Nigeria Universities Updates

1. Candidates who have been admitted into any of the University’s part-time programmes are required to log in at Uniben Website: https://uniben.waeup.org/ and print out admission slip.
2. Only candidates admitted should proceed to the designated banks to pay acceptance fee of #30,250.00 made up as follows:
1. Access Card – 750
2. Clearance card – 14,500.00
3. ICT fee – 5000.00
4. Development fee – 10000.00
Total – 30250.00

Payment should be made at any of the under-listed Banks in Benin-City only

1. First Bank Plc, Uniben
2. Wema Bank Plc, Uniben
3. Zenith Bank Plc, Uniben
4. Zenith Bank, Plc Airport Road
5. Zenith Bank, Plc Ikpoba Slope
6. Oceanic Bank Plc, Uselu
7. Intercontinental Bank Plc, Uniben
8. FCMB, Ugbowo
9. Afribank, Ekehuan Road
10. Bank PHB, Uniben Branch.

Sales of scratch cards commence on 12th August 2010.

With the access and clearance scratch cards, candidates should proceed to complete their Eligibility Forms online at https://uniben.waeup.org

In addition to providing the information specified on the Eligibility Form, candidates are also required to scan and upload the following documents:

* Certificates / Statements or results
* Birth Certificate / Declaration of Age
* Acceptance Letter
* Guarantor’s Letter
* Affidavit of Good Conduct
* Affidavit of Non-Membership of Secret Cults

Please note that affidavits sworn in any court of Law in Nigeria are acceptable

Candidates who have successfully completed their Eligibility Forms online are required to print out forms and present same with six (6) copies of the listed items above, and coloured passport photograph with red background to the clearance officers. The original credentials are sighting during the physical clearance.

Physical clearance will be undertaken from Monday 23rd August to 10th September 2010 at the Main Auditorium 9.00 am to 5pm Mondays to Fridays.

WE ADVICE THOSE WHO STAY OUTSIDE BENIN TO DO THEIR ONLINE CLEARANCE BEFORE GOING FOR THE PHYSICAL CLEARANCE. FOR DETAIL VISIT: http://unibenupdates.wordpress.com

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The 2010 Post-UTME Screening Exercise of University of Benin (UNIBEN) will take place on Friday 23rd July 2010 and Saturday 24th July 2010 in various centers within Ugbowo Campus of UNIBEN. ALL candidates are expected to be seated, latest by 9.00am each day of the screening.

All candidates who chose UNIBEN as University of First and or Second choice and who scored 200 and above in the UTME are eligible to participate in the Screening Exercise.

All candidates should register on-line on www.uniben.waeup.org

To register, each candidate will require a PIN card available at a sum of N1, 000.00 (one thousand Naira) only from any of the under-listed Banks.

* Access Bank, PLC
* Oceanic Bank, PLC
* Bank PHB, PLC
* UBA Bank, PLC
* Fidelity Bank, PLC
* Unity Bank, PLC
* First Bank, PLC
* WEMA Bank, PLC
* Intercontinental Bank, PLC
* Zenith Bank, PLC

Each candidate will be required to upload on-line, a 1” x 1” COLOUR Passport photograph with RED background in JPEG format only. NOTE that the photograph uploaded will be the only valid ID for all admitted candidates throughout their stay in the University of Benin.

Candidates are to come to the screening centers with the following:

1. Original and one photocopy of the PIN card
2. Acknowledgement paper and Bank Teller for identification
3. Four Figure Table (where applicable)
4. Writing materials (HB pencil and Eraser). NOTE that GSM phones and calculators are NOT allowed.

Access to the University website for normal registration for the Screening Exercise will remain open up till 12.00 midnight on Friday 16th July, 2010.

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Six universities from across the country have been given a total sum of N24 million financial support by Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL) as its University Partnering Programme (UPP) enters the third year.

The beneficiary universities include Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; Delta State University, Abraka and the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, University of Benin; University of Calabar and University of Ibadan.

The UPP dates back to 2006 when EEPNL partnered Dr D. O. Lambert_Aikhionbare, an expert in geology to conduct a fact_finding survey in the Geosciences faculties of 12 Nigerian Universities. The six universities were selected based on need, curriculum, staff to student ration, among others.

The purpose was to recommend a programme that EEPNL, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil and partner of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), could fund to enhance the quality of geosciences candidates graduating from the universities, and to determine which universities would be in the best position to partner with the company.

In return for the funding, the universities are to visibly increase the quality of their graduates and prepare a map of areas of the country close to them. The maps would be of high quality to be published by the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA).

The N24 million field work logistics support, which covers students’ transportation, feeding and accommodation during the field mapping exercise, is part of the funding earmarked for the third year of the pilot scheme.

During the course of the year, the universities will receive field allowance for supervising lecturers, 27 KVA diesel generators, 10 KVA inverter, digital cameras while provision of insurance cover has also been made for students and lecturers.

To enhance the quality of graduates produced by Nigerian Universities, EEPNL, has donated a total sum of N24 million to six Nigerian universities.

According to Susan Eshett, EEPNL’s Major Projects Manager, “It is no secret that Universities lack the funds to facilitate proper knowledge transfer to students in areas such as mapping and geology; despite their willingness.

Inadequate exposure of students, as a result of lack of equipment and even personnel, results in what the outside world would refer to as half-baked graduates.

We believe the University Partnering Programme, which we have undertaken to fund, would empower benefitting students to contribute their quota and perform excellently in their area of endeavour, which is geological sciences” she said.

Speaking on behalf of the beneficiary universities, Idowu Olayinka, Head, Geology department, University of Ibadan, expressed their gratitude to Esso for its financial support. He also promised that the schools would strive very hard to meet the objectives of the programme.

Since the inception of the programme in 2007, with a standardisation workshop held in Benin City, Edo State, the programme has recorded several landmark achievements.

These include the purchase of field mapping equipment such as 60 global positioning systems; 360 geologic hammers, 42 Brunton compasses, 300 Silva compasses, 10 sledge hammers and 360 hand lenses. The funding of the UPP has also enabled the purchase of six new mini-buses for the schools.

The UPP has further facilitated the publication of the book of proceedings of the standardization workshop. The funding has further aided collaboration with the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency to map parts of the country while students have been trained by experts in the area of field mapping.

Specifically, students of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria produced an unedited draft map of Gombe as a result of their Geologic field mapping exercises.

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Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; University of Ibadan (UI), Ibadan; Ladoke Akintola University, (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, and eight other Nigerian universities have made the list of top 100 universities and colleges in Africa for 2010.

According to the latest ranking of the African tertiary institutions by the International Colleges and Universities, Rome, Italy, LAUTECH is among the 11 Nigerian universities, out of 104 approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC), that made the list.

OAU is number 25, leading the Nigerian universities on the list, while the UI, University of Lagos (UNILAG), University of Ilorin, University of Port Harcourt made numbers 32, 51, 54 and 62 respectively.

Others are University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, number 73; Federal University of Technology, Akure, number 75, and LAUTECH, number 76.

Lagos State University (LASU), is number 83; University of Benin (UNIBEN), number 86, and Ahmadu Bello University(ABU), Zaria, is number 99.

Cairo University, Egypt, is leading the pack, with University of Cape Town, South Africa, taking second position.

LAUTECH, established in 1990, is the first state university to make the list, marking the institution out as the best state university among the 27 in its category across the country.

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Clearance of all UME and Direct Entry candidates admitted for the 2009/2010 academic session has been scheduled as follows :

Date : Monday, 19th April to Friday, 23th May 2010
Time: 9.00am – 5.00pm each day (Mondays to Fridays only)
Venue: Akin Deko Main Auditorium, Ugbowo Campus

Procedure:

Candidates are to check into the Halls of Residence on arrival at the University
Candidates are expected to have completed their Eligibility Forms online after purchasing the N750.00 – Admission Checking Scratch Cards and the N14,500.00 Clearance Scratch Cards.
Only candidates who have completed their online clearance should report at the Akin Deko Main Auditorium with the following particulars:

(i) Eligiblity Form Print-out
(ii) WAEC/NECO Scratch Card for checking results online.
6 copies of the following items:
(i) Colour passport photograph with red background
(ii) Guarantor’s letter
(iii) Acceptance letter
(iv) Age Decalration / Birth Certificate
(v) PUME/PUDE Admission Slip Print-out
(vi) Certificates / Statements of Result
Original copies of the above are required for sighting only
Prohibition of Finanacial Transactions at Clearance Venue
There shall be no financial transactions in whatever form at the Main Auditorium Clearance Venue. Consequently, sales of Faculty prospectus and other materials, collection of dues, lecies and other forms of payment are strictly prohibited.

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Application are requested from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the following post graduate programmes leading to the award of postgraduate Diploma, Masters degree and Ph. D in the various Faculties/Schools/Institutes of the University of Benin.

General Admission requirement
1. Candidates for Postgraduate studies in UNIBEN must have obtained at least 5 credits in WASCE, NECO, GCE (Ordinary level or other equivalents including English and Maths or both as appropriate).

2. Four credits of ordinary level plus OND (Not Pass), NCE, IJMB or other advanced level passes.

3. A holder of a pass (Degree/Diploma) is not qualify for admission into the postgraduate programmes of UNIBEN

4. Candidates who obtain masters degree but with weighted average score (WAS) between 55 – 59% can only be considered for admission into the M. Phil. Programme in the first instance.

5. A candidate applying for Ph. D in any programme of the University of Benin must have obtained a WAS of 60% or letter grade B average in the master degree.

6. A candidate applying for the Ph. D with masters degree from any other University who in his or her master’s study has not previously taken the compulsory courses or their equivalents similar to the ones in the University of Benin shall on admission be required to offer and pass such courses with a minimum of 60% or letter grade B.

Transcripts
Candidates should request their former University/Institutions to forward their academic transcripts to the secretary School of postgraduate studies, to reach him not later than 30th January 2010. Applications of candidates whose transcripts are not forwarded to the school will not be processed.

Referees Reports
Candidates should request their referees to mail reports them directly to the secretary, school of post graduate studies. Application shall not be processed unless the referees’ reports are available.

General Method of Application
Candidates are to purchase application scratch cards for the sum of N10,000 at the under listed Banks
Wema Bank PLC – UNIBEN Branch
ZENITH Bank PLC – UNIBEN Branch
ACCESS Bank PLC – UNIBEN Branch
FIRST BANK – UGBOWO LAGOS ROAD B/C

The form printed out must be clearly filled with all information required, and sent to the UNEBEN website www.myuniben.com

The documents that you will find on the website are application, refree, acknowledgement card and transcripts request forms. Any form not properly filled will not be treated.

All application processes must be completed by February 15 2010.

Admission Procedure
All candidates are to purchase scratch card for N500 to access admission status. Those admitted are to purchase clearance scratch cards for N10,500. All documents must be printed out for verification.

All scratch cards for admission procedure should be purchased from the under listed Banks.

Wema Bank PLC – UNIBEN Branch
All Postgraduate (P/T) programme
FIRST BANK – UGBOWO LAGOS ROAD B/C
All Postgraduate (F/T) Programme

For more information contact the hotline of Postgraduate Direct Line at 052-602121
Email: postgra@uniben.edu.ng

Our Service (JETRO BIZ VENTURES)
If you can not come to Uniben to get the application card, we can help you to buy it. However, this will cost N10, 500. We can also help you to do the online application. For more information call 07066999466 or visit http://unibenupdates.wordpress.com

Please take note of the deadline for submitting transcripts and for the application. You can also get additional requirement for each Faculty by visiting Office of postgraduate studies UNIBEN or by calling their help line above.

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