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Aug32020 by Bernice EgwuNo Comments

Kano okays JAMB centres in Emirate councils

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Kano State Government has approved the establishment of a Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Computer-Based Testing Centres (CBTCs) in the five Emirate Councils and 44 local government areas. The centres would serve as board’s zonal offices. Commissioner for Information Muhammadu Garba, who briefed reporters in the State House, said the approval to establish JAMB centres in Kano was made at the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting. He said the Exco also approved the establishment of State Council on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to ensure grassroots people have ICT skills. The council on ICT will be co-chaired by the commissioners of Science, Technology and Innovation and that of Local Government. The commissioners for Information, Education and H...

Jul222020 by Joy Egwu2 Comments

Low Fat Chicken Shawarma Recipe How to make Low Fat Chicken Shawarma

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Easy About Low Fat Chicken Shawarma Recipe: Knock off the pita bread to make a low fat chicken shawarma with lettuce. Stuffed with pan fried chicken, tomatoes, onions, chillies and a yogurt based sauce. Ingredients Of Low Fat Chicken Shawarma For the shawarma: 500 Gram Chicken, sliced 3/4 Cup Yogurt 1 Tbsp Garlic paste 1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp Curry powder 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder As per taste Salt A pinch of Pepper powder 1/2 tsp All spice (optional) 1/2 tsp Paprika 2 Lemons (juiced) 1 tsp Oil For the sauce: 1/2 Cup Yogurt Little lemon juice 1 tsp Tahini Salt 1 tsp Garlic paste How to Make Low Fat Chicken Shawarma For the sauce: Whisk all ingredients and serve with chicken and pita bread / lettuce. ...

Jul222020 by Joy Egwu1 Comment

How to make FishPie

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Fish pie The look will easily pass for meat pie. No it's fish pie, I wanted this shape.. Mashed fried fish with vegetables, yummy Ingredients 10 servings 500 grams flour 250 grams magarine Baking powder Fried mashed mackerel fish Carrots diced Irish potatoes parboiled and diced Seasoning Salt Onions Thyme Curry 2 tablespoon flour for the filling 4 tablespoon vegetable oil Steps 1hr30minutes Add flour, baking powder, magarine, mix till it gets crumbly. Add water gradually to get a pliable dough and set aside. Add the oil to pan, sauté onions for two minutes. Add the curry and thyme. Add the Irish potatoes, diced carrots, mashed fried fish. Allow to cook for some minutes ...

Jul202020 by Okereke Edward3 Comments

2020 admission to begin August 21, JAMB says

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all tertiary institutions to begin the conduct of the first and second choice admissions from August 21. The board gave the directive in the 2020 admission guidelines released in Abuja by the board Spokesperson, Dr Benjamin Fabian. Dr Fabian, in the guidelines, warned institutions against duplication of forms, adding that they should desist from selling forms for admissions into some listed programmes. He urged institutions to advise candidates to apply for the programmes through its office, saying that all admission exercise must be conducted on the Central Admission Processing System. “All applications for admissions to First Degree, National Diploma, National Innovation Diploma and the Nigeria Certificate in Education i...

Jul172020 by Favourchi Chioma JohnsonNo Comments

FG Gives School Operators 12 Days To Meet COVID-19 Guidelines

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The Federal Government has given school owners till July, 29 to meet specific guidelines for safe reopening of schools. It said schools are expected to undertake self-assessment and send feedback to State Ministries of Education, not later than 29th July, 2020. The government said an official date for safe reopening of schools will be announced once these guidelines are in place. Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, stated these on Friday in Abuja. Nwajiuba said the the Federal Ministry of Education (FMoE), having consulted widely, has in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the Education in Emergencies Working Group, developed and circulated guidelines for the reopening of ...

Jul172020 by Maru Chineme Michael2 Comments

Matawalle Donates N100m To JIBWIS For Construction Of Islamic University

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Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has donated the sum of N100million to the Jamaatu Izalatil Bidah Wa Ikamatul Sunnah, JBWIS, for the construction an Islamic University in Jigawa State. A statement by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Zailani Bappa, quoted the governor as making the donation on Monday when the leadership of the group under Sheikh Bala Lau paid him a courtesy call at the Government House. Mr Matawalle said nothing was too much for the development of education, especially an Islamic education. Read Also: JIBWIS to establish Islamic university in Jigawa He, therefore, called on other state governors and wealthy individuals to support the initiative as, saying that JIBWIS is a trustworthy group genuinely out to help the development...

Jul162020 by David Abraham2 Comments

Students Give FG Two Weeks To Announce Schools Resumption Date

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Following what they described as Federal Government’s poor handling of schools reopening, students of tertiary institutions have given the government two weeks within which to fix a date for resumption. They threatened to protest against continued closure of schools if government failed to accede to their demands within 14 days. The groups, comprising the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), National Association of University Students (NAUS) and National Association of Colleges of Education Students (NANCES), at a virtual meeting, decried Federal Government’s approach towards resumption of learning institutions in the country. They also faulted government’s decision to pull out of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASCCE). Urging the M...

Jul162020 by Favourchi Chioma JohnsonNo Comments

Muslim Community Centre Establishes Varsity In Abuja

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A religious organisation, Muslim Community Centre (MCC), Abuja, has proposed the establishment of Monument University, Bwari, Abuja. In a statement, a member of MCC’s University Planning Committee (UPL), Prof. Ismail Junaidu, said documents on the centre’s intent for the development of the private university were submitted to the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, on July 8, in Abuja by the Chairman of UPL, Prof. Ismaila A. Tsiga. Prof. Junaidu said the centre proposed the institution “considering its experience in the provision of educational services to the general public, particularly in the FCT, and cognisant of its obligation to meet the current demand for higher education with strong moral perspec...

Jul152020 by GRACE ADAEZE7 Comments

Coronavirus: FG says schools will remain closed until safety is guaranteed

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The Federal Government has reiterated its decision that schools across the country will remain closed until safety is assured. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba said this on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, while addressing journalists at the end of the eighth virtual federal executive council meeting. Despite the demand by parents and the National Assembly on school reopening to allow SSS3 students to sit for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), Nwajiuba said, schools won’t open until adequate safety is guaranteed. As of Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 33,616 cases of COVID-19 had been recorded in Nigeria with 13,792 recoveries and 754 deaths. He said stakeholders are holding meetings to ensure the right decision is made. He added ...

Jul152020 by Maru Chineme MichaelNo Comments

FUTO VC Approves N20,000 For Collection Of Undergraduate

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The Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) Vc approves 20,000 naira for collection of undergraduate certifiicate. Re: FUTO VC Approves N20,000 For Collection Of Undergraduate Certificate by MelesZenawi: 7:45am This was exactly same thing I was saying the other day.... While their mates around the globe (their fellow professors, phds and msc's) are in the lab looking for solutions to the current pandamic ravaging the whole world....... The ones we have here in Nigeria are busy plotting, calculating and scheming on how to tax and loot the student.. In situations like this covid period, someone is plotting comfortably on how to add more burden to students and parents.......instead of been busy on how to deliver solutions from laboratory... Professors inn thieving and t...