Lagos State Sets New Guinness World Record

Lagos State Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire (2nd from right) receiving the certificate for the Guinness Book of Records

   Lagos State has entered the 'Guinness World Record' for being the largest assembly of children reading with an adult. The record was set on the 8 September 2011, when the deputy governor of Lagos state Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire read with 4,222 pupils, surpasing the previous record held by the United Kingdom.
   "With our mass education programme, more people are going back to the classroom and learning to read and write, and this has helped to reduce illiteracy level amongst our people and also open their eyes to the opportunities open to them for economic development and self reliant" she stated.

The record previously held by the United Kingdom where 3,234 students read with an adult now belongs to Lagos State, courtesy of the Deputy Governor, noting that her participation in the programme demonstrated the passion of the State Government towards education and this has inspired the children to read more.

Nice!!

Panic As Boko Haram Threatens To Bomb University Of Benin

There was panic yesterday at the Ugbowo and Ekenwan campuses of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Edo State, over plans by the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to bomb the university.

Visitors and students were frisked before leaving or entering the university.

Many students in the hostels were seen packing out.

Boko Haram had, last Thursday, sent an e-mail to the Registrar in which they said the university would be bombed.

It gave September

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12-17  as their target date to detonate bombs at the university.

It warned that the message was “not a threat, but a notification which must be strictly adhered to.”

The group also listed 19 other universities it planned to bomb within the period.

The university’s spokesman, Harrison Osarenren, confirmed the receipt of the threat  message.

In a September  7 letter,  Osarenren urged “mischief makers to disassociate themselves from any evil plan as security operatives are on their trail.

 “Management of the university views with serious concern plans by some persons who do not mean well for the institution to cause mayhem on our campus..”

At the University of Ibadan, Oyo State,  motorists entering the campus had a hard time  as the university authorities mounted an intensive security check at the gate.

The security measure, which left motorists sweating for hours, followed unconfirmed reports that the university had also been marked down for bombing. 

Many motorists abandoned their mission at the university after spending hours in the traffic created by parking outside the gate and walking into the campus.

Others who could not take the decision endured the traffic snarl, which led to a long queue towards Sango.

The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration), Prof Elijah  Bamigboye, said though the bomb scare came as a rumour,  the authorities did not want to take chances in view of the experience at the United Nations house in Abuja. 

His words: “We heard rumours that a group is likely to descend on institutions where education is being imparted.

“We heard that U.I is top on the list.

“When we heard the rumour, we did not want to take chances. 

“The essence is to sensitise the community and to alert people on the rumour. 

“We directed the security department to step up screening of all vehicles into the campus.

“ My car too was subjected to thorough search this morning.”

The authorities of the National Assembly yesterday introduced new security measures ahead of lawmakers’ resumption today.

Visitors and staff were made to go through a series of checks  before being allowed into the complex.

Already, staff and visitors are not allowed to drive into the complex, following reports that Boko Haram has listed the Assembly and other government institutions as its next target.

To cushion the effect of trekking the about one kilometre distance into the complex, the Clerk of the National Assembly has provided two buses to convey both staff and security-cleared visitors to the complex.

Source....The Nation

Auchi Poly Comes Tops In World Ranking...Adjudged The Best In Nigeria.

The only Polytechnic in Edo state,Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi,  has been ranked as the 'best polytechnic in Nigeria' by Webometrics, the body that does web ranking of world universities. 

The polytechnic placed 11th with ten universities ahead of it, mainly of the first generation while leading nine other universities in the country. 

Webometrics is an initiative on the ranking of 20,000 higher institutions worldwide based on web content to improve the presence of academic and research institutions on the web and to promote open access publication of research results. 

The web ranking began in 2004 as a study of the qualitative aspects of construction and use of  information resources, structures and technologies on the web. 

Auchi Polytechnic is one of the 19 Nigerian higher institutions that qualified to be ranked in the latest ranking and the polytechnic is the only polytechnic that came in the top best institutions in Nigeria. 

Yayyy!!! Big ups to them!!