematician turned pastor, gave couples a few tips to spice up their marriage.

At the first annual lecture of the Pastor E.A. Adeboye Professorial Chair for mathematics, held on Thursday evening at the Main Auditorium of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), the cleric, who has been married for 47-years, told the audience about four simultaneous linear equations for successful marital life.

According to the man of God, his understanding of the mathematics of marriage is what has kept his marriage strong.

Not only did Adeboye give equations, he supported each equation with relevant biblical verses.

“I told my children that why I have remained married for 47 years is because I understand the mathematics of marriage. Mathematics is a science of living,” he said.

Equation 1: This states that love is blind. It was supported with a biblical passage from Proverbs 10:12, which states that love covers a multitude of sins.

ASUU THREATENS WITH STRIKE ACTION OVER MEMBER'S DEATH

THE Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU), on Thursday, threaten to shut down universities across the country if the Inspector General of Police (IGP) fails to arrest those responsible for the murder of Professor Ahmad Mustapha Falaki of the Ahmadu Bello University’s Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR).

STABLE ELECTRICITY IS NOT POSSIBLE TILL 2017- GEJ

President Goodluck Jonathan  hinted yesterday that the nation’s quest for stable light might not be met by the government until after two or more years .
According to him, the interface between the federal government and the private sector on full privatisation of the energy sector to make steady power supply feasible in the country, would hopefully be completed in two years period.
The president who dropped the hint while inaugurating the 750 Mega Watts Olorunsogo Power Plant Phase II, Papalanto, Ogun State, said that ...

BREAKING: INEC POSTPONE ELECTION BY 6 WEEKS

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to postpone the 2015 General Elections.

INEC reached the decision at a stakeholders meeting held today, February 7. INEC had earlier announced that it would reach a final decision today.

An official close to the commission told The Associated Pressthat INEC had decided to postpone the election for six weeks due to the threat posed by Boko Haram.

The source added that the poll shift would allow extra time for a newly constituted multinational force to secure the North-East which is currently being plagued by Boko Haram attacks.

It would also enable the commission continue distribution ofPermanent Voters Cards (PVC) to citizens to prevent mass disenfranchisement.

INEC is expected to make an official announcement of the postponement at a news conference later in the day.

SOURCE:PULSE NG

109 BOKO HARAM KILLED BY NIGER MILITARY

Niamey - Niger's forces killed 109 fighters from Boko Haram on Friday as they repulsed attacks on the south-eastern town of Bosso, near the Nigerian border, Niger state television said.

Four soldiers from Niger were killed in the fighting against Boko Haram, whose insurgency is spreading from Nigeria to neighbouring states.

Niger's defence minister reported that a civilian was also killed and 17 other troops were wounded.

Chadian forces, who have taken a lead role in battling Boko Haram in recent days, fought alongside Niger's troops on Friday. Chad's commander in Niger, General Yaya Daoud, was also wounded with a gunshot to the stomach, a security source said.

Niger's Defence Minister Mahamadou Karidjo said calm had been restored to both Bosso and Diffa.

SOURCE:NEWS 24

NO ELECTION BREAK- COMMISSIONER FOR EDUCATION

In a meeting presided over by the Honorable minister for Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, yesterday, it was disclosed that there would be no closure of either private or public schools during the election.

Rising from the consultative meeting with the 36 state commissioners for education, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Education Secretary, in Abuja, on Monday, Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, said all schools would remain...

LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR DIES @ 79

Molade Alexandria Okoya-Thomas FCNA, MFR, OFR, KSS^[10] (8 June 1935 - 1 February 2015).
The Lagos State University- LASU announced the demise of their Chancellor, Molade Okoya Thomas, yesterday.
In a statement signed by the VC of the institution, Prof John Obafunwa, said “Okoya-Thomas was a strong stabilising factor in the partly turbulent history of LASU. He was a very patient man, great listener, was not easily annoyed and slow to react”.

‘‘He was a father among millions and I would personally miss him. When I saw him two Saturdays ago, I did not know that was going to be the last privileged interaction I would have with him’’.

Before his death, he was a well known philanthropist and the Chairman of CFAO Motors.