UNIJOS Amended Academic Calendar For second Semester 2014/2015

Following the suspension of the strike earlier embarked upon by the University of Jos Chapter of the Academic Staff Union Of Universities, the management of the institution has released an amended academic calendar for the continuation and conclusion of the 2014/2015 academic session. The break down is as outlined below; Monday, 25th January 2016 - Continuation of Second Semester Lectures Friday, 19th February, 2016 – End of Industrial attachment Saturday 5th march, 2016 – End of 2nd Semester lectures Monday, 7th – Saturday March, 2016 – Revision week Monday 14th, March, 2016 - Commencement of 2nd semester Examinations Saturday 2nd April, 2016 – End of 2nd semester Examinations Monday 18th, April, 2016 – Faculty Board meet to consider Examination Results Thursday 21st April, 2016 – Senate meets to consider and approve sessional results Friday, 22nd April, 2016 – End of 2014/2015 Session

Al-Hikmah University Notice On Postponement Of Matriculation Ceremony 2015/2016

This is to bring to the attention of the public and all newly admitted students that the Vice-Chancellor has approved the postponement of 2015/2016 matriculation ceremony earlier scheduled for Friday, 29th January, 2016 till Friday, 12th February, 2016. All inconveniences caused by this postponement are hereby regretted, please

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FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI (FUTO)

2015/2016 REGISTRATI. ON GUIDELINES FOR FRESHMEN/NEW STUDENTS

The following is the approved Registration Guidelines and Procedure
for Freshmen/New Students of Federal University of Technology, Owerri
(FUTO) during the 2015/2016 Academic Session.
(1) Check your Admission status and eligibility for payment of Acceptance Fees.
(2) Pay your non-refundable Acceptance Fee of Forty Thousand Naira
(N40,000.00) only.

The procedure for items (1) and (2) are as follows:

(i) First, visit or login to FUTO Acceptance Fees portal
www.futoportal.org/acceptance
(ii) Click on "Click Here To Confirm Eligibility"
(iii) Supply your valid Email address and phone number if your
eligibility test was successful.
(iv) Login to the Acceptance Fees portal, using your JAMB Reg.No as
both Registration Number and Password.
(v) Click on GENERATE INVOICE to generate your payment invoice.
(vi) (a) Click on Print Invoice to print your invoice, after-which
you log out and proceed to any bank to make payment using your Remita
RRR Code, displayed on your printed payment invoice.
(vi) (b) Alternatively, you can click on Pay Now to use online
payment option with credit/debit cards such as Verve, Visa,
MasterCard, etc.

These two methods of payment, based on Remita payment platform, makes
our portal quite robust, and gives candidates the luxury of staying at
the comfort of their homes, without joining long queues at bank, if
they choose to use their credit/debit cards to make online payment,
directly from our portal. For those who would like to pay at the bank,
kindly ensure that the bank captures the Remita RRR code, displayed on
your printed payment invoice.

(vii) After successful payment at the bank, kindly return to the
Acceptance Fees portal www.futoportal.org/acceptance and login with
your JAMB Reg.No as both Registration Number and Password, to print
your FUTO Admission Letter and Clearance Form (Form 6).

(3) Print (a) FUTO Admission Letter and (b) Form 6 (Candidates whose
photographs are not displayed or wrongly displayed on Form 6 should
see the ICT Director for rectification) (c) Also print your JAMB
Admission Letter from JAMB website, www.jamb.org.ng

(4) Obtain Confirmation of Admission Letter from the Office of the
University Admission Officer (UAO).

(5) Proceed to your Departments for clearance on presentation of

(i) Confirmation of Admission Letter duly signed and stamped by the UAO.

(ii) Form 6 printed online with your passport photograph clearly shown
or displayed.

(iii) Original copies of your entry credentials (A'Level
Certificates/OND/HND statement of results and O'Level Certificates, as
appropriate).

(6) Candidates whose Form 6 is not approved in the Department but are
desirous of sourcing for an alternative programme of study should go
back to the Office of the University Admission Officer (UAO) for
possible change of course/department.

(7) Candidates whose Form 6 is approved at the Department should
proceed to pay School fees.

(8) After payment of fees, proceed to the FUTO Health Services Centre
for registration/examination and issuance of a Health Clearance
certificate.

(9) Proceed to the FUTO Library for registration and issuance of Library card.

(10) Proceed to FUTO ICT Centre for registration and issuance of
course re-validation CD

(11) Proceed to the Admissions Unit for registration/collection of
Green File with originals and photocopies of the following documents:

(i) Clearance Form 6 duly signed and stamped by Head of Department

(ii) Original and photocopies of WAEC/NECO Certificate or Statement of
Results duly signed and stamped by the School Principal

(iii) Original and photocopies of OND/HND Certificate for Direct Entry Students

(iv) Original and photocopies of Spread-Sheet of School Certificate
Result duly signed and stamped by the School Principal

(v) JAMB and FUTO Admission Letters

(vi) University official receipts for Medical Clearance, Library
Clearance and School Fees Receipt

(vii) Original and photocopies of Birth Certificate or Statutory
Declaration of Age

(viii) Letter of Identification from Local Government Area of Origin

(ix) Confirmation of Admission Letter duly signed and stamped by the
University Admission Officer

(x) Undertaking Form duly processed for Stamp-duty at the Sub-Treasury

(12) Sign the Freshmen Registration Data Form (Form 11) on completion
of registration.

Signed

Orje Ishegh-Nor, FNIM

Registrar & Secretary to the Senate

FUTO School Fees Schedule For 2015/2016 Out – See
Details Here!
Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) has
released the 2015/2016 School fees schedule for all
levels.
All students of the Federal University of Technology Owerri
(FUTO) are hereby informed.
Below is the list of different levels and the amount they
are to pay:
FUTO Year one (100L) School fees
Geology = (School fees) N50,800 + N40,000 (Acceptance
Fees)
Total= N90,800
Other Departments = (School fees) N48,300+ N40,000
(Acceptance fees)
Total= N88,300
FUTO Year II & III(200l-300l) School fees
Geology = #35,800
Other Departments = #33,300
FUTO Year IV & V(400l-500l) School fees
Geology = #30,800
Other Departments = #28,300

JAMB 2016 Registration Closing Date

Alert: JAMB 2016 Registration Closing

Date.

The closing date for the registration of the

Unified Tertiary

Matriculation Examination (UTME) as

earlier announced by JAMB remains

January 16th, 2016.

Though there are rumours that there's

likely going to be an extension,

our JAMB source has notified us that there

is no official statement to

that effect yet.

History Scientists Discover The World's First Warm-Blooded Fish

The large, round fish—about the size of a

manhole cover—uses its warm blood as

an advantage in the ocean's freezing

depths,

Deep-water fish called opah appear to be

the first fully warm-blooded fish species

ever discovered, according to a new paper

published in Science. Researchers say the

unique biology behind opah, also known

as moonfish, allow the species to operate

at peak performance even within frigid

ocean depths.

Being warm-blooded has its perks. Birds

and mammals (or endotherms) conserve

their internal heat to maintain high body

temperatures, which helps them flee

predators, chase prey and thrive in sub-

zero climates. But fish—and other cold-

blooded animals, like reptiles and

amphibians—aren't so lucky. Most deep-

sea fish move slowly, preferring to

ambush prey rather than give chase, was

their low body temperatures (and reaction

speeds) mirror the cool ocean water. But

now, scientists say they have discovered

one exception to this rule: opah.

"It's a real advantage if you're in this

deep, cold habitat and you're swimming

around with a warm body," says Nick

Wegner, an NOAA fisheries biologist and

lead author on the paper. "It increases

the rates of all the reactions that occur

within the body—you can swim faster, see

better, react faster and capture cold-

bodied prey that are not able to respond

nearly as quickly."

Opah, which resemble large, colorful tires,

thrive in the deep sea and are an

increasingly popular seafood. Although

Wegner had been studying opah for years,

he recently noticed that warm blood

vessels leaving the fish's heart wrap

around cooler blood vessels returning from

its gills. Later, he determined that

opah generate heat by flapping their

pectoral fins, and retain that heat through

this dense layer of blood vessels. Opah's

internal heating system is capable of

keeping the fish's heart and brain at peak

performance, even at depths of up to

1,300 feet.

Certain tuna and shark species also retain

body heat, and warm select muscles for

high-performance hunting, but these

species are far from warm-blooded: Most

of a shark or tuna's body (including its

heart and other vital organs) remains

cold. "Opah is the first fish that can

circulate warm blood throughout the

entire body, and that gives it some

advantages over tuna and shark species,"

Wegner says. "Since they can keep their

entire bodies warm, they can stay down

deep, continuously close to their forage

base."

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