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The extension was sequel to the amendment of the Act establishing the JAMB and it scaled through third reading today. To this end, results obtained from the board by candidates seeking admission into universities are expected to last for three years. The Senate adopted the recommendation that the UTME examination should have a validity period of three years to reduce the financial burden on parents. Read the statement below:  “The Nigerian Senate just passed the amendment to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Act #JAMBBill SB. 245 into law. In the amendment passed, the Senate strengthened the Board to allow the results of students in the annual examination be valid beyond that year. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFund, Senator Jibrin Barau while presenting the report of his committee on the #JAMBBill explained that the amendments will further strengthen the Admissions Board in its responsibilities. Senate President Bukola Saraki, in appre

On JAMB’s Inconsequential Grading Policy – Oluwole Olurunfemi The popular saying goes: youths are tomorrow’s leaders. There are great expectations for the hope of a better future are on the youth. This has prompted many parents to work very hard to educate their children to make them have better lives in the future. Taking a good look at our education system, there has been so many polices, which has eroded quality in the sector. Compared with some countries in Africa, our educational sector seems to be lagging behind in many ways. The challenges majority of students face yearly, especially when writing important examinations, such as the ones organised by West African Examination Council (WAEC), National Examination Council (NECO) and Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), is nothing to write home about. There have been a lot of cases of fraud and examination malpractices. Miracle centres has taken over the space and many students no longer read for exams. Some s

This is actually what most of us who run programs online want. Most people who go for classes that deal with the computer or run programs online and are being scared not to forget what they have learn can easily get software like this that records every thing that goes on on their screen including voices and can teach themselves after school.  Screen recording can also be very useful when you need to record a video to help someone learn how to use a program,record a game or when getting prepared for a presentation.To Record means to create a video of whatever you are doing on your desktop and save the recording as a video file. There are also a good number of ways you can take screen shots on your computer, but for something more than just image, here are 5 free screen recording programs which will help you record every action you make on your Windows desktop. These software most times have very large files so for those that would want to download online should note that.

The Norweigan based technology company has partnered with Google to ensure that mobile users including Nigerians have full access to its Progressive Web Apps (PWA's). This unbeatable duo are combining the best attributes of both apps and web sites, resulting in a considerable data saving for mobile users. Manager and Development Relations Lead, Opera for Android product, Mr Andreas Bovens who was in Lagos recently, demonstrated how this App would be of  help to Nigerian users. He further explained that PWA's start out in web browsers just like normal websites. When users continuously uses the site and install, the banner is shown, allowing users to add the sites to their home screens. He added  that in Nigeria users are usually cost conscious and often do not download apps and are averse to updates, the trend is to load apps from PC's where they are already installed or mobile phones. PWA's provide the convenience of an app, includes push notification, along with fa

Coming up with a well written, concise CV could be very tasking. HR managers and recruiting officers have thousands of CV's to go through. Therefore, your CV can get disqualifid simply because of little mistakes.These mistakes when repeated all the time might hinder you from getting that job you seek. Here is a simple way to come up with the perfect CV: 1. Unnecessary personal information Anything besides your name,email address and contact info should not be necessary.Some details such as your tribe, age, height, weight, religion are detail that are irrelevant. 2. Education Background Your university degree is your highest level of education and that's all that matters. Every other certificate is not necessary. If you are yet to graduate, you can include both the secondary school and the University where you're currently enrolled. 3. Grades Some of us with low GPA  it is not necessary to include that in your CV. No one wants to employ a dimwit. Remove that fr

This is 2016 and everyone wants to upgrade before the year run out. Most people have acquired for themselves various smartphones and various different gadgets in the market. For me i believe the best upgrade is getting a new laptop. Although we all have our own personal preferences but having an update laptop is the best for me. Between gaming laptops that hook up to liquid coolers, thin and light Ultrabooks and incredibly affordable Chromebooks, laptops are more plentiful and diverse than ever. With ample variety to choose from, finding a laptop that will suit your needs can be a puzzling decision. Today ill be presenting to us the best 10 laptop of 2016, the listing is actually in no particular order. 1. DELL XPS 13 Dell's latest Ultrabook is a masterpiece ahead of the curve CPU: Intel Core i5-i7 Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 520 - Intel Iris Graphics 540 RAM: 4GB - 8GB Screen: 13.3 inch FH (1920x1080) - QHD + (3200 x 1800) Storage: 128GB - 256GB SSD   Pros Gor

Airtel on Friday  announced the 10gb 4G data offer for buyres of the Samsung Galaxy J smartphone series. The offer will be for both old and new airtel prepaid users, who can avail 10GB of 4G data. This great offer from Airtel only applies to the series of the Samsung Galaxy J. To avail the offer, new Galaxy J series smaertphones owners can either visit any Airtel outlet nearby their location. or log onto www.offers.airtel.com from their smartphones using airtel mobile internet, and follow instructions. For non-4G markets, Airtel has specified users can avail 10GB of 3G data, which is broken down into 1GB of day-time 3G data plus 9GB night-time 3G. The telecom operator has in the past launched 'Double Data' offers for devices across brands, with the Samsung Galaxy J series smartphones getting the promotion. SEE: Airtel Double Data Offer for N1500 Don't forget to like our FB page and follow on twitter @hoodhiveblog Subscribe for our Email service to receive upd

Not too long i read about the specs of the Gionee M5 plus and i was so astonished as to the features. The Gionee M5 plus which was designed by the china based company was actually launched in 2015 but i decided to still share this with you because the phones features still feels like a dream. Although it took me time to believe the claims promised by the phone but bought it anyway hoping that it meets up to my expectations. i will briefly give the specs of the phone, so you people will see what i saw too. Specs of the Gionee Marathon Plus; Body  It has a dimension of 160.9 x 81.2 x 8.4mm (6.33 x 3.20 x 0.33in) with a weight of 208g (7.34oz) The phone comes with a dual sim. Display It carries a 6.0 inch display built with the AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16m colors A resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels (368 ppi pixel density) Platform With an Android OS of v5.1 (lollipop) upgrable to 6.0 (marshmallows) A CPU of 1.3Ghz Cortex A-53 Octa-core running on the Mediatek MT6

Its has been recorded that the percentage of users of the automated teller machine (ATM) in Nigeria has far exceeded that of the United Kingdom (UK) and Ghana, a technology firm Computer warehouse has said. Chief Executive officer of CWG, Mr James Agada who disclosed the outcome of an assessment the firm carried out, said the average ATM in Nigeria dispenses thrice the number of notes in Ghana and 10times the number of notes in the UK. Agada who spoke at an ICT editors workshop which was organized by the technology firm at its group academy in Lekki, Lagos said though the number of the ATM's deployed across the country fell short of the requirement set down by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), it has not deterred users. "The core issues we have with the ATM's is that we don't have enough of them and the few around are usually overfilled," Agada said. The CWG chief also spoke bout the background of ATM related frauds in the country, said it is not conversant

Etisalat Nigeria, in conjunction with its commitment to promote creativity and innovation, has recently announced the opening of Etisalat Photography competition. This Competition encourages upcoming photographers to capture and celebrate fascinating pictures that reflects the diversity and daring spirit of our expressions. The competition begins series of activities leading to the opening of the 7th edition of the Etislat-sponsored annual Lagos photo festival. According to the Director, Brands & Experience Etisalat Nigeria, Elvis Ogiemwanye said that Etisalat Photography Competition uses the power of photography to create stories the involve individual experiences and identities from across Africa. He also added that this years edition is tagged Performance; action repeated constantly, becomes a ritual, transference into other spaces of engagement becomes a performance. We wish to explore further these performances through the strength of photography in depicting our daily r

Google is getting ready to release their smartphones which will be under its own brand name, with the launch likely to be scheduled for next month. According to our source, these smart phone will be made available after the launch in some countries but first in India, with details of roll out to other market unknown at this point. Google will likely unveil two Android Nougat running smartphones, one having a 5 inch display and the other having a 5.5 inch screen size. This smartphones will be coming in 32GB and 128GB variants. These storage capacities and sizes match the leaked specs of the two Nexus smartphones Sailfish & Marlin that have been in rumor  for a while. It has been known that these smartphones will not be released carrying the nexus brand name, instead will be embedded with the Google brand, though they may be manufactured by HTC according to report. Google may be positioning these devices as premium smartphones with excellent overall experience in an attempt t

Facebook has announced the financial results for Q2, 2016. The social network giant has recorded $6.44 billion revenue for the quater which ended on june 30, 2016. Facebook said it now has over 1.7 billion monthly active users adding 60million new users since the last quater. With a daily average of 1.13 billion active users (DAU), an inrease of 17%year over year. The social network had over 1.57 billion mobile users. Facebook announced another milestone of 1.03billion mobile daily active users (recording a 22% increase over the years). The founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg said, OUR COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS HAD ANOTHER GOOD QUARTER. WE'RE PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH OUR PROGRESS IN VIDEO AS WE MOVE TOWARDS A WORLD WHERE VIDEO IS AT THE HEART OF ALL OUR SERVICES. Mobile advertising revenue recorded approximately 84% of advertising revenue for the second quarter of 2016, up to from approximately 76% of advertising revenue in the second quarter of 2015.

Some people have indeed developed a fondness for money and have devoted themselves to the accumulation of riches. we shouldn't forget the saying "the love of money is the root of all evil". It is really quite unfortunate that many have became slaves of money and have by so doing reaped tragic consequences. Most of the signs of poverty is when you begin to spend more than you earn. Money, when managed properly however could save us from future embarrassments. Today we will be discussing 5 steps with which you could manage your finances recommended by financial advisers. SEE:   Self employment tips 5 ways to Manage your finances. 1. Saving Saving has always been a reliable way of managing your finances. Most financial planners encourage saving. It has been a sure means of survival as it keeps some change in your possession. It is really advisable to save at least about 20% of your income if you are a monthly salary earner. 2. Budgetting This is one practi

Infinixmobolity is set to release the second version of the Infinix Note 3 called Note 3 pro with the model number X537 while the other version X601. This is actually going to be the latest in the family from the Chinese mobile phone makers Infinix will be hitting Kenya before making its way to other African countries like Nigeria and Ghana. It will have a full metal body with a storage capacity of 32gb plus and a 3gb RAM and a battery of 4500mAh. The device runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with XOS plus it has a fingerprint sensor. The 6.0 inch device has a boost of 16mp back camera and a 8mp front camera with flash for both of them. It comes with a Helio X10MT6795 processor. Key Specifications of Note 3 pro X537 Full metal body  Helio X10 MT6795  Android 6.0Marshmallow with XOS  Fingerprint sensor 6inch display with FHD IPS 1920x1080mm 4500mAh battery with flash charging 3gb RAM +32gb storage 16mp back + 8mp front camera with flash The device is set to be lau

  I believe you are familiar with the quote "the rich get richer and the poor getting poorer". Today we wont be talking about the poor, or poverty or lack of money but since the topic says Why the  rich get richer and the poor don't,then ill like to share my own point of view. I will like this article to be simple and short to avoid wasting your time but it is advisable to read it up to the very last word because you might have a turn around in some of your doings. We should know that there is no formula to getting rich. The rich individuals amongst us have more of behavioral pattern and ways of life which guarantees them success. Why the Rich gets richer and the poor don't. 7 Reasons why! 1.  They are money Smart Rich people make money and know how to manage their money. Poor people also make money but they have no idea on how to manage their money, it simply makes the rich an expert when it comes to money management. Rich people kno

The rate at which we surf the web these days has really increased by 20%,and these has also made our data plans get exhausted speedily. A friend once asked " Is this 1.5gb i bought  still the same?". His data got exhausted unusually. Everyone cherishes their data subscription and always hope it doesn't get exhausted before the stipulated time. But one thing is that we always want to get the latest of every piece of info and updates on our phone since we are on sub. Now, since you have begin to realize that your data has been zapping up unusually there are certain measures with which you can use to reduce this problem. Today ill be giving us 5easy steps with which we can reduce our mobile data usage and make that subscription last longer. 5 Steps to Reduce Mobile Data Usage. 1. COMPRESS CHROME PAGES Most of us who make use of Google chrome browser to surf the web all time can compress the pages and save about 30% of your data consumption from your mobile browser. C

 This days technology has really made things so easy for us. It all started with GT Bank and then all other banks followed suite. I cant actually remember the last time i had to stress myself going shop to kiosk just to get airtime or stand in the long ATM queue to recharge with my card. This has also helped so many business men and women who are always busy to conveniently get airtime from their bank account when their airtime is low. By dialing some short codes you could get as much as ₦5000 in a day. Gone are the days when you'll be stranded just to get airtime to make calls. Today,we will be listing the USSD codes for topping up your mobile phone airtime from all Nigerian banks that offer the service currently: Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) recharge code; For quick mobile self recharge; Dial *737*amount# and send from your mobile phone. (This code is sent from the mobile phone registered with the bank). To recharge others; Dial *737*amount*mobile No# and send. Eg *737*100

This is the part 2 of the Make Money Online series (MMO) I started few days ago titled: " Top 15 ideas to make money online. ". Very soon i will be teaching us how to start a classified blog for free  and also how to make money from it. But before then, ill like us to take a look at the top 10 biggest bloggers in Nigeria and know their success secrets. We all know that the best way to thrive in this competitive world is to follow the footstep of great men and women who have made a living from the path. In that way we can be able to shorten our journey to succes as bloggers. You need to as well implement exactly what the most successful Nigerian bloggers have done to attain success and in that case ill start by giving us the list of our mentors in this line. Linda Ikeji (lindaikejiblog) Uche Pedro (BellaNaija) Loy Okezie (techloy) Noble Igwe (360Nobs) Jide Ogunsanya (ogbongeblog) Chude Jideonwo (Ynaija!) Japheth Omojuwa (omojuwa) Laila Ikeji (laila's blog)

I am always infuriated seeing graduates carrying files up and down all over the country. It is really a matter of great concern that after spending a period of 4-5 years in the University there is no show for it. This keeps on to make me wonder what is the essence of going to the university, every year i keep on seeing teenagers queuing up in their number to obtain the jamb form, it makes we ask myself, ' if i cant get a good job after school what then is the reason i should go in?. After making so much research as to what the problem behind this is, Ive realized that there is virtually no country where there is no unemployment  problem.Nigeria as a developing country has serious unemployment challenge. It is true and confirmed that 4 out of 10 graduates of higher education cannot find work. For those who are lucky, employers are fit with their skills and the impact they play  in the organization they find themselves. It is said that to every problem there is a solution. Look