I have ambition to bag PhD – Omoba, visually-impaired teacher with Master’s degree The Punch
Published 17 July 2021
Mrs Adebimpe Omoba is a visually-impaired teacher working with Modupe Cole Memorial Child Care and Treatment Home School, Akoka, Lagos. She tells
GODFREY GEORGE how she bounced back after losing her sight in 300 Level and attempted suicide twice
How did you lose your sight?
I was born in the 1980s. I grew up like every normal child. I had my sight. I attended regular primary and secondary schools. In 2001, I was admitted into the Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan for a Bachelor’s degree. It was in my third year, which is in 2003, that I lost my sight. It just happened.
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Warri – The Principal Chief Executive of Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Dr. Henry A. Adimula has charged students of the institute on the need to acquire a trade in addition to their academic certificate so as to boost their entrepreneurial ability in order to cope with the present challenges of the country.
Dr. Henry Adimula stated this during the Institute’s annual matriculation ceremony held at PTI Conference Centre, Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State.
He said that , the institute has an entrepreneurial center for students that will equip them with skills, trade to be self reliance so as to set up businesses for themselves and become employers of labour in the nearest future.
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Long queues surfaced at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) office in Lagos on Monday as prospective Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates make a last-minute rush to rectify errors.
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There was minimal adherence to the COVID-19 protocol as guardians and their wards flooded the NIMC office in Alausa to correct various errors made during the registration of their National Identification Number (NIN).
The Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) had mandated that all
candidates must provide their NIN as a criterion for the registration of this year’s UTME.
To register for this year’s exams, applicants are expected to text their NIN to 55019 in order to get profile codes that are needed to purchase UTME e-Pin.