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   The management of the FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Has Officially released the Departmental Admission Cut-off mark for 2016/2017 Academic session. An Aspirant is ONLY going to be Admitted if He/she passes the cut-off mark in both JAMB and ADMISSION SCREENING Result as Explained by the Admin of Naijaschoolnews.com    For Instance, If Chioma applied for Electrical and Electronics Engineering and the Departmental cut off mark being 240 for jamb and 230 for Screening. She must reach or pass 240 in jamb and 230 in screening. If she passes only the Screening and falls behind the JAMB cut-off maybe like 230,she will not be qualified for admission into the Department Despite passing the screening cut off mark Check Your Admission Screening Result Here Based on the Above Explanation, I'll Advice all Aspirants not to panic until the First ADMISSION List would be Released so we can Confirm. See the Departmental cut-off marks below; SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND A...

Elder-statesman, businessman and retired policeman, Umaru Shinkafi is dead. Shinkafi died in a hospital in London at about 4:07 p.m. Nigerian time, family sources said on Wednesday. Mr. Shinkafi, who held the traditional title of Marafan Sokoto, was a native of Zamfara State. Umaru Shinkafi He was a Federal Commissioner of Internal Affairs and a presidential aspirant in the third Republic. He also had an extensive career in military intelligence. “The body will be flown back to Nigeria tomorrow for burial at Abubakar III burial ground in Sokoto,” one source said today. Mr. Shinkafi is survived by three wives, and five children. One of his daughters is Zainab, wife of Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, and another is Hadiza, the wife of Zamfara governor, AbdulAzeez Yari. Shinkafi would be remembered for his pioneering role in the creation of the National Security Organisation, NSO, the secretive security arm of the Nigerian security apparatus which he headed from 1979 till 1983. Followi...

Float it or sink it, Naira is DEAD! And Buhari KILLED it as he is killing Nigeria         Nigeria has finally bowed to the inevitable. Battered by the oil plunge, starved of foreign currency and with the economy headed into recession, Africa’s second-biggest crude producer said Wednesday it will allow the naira to float, setting the stage for the currency to weaken. Free trade in the naira, set for Monday, will mark the end of more than a year of resistance by President Muhammadu Buhari, who reiterated his opposition to devaluation as recently as two weeks ago. The Central Bank of Nigeria has eliminated the official exchange rate for the naira, replacing it with a new forex policy which is “purely market-driven.”  However local and foreign financial experts, who welcomed the new policy, say it is, technically, a byword for currency devaluation. The naira was officially pegged at 197 to the U.S. dollar but ex...

        A king that transformed a jungle to a city will forev­er be remembered, at the same time, a king that turned a city into jungle forever would not be forgotten. The way things are going, it is obvious that many nations are likely to emerge from Nigeria. When the histories of such na­tions that were hitherto Nigeria would be written, one name that would be scrolled in bold prints is President Muhammadu Buhari for presiding and writing the epi­taph of ones a country.       In this vein, “There was a coun­try”, the last book of late literary icon, Prof Chinua Achebe be­comes prophetic.        When in the early 2000, it was alleged that the American Cen­tral Intelligence Agency (CIA) had predicted that Nigeria would fragment in 2015, there was pal­pable tension in the country es­pecially in the face of the gen­eral election that generated so much acrimony and hatred and the...

– A source in London has said that President Buhari is ‘cleared’ to return back to Nigeria next week – The UK doctors reportedly cleaned Buhari’s ear and applied antibiotics to it – Buhari was prescribed to a chest X-ray to determine the reason of his persistent cough Sahara Reporters has obtained the information that the UK doctors, who examined President Muhammadu Buhari’s ear infection, have allowed him to return to Nigeria on Thursday, June 16. A source in London revealed that the doctors had also prescribed a chest X-ray for President Buhari to find the cause of his continual cough. He also stated that Buhari didn’t know the result of the X-ray. However, a presidential source said that the Nigerian leader was probably to leave London for Abuja next week. The source also revealed that President Buhari spent a day at a hospital in the capital of Great Britain where he did a series of tests to determine the nature of his ear disorder and a course of treatment. ...

Amodu Shuaibu found dead in his room at about 4am today, June 11. – His death has sparked reaction from Nigerians – His body has been moved to the mortuary at the Stella Obasanjo hospital in BeninWhat is happening to Nigeria football?  Nigerians are asking as the nation lost anothericon, Amodu Shuaibu, in the early hours of today, June 11.Until his death, the Edo-born coach was the technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation. A statement today from the official NFF Twitteraccount confirmed his death.According to the statement, Shuaibu had complained of chest pain and died in his sleep.However, NAIJNEWSLAND has gathered that Shuaibuwas said to have complained of heart problems yesterday and was prayed for in the afternoon. He drove his car do drop a friend, went to sleep and was discovered dead about4am. Amodu Shuaibu died at the age of 58 and his death is coming barely three days after the demise of Stephen Keshi, former Super Eagles coach and captain.It was gathere...

FORMER militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, today, called on the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, yet again to halt the ongoing bombing of oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta region. Tompolo, in a statement, Saturday, said: “I wish to once again write the members of the Niger Delta Avengers to embrace the Federal Government dialogue option as a way out of the brewing crisis in the Niger Delta region. As I have said before now, I do not know you and how to reach you except through the mass media, therefore it is high time you stopped the bombing and destruction of crude oil facilities in the Niger Delta region.” He asserted: “One thing you guys may not be aware of is that you have not only succeeded in militarizing the Niger Delta region now, but also succeeded in given birth to so many negotiators and political jobbers within the government circle, who are very serious rumour peddlers in the country now.” The ex-militant leader, who is currently on the run, said th...