NYSC Mobilization Time Table For 2016 Batch A

NYSC Mobilization Time Table For 2016 Batch A

S/NO	Event	Date
1	2015 Batch B Post Mobilisation Workshop	19th – 21st November 2015
2	2016 Batch A pre-mobilization workshop.	5th – 9th January 2016
3	Briefing of corps Members/ final year students.	12th – 22nd January 2016
4	Display of list of all approved programmes for institutions on NYSC portal for cross checking	11th – 22nd January 2016
5	Collation of Prospective Corps Members’ Data by Corps Producing Institutions CPIs	11st – 25th January 2016
6	Submission/Uploading of Senate/Academic Board Approved Result for Full/Part-Time Graduates and Revalidation Lists by CPIs	25th January – 6th February 2016
7	Uploading of Corrected Lists by Corps Producing Institutions	25th January – 6th February 2016
8	On-line Registration by Foreign and locally Trained Nigerian Graduates	8th February – 12th March 2016
9	Entertainment of complaints from Prospective Corps Members by the state Deployment and Relocation officers and NYSC Help Lines/Desks	14th – 19th March, 2016
10	Forwarding of Complaints to Mobilisation Dept by State Deployment and Relocation officers	14th – 19th March, 2016
11	2016 Batch A Orientation Course (Stream I)	30th March – 18th April, 2016
12	2016 Batch A Orientation Course (Stream II)	27th April – 16th May, 2016

Requirements For Registration/Mobilization Of Graduates

I saw this information on the NYSC portal and hope it is of help to prospective corp members this year. 

This is to inform all prospective corps members, i.e. Nigerians who have graduated from Universities and Mono/Polytechnics both at home and abroad that the NYSC On-line registration portal will be opened from Monday 8th February to Sunday 28th February, 2016 to enable them register for the 2016 Batch ‘A’ mobilization.
In order to ensure a seamless registration, prospective corps members are to note the following for strict compliance:

• The Website address is any of the following:
  • http://www.nysc.gov.ng
  • http://www.nysc.org.ng
  • http://www.portal.nysc.org.ng
• Prospective Corps members should ensure that they have functional e-mail addresses that they can access and Nigerian (GSM) telephone numbers with which to register.
• Locally trained prospective Corps members are expected to use correct Matriculation numbers to register
• For locally-trained graduates, only those whose names appear in the Senate/Academic Board Approved Result lists submitted by their Institutions will have access to the register on the NYSC portal.
• Foreign-trained prospective corps members should ensure that their Institutions are accredited. Where in doubt, it is their responsibility to approach Federal Ministry of Education for verification. The letter of verification must be uploaded during registration.
• Those who graduated from Institutions outside Nigeria, (Foreign-trained graduates), are to visit the NYSC portal, register and upload the following documents:
  • West African School Certificate(WASC) (with not less than 5 Credits at 2 sittings) or its equivalent; or General Certificate of Education (GCE O’ Level) (with not less than 5 Credits at 2 sittings) or its equivalent; or NECO (with not less than 5 Credits at 2 sittings) or its equivalent; or High School Diploma or its equivalent.
  • First Degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) Certificate (Second Degree or Ph.D not necessary).
  • Transcript of the first Degree or HND.
  • International travelling Passport showing data page and date of departure for the course of study.
• It is the responsibility of the prospective corps members who studied in non-English speaking countries to get their Certificates and Transcripts translated into English language before uploading.
• All graduates of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Physiotheraphy, Radiology, Optometry, Medical Laboratory Science and Pharmacy are expected to have their Certificates of Registration with their professional bodies. Payment receipts are not acceptable.
• Unlike in the past, Foreign-trained graduates should NOT visit NYSC Headquarters, Abuja for verification of their documents. This exercise will now be done at the Orientation Camps. They should simply print their call-up letters on-line and report at the Orientation camps in their States of deployment, but should come to the camp with the original documents they uploaded for verification.
• Anybody who presents any fake document will be demobilized and decamped.
• Prospective corps members should ensure that Passport photographs used meet the following specifications:
  • Ensure your face (eyes, nose, ears, mouth and jaw) is fully shown without bending
  • Ensure the picture fills the frame and centralized
  • Ensure the Photo background is white or off-white with no shadow.
• On no account should prospective corps members register by PROXY. They should also remember the fingers used for their biometric capturing as these will be used for verification at the orientation camps. Those who cannot be verified with their biometric at the orientation camp will not be registered.
• Only prospective corps members who want their call-up numbers sent to them through SMS and wish to PRINT their call-up letters on-line are expected to pay the sum of Three Thousand Naira (N3,000.00) (see NYSC Portal on how to make payment).
• Prospective Corps members who do not want to pay the N3,000.00 have the option of going to their schools to collect their call-up numbers and call-up letters.
• All prospective corps members who paid for the online registration before but were not mobilized need not pay again.
• Married female prospective corps members (whether locally or foreign-trained) should upload copies of their marriage Certificates, evidence of Change of name and their husbands’ place of domicile during registration.
• The orientation camp is highly not ideal for pregnant and nursing mothers. Prospective corps members in this categoriy are therefore to note that they will not be accommodated.
• Prospective corps members who graduated from Institutions located in the following Geo-Political Zones with challenges related to mobilization should contact the following Telephone Numbers between 8th and 27th February, 2016:
  • North Central – 08092142614
  • North East – 08102790538
  • North West – 08092142661
  • South East – 09038034460
  • South West – 07019190810
  • South South – 08092142616
• All Part-time graduates are expected to register online and wait for collection of their Letter of Exclusion at their various Institutions. For those willing to print the Letter of Exclusion online, this can be done on payment of Three Thousand Naira (N3, 000.00) only.
• PLEASE NOTE THAT ONCE THE PORTAL IS CLOSED ON SUNDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY 2016, THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER REGISTRATION.

The Life of a Nigerian Cultist in America

 

It is now glaring that secret cults and her members permeate the entire Nigerian society from high school students to Governors and law makers. Cultism has moved from who controls the campus to who controls the State and Federal Houses of Assemblies, Reps, Senators, Governors and other public offices.

Surprisingly enough, no Nigerian State or National leader past or present has had the political will or moral prowess to stop or at least decisively deal with the menace. Yes, cultism has become a menace to the Nigerian society. Cultism has been incentivized by Nigerian politicians and glamorized by low-life members. These cult members are psychologically depraved, unconscientiously ruinous and emotionally bankrupt with no value for human life.

From Rivers to Edo State Houses of Assembly, we have seen again and again how cultists have hijacked the governments. It is no longer an intellectual law-making debates or supremacy of ideas that take place in our Houses of Assemblies or the people’s business in Government Houses. It is now about which cult group carries the day. What transpired in Rivers State House of Assembly on July 9th and 10th is just a tip of the iceberg.

Sadly, it is only in Nigeria that these low-lives behave like emperors and warlords. Once they cross the shores of Nigeria, they become vegetative and useless to themselves. They cannot function productively. That is the case of a cult member (maybe former member(s)) I overheard in a restaurant in New York.

For the sake of clarity, I will describe those discussing as Friend 1 and Friend 2.

Friend 1: “O boy, this America self, it dey slow man well well ooo.”

Friend 2: “My brother, no be small something.”

Friend 1: “Sometimes I go look myself and say na me be dis?”

Friend 2: “Wetin we go do?”

Friend 1: “Before I leave naija, even wey I no dey work, I get reach 1.5 million naira for hand. Then election just finish. We get money well well from the election from LEVELs matter to run show. But for America you go work work you cannot even boast of $1,000 for account.”

Friend 2: “Man no dey get all those kind quick quick side money for America. Even the credit card runs wey boys be dey do don dabaru.”

Friend 1: “It get as it go be men, I go just go back to Naija. Some of my small boys dey ride Pajero Jeep now for runs wey dem do for the last election. You know how much for tear rubber Pajero wey dem get?”

Friend 2: “I hear too oo. So that rumor na true?”

Friend 1: “Na true na. You be think say na lie? This my guy so we be room-mate for campus then.”

Friend 2: “Thank God you just remind me. How far for your school? You don fit finish the program?”

Friend 1: “Finish wetin? I no sure if I go even fit go back to the school again. My GPA too low so dem put me on probation”. Since then, I no fit go back again. I try make I jack jack I no fit my brother. Family wahala for Naija come join am. Bring money bring money na him dem know.”

Friend 2: “I understand brother. If na Naija now we for send MEN make dem go talk to the lecturers na.”

Friend 1: “Wetin we dey talk since? I for don finish the school tay tay na if na Naija”.  America men, person no fit try those kind thing.”

Friend 2: “Exactly the same thing na him happen to Sunday wey he dey New Jersey. Guy man finally lock up for school matter”.

Friend 1: “Like say I fit finish the school men, I for don get better job by now. I dey dodge when I see some people wey we be start life together for America wey dem fit finish school. Dem get good jobs and dey make better money.”

Friend 2: “It go be, it go be.”

Friend 1:”You hear say all those boys just dey pluck each other again for naija? You hear wetin happen for Benin?”

Friend 2: “Na dem know oo. Man don do that one pass. If dem wan kill themselves, make dem dey do am for there. I dey think how I want take better for here na him I go come get time for CONFRA matter?”

Friend 1: “O boy if person dey that Naija, na him he get time for useless things. For here you no get time to waste for useless things.”

Friend 2: “If I leave here, na work I dey go till tomorrow morning. You know say weekend like this, all this America people dey like to enjoy. Dem go call off. So I dey always get overtime to work for weekend. Tomorrow na 16 hours I go work.”

Friend 1: “That overtime na him dey still dey make man fit get extra change oo.”

Friend 2: “I dey go. We go talk later. Bye bye.”

Friend 1: “Me go leave here now once I finish this beer. Bye bye.”

Obviously, you can tell that these guys are frustrated because they cannot unleash their salvage cultist activities in the US. Unfortunately, there are no professors for cultists to intimidate in America to pass their courses. You fail, you fail, you pass you pass.

There are no politicians in America to give them cash and buy them guns and SUVs to kill and maim people. Any attempt or group of attempts or attempted attempts, America will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.

So, my question for young Nigerians that have taken to cultism and those want-to-be cultists is simple: Does it make sense to join a nocturnal group that will not add any value to your life and will in all likelihood shorten your life on Earth?

If becoming a cult member will only provide temporary youthful exuberance and euphoria in Nigeria and cannot add value to your life outside that environment, then Cultism is useless and even more useless to Nigerians in the United States and those that plan to immigrate out of Nigeria someday.

God bless you and may God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

By Paul Omoruyi

PHOTOS: 7 Things You Didn’t Know Were Invented By Kids

Kids are full of imagination, and sometimes, with the right encouragement, they just can create something amazing.

Below are 7 times you didn’t know were invited by kids:

Toy Truck

In 1963, 6-year-old child inventor Robert Patch created a convertible toy truck. Patch had two goals for his truck: one, that it could easily be taken apart and put back together; two, that it could transform into all sorts of different vehicles. After drawing up a sketch, the boy got a patent for his idea, and the rest was playtime history

Trampoline

In 1930, when George Nissen was a 16-year-old high school gymnast, he began tinkering with an idea for a bouncing apparatus to train on. But it wasn’t until 1934 that Nissen and his University of Iowa tumbling coach Larry Griswold built a device that actually worked. Then, in 1937, when Nissen was traveling the carnival circuit, he came across the Spanish word
trampolin, which means “diving board.” Adding an “e” to the end, he trademarked the name for what was to become a backyard family favorite.

Snow Mobile

In 1922, when Canadian Joseph-Armand Bombardier was 15 years old, he was tinkering around with his dad’s old Ford Model T motor and decided to attach it to a sled to see if the machine could power through the snow. He enlisted the help of his brother to steer while he took control of the motor, and the first inklings of a powered snow machine were born. Fifteen years later his device, the B-7, was the first snowmobile to hit stores.

Television

Just about everyone owns a TV, but did you ever dream that a teenager came up with the idea? In 1920, 14-year-old Philo Farnsworth first conceived of it, supposedly while he was plowing a potato field. In 1926, he and his business partner founded Crocker Research Laboratories (later named Farnsworth Radio and Television Corporation); only one year after that, the first-ever transmitted images were sent.

Popsicles

In 1905, when Frank Epperson was 11 years old, he was trying to concoct his own version of soda pop. One particularly cold night, he left his beverage—a glass filled with soda water powder and water—outside on the porch by accident, with the mixing stick still in it. The ingredients froze overnight and Epperson was inspired. In 1924, after the young inventor had some success in the real estate business, he applied for a patent, naming his creation the Epsicle. Later, it was changed it to the now well-known Popsicle.

Earmuffs

Chester Greenwood grew up ice skating in his native Maine. One day in 1873, the 15-year-old finally became so annoyed with how cold his ears became outdoors that he asked his grandmother to sew fur onto a two-loop wire he created. Soon he had a patented and approved model of what he originally called ear protectors. The state of Maine is so thankful for his invention that every December 21 is celebrated as “Chester Greenwood Day.”

Braille

Born in France in 1809, Louis Braille was blinded by an injury when he was only 3 years old. In 1824, while he was a 15-year-old student at the Royal Institute for Blind Youth in Paris, he created a type of reading that involved raised, imprinted dots organized in a pattern to facilitate learning. The first Braille book was released in 1829—and Louis Braille went on to become an instructor at the school where he had once been a student.

Rohypnol: The Rape Drug, Abuse and Treatment

Generic name: flunitrazepam
Brand Names: Rohypnol, others; not available legally in U.S. but is available in other countries
Common or street names: forget me drug, roches, roofies, ruffles; other names include date rape drug, la roche, R2, rib, roach, roofenol, rope, rophies, the forget pill, getting roached, lunch money drug, Mexican Valium, pingus, Reynolds, Robutal, wolfies.

What is Rohypnol?

Rohypnol is an intermediate-acting benzodiazepine with general properties similar to those of Valium (diazepam). It is used in the short-term treatment of insomnia, as a pre-medication in surgical procedures and for inducing anaesthesia.

Like other benzodiazepines (such as Valium, Librium and Xanax), Rohypnol’s effects include sedation, muscle relaxation, reduction in anxiety, and prevention of convulsions. However, Rohypnol’s sedative effects are approximately 7 to 10 times stronger than Valium. The effects of Rohypnol appear 15 to 20 minutes after administration and last approximately four to six hours. Some residual effects can be found 12 hours or more after administration.

Since the 1990s Rohypnol has been used illegally to lessen the depression caused by the abuse of stimulants, such as cocaine and methamphetamine, and also as an aid for sexual assault.

The so-called “date-rape drug” was placed unknowingly in the drinks of victims, often at a bar or party (“club drug”). Due to the strong amnesia produced by the drug, victims would have limited or no recollection of the assault.

Though Rohypnol is classified as a Schedule IV controlled substance, the U.S. Department of Justice prosecutes the possession, trafficking, and distribution of Rohypnol with penalties equivalent to those associated with Schedule I substances (such as Ecstasy, marijuana, cocaine, and heroin).

Abuse Potential

While Rohypnol has become widely known for its use as a date-rape drug, it is abused more frequently for other reasons. It is abused by high school students, college students, street gang members, rave party attendees, and heroin and cocaine abusers to produce profound intoxication, boost the high of heroin, and modulate the effects of cocaine.

Teenagers and young males age 13 to 30 have been noted as the primary abusers of Rohypnol. Rohypnol is usually consumed orally, and is often combined with alcohol. It may also be abused by crushing tablets and snorting the powder, or by dissolving prior to injection.

Rohypnol Abuse

The short-term effects of Rohypnol generally began to be felt within 30 minutes of ingesting the drug, and can include the following:

• Confusion and disorientation
• Extreme relaxation
• Vision problems
• Coordination problems and slurred speech
• Dizziness and nausea
• Loss of inhibitions
• Extreme sleepiness
• Loss of consciousness

The effects of Rohypnol abuse usually last between three and eight hours. Afterward, as indicated earlier, an individual who has ingested Rohypnol may not be able to remember what occurred while he or she was under the influence of Rohypnol.

Rohypnol Addiction

Rohypnol abuse can lead to tolerance (needing increasingly larger doses of Rohypnol to experience the safe effect), as well as to physical and psychological dependence.

Rohypnol overdose can lead to a number of negative outcomes, including respiratory distress (significant breathing problems), coma, and death.

Withdrawal symptoms associated with Rohypnol include seizures, extreme insomnia, psychosis, and anxiety.

Rohypnol Treatment

Treatment for Rohypnol abuse or addiction depends upon several factors, including the age and gender of the patient, the length and severity of the patient’s drug problems, and the presence of any co-occurring disorders.

Treatment for Rohypnol abuse or addiction may be done on an outpatient, residential, or partial hospitalization basis.

Treatment for Rohypnol abuse or addiction may include the following therapies and techniques:

• Individual therapy
• Group therapy
• Family therapy
• 12-Step education
• Relapse-prevention instruction
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
• Biofeedback & Neurofeedback
• Medication management
• Anger management
• Hypnotherapy
• Recreation therapy

This Article was curbed from CrcHealth.com and Drugs.com

If there are any other drugs you would like me to discuss about please leave a comment. Thank you.