THE NIGER DELTA REGION MUST EXIST IN PEACE DESPITE ALL ODDS.

Introduction

The Niger Delta crisis was initially indexed on a prolonged socio-economic and political alienation marked by poverty, hunger, disease and environmental degradation. The Niger Delta – especially in the oil-producing communities – featured perpetuated human insecurity (basic needs), lack of infrastructures, wanton ecological damages, theft and unjust distribution of revenue from the sale of oil, coupled with perceived apathy on the part of government and the multinational oil companies in spite of significant contribution of crude oil to the Nigerian and global economy. Thus, the discovery of oil in the Niger Delta, instead of serving as means of blessing for the region brought total deprivation of the people from their own property and consequentially endangered meaningful growth and development. As a result, social conflict[4] which featured between militants on one hand and the local elites, government and the multinational oil companies on the other hand ensued. This also degenerated into the problem of hostage-taking and kidnapping of expatriates in the Niger Delta region, for whopping ransom. Prominent indigenes and political elites within the region were not also spared in the hostage for ransom threat. Thus, what started as resource control militancy, transformed into kidnapping and hostage taking business in the Niger Delta region, and which has also extended to other regions in the Country.

Suggesting reasons for the prevalence and causes of conflicts, Abidde notes that “as inevitable as conflicts are, they worsen if there is a crisis of governance and weak or failing institutions”[5]. Nigeria government has apparently proved beyond reasonable doubt that its failed institutions could not amiably halt the festering crisis in the region. Rather, the institutions of the state are used as an instrument of oppression at the detriment of peoples’ wishes. Thus at the initial stage of their struggle, militants, in championing the course for socio-economic and environmental emancipation, engaged in sabotaging oil installations, hostage taking, and carrying out lethal car bombings.[6] This, perhaps, indicates a pragmatic shift from the initial Ghandi-like revolutionary struggle[7] by Ken Saro-Wiwa (after the Isaac Adaka Boro era) to a militarised violent movement towards ascertaining the wishes and desires of an average people of the Niger Delta. And, finally, to the worse form of kidnapping and hostage-taking.

Historically, measures to curtail the lingering crisis in the region had prompted the establishment of special federal agencies to find lasting solution to the unwitting phenomena. Among these special agencies is the Niger Delta Development Board (NDDB), the Oil Mineral Producing Areas commission (OMPADEC) and the current Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Despite fervent moves towards curbing the activities of the militants and addressing the problems of the region, the crisis persisted. Amid the course to avert the unrest in the region, former President Umar Musa Yar’Adua (Late) in 2009, initiated an amnesty policy meant to subside the prevailing insurgency, kidnapping, hostage-taking, insecurity and address issues paramount to the priority of the people of Niger Delta. And as a final outcome achieve peace and ensure security to lives and properties in the region..................................................................................

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THE ROLE OF ICT IN SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION AND UTILIZATION

INTRODUCTION

Increasing urbanization and awareness of sustainability issues are setting off a wave of investments in revitalization of existing cities and development of new ones. However, given the scale of the challenge, simply throwing more money at the problem is not a solution — the world needs a new operating paradigm that provides for the electrical(power) needs of both urban and rural area residents in an economically viable, socially inclusive, and environmentally sustainable way.

The very reason why solar technology as come to stay and provide alternative energy source to enhance rapid development.

Businesses and governments are starting to recognize the role of technology in meeting these objectives. City investments that include a large ICT (information and communications technology) component can enable the designing of smarter cities that offer a better quality of life for their residents while being more sustainable and cost efficient. It is not only the residents that stand to benefit from this trend; governments can meet their objectives faster and more cheaply, while ICT players find themselves at the cusp of a whole new market. If these stakeholders hope to play and win in this uncharted territory, they will need to adopt a new operating paradigm; basically the solar technology................................................................................................................................................

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WHY YOUNG MEN IN IBIBIO LAND WERE SOCIO ECONOMICALLY EMPOWERED BEFORE MARRIAGE AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT DOING SO TODAY

Introduction

The Ibibio people live and function in the South East of Nigeria. Their origins and migration have been a source of speculation, ranging fromthe fact that they migrated from Israel (Umoh-Faithman, 1999) to their Bantu origins

(Udo, 1983), the latter somehow doubtful because Encarta (2006) holds that

the Bantus, no longer regarded as a cultural but a language group, actually

migrated fromEastern Region of Nigeria between 2000BC and 1000 AD (this

migration is regarded as one of the largest in human history).

Marriage is regarded as a complex of social, political, religious, and

economic systems in Ibibio land (Udo, 1983). It covers diverse aspects of the

society as family and community relationships, sex and sexuality, inheritance,

and even political power (as rulership particularly in the past resided in

specific and designated families both the secular and the religious).

Young couples are opting to live together and put off marriage for later, if at all. About a quarter of unmarried young adults (ages 25 to 34) are living with a partner, according to Pew Research analysis of Current Population Survey data.
Marriage has lost much of its social allure, but remains a desired milestone for about 70 percent of millennials. They say they would like to marry, but many — especially those with lower levels of income and education — lack what they deem to be a necessary prerequisite: a solid economic foundation.
In contrast to the patterns of the past, when adults in all socio-economic groups married at roughly the same rate, marriage today is more prevalent among those with higher incomes and more education, according to the Pew research......................................................

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ICT AS A BACKBONE FOR SUSTAINABLE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Introduction

We are living in a constantly evolving digital world. ICT has an impact on nearly every aspect of our lives - from working to socialising, learning to playing. The digital age has transformed the way young people communicate, network, seek help, access information and learn. We must recognise that young people are now an online population and access is through a variety of means such as computers, TV and mobile phones.

ICTs are making dynamic changes in society. They are influencing all aspects of

life. The influences are felt more and more at schools. Because ICTs provide both students and teachers with more opportunities in adapting learning and

teaching to individual needs, society is, forcing schools aptly respond to this technical innovation. Tinio (2002), states the potentials of ICTs in increasing access and improving relevance and quality of education in developing countries. Tinio further states the potentials of ICT as follows:

ICTs greatly facilitate the acquisition and absorption of knowledge, offering

developing countries unprecedented opportunities to enhance educational

systems, improve policy formulation and execution, and widen the range of

opportunities for business and the poor.

Considering the widespread of computer usage, ict has become the backbone for sustainable educational development in Nigeria...........

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UNIVERSITY OF UYO SCREENING SCHEDULE

The University of Uyo hereby invites candidates who made the University their 1st choice in the 2016/2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and had a Minimum Score of 180 and above to apply for Screening Exercise scheduled to hold from 22nd August, 2016 to 27th August, 2016.
Eligible candidates should pay the sum of N2, 500 (Two Thousand Five Hundred Naira Only). Those who had registered earlier with the sum of N2, 000 (Two Thousand Naira Only) are required to pay N500 (Five Hundred Naira Only) via Remita Platform.

UNIVERSITY OF UYO REQUIREMENTS FOR 2016 ADMISSION

UNIVERSITY OF UYO P.M.B. 1017, UYO, NIGERIAOFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR
ADMISSION INTO A ONE-YEAR PRE-DEGREE PROGRAMME
2016/2017 ACADEMIC YEAR
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into a one-year non-residential Pre-Degree Programme in the underlisted Faculties in the University of Uyo for the 2016/2017 academic year. The available programmes are:
A. Faculty of Agriculture C. Faculty of Education
(a) Agricultural Economics & Extension (a) Agricultural Education
(b) Animal Science (b) Biology Education
(c) Crop Science (c) Computer Science Education
(d) Fisheries and Aquatic Environmental Management (d) Chemistry Education
(e) Forestry and Natural Environmental Management (e) Health Education
(f) Food Science and Technology (f) Home Economics Education
(g) Home Economics, Nutrition and Dietetics (g) Integrated Science Education
(h) Soil Science & Land Resources Management (h) Library and Information Science
(Science component only)
(i) Mathematics Education
(j) Pre-Primary/Primary Education (Science component only)
(k) Physical Education
B. Faculty of Science (l) Physics Education
(a) Animal Science and Environmental Biology (m) Technical Education
(b) Botany and Ecological Studies
(c) Chemistry
(d) Mathematics
(e) Physics
(f) Statistics
1. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
(a) Candidates must possess credit in at least five (5) “O” level subjects including English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Agricultural Science is accepted in place of Biology for Agricultural Science Education and Agriculture candidates only), at not more than two sittings in the SSCE (WAEC/NECO, GCE or NABTECH).
(b) Candidates seeking admission into programmes in the Faculty of Agriculture should possess at least five (5) “O” Level Credit passes in NECO, WASC/GCE including Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science, Mathematics, English Language and any one of Economics, Geography or Physics. At least a Pass in Physics is acceptable.
(c) Candidates for admission into Agricultural Science Education must possess five (5) “O” Level credit passes in English Language, Chemistry, Biology (or Agricultural Science), Mathematics and any other subject.
(d) Candidates for admission into Home Economics Education should possess five “O” Level Credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and any other subject.
NOTE: JAMB score is not required for admission into this programme.
2. MAJOR COURSE REQUIREMENT
All successful candidates will be required to register for and take the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) into programmes of their choices from the list provided in A to C above.
3. METHOD OF APPLICATIONS
Eligible candidates should pay a non-refundable sum of N10,500.00 (ten thousand five hundred naira) only via Remita Payment Platform
Online Registration and Payment Instruction
1. Visit http://eportals,uniuyo.edu.ng or www.uniuyo.edu.ng (Click on e-portals link)
2. Select Pre-Degree Link and Click on Create Account Link
3. Enter your details and click on Create Account Button
4. Click on Make Payment
5. Select Bank Option or Card Option
6. Click on Generate e-Invoice (Bank Option) or Online Payment (Card Option)
7. Click on Print e-Invoice (To generate Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) Number to make payment at any
Bank Branch)
8. For card option, select the payment type and click pay. On the payment platform displayed, enter your card details
and click the “Pay” button
9. After payment at the bank or via card, return to the portal and click on Login Form Link and enter your Remita
Retrieval Reference (RRR) Number generated, to complete your registration.
Note: (i) The same passport photograph used for the online registration will be used during the Screening
Exercise and for registration after the offer of admission.
(ii) No complaint of wrong Bio-Data or blank photograph will be entertained after submission.
(iii) Candidates who up-load wrong bio-data will automatically be disqualified.
Candidates are required to come for the Screening Exercise with the following items:
(i) One (1) copy of the University of Uyo 2016 ONLINE registration form dully completed with the passport-size
photograph printed in colour.
Note: Only colour printout will be accepted.
(ii) Two (2) recent passport-size photographs on red background (same photograph as the one used for the online
registration)
with the name and signature of the candidate on the reverse side of the photographs. These should be packaged in a
quarto-size envelope and labeled with the candidate’s name and department.
(iii) HB pencil, eraser and sharpener.
No GSM handsets, calculators, four-figure tables or any other extraneous materials should be brought into the
screening halls.
Closing Date for registration: Friday September 2, 2016
Date for screening exercise: Tuesday September 6, 2016
Venue for the screening exercise: Ime Sampson Umana Campus of the University of Uyo, Ediene Abak,
Abak LGA
Time: 8:00am
Signed:
EDAK U. UMONDAK (MRS.)
Registrar and Secretary to Council
UNIVERSITY OF UYO
P.M.B. 1017, UYO, NIGERIA
IN COLLABORATION WITH
Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB)
ADMISSION INTO A ONE-YEAR BASIC STUDIES PROGRAMME
2016/2017 ACADEMIC YEAR
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into a non-residential, one-year Basic Studies
programme of the University of Uyo for the 2016/2017 academic year.
The Basic Studies programme is designed to prepare students for the examinations conducted by the Joint Universities
Preliminary Examination Board (JUPEB). Holders of the JUPEB certificate would subsequently be admitted into the 200
level of the degree offered by the University of Uyo through Direct Entry JAMB in the courses listed below:
(xi) Geography Education
A. Faculty of Agriculture (xii) Home Economics Education
(i) Agric. Economics & Extension (xiii) Health Education
(ii) Animal Science (xiv) Integrated Science Education
(iii) Crop Science (xv) Library and Information
Science
(iv) Fisheries & Aquatic Environmental Management (xvi) Mathematics Education
(v) Food Science & Technology (xvii) Pre-Primary/Primary Education
(vi) Forestry & Natural Environmental Management (xviii) Physics Education
(vii) Home Economics, Nutrition and Dietetics (xix) Physical Education
(viii) Soil Science & Land Resources Management (xx) Religious Studies Education
(xxi) Social Studies Education
B. Faculty of Arts (xxii) Technical Education
(i) Communication Arts (xxiii) Vocational Education
(ii) English G. Faculty of Engineering
(iii) Foreign Language (French) (i) Agricultural Engineering
(iv) History & International Studies (ii) Chemical Engineering
(v) Religious and Cultural Studies (iii) Civil Engineering
(vi) Theatre Arts (iv) Computer Engineering
(v) Electrical/Electronics Engineering
C. Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences (vi) Food Engineering
(i) Anatomy (vii) Mechanical Engineering
(ii) Biochemistry (viii) Petroleum Engineering
(iii) Physiology
D. Faculty of Business Administration H. Faculty of Environmental Studies
(i) Accounting (i) Architecture
(ii) Banking and Finance (ii) Building Technology
(iii) Business Management (iii) Geoinformatics & Surveying
(iv) Insurance (vi) Quantity Surveying
(v) Marketing (vii) Urban & Regional Planning
(viii) Estate Management
E. Faculty of Clinical Sciences I. Faculty of Law
(i) Medicine and Surgery
J. Faculty of Pharmacy
F. Faculty of Education
K. Faculty of Science
(i) Agricultural Science Education (i) Animal Science and Environmental Biology
(ii) Business Education/Accounting (ii) Botany & Ecological Studies
(iii) Biology Education (iii) Chemistry
(iv) Chemistry Education (iv) Computer Science
(v) Computer Science Education (v) Mathematics
(vi) Economics Education (vi) Microbiology
(vii) English Education (vii) Physics
(viii) French Education (viii) Statistics
(ix) Fine Arts Education
(x) Guidance & Counselling L. Faculty of Social Sciences
(i) Economics
(ii) Geography & Natural Resources Management
(iii) Political Science/Public Administration
(iv) Psychology
(v) Sociology/Anthropology
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Candidates are required to have a minimum of five (5) credits including English Language and any four (4) other subjects
relevant to their course of study obtained at not more than two (2) sittings at the SSCE/WASCE, GCE O/L/NECO and
NABTECH. Admission into the programme is usually through a University screening test. At the end of the programme,
successful candidates of the JUPEB examination will be admitted into 200 level in various degree courses in the
University of Uyo provided they satisfy the admission criteria for such courses.
NOTE: JAMB Score is not required for admission into this programme. Candidates who took the 2016 JAMB
can also apply as there will be no supplementary application for this programme.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Eligible candidates should pay a non-refundable sum of N15,500.00 (fifteen thousand five hundred naira) only via
Remita Payment Platform
Online Registration and Payment Instruction
1. Visit http://eportals,uniuyo.edu.ng or www.uniuyo.edu.ng (Click on e-portals link)
2. Select Basic Studies Link and Click on Create Account Link
3. Enter your details and click on Create Account Button
4. Click on Make Payment
5. Select Bank Option or Card Option
6. Click on Generate e-Invoice (Bank Option) or Online Payment (Card Option)
7. Click on Print e-Invoice (To generate Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) Number to make payment at any
Bank Branch)
8. For card option, select the payment type and click pay. On the payment platform displayed, enter your card details
and click the “Pay” button
9. After payment at the bank or via card, return to the portal and click on Login Form Link and enter your Remita
Retrieval Reference (RRR) Number generated, to complete your registration.
Note: (i) The same passport photograph used for the online registration will be used during the Screening
Exercise and for registration after the offer of admission.
(ii) No complaint of wrong Bio-Data or blank photograph will be entertained after submission.
(iii) Candidates who up-load wrong bio-data will automatically be disqualified.
Candidates are required to come for the Screening Exercise with the following items:
(i) One (1) copy of the University of Uyo 2016 ONLINE registration form dully completed with the passport-size
photograph printed in colour.
Note: Only colour printout will be accepted.
(ii) Two (2) recent passport-size photographs on red background (same photograph as the one used for the on-line
registration)
with the name and signature of the candidate on the reverse side of the photographs. These should be packaged in
quarto- size envelope and labeled with the candidate’s name and the department.
(iii) HB pencil, eraser and sharpener.
No GSM handsets, calculators, four-figure tables or any other extraneous materials should be brought into the
screening halls.
Closing Date for registration: Friday September 2, 2016
Date for screening exercise: Wednesday September 7, 2016
Venue for the screening exercise: Ime Sampson Umana Campus of the University of Uyo, Ediene Abak,
Abak LGA
Time: 8:00am
Signed:
EDAK U. UMONDAK (MRS.)
Registrar and Secretary to Council