Streets on street music cartel a great name in the Nigerian music Industry consisting of four veteran artiste popsyG, D90, dreams nomskillz and Angel Bliss are out with this monster hit tittle “insane” this jam like its tittle will drive you crazy after listening to it once you will have no option than to put it on repeat mode…
Wednesday, May 11
Music: Street on Street Music Cartel - Insane
Streets on street music cartel a great name in the Nigerian music Industry consisting of four veteran artiste popsyG, D90, dreams nomskillz and Angel Bliss are out with this monster hit tittle “insane” this jam like its tittle will drive you crazy after listening to it once you will have no option than to put it on repeat mode…
Lawyer withdraws Olajumoke Orisaguna from Few Models
Bread seller turned model, Olajumoke Orisaguna has abandoned the first modelling agency she was signed to immediately after her discovery by celebrity photographer TY Bello.
According to Onobello, Olajumoke’s lawyer Olayemi Adesuyan has legally broken every bond she has with the Bolajo Fawehinmi led Few Model Management.
The model according to sources has now being signed on by Beth Model Management owned by Elohor Aisien which is expected to take over her portfolio from now on.
Jumoke lawyer’s reason for taking her off Few Models was due to incompetency on the part of modelling agency in the handling of the 27-year-old model’s portfolio as the reason for the decamping. They also claimed that the agency did not get the mother of two any lucrative contract since they signed her on. It was believed that the agency did not tap into the media sensation of Olajumoke’s story.
Beth Models has being in the modeling business for over 12 years while Few Models has an experience of a year in the job.
Beth Models is the organizer of the yearly Elite Model Look.
After her discovery, many companies seized the opportunity of her popularity and made her their brand ambassador. Has endorsement deal Payporte, Shirley’s Confectioneries, Stanbic IBTC, Biobak Restaurant, Divine Endowment.
Meanwhile, Olajumoke is now a student of Poise Academy- a finishing school in Lekki, Lagos. She resumed in April 2016.
According to Onobello, Olajumoke’s lawyer Olayemi Adesuyan has legally broken every bond she has with the Bolajo Fawehinmi led Few Model Management.
The model according to sources has now being signed on by Beth Model Management owned by Elohor Aisien which is expected to take over her portfolio from now on.
Jumoke lawyer’s reason for taking her off Few Models was due to incompetency on the part of modelling agency in the handling of the 27-year-old model’s portfolio as the reason for the decamping. They also claimed that the agency did not get the mother of two any lucrative contract since they signed her on. It was believed that the agency did not tap into the media sensation of Olajumoke’s story.
Beth Models has being in the modeling business for over 12 years while Few Models has an experience of a year in the job.
Beth Models is the organizer of the yearly Elite Model Look.
After her discovery, many companies seized the opportunity of her popularity and made her their brand ambassador. Has endorsement deal Payporte, Shirley’s Confectioneries, Stanbic IBTC, Biobak Restaurant, Divine Endowment.
Meanwhile, Olajumoke is now a student of Poise Academy- a finishing school in Lekki, Lagos. She resumed in April 2016.
2face Idibia bags honorary degree from top University
Popular singer 2Face Idibia has shown gratitude for his honorary degree certificate.
2baba was recently conferred with an honorary degree, Master of Arts in Music, by the Igbinedion University Okada on Tuesday May 10.
The award was conferred on him by the Chancellor of the University, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion. His wife Annie was there to show support.
2baba took to his IG page to show off his certificate and express gratitude to the University.
He wrote: “A Big thank u 2 all the good people of Igbinedion university okada. Words cannot express my gratitude”.
Congratulations to him.
Don't lock up the Holy Spirit in your heart, Pope Francis says
The Holy Spirit seems to be a “luxury prisoner” in many Christians’ hearts: someone who is welcomed to stay, but not allowed to act or move us forward, the Pope said during his homily at Mass on Monday.
“We keep the Holy Spirit as a ‘luxury prisoner’ in our hearts: we do not allow the Spirit to push us forward, to move us. The Spirit does everything, knows everything, reminds us what Jesus said, can explain all about Jesus,” the Holy Father said May 9 during his Mass at the chapel of Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican.
In the day's reading, when St. Paul speaks with the disciples in Ephesus (Acts 19: 1-8), Pope Francis pointed out that they had “not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
Likewise, while Christians today have a knowledge of the Holy Spirit as part of the Holy Trinity, they do not know what the Spirit’s role is in the Church.
“The Holy Spirit is the one who moves the Church, the one who works in the Church and in our hearts,” the Roman Pontiff said.
The Third Person of the Trinity is “the protagonist of the Living Church,” he said, while cautioning against simply reducing the Christian life to a code of “morals and ethics.”
The faith, the Pope said, is something more. It “is not just an ethical life: it is an encounter with Jesus Christ.”
The Holy Spirit “frees us from the ‘orphan-like’ condition which the spirit of the world wants to put us in.”
“The Holy Spirit is the one who “moves us to praise God, to pray to the Lord” and who “teaches us to see the Father and call him ‘Father.’”
There is one thing the Holy Spirit “can’t do” the Pope said: “The Holy Spirit cannot make us ‘virtual’ Christians who are not virtuous.” Instead, “The Holy Spirit makes real Christians. The Spirit takes life and prophetically reads the signs of the times pushing us forward.”
Ahead of Pentecost Sunday the Holy Father invited Christians to prepare by opening up our hearts to the Holy Spirit.
“This is what we must do this week: think of the Spirit and talk to him.”
Pope Francis also greeted the Vincentian Sisters of Charity who work in Casa Santa Marta. Today they are celebrating the feast of St. Louise de Marillac who, along with St. Vincent de Paul, founded their order.
“We keep the Holy Spirit as a ‘luxury prisoner’ in our hearts: we do not allow the Spirit to push us forward, to move us. The Spirit does everything, knows everything, reminds us what Jesus said, can explain all about Jesus,” the Holy Father said May 9 during his Mass at the chapel of Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican.
In the day's reading, when St. Paul speaks with the disciples in Ephesus (Acts 19: 1-8), Pope Francis pointed out that they had “not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
Likewise, while Christians today have a knowledge of the Holy Spirit as part of the Holy Trinity, they do not know what the Spirit’s role is in the Church.
“The Holy Spirit is the one who moves the Church, the one who works in the Church and in our hearts,” the Roman Pontiff said.
The Third Person of the Trinity is “the protagonist of the Living Church,” he said, while cautioning against simply reducing the Christian life to a code of “morals and ethics.”
The faith, the Pope said, is something more. It “is not just an ethical life: it is an encounter with Jesus Christ.”
The Holy Spirit “frees us from the ‘orphan-like’ condition which the spirit of the world wants to put us in.”
“The Holy Spirit is the one who “moves us to praise God, to pray to the Lord” and who “teaches us to see the Father and call him ‘Father.’”
There is one thing the Holy Spirit “can’t do” the Pope said: “The Holy Spirit cannot make us ‘virtual’ Christians who are not virtuous.” Instead, “The Holy Spirit makes real Christians. The Spirit takes life and prophetically reads the signs of the times pushing us forward.”
Ahead of Pentecost Sunday the Holy Father invited Christians to prepare by opening up our hearts to the Holy Spirit.
“This is what we must do this week: think of the Spirit and talk to him.”
Pope Francis also greeted the Vincentian Sisters of Charity who work in Casa Santa Marta. Today they are celebrating the feast of St. Louise de Marillac who, along with St. Vincent de Paul, founded their order.
Teaching Children to Pray the Rosary in Small Steps
by
Kevin Di Camillo
I am not a teacher. Let me rephrase that: I am a terrible teacher. Ask any poor undergraduate who suffered under my lame attempts to impart knowledge. Indeed, my end-of-semester teacher evaluations were so poor I didn’t keep them, as they could only prevent me from ever teaching in the future. Mercifully, my future didn’t include teaching.
But as a father I am, by default and design, a teacher to our twins. And one thing I have to teach the twins is how to pray. In particular, how to pray the Rosary. This is not easy. Or maybe it is and I’m just as bad at teaching “How To Pray the Rosary” as I was at teaching “Introduction To Poetry” and “English Composition 101”.
That said, I think I’ve hit on a formula that is, if not exactly successful, at least not a total failure (yet). It’s based on small steps and starts when your kids are able to speak and begins right at your front door.
For years now, before we come in the house I stop and tell the twins: “We must say a ‘Hail Mary’ here: this is the ‘Hail Mary’ door, and it’s what monks do before they walk in their cell.” I started this practice some time ago, so by now it’s second nature to the kids. They had the “Hail Mary” down in no time. And they learned that in a Carthusian Charterhouse, the monks pray an “Ave Maria” before entering.
Next, we always said the Angelus en route to school in the morning, and again after dinner. I could only pray, literally, that the kids said it at noon at their school too, but apparently that’s too much to ask of a Catholic school. Sigh.
Once we had the “Ave Maria” at the door down, and the Angelus, I introduced the kids to the Seven Sorrows (Dolors) of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This was actually easier than I thought it would be. My son takes the opening “Our Father”—which isn’t actually part of the Seven Sorrows, but I added it, figuring it would make learning the Rosary easier, and for once I guessed correctly. Next, we took turns with the Seven Dolors, and I tried to mix up who said which ones. Now that they know all seven by heart—the Prophecy of Simeon in the Temple, the Flight into Egypt, the Loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple, Jesus and Mary meeting on the Way of the Cross, the Crucifixion, the Pieta— they get a chance to say a “new” sorrow and not the same one every day.
Once we had the Dolors of Mary down, so to speak, I added a “Glory Be” to finish it off, and, after scratching my head added three more Hail Marys for the Holy Father, and the Fatima Prayer, which we said at Night Prayer. So over the course of the months leading to their First Holy Communion, the twins could do a decade of the Rosary without even knowing it.
We take a lot of car trips, and in New Jersey that’s basically like saying we sit in traffic more than the average American family. My parents first taught my siblings and me the Holy Rosary on long vacation car trips and, since every car trip in Jersey is by default, I began by saying, “Who thinks papa can say a whole Rosary before we get to school?” Naturally the kids wisely bet against me, but since gridlock is endemic here, I had time on my side and always keeping some extra rosaries in the minivan, and had them follow along.
I think the revelation for me in all this is that second-graders have no real sense of time. (I know I didn’t.) When I was young and my dad would announce we were going to say the Rosary I could have sworn it took at least an hour (or longer) to do so. But those were long, boring car rides to very distant destinations. My kids know their route to school, they know it’s about “as long as an episode of ‘Jessie’ or ‘Kickin’ It’ or ‘Dog With A Blog’” so I think—think—they are way ahead of where I was as a kid in terms of the Rosary. It’s not a huge black hole of time. In twenty-five minutes you can pray St. John Paul the Great’s favorite prayer, the Holy Rosary.
So when the kids received their rosaries the past year as part of the First Holy Communion presents, it was not with a sense of “what do I do with this?” but “Wow! Now I have my own rosary!”
“But what about ‘The Apostles’ Creed’?” I can hear someone asking. Good question. And it had me stumped for a while, too. However, when I realized at Mass the kids liked to follow along with their own missals, I was able to show them that the Nicene Creed is “simply” a longer version of the Apostles’ Creed—and let’s look at what is in the Apostle’s Creed. In essence, we made a bit of a game out of it.
Finally, there’s habit. Although my twins are adopted, they somehow both wound up insomniacs like me. Whenever I hear, “Papa, I can’t sleep!” My first question is: “Where is your rosary?” It’s usually under their pillow, so I kneel beside them and say, “Now how does the Apostle’s Creed begin?” I was amazed at how quickly they had learned it.
Again, I am a terrible teacher. And perhaps what I’ve shared won’t help you teach your children the Rosary. But so far it has worked for us, and I hope it does for you as well.
Kevin Di Camillo
I am not a teacher. Let me rephrase that: I am a terrible teacher. Ask any poor undergraduate who suffered under my lame attempts to impart knowledge. Indeed, my end-of-semester teacher evaluations were so poor I didn’t keep them, as they could only prevent me from ever teaching in the future. Mercifully, my future didn’t include teaching.
But as a father I am, by default and design, a teacher to our twins. And one thing I have to teach the twins is how to pray. In particular, how to pray the Rosary. This is not easy. Or maybe it is and I’m just as bad at teaching “How To Pray the Rosary” as I was at teaching “Introduction To Poetry” and “English Composition 101”.
That said, I think I’ve hit on a formula that is, if not exactly successful, at least not a total failure (yet). It’s based on small steps and starts when your kids are able to speak and begins right at your front door.
For years now, before we come in the house I stop and tell the twins: “We must say a ‘Hail Mary’ here: this is the ‘Hail Mary’ door, and it’s what monks do before they walk in their cell.” I started this practice some time ago, so by now it’s second nature to the kids. They had the “Hail Mary” down in no time. And they learned that in a Carthusian Charterhouse, the monks pray an “Ave Maria” before entering.
Next, we always said the Angelus en route to school in the morning, and again after dinner. I could only pray, literally, that the kids said it at noon at their school too, but apparently that’s too much to ask of a Catholic school. Sigh.
Once we had the “Ave Maria” at the door down, and the Angelus, I introduced the kids to the Seven Sorrows (Dolors) of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This was actually easier than I thought it would be. My son takes the opening “Our Father”—which isn’t actually part of the Seven Sorrows, but I added it, figuring it would make learning the Rosary easier, and for once I guessed correctly. Next, we took turns with the Seven Dolors, and I tried to mix up who said which ones. Now that they know all seven by heart—the Prophecy of Simeon in the Temple, the Flight into Egypt, the Loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple, Jesus and Mary meeting on the Way of the Cross, the Crucifixion, the Pieta— they get a chance to say a “new” sorrow and not the same one every day.
Once we had the Dolors of Mary down, so to speak, I added a “Glory Be” to finish it off, and, after scratching my head added three more Hail Marys for the Holy Father, and the Fatima Prayer, which we said at Night Prayer. So over the course of the months leading to their First Holy Communion, the twins could do a decade of the Rosary without even knowing it.
We take a lot of car trips, and in New Jersey that’s basically like saying we sit in traffic more than the average American family. My parents first taught my siblings and me the Holy Rosary on long vacation car trips and, since every car trip in Jersey is by default, I began by saying, “Who thinks papa can say a whole Rosary before we get to school?” Naturally the kids wisely bet against me, but since gridlock is endemic here, I had time on my side and always keeping some extra rosaries in the minivan, and had them follow along.
I think the revelation for me in all this is that second-graders have no real sense of time. (I know I didn’t.) When I was young and my dad would announce we were going to say the Rosary I could have sworn it took at least an hour (or longer) to do so. But those were long, boring car rides to very distant destinations. My kids know their route to school, they know it’s about “as long as an episode of ‘Jessie’ or ‘Kickin’ It’ or ‘Dog With A Blog’” so I think—think—they are way ahead of where I was as a kid in terms of the Rosary. It’s not a huge black hole of time. In twenty-five minutes you can pray St. John Paul the Great’s favorite prayer, the Holy Rosary.
So when the kids received their rosaries the past year as part of the First Holy Communion presents, it was not with a sense of “what do I do with this?” but “Wow! Now I have my own rosary!”
“But what about ‘The Apostles’ Creed’?” I can hear someone asking. Good question. And it had me stumped for a while, too. However, when I realized at Mass the kids liked to follow along with their own missals, I was able to show them that the Nicene Creed is “simply” a longer version of the Apostles’ Creed—and let’s look at what is in the Apostle’s Creed. In essence, we made a bit of a game out of it.
Finally, there’s habit. Although my twins are adopted, they somehow both wound up insomniacs like me. Whenever I hear, “Papa, I can’t sleep!” My first question is: “Where is your rosary?” It’s usually under their pillow, so I kneel beside them and say, “Now how does the Apostle’s Creed begin?” I was amazed at how quickly they had learned it.
Again, I am a terrible teacher. And perhaps what I’ve shared won’t help you teach your children the Rosary. But so far it has worked for us, and I hope it does for you as well.
BREAKING NEWS: EFCC arrest ex-governor of Akwa Ibom state
The former Military Administrator of Akwa Ibom state and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is accused of N450,000,000( Four Hundred and Fifty Million Naira only) from the sleazy $115million deposited by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, with Fidelity Bank Plc.
Former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Idongesit Nkanga arrested by EFCC for involvement in $115million poll bribery scandal.
According to Premium Times, Mr Nkanga, a retired air commodore was arrested in Port- Harcourt, the Rivers state capital on Monday, May 9.
Sources said Nkanga allegedly collected the money in two tranches, from one Saint-Anthony Ejiowu, a staff of Fidelity Bank in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital.
The first tranche of the money – N350,000,000 (Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Million Naira only) was paid to the politician on March 27, 2015, the sources revealed.
Nkanga allegedly received the second tranche of N100,000,000 (One Hundred Million Naira only) on March 31, 2015.
“He is in the custody of the EFCC and would be charged to court soon,” an unnamed official said.
The EFCC arrested the former governor just as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, assured Nigerians that the Commission will cooperate with the anti-graft agency in regarding its personnel named in the scandal.
According to a statement by the commission’s Director, Voters’ Education and Publicity, Oluwole Ozaze-Uzzi on Monday, Mr. Yakubu gave the assurance during a meeting with editors in Lagos.
“Whatever level of cooperation any of the agencies requires of the Commission, we will give that level of cooperation because it is also in a bid to sanitize the system,” Mr. Yakubu was quoted as saying.
“I hope also it (investigation) will extend to the givers not just the takers so that there will be collective sanity. Whoever violates the law of this land and there are questions to answer, the person should answer, the person should bear his own cross.
“All the staff that are fingered are individuals. It is not a collective institutional thing. They should go and answer for what they have alleged to have done.”
Some staff of the electoral body were alleged to have received a cumulative N23 billion in bribe from Mrs. Alison-Madueke, through Fidelity Bank.
Prominent among the accused INEC staff were Gesila Khan, the Resident Electoral Commissioner who had earlier been arrested by the State Security Service over allegations of inducement to rig elections in Rivers State; and Uluochi Obi Brown (INEC’s Administrative Secretary in Delta State), former Deputy Director of INEC in Cross River state, Edem Okon Effanga, and the Head of Voter Education in INEC in Akwa Ibom, Immaculata Asuquo.
Also under investigation is retired INEC official, Sani Isa, who allegedly collected bribe on behalf of the deceased Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kano State, Mukaila Abdullahi.
Also two unnamed former INEC chiefs were said to have participated in aiding the flow of the bribe money.
The alleged bribery scandal involved bank chiefs, including Sterling Bank Chief Executive, Yemi Adeola, the removed Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Nnamdi Okonkwo and Access Bank Managing Director, Hubert Wigwe, who allegedly assisted Mrs. Alison-Maduekwe in laundering part of the fund which was allegedly handed to INEC staff in a plot to influence outcomes of the 2015 presidential poll.
The integrity of the elections in the South-South region, particularly Rivers State, has been questioned by many organisations, including foreign observers and the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) whose report claimed results in the oil-rich region were inflated.
A citizen group, Enough is Enough, last week filed a Freedom of Information request asking EFCC to disclose identities of the former INEC chiefs, all the electoral staff and civil society organizations involved in the alleged bribery.
Following investigation of the Investigation the poll bribery scandal, operatives of the EFCC found out that $115m (N23.29b) came from proceeds of stolen crude oil.
The said money was allegedly used as a bribe for officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to alter the results of the 2015 presidential election.
Speaking with The Nation on Monday, May 2, a top EFCC official who pleaded for anonymity said: “Our operatives have discovered that the $115 million came from stolen crude oil. They got it from former Petroleum Resources Minister Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke.
“We will uncover how they came about the stolen crude oil and those used to siphon the oil in order to deny the nation of revenue.”
Meanwhile, the anti-graft agency has reportedly frozen all the accounts of top officials of the INEC and oil chiefs implicated in the poll bribery scandal.
According to another source, the EFCC is preparing for the arraignment of some suspects, including top banking officials and some owners of oil companies.
Charges might also be preferred against Alison-Madueke, who is believed to be central to the coordination of the huge bribe given to INEC officials.
Former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Idongesit Nkanga arrested by EFCC for involvement in $115million poll bribery scandal.
According to Premium Times, Mr Nkanga, a retired air commodore was arrested in Port- Harcourt, the Rivers state capital on Monday, May 9.
Sources said Nkanga allegedly collected the money in two tranches, from one Saint-Anthony Ejiowu, a staff of Fidelity Bank in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital.
The first tranche of the money – N350,000,000 (Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Million Naira only) was paid to the politician on March 27, 2015, the sources revealed.
Nkanga allegedly received the second tranche of N100,000,000 (One Hundred Million Naira only) on March 31, 2015.
“He is in the custody of the EFCC and would be charged to court soon,” an unnamed official said.
The EFCC arrested the former governor just as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, assured Nigerians that the Commission will cooperate with the anti-graft agency in regarding its personnel named in the scandal.
According to a statement by the commission’s Director, Voters’ Education and Publicity, Oluwole Ozaze-Uzzi on Monday, Mr. Yakubu gave the assurance during a meeting with editors in Lagos.
“Whatever level of cooperation any of the agencies requires of the Commission, we will give that level of cooperation because it is also in a bid to sanitize the system,” Mr. Yakubu was quoted as saying.
“I hope also it (investigation) will extend to the givers not just the takers so that there will be collective sanity. Whoever violates the law of this land and there are questions to answer, the person should answer, the person should bear his own cross.
“All the staff that are fingered are individuals. It is not a collective institutional thing. They should go and answer for what they have alleged to have done.”
Some staff of the electoral body were alleged to have received a cumulative N23 billion in bribe from Mrs. Alison-Madueke, through Fidelity Bank.
Prominent among the accused INEC staff were Gesila Khan, the Resident Electoral Commissioner who had earlier been arrested by the State Security Service over allegations of inducement to rig elections in Rivers State; and Uluochi Obi Brown (INEC’s Administrative Secretary in Delta State), former Deputy Director of INEC in Cross River state, Edem Okon Effanga, and the Head of Voter Education in INEC in Akwa Ibom, Immaculata Asuquo.
Also under investigation is retired INEC official, Sani Isa, who allegedly collected bribe on behalf of the deceased Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kano State, Mukaila Abdullahi.
Also two unnamed former INEC chiefs were said to have participated in aiding the flow of the bribe money.
The alleged bribery scandal involved bank chiefs, including Sterling Bank Chief Executive, Yemi Adeola, the removed Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Nnamdi Okonkwo and Access Bank Managing Director, Hubert Wigwe, who allegedly assisted Mrs. Alison-Maduekwe in laundering part of the fund which was allegedly handed to INEC staff in a plot to influence outcomes of the 2015 presidential poll.
The integrity of the elections in the South-South region, particularly Rivers State, has been questioned by many organisations, including foreign observers and the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) whose report claimed results in the oil-rich region were inflated.
A citizen group, Enough is Enough, last week filed a Freedom of Information request asking EFCC to disclose identities of the former INEC chiefs, all the electoral staff and civil society organizations involved in the alleged bribery.
Following investigation of the Investigation the poll bribery scandal, operatives of the EFCC found out that $115m (N23.29b) came from proceeds of stolen crude oil.
The said money was allegedly used as a bribe for officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to alter the results of the 2015 presidential election.
Speaking with The Nation on Monday, May 2, a top EFCC official who pleaded for anonymity said: “Our operatives have discovered that the $115 million came from stolen crude oil. They got it from former Petroleum Resources Minister Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke.
“We will uncover how they came about the stolen crude oil and those used to siphon the oil in order to deny the nation of revenue.”
Meanwhile, the anti-graft agency has reportedly frozen all the accounts of top officials of the INEC and oil chiefs implicated in the poll bribery scandal.
According to another source, the EFCC is preparing for the arraignment of some suspects, including top banking officials and some owners of oil companies.
Charges might also be preferred against Alison-Madueke, who is believed to be central to the coordination of the huge bribe given to INEC officials.
60-yr-old man marries 14-yr-old teenager in Somalia
According to a Mogadishu freelance journalist Hassan Istiila, “It’s no surprise, but the people get angry when they saw a 60-year-old man married 14 yrs-old in Somalia” he tweeted yesterday, May 9.
" Somalia Live Update @HassanIstiila
It's no surprise, but the people get really angry. When they saw a 60 -yrs- old man married 14 yrs-old in #Somalia
7:52 PM - 9 May 2016 · Somalia, Somalia""
" Somalia Live Update @HassanIstiila
It's no surprise, but the people get really angry. When they saw a 60 -yrs- old man married 14 yrs-old in #Somalia
7:52 PM - 9 May 2016 · Somalia, Somalia""
200 naked women protest in Ebonyi
Over 200 naked women from Nkwegu community near Abakaliki took to the street of the town in protest against the continued detention of the president general of the community, Ndubuisi Ekumankama, by the police on Monday, May 9.
Ekumankama was reported to have broken down the house of a widow in Amangwu Edda community of the state and had been incarcerated for it.
According to Punch, the women, believed to be about 200 in number were protesting all the way to Ebonyi State Government House in Abakaliki before they were intercepted by policemen who became confused upon seeing the naked women.
The police public relations officer, Ebonyi state command, George Okafo said: “Last week, a group of women numbering about 20 stormed the police headquarters to protest the arrest and detention of a suspect who was being held for demolishing a widow’s house in Amangwu-Edda.
“After we spoke to them, they even saw the suspect and he spoke to them. This showed them that he is alive. They went back.
“Today, we got information that the same women had gone and mobilised over 200 other women to storm the Government House in protest. We also got information that they were coming into the town naked so, we tried to halt them from gaining entry into the city.
“Our men who earlier got to the scene were repelled because of the sight of the nakedness of these women and we had to mobilise our policewomen, led by a female Assistant Commissioner of Police. Their action was unfortunate and shameful.”
The State Police Commissioner, Ibekwe Abdallah, sent some female police officers to the scene to plead with protesters.
Meanwhile, after receiving heavy knocks from Nigerians including frontline human right lawyer, Femi Falana, over the continuous attacks on Nigerians by Fulani herdsmen, the inspector-general of police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has directed commissioners of police (CPs) to convene town hall meetings in their respective commands.
Ekumankama was reported to have broken down the house of a widow in Amangwu Edda community of the state and had been incarcerated for it.
According to Punch, the women, believed to be about 200 in number were protesting all the way to Ebonyi State Government House in Abakaliki before they were intercepted by policemen who became confused upon seeing the naked women.
The police public relations officer, Ebonyi state command, George Okafo said: “Last week, a group of women numbering about 20 stormed the police headquarters to protest the arrest and detention of a suspect who was being held for demolishing a widow’s house in Amangwu-Edda.
“After we spoke to them, they even saw the suspect and he spoke to them. This showed them that he is alive. They went back.
“Today, we got information that the same women had gone and mobilised over 200 other women to storm the Government House in protest. We also got information that they were coming into the town naked so, we tried to halt them from gaining entry into the city.
“Our men who earlier got to the scene were repelled because of the sight of the nakedness of these women and we had to mobilise our policewomen, led by a female Assistant Commissioner of Police. Their action was unfortunate and shameful.”
The State Police Commissioner, Ibekwe Abdallah, sent some female police officers to the scene to plead with protesters.
Meanwhile, after receiving heavy knocks from Nigerians including frontline human right lawyer, Femi Falana, over the continuous attacks on Nigerians by Fulani herdsmen, the inspector-general of police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has directed commissioners of police (CPs) to convene town hall meetings in their respective commands.
Tuesday, May 10
American University Of Nigeria Post UTME/DE Form – 2016/17
At the American University Of Nigeria (AUN), students have the opportunity to acquire the best of American education on African soil. This seamlessly eliminates the stress usually associated with the often endless quest for foreign visa.
The American University of Nigeria was founded in response to the need for a world-class university in sub-Saharan Africa.
The goal of AUN is to train the future leaders of Africa and to serve as both a stimulus and agent of economic development throughout the region.
To that end, all students, regardless of academic specialization, will receive high-level training in information technology, entrepreneurship and in arts and sciences, all of which are the key to future sustainable development. AUN is committed to providing the skills and the leadership essential to advancing the continent’s pressing social and economic challenges.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS.
Students must possess a minimum Jamb score of 180 or JAMB’s yearly official cut off score to be considered for admission at AUN.
Also required for admissions consideration are five (5) credits , including English Language and Mathematics, on no more than two SSCE sittings, or an equivalent from a country that requires other types of exit exams or standardized tests. Exceptions, if any, are made on a case-by-case basis.
Having the above scores and grades does not guarantee admission into the University. The above mentioned requirements only qualifies you for admission consideration and not necessarily acceptance. Students’ applications are carefully scrutinized, and those accepted are the ones with the highest scores and qualifications in the applicant pool.
JAMB scores, WAEC, NECO, NABTEB, IGCSE etc. scores and SS1, SS2 & SS3 transcripts assess an applicants’s overall performance and are the basic factors in the decision.
Direct entry/transfer applicant’s requirements:
v Completed Application form
v Diploma result (NCE/OND/HND) or ‘A’Level
v Official Transcripts
v SSCE, any or combination of (WAEC/NECO/GCE/IGCSE/NABTEB)
v Direct entry JAMB or IJMB
v Recommendation letter
v Personal statement
v ID card (International passport/Drivers’ licence/National ID card)
HOW TO APPLY FOR AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA ADMISSION.
Interested applicants should complete the online application form or send a filled hard copy application to:
The Admissions Office
American University of Nigeria
P.M.B. 2250
Lamido Zubairu Way
Yola Adamawa State
Nigeria
OR
Abuja Liaison Office
Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Center,
No,1 Memorial Drive,
Wuse Zone 4,
Abuja, FCT
Nigeria
Supported by the following documents:
End of High/Secondary School External Exams Grades; WAEC, NECO, IGCSE, SSCE or the equivalent.
JAMB score (minimum scores set annually)
Copies of the applicants high/secondary school transcripts; SS1, SS2, and SS3
A letter of recommendation/attestation from the high/secondary school attended
A personal statement (Essay) about why the applicant chose AUN and what his/her future ambitions are
A photocopy of ID card, International passport (picture page),
Four personal passport Photos.
Direct Entry, Transfer Students from other institutions, and International Applicants are advised to contact admissions@aun.edu.ng for current entry requirements.
All documents can be scanned and emailed to
admissions@aun.edu.ng
The American University of Nigeria was founded in response to the need for a world-class university in sub-Saharan Africa.
The goal of AUN is to train the future leaders of Africa and to serve as both a stimulus and agent of economic development throughout the region.
To that end, all students, regardless of academic specialization, will receive high-level training in information technology, entrepreneurship and in arts and sciences, all of which are the key to future sustainable development. AUN is committed to providing the skills and the leadership essential to advancing the continent’s pressing social and economic challenges.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS.
Students must possess a minimum Jamb score of 180 or JAMB’s yearly official cut off score to be considered for admission at AUN.
Also required for admissions consideration are five (5) credits , including English Language and Mathematics, on no more than two SSCE sittings, or an equivalent from a country that requires other types of exit exams or standardized tests. Exceptions, if any, are made on a case-by-case basis.
Having the above scores and grades does not guarantee admission into the University. The above mentioned requirements only qualifies you for admission consideration and not necessarily acceptance. Students’ applications are carefully scrutinized, and those accepted are the ones with the highest scores and qualifications in the applicant pool.
JAMB scores, WAEC, NECO, NABTEB, IGCSE etc. scores and SS1, SS2 & SS3 transcripts assess an applicants’s overall performance and are the basic factors in the decision.
Direct entry/transfer applicant’s requirements:
v Completed Application form
v Diploma result (NCE/OND/HND) or ‘A’Level
v Official Transcripts
v SSCE, any or combination of (WAEC/NECO/GCE/IGCSE/NABTEB)
v Direct entry JAMB or IJMB
v Recommendation letter
v Personal statement
v ID card (International passport/Drivers’ licence/National ID card)
HOW TO APPLY FOR AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA ADMISSION.
Interested applicants should complete the online application form or send a filled hard copy application to:
The Admissions Office
American University of Nigeria
P.M.B. 2250
Lamido Zubairu Way
Yola Adamawa State
Nigeria
OR
Abuja Liaison Office
Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Center,
No,1 Memorial Drive,
Wuse Zone 4,
Abuja, FCT
Nigeria
Supported by the following documents:
End of High/Secondary School External Exams Grades; WAEC, NECO, IGCSE, SSCE or the equivalent.
JAMB score (minimum scores set annually)
Copies of the applicants high/secondary school transcripts; SS1, SS2, and SS3
A letter of recommendation/attestation from the high/secondary school attended
A personal statement (Essay) about why the applicant chose AUN and what his/her future ambitions are
A photocopy of ID card, International passport (picture page),
Four personal passport Photos.
Direct Entry, Transfer Students from other institutions, and International Applicants are advised to contact admissions@aun.edu.ng for current entry requirements.
All documents can be scanned and emailed to
admissions@aun.edu.ng
How to Apply for Nigerian SSC & DSSC Recruitment – 2016
Applications are now invited from eligible Nigerian for commissioning into the Nigerian Army as Short Service Combatant (SSC) and Direct Short Service Commission (DSSC) officers. The SSC and DSSC are open to both civilians and serving military personnel. However, only serving military personnel sponsored by any of the Services of the Nigerian Armed Forces to civil institutions shall be considered.
NIGERIAN ARMY SSC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS.
All applicants must satisfy the following conditions:
a. Be a Nigerian as defined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
b. Be a male or female between the ages of 24 and 29 years by October 2016.
c. Be medically, mentally and physically fit according to NA Standards.
d. Be recommended by at least 2 recognizable referees who must attest to the applicant’s character and integrity. Serving military personnel must be recommended by their commanding officers. Civilians could be recommended by a Local Government Chairman/Secretary or an officer of the Armed Forces not below the rank of a Lieutenant Colonel and equivalent or an Assistant Commissioner of Police and above who must hail from the state of the applicant. Passport photographs of referees must be affixed to the letter of attestation.
e. Candidates must submit a letter of Attestation from their former institutions.
f. Measure at least 1.68m (for male) and 1.65m (for female) in height.
g. Must not have been convicted by any court of law. Military personnel must be free from any disciplinary case (This is to be endorsed by the Commanding Officer/Commander).
h. Possess at least a first degree of not less than Second Class Lower Division or HND of not less
than Lower Credit in the arts, sciences or humanities from any recognized institution of learning.
i. Possess valid birth certificate endorsed by the National Population Commission, Hospital or Local Government Council or valid age declaration.
j. Possess a valid certificate of state of origin.
k. Applicants (less serving members of the Armed Forces) must possess NYSC discharge certificate or a valid exemption as the case may be.
l. Only academic credentials obtained from 2011 to date will be considered.
m. Candidates must present contact addresses and telephone numbers of parent/guardians and Next of Kin
n. Candidates must not have any body inscriptions or tattoos
o. Candidates must tender all original copies of educational certificates (primary to post secondary).
p. Service personnel must present valid military identity cards and letters of recommendations by their Commanding Officers/Commanders. They must also present valid letter(s) of NA sponsorship in tertiary academic institutions. Additionally, they must have served for a period of not less than 5 years in the unit.
q. Candidates must not be members of any cult/society/fraternity
NIGERIAN ARMY SSC – CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
SSC will be granted for 10 years. Six years will be on active list renewable thereafter for a period up to 3 years. No extension is allowed after the ninth year of commission except on conversion to Regular Combatant where applicable.
a. Officer cadets who successfully complete the military training shall be granted the rank of
Second Lieutenant.
b. Conversion to regular commission is not automatic. It is based on availability of vacancy
and other criteria that are or will be in force from time to time.
c. All graduating officer cadets must sign an acceptance on the terms and conditions governing
the Short Service Combatant Commission before they are granted commission into the Nigerian Army.
d. The reckonable period of service will be based on the date of commencement of cadet training
of both civilian and military personnel entrants.
NIGERIAN ARMY DSSC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS.
All applicants must satisfy the following conditions:
a. Be a Nigerian as defined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
b. Be a male or female between the ages of 22 and 35 years, while medical consultants be not more than 40 years of age by October 2016.
c. Be medically, mentally and physically fit according to NA standards.
d. Be recommended by at least 2 recognizable referees who must attest to the applicant character and integrity. These could be by a Local Government Chairman/Secretary or an officer of the Armed Forces not below the rank of a Lieutenant Colonel and equivalent or an Assistant Commissioner of Police and above who must hail from the state of the applicant. Passport photographs of referees must be affixed to the letter of attestation.
e. Candidates must submit a letter of Attestation from their former institutions.
f. Measure at least 1.68m (for male) and 1.65m (for female) in height.
g. Must not have been convicted by any court of law. Military personnel must be free from any disciplinary case (This is to be endorsed by the Commanding Officer/Commander).
h. Possess at least a first degree with not less than Second Class Lower Division or HND of not less than Lower Credit from any recognized institution of learning.
i. Possess valid birth certificate endorsed by the National Population Commission, Hospital or Local Government Council or valid age declaration.
j. Possess a valid certificate of state of origin.
k. Applicants (Less serving members of the Armed Forces) must possess NYSC discharge certificate or a valid exemption as the case may be.
l. Graduates with professional qualifications must be duly registered by relevant bodies recognized by Nigerian Laws at the commencement of cadet training.
m. Only academic credentials obtained from 2006 to date will be considered.
n. Candidates must present contact addresses and telephone numbers of parent/guardians and Next of Kin.
o. Candidates must not have any body inscriptions or tattoos.
p. Candidates must tender all original copies of educational certificates (primary to post secondary).
q. Service personnel must present valid military identity cards and letters of recommendations by their Commanding Officers/Commanders. They must also present valid letter(s) of NA sponsorship in tertiary academic institutions. Additionally, they must have served for a period of not less than 5 years in the unit.
r. Candidates must not be members of any cult/society/fraternity.
s. All female applicants are advised to seek for commission into specialist corps e;g Medical, Legal Service or Army Public Relations.
NIGERIAN ARMY DSSC – CONDITION OF SERVICE.
Direct Short Service Commission will be granted for 10 years, for an initial probation period of 3 years, renewable yearly for another period of 7 years. Direct Regular Commission may be granted on conversion after 3 years as a commissioned officer.
a. Conversion to Direct Regular Commission is not automatic. It is based on availability of vacancy and other criteria that are or will be in force from time to time.
b. All graduating officer cadets must sign an acceptance on the terms and conditions governing the Direct Short Service Commission before they are granted commission into the Nigerian Army.
c. The reckonable period of service will be based on the date of commencement of cadet training of both civilian and military personnel entrants.
d. Medical Consultants Officers on successful completion of military training shall be granted the rank of Major and Direct Regular Commission.
e. Officer cadets who successfully complete the military training shall be granted the rank of Lieutenant with no advantage of seniority.
NIGERIAN ARMY CORPS AND SERVICES.
Applications should be into any of the following Corps and Services of the NA:
A. Nigerian Army Medical Corps.
(1) Medical and Dental Consultants. Applicants could belong to either of the following fields of specialization such as General Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Anaesthesia, Neuro Surgery, Cadiothoracic, ENT Surgeons, Physicians (Cardiologists, Endocrinologist, Nephrologists and Neurologists), Ophthalmologists as well as Obstetrics and Gynaecologists, Paediatricians and Family Physicians. Applicants must also consider the following criteria:
(a) Must be Fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria or equivalent Postgraduate Medical College.
(b) Not be more than 40 years of age.
(c) Must have full registration of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) for the undergraduate degree and additional qualification registration as appropriate.
(d) Must have current MDCN licence to practice as a specialist.
(2) General Duty Medical/Dental Officers. Applicants must possess MBBS/BDS or equivalent with not more than 5 years post – qualification experience and must be fully registered with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
Note: All applicants for Medical Corps, are expected to present proof of registration with their professional regulatory bodies and current practicing license.
B. Directorate of Army Aviation.
Applicants must possess a minimum of BSc/B Eng (Second Class Lower) degree or HND (Lower Credit) with other relevant trade qualification from government – approved institutions for the following fields:
(1) Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering. Minimum of B Eng or HND in Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering with not less than 3 years work experience.
(2) Mechanical Engineering. Minimum of B Eng or HND in Mechanical Engineering with not less than 2 years work experience.
(3) Electrical Engineering. Minimum of B Eng or HND in Electrical Electronics (Power option).
(4) Air Traffic Controller. BSc in Geography/Physics/Mathematics with NCAA approved Air Traffic Control License.
(5) Fire Fighter. BSc in Chemistry/Physics with NCAA approved Fire Fighting License from any reputable organization.
C. Directorate of Chaplain Services (Protestant).
Applicants must possess minimum of BA (Second Class Lower) degree in Pastoral Psychology, New Testament Theology, Old Testament Theology, Pastoral Counseling and Child Evangelism from any of the Seminaries/Universities recognized by the NA Directorate of Chaplain Services (Protestant). Applicants must belong to one of the 18 major denominations of the protestant faith. Soldier applicants must have served the NA with a minimum of 5 years experience in Chaplaincy work and must be vetted and recommended by the NA Directorate of Chaplain Services (Protestant).
D. Directorate of Chaplain Services (Roman Catholic).
Applicants must possess a minimum of Bachelor (Second Class Lower) degree in any of the following areas: Philosophy and Theology from a Roman Catholic approved seminary, affiliated to a National Universities Commission accredited University or Urbanian University, Rome. Applicants must have good standing in the church and be also released by a Diocesan Bishop. Applicants must be vetted and recommended by the NA Directorate of Chaplain Services (Roman Catholic).
E. Directorate of Islamic Affairs.
Applicants must possess a minimum of BA, B Ed (Second Class Lower) degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies, LLB Sharia with Diploma in Arabic from recognized Nigerian universities, Azhar University, Cairo or Saudi University. Each applicant would be required to produce testimony of excellent character from a reputable religious organization in Nigeria. Applicants must be able to speak English Language.
F. Directorate of Legal Service.
Applicants must possess LLB BL from a recognized institution. A minimum of 2 years post Law School legal practice is required and applicants must present evidence of this.
G. Directorate of Army Public Relations .
Applicants must possess a minimum of BSc, BA (Second Class Lower) degree or HND (Lower Credit) in Journalism, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Radio Operation and Performance. Applicants must have evidence of Membership to any Professional body in relation to media operation and journalism.
HOW TO APPLY FOR THE NIGERIAN ARMY SSC AND DSSC APPLICATION.
The following will apply:
a. Applications are to be made online.
b. To apply:
(1) Log on to www.nigerianarmyms.ng to create an account.
(2) Read the Qualification Criteria.
(3) From the Home Page, Select SSC application.
(4) On successful registration, you will receive an email notification containing your login details.
(5) Click on ‘Login’ to complete the application form.
(6) Ensure all required documents are uploaded:
-passport photograph.
-educational certificates.
-evidence of membership of any professional body.
-certificate of state of origin.
-birth certificate or age declaration
c. Print Out. Applicants must print out their online generated photo-slip on completion of their application. The first page is to be signed by a Court of Law and the second page is to be signed by the Local Government Chairman/Secretary or any military officer of the rank of Lieutenant Colonel or equivalent and above who hails from your state. Successful applicants are required to present their printed photo-slip to the selection board during interview
CLOSING DATE
5. All applications must be submitted not later than 13th June 2016.
FURTHER INFORMATION
6. For further information, you may call 07046349788 and 09099170154, or visit
www.army.mil.ng
For technical support and complaints, call the following support lines 07018447913 or email
support@nigerianarmyms.org
NIGERIAN ARMY SSC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS.
All applicants must satisfy the following conditions:
a. Be a Nigerian as defined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
b. Be a male or female between the ages of 24 and 29 years by October 2016.
c. Be medically, mentally and physically fit according to NA Standards.
d. Be recommended by at least 2 recognizable referees who must attest to the applicant’s character and integrity. Serving military personnel must be recommended by their commanding officers. Civilians could be recommended by a Local Government Chairman/Secretary or an officer of the Armed Forces not below the rank of a Lieutenant Colonel and equivalent or an Assistant Commissioner of Police and above who must hail from the state of the applicant. Passport photographs of referees must be affixed to the letter of attestation.
e. Candidates must submit a letter of Attestation from their former institutions.
f. Measure at least 1.68m (for male) and 1.65m (for female) in height.
g. Must not have been convicted by any court of law. Military personnel must be free from any disciplinary case (This is to be endorsed by the Commanding Officer/Commander).
h. Possess at least a first degree of not less than Second Class Lower Division or HND of not less
than Lower Credit in the arts, sciences or humanities from any recognized institution of learning.
i. Possess valid birth certificate endorsed by the National Population Commission, Hospital or Local Government Council or valid age declaration.
j. Possess a valid certificate of state of origin.
k. Applicants (less serving members of the Armed Forces) must possess NYSC discharge certificate or a valid exemption as the case may be.
l. Only academic credentials obtained from 2011 to date will be considered.
m. Candidates must present contact addresses and telephone numbers of parent/guardians and Next of Kin
n. Candidates must not have any body inscriptions or tattoos
o. Candidates must tender all original copies of educational certificates (primary to post secondary).
p. Service personnel must present valid military identity cards and letters of recommendations by their Commanding Officers/Commanders. They must also present valid letter(s) of NA sponsorship in tertiary academic institutions. Additionally, they must have served for a period of not less than 5 years in the unit.
q. Candidates must not be members of any cult/society/fraternity
NIGERIAN ARMY SSC – CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
SSC will be granted for 10 years. Six years will be on active list renewable thereafter for a period up to 3 years. No extension is allowed after the ninth year of commission except on conversion to Regular Combatant where applicable.
a. Officer cadets who successfully complete the military training shall be granted the rank of
Second Lieutenant.
b. Conversion to regular commission is not automatic. It is based on availability of vacancy
and other criteria that are or will be in force from time to time.
c. All graduating officer cadets must sign an acceptance on the terms and conditions governing
the Short Service Combatant Commission before they are granted commission into the Nigerian Army.
d. The reckonable period of service will be based on the date of commencement of cadet training
of both civilian and military personnel entrants.
NIGERIAN ARMY DSSC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS.
All applicants must satisfy the following conditions:
a. Be a Nigerian as defined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
b. Be a male or female between the ages of 22 and 35 years, while medical consultants be not more than 40 years of age by October 2016.
c. Be medically, mentally and physically fit according to NA standards.
d. Be recommended by at least 2 recognizable referees who must attest to the applicant character and integrity. These could be by a Local Government Chairman/Secretary or an officer of the Armed Forces not below the rank of a Lieutenant Colonel and equivalent or an Assistant Commissioner of Police and above who must hail from the state of the applicant. Passport photographs of referees must be affixed to the letter of attestation.
e. Candidates must submit a letter of Attestation from their former institutions.
f. Measure at least 1.68m (for male) and 1.65m (for female) in height.
g. Must not have been convicted by any court of law. Military personnel must be free from any disciplinary case (This is to be endorsed by the Commanding Officer/Commander).
h. Possess at least a first degree with not less than Second Class Lower Division or HND of not less than Lower Credit from any recognized institution of learning.
i. Possess valid birth certificate endorsed by the National Population Commission, Hospital or Local Government Council or valid age declaration.
j. Possess a valid certificate of state of origin.
k. Applicants (Less serving members of the Armed Forces) must possess NYSC discharge certificate or a valid exemption as the case may be.
l. Graduates with professional qualifications must be duly registered by relevant bodies recognized by Nigerian Laws at the commencement of cadet training.
m. Only academic credentials obtained from 2006 to date will be considered.
n. Candidates must present contact addresses and telephone numbers of parent/guardians and Next of Kin.
o. Candidates must not have any body inscriptions or tattoos.
p. Candidates must tender all original copies of educational certificates (primary to post secondary).
q. Service personnel must present valid military identity cards and letters of recommendations by their Commanding Officers/Commanders. They must also present valid letter(s) of NA sponsorship in tertiary academic institutions. Additionally, they must have served for a period of not less than 5 years in the unit.
r. Candidates must not be members of any cult/society/fraternity.
s. All female applicants are advised to seek for commission into specialist corps e;g Medical, Legal Service or Army Public Relations.
NIGERIAN ARMY DSSC – CONDITION OF SERVICE.
Direct Short Service Commission will be granted for 10 years, for an initial probation period of 3 years, renewable yearly for another period of 7 years. Direct Regular Commission may be granted on conversion after 3 years as a commissioned officer.
a. Conversion to Direct Regular Commission is not automatic. It is based on availability of vacancy and other criteria that are or will be in force from time to time.
b. All graduating officer cadets must sign an acceptance on the terms and conditions governing the Direct Short Service Commission before they are granted commission into the Nigerian Army.
c. The reckonable period of service will be based on the date of commencement of cadet training of both civilian and military personnel entrants.
d. Medical Consultants Officers on successful completion of military training shall be granted the rank of Major and Direct Regular Commission.
e. Officer cadets who successfully complete the military training shall be granted the rank of Lieutenant with no advantage of seniority.
NIGERIAN ARMY CORPS AND SERVICES.
Applications should be into any of the following Corps and Services of the NA:
A. Nigerian Army Medical Corps.
(1) Medical and Dental Consultants. Applicants could belong to either of the following fields of specialization such as General Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Anaesthesia, Neuro Surgery, Cadiothoracic, ENT Surgeons, Physicians (Cardiologists, Endocrinologist, Nephrologists and Neurologists), Ophthalmologists as well as Obstetrics and Gynaecologists, Paediatricians and Family Physicians. Applicants must also consider the following criteria:
(a) Must be Fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria or equivalent Postgraduate Medical College.
(b) Not be more than 40 years of age.
(c) Must have full registration of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) for the undergraduate degree and additional qualification registration as appropriate.
(d) Must have current MDCN licence to practice as a specialist.
(2) General Duty Medical/Dental Officers. Applicants must possess MBBS/BDS or equivalent with not more than 5 years post – qualification experience and must be fully registered with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
Note: All applicants for Medical Corps, are expected to present proof of registration with their professional regulatory bodies and current practicing license.
B. Directorate of Army Aviation.
Applicants must possess a minimum of BSc/B Eng (Second Class Lower) degree or HND (Lower Credit) with other relevant trade qualification from government – approved institutions for the following fields:
(1) Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering. Minimum of B Eng or HND in Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering with not less than 3 years work experience.
(2) Mechanical Engineering. Minimum of B Eng or HND in Mechanical Engineering with not less than 2 years work experience.
(3) Electrical Engineering. Minimum of B Eng or HND in Electrical Electronics (Power option).
(4) Air Traffic Controller. BSc in Geography/Physics/Mathematics with NCAA approved Air Traffic Control License.
(5) Fire Fighter. BSc in Chemistry/Physics with NCAA approved Fire Fighting License from any reputable organization.
C. Directorate of Chaplain Services (Protestant).
Applicants must possess minimum of BA (Second Class Lower) degree in Pastoral Psychology, New Testament Theology, Old Testament Theology, Pastoral Counseling and Child Evangelism from any of the Seminaries/Universities recognized by the NA Directorate of Chaplain Services (Protestant). Applicants must belong to one of the 18 major denominations of the protestant faith. Soldier applicants must have served the NA with a minimum of 5 years experience in Chaplaincy work and must be vetted and recommended by the NA Directorate of Chaplain Services (Protestant).
D. Directorate of Chaplain Services (Roman Catholic).
Applicants must possess a minimum of Bachelor (Second Class Lower) degree in any of the following areas: Philosophy and Theology from a Roman Catholic approved seminary, affiliated to a National Universities Commission accredited University or Urbanian University, Rome. Applicants must have good standing in the church and be also released by a Diocesan Bishop. Applicants must be vetted and recommended by the NA Directorate of Chaplain Services (Roman Catholic).
E. Directorate of Islamic Affairs.
Applicants must possess a minimum of BA, B Ed (Second Class Lower) degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies, LLB Sharia with Diploma in Arabic from recognized Nigerian universities, Azhar University, Cairo or Saudi University. Each applicant would be required to produce testimony of excellent character from a reputable religious organization in Nigeria. Applicants must be able to speak English Language.
F. Directorate of Legal Service.
Applicants must possess LLB BL from a recognized institution. A minimum of 2 years post Law School legal practice is required and applicants must present evidence of this.
G. Directorate of Army Public Relations .
Applicants must possess a minimum of BSc, BA (Second Class Lower) degree or HND (Lower Credit) in Journalism, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Radio Operation and Performance. Applicants must have evidence of Membership to any Professional body in relation to media operation and journalism.
HOW TO APPLY FOR THE NIGERIAN ARMY SSC AND DSSC APPLICATION.
The following will apply:
a. Applications are to be made online.
b. To apply:
(1) Log on to www.nigerianarmyms.ng to create an account.
(2) Read the Qualification Criteria.
(3) From the Home Page, Select SSC application.
(4) On successful registration, you will receive an email notification containing your login details.
(5) Click on ‘Login’ to complete the application form.
(6) Ensure all required documents are uploaded:
-passport photograph.
-educational certificates.
-evidence of membership of any professional body.
-certificate of state of origin.
-birth certificate or age declaration
c. Print Out. Applicants must print out their online generated photo-slip on completion of their application. The first page is to be signed by a Court of Law and the second page is to be signed by the Local Government Chairman/Secretary or any military officer of the rank of Lieutenant Colonel or equivalent and above who hails from your state. Successful applicants are required to present their printed photo-slip to the selection board during interview
CLOSING DATE
5. All applications must be submitted not later than 13th June 2016.
FURTHER INFORMATION
6. For further information, you may call 07046349788 and 09099170154, or visit
www.army.mil.ng
For technical support and complaints, call the following support lines 07018447913 or email
support@nigerianarmyms.org
‘I just Recorded The Biggest Song Of My Life’ – Ice Prince Set To Drop New Single
Rapper, Ice Prince just announced that he is set to drop the biggest song of his life.
The ‘Aboki’ crooner, took to social media to inform fans that he has just concluded work on the biggest single of his life, asking fans to anticipate.
Ice Prince, who is set to release a new album, J2TW, which means Jtown To The World, has us all yearning for this new biggest single of his life already.
Just recorded the biggest song of my life? #J2TW can’t wait #ZaManiac i am for Life!
— IcePrince Zamani (@Iceprincezamani) May 9, 2016
You have our attention Ice, we are all waiting!
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