THE RELEASE OF THE RESCADULE EXAMINATION CENTER EXAMINATION SLIP

JAMB has finally release the sanctioned center, new examination slip

http://www.jamb.org.ng/PrintExamslip/PrintExaminationSlip  

JAMB Finally Review The Reason for The Withholds 80,889 UTME Results Over Exam Malpractices

ABUJA – THE Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board. JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Wednesday said that the Board withheld about 80,889 results of the Computer Based Test, CBT, Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME as a result of alleged examination malpractices. The JAMB Registrar also said that investigation was ongoing on the alleged malpractices, adding that at the end of it, candidates that were not culpable, their results will be released. Speaking in Abuja on the outcome of the UMTE, he said that some owners of Computer Based Test centres connived with some parents and candidates to cheat, stressing that names of the cyber café and internet owners that indulged in fraud were being compiled and that such centres will be delisted from the UTME next year. According to him, “So far we have released the results of 1,606,901 leaving us with 80,889, out of this 80,889 we have deliberately withheld 76,923 because of alleged malpractices in the centres where the examinations were held. “The remaining have issues like those ‎whose thumbs or biometrics couldn’t be verified and would not be allowed to do the examination because it would require further investigation. As of today 640 candidates could not do biometrics. “We have investigated why and found various reasons. Some are d‎ue to fraudsters; some candidates did registration in unacredited centres. “We are not saying all the 80,889 committed alleged infraction , in fact, those who committed the infraction would be less than 10 percent but when something happens in a centre pending the result of investigation, the best thing is to withhold the results. “We released the results within 24 hours to make a point, if we have wanted we could have allowed candidates to get their results immediately but if we had delayed, people would have said we couldn’t deliver. “If I am still the JAMB boss in 2018, I won’t release the results until ‎we have taken all issues and clear all cases against them because that is the international best practice. “And I want you to know that the results that haven’t been released will be released before the commencement of admission process for those who are not guilty of any infraction. ‎”And those who were not verified, would be made to write the examination and be part of those who are rewriting their examination as promised. And they would write it under my very eyes..” He said many private schools did so many funny things during the examination to cheat and that the Board will carry out supplementary examination for the candidates that had issues with the CBT, centres ‎or had issues with their cables. He however said, “But we won’t reschedule for those with excuses like, I had accident or I was sick.” The JAMB Registrar said the board was a step ahead of criminals because they didn’t give candidates same questions on each session and that candidates who had waited till the last day to register in order to see whether the examination paper would leak were shortlisted to write first.

Responding to emerging flood disasters

Coping with the rage of nature can be quite challenging, especially for a nation that is ill-equipped to manage disasters. That is why this year’s Annual Flood Outlook presented by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency should be of interest to the Nigerian authorities ahead of what could be another trying period for the country.

In what could be a repeat of the 2012 experience, where many states were submerged by floodwater for weeks, the agency warned of the imminence of flooding in 35 out of the 36 states in the country and the Federal Capital Territory. It means that the entire country practically faces the threat of going under water, which comes with serious humanitarian challenges, such as providing a roof over displaced people’s heads, feeding them, clothing them and providing them with medical care, among other things.

Early signs of what lies ahead were evident in the collapse on June 16 of two important bridges linking the northern parts of the country to the southern parts. The Tatabu Bridge and Bokani Bridge in Niger State were washed away after a torrential rainfall, ensuring that vehicular traffic from that part of the country was prevented from accessing the southern part, and vice versa. This has resulted in a two-week suspension of the Kano-Lagos train operations, during which time the failed portions are expected to be repaired. Heavy flooding has also been reported in Bayelsa, Imo and Oyo states.

During a similar incident in 2012, 431 people were reported dead across the country, with about 1.3 million others displaced and hundreds of acres of farmland submerged, as rivers burst their banks due to massive flooding occasioned by heavy rainfall. Farmers lost their entire season’s crops while many houses and roads were destroyed in what was reportedly the worst flood incident in the country in 40 years. Then, 30 states were affected, forcing the then President, Goodluck Jonathan, to set up the Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation, co-led by businessman, Aliko Dangote, and Lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba, to raise funds to provide relief materials for those that were affected.

This year’s forecast is even more alarming, to say the least; but flooding is fast becoming the trend the world over. In Sri Lanka, on May 26, CNN, quoting the country’s Disaster Management Centre, reported the death of no fewer than 91 people, with 100 others missing, following heavy flooding and landslide as a result of monsoon rains. Thailand had experienced the same fate in January, when heavy flooding claimed 12 lives, with many villages submerged.

In an earlier incident in 2015, a Mail Online report said that no fewer than 82 lives were lost in the worst flooding in Europe in decades. About 58 of the dead were reported in the Black Sea area where many Russian tourists had their cars and tents swept into the sea by floodwater. In Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, over 50 people, including visitors, were evacuated in the worst flooding incident in more than a century. Many other cities in Austria, Germany and Croatia were also affected, with buildings either partially or totally submerged.

The phenomenon of flooding has been strongly linked to global warming and the melting glacier of the Polar Regions, which have led to a substantial rise in seawater levels. Experts say that the rising global temperature was consistent with heavy rainfall experienced across the world, since “warmer air holds more moisture.” The Union of Concerned Scientists, an organisation concerned about a healthy planet and safer world, says, “When warm air holding moisture meets cooler air, the moisture condenses into tiny droplets that float in the air. If the drops get bigger and become heavy enough, they fall as precipitation (rain).”

Warnings such as the one from NIHSA are not meant to stop the forces of nature from having their way, but to help humans to plan in many ways. For example, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency issued sufficient warning in 2012 about the impending floods, but it was not heeded. This was probably why the impact was so devastating. The current warning is, therefore, meant to guide farmers, for instance, on when to plant so that their crops would not be washed away. It is also a reminder on the need to keep water channels free so that when it rains the water will quickly find its way into the sea, rivers and streams, instead of collecting as a result of blocked channels.

Apart from clearing drainage channels to allow for the free passage of water, this is the time for city planners to remove obstructions on water paths, including buildings illegally constructed on such places. Coastal cities like Lagos, Calabar and Port Harcourt are more likely to be affected by flash flood, but if the drainage system is not blocked, the water would quickly disappear when the rain stops. It will help to mitigate the impact.

Managers of the various dams across the country should also be careful when releasing excess water from their dams. Indiscriminate release of water from the dams has been one of the reasons for flooding in the country. When there is the need to release water, it should be done in a controlled manner.

The National Emergency Management Agency and other emergency response organisations should also be well equipped to be able to respond when the need arises. In Nigeria, the response has always been poor, riddled with stories of diversion of materials for private use and people turning up at disaster areas without the knowledge of what steps to take. There may also be the need for evacuation. This is the time to prepare adequately, so that, once again, the country would not be taken by surprise.

Tonto Dikeh And Olakunle Churchill’s Ex Wife Join Forces To Blast His Family

Tonto Dikeh and Bimbo Coker who happens to be Olakunle Churchill’s Ex-wife have joined forces to slam their ex-husband, Churchill Olakunle and his family.

Recall that Churchill Olakunle married Bimbo Coker in December 2012 but their relationship failed and he moved on to marry Tonto Dikeh.
In her interview with MediaRoom Hub, Dikeh said she never knew the philanthropist was previously married until Coker shared the photos online, shutting down claims that she intentionally snatched a married man from his family.
And now, it seems the actress is already best of friends with Coker, as shortly after OAP Lara Olubo published the text Tonto Dikeh allegedly sent her mother-in-law, Coker (@sexyslim1110) took to Instagram to defend Tonto Dikeh.
Read: Read The Text Message Tonto Dikeh Allegedly Sent To Churchill’s Mother
See what she posted and Tonto Dikeh’s response:

Segun Arinze And Linda Osifo Are The Perfect Team For The First Ever National Lottery Jackpot Show In Nigeria

Nollywood stars, Linda Osifo and Segun Arinze have been unveiled as the brand ambassadors and hosts of  National Lottery Jackpot show in Nigeria, “Give n Take”
The announcement was made by actress Linda Osifo on her Instagram page as she expressed her joy, saying she is proud to be an ambassador and co-host alongside her fellow actor Segun Arinze.
She wrote;

Proud to announce becoming a brand ambassador and co-host of the upcoming 1st National Lottery Jackpot show in Nigeria, “Give n Take” alongside my big friend @segunarinze

Here Are The Funny ‘Things’ Abba Kyari Did To Arrest Evans The Kidnapper

Abba Kyari, the Head of the Intelligence Response Team, Assistant Commissioner of Police  has revealed the funny things he did to capture Evans The Kidnapper.
He revealed that he had to take a ride on a commercial motorcycle, popularly known as okada, to enable him move faster to the Magodo GRA Phase II residence of notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Onuamadike, aka Evans, to effect his arrest.

Kyari said to avoid any delay due to the usual chaotic traffic situation on Lagos roads, he had to quickly jump on a commercial motorcycle from his Ikeja GRA location to Magodo GRA Phase II to arrest Evans, who he had earlier been informed by his men already deployed in the area, was making frantic preparations to leave his mansion very soon.

Read what he said below

      “At about 1.30am, Evans and some of his gang members went out to a club around Ikeja and returned at 5.10am. So, we were very sure Sunday would be our day. So, I decided to go and cleanup myself and have a little rest before I returned to Magodo. I was still resting when my guys called that the target was set; that it appeared he wanted to go out. So, I had to take Okada from where I was, to meet up.

“You won’t believe this, but it’s the truth. Do you know that when my surveillance team alerted me of the suspect’s presence at his Magodo mansion, I had no other option than to take Okada from where I was at Ikeja  GRA to Magodo?”

Kyari said though it might sound funny, policemen sometimes must do “unconventional things” to get at their targets or what they actually wanted.

      “I was approaching former tollgate, when I got another call that he might drive out any moment. So, I instructed my guys to give him warning shots; that was to announce our presence, and that kept him indoors until I got there and directed the affairs,” he said.

The IRT boss stated that he and his team had been on Evans’ trail for close to 10 years until the kidnap kingpin met his waterloo last Sunday.

     “We have been following him, through intelligence gathering and surveillance, but we have always lost him.

He is  a very intelligent criminal with a very sound IQ, I must tell you,” he said.

Kyari further disclosed that he and his team mounted a surveillance on Evans five days before last Sunday, when he was finally arrested.

     “When we tracked him to Lagos, I was in Abuja. The moment I was sure he was in Lagos, we moved down to Lagos on Monday of that week. We came by road and slept at a police station close to Evans’ residence and started our surveillance on him,” he said.

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Man Catches His Wife Having Sex With Her Ex On Their Matrimonial Bed In Ibadan

A barber, Gbenga Akinade, on Friday at an Ibadan Grade C Customary Court, secured the dissolution of his six-year-old marriage on grounds of infidelity.

Gbenga had told the court that his wife, Busayo, had sex with her former husband on his (Gbenga’s) matrimonial bed, adding that he could no longer tolerate her adulterous way.
He testified that he met the defendant when she was hawking herbal liquor (Agbo-Jedi), and that both of them agreed to marry after few months of courtship.
He said, “I did not know that she was a divorcee with two kids until she got pregnant for me. I began to suspect her adulterous ways after she gave birth to our second child.
“She used to go out for two or three days, leaving the children with neighbours.

“Her immoral affairs with her ex-husband came into open recently when I caught her having sex with the man on our matrimonial bed.
“I beat the hell out of her that day but allowed the man to go because unpleasant things might happen if I beat him.
“I decided for divorce in order to forget how I met her with her ex-husband on my bed.”
The petitioner prayed the court to allow him to have the custody of his children.
“I promise to take good care of them,’’ he said.
The respondent, in her defence, said that her estranged husband was aware that she had two children before he married her.

She, however, was silent on the allegation that she had sex with her ex-husband on Gbenga’s matrimonial bed.
Busayo added that Gbenga regularly beat her.
She pleaded with the court to peacefully resolve the conflict.
“I am not ready to leave my matrimonial home and my children,’’ she said.
The President of the court, Chief Mukaila Balogun, dissolved the marriage on grounds of lack of love.
“The opinion of the court is that there is no more love between the parties based on the testimonies of the couple,’’ he said.
Balogun ordered that two of the three children should be in the custody of their father while the last child should be with the mother.
The president of the court ordered the petitioner to be paying N4, 000 monthly to the respondent for the upkeep of the only child with her.
(NAN)

Manchester United Set To Bring Cristiano Ronaldo Back To Old Trafford

Manchester United are planning an offer of £175 million plus goalkeeper David de Gea for Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, according to the Daily Mirror.
Portugal captain Ronaldo wants to leave Spain this summer, and the Old Trafford side are desperate to bring him back to the Premier League.

They are even willing to allow De Gea finally move to Santiago Bernabeu as part of the deal.

Ronaldo Wants Man Utd Return

Cristiano Ronaldo’s priority is to return to Manchester United and he has asked his agent Jorge Mendes to do ‘everything he can’ to make it happen, according to Gianluca Di Marzio .
Paris Saint-Germain are ready to spend whatever it takes to sign the Real Madrid star, but Ronaldo, who reportedly no longer wants to play in Spain due to a dispute over a tax bill, would prefer to return to Old Trafford, where he spent six hugely successful years earlier in his career.

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill two in police ambush in northeast Nigeria: police

By Lanre Ola and Ahmed Kingimi
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected Boko Haram militants killed two people and wounded six others in an ambush on a police convoy in northeast Nigeria's Borno state on Tuesday, a police spokesman said.
Borno has been the state worst hit by the eight-year insurgency by Boko Haram that has killed more than 20,000 people and forced some 2.7 million people to flee their homes in its bid to create an Islamic caliphate.
The raid was the latest in a spate of attacks in the state, birthplace of the insurgency, over the last two weeks. Suicide bombings killed 12 people on Monday and 14 people died in an attack on state capital Maiduguri on June 7.
Borno state police spokesman Damian Chukwu said vehicles including a police patrol convoy and a funeral procession were ambushed on a road around 30 kilometers from Maiduguri. Two people were killed - a policeman and a commercial driver.
Boko Haram has been pushed out of most of the territory that it controlled in early 2015 - a swathe of land around the size of Belgium - by Nigeria's army and troops from neighboring countries.
But insurgents continue to carry out suicide bombings and raids in northeast Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger.

MOST WANTED KIDNAPER "EVANS" BECOME CELEBRITY

The capture of Nigeria’s most-wanted kidnapper should have been a cause for national celebration in the West African country, which has been blighted by high-profile abductions and ransom payments for years.

But instead, many Nigerians have been left angry by what they view as the national media glamorizing the crimes of Chukwudi Dumeme Onuamadike, popularly known as Evans.

Police in the port city of Lagos captured Evans from Anambra State, in southeastern Nigeria, earlier in June following a gun battle with the suspect and his associates. The 36-year-old is allegedly responsible for the abductions of numerous victims, including foreign nationals, traditional chiefs and wealthy businessmen. For some of these, he reportedly demanded ransoms of up to $1 million—almost 400 times the average annual income of a person in Nigeria. Unsurprisingly, Evans is thought to be one of Nigeria’s wealthiest criminals, owning two mansions in an upmarket Lagos district and another two in Accra, the capital of Ghana.

  

A suspect identified as Chukwudi Dumeme Onuamadike, also known as Evans, is paraded after his arrest by police in Lagos, Nigeria. This photo was distributed on June 11. Nigeria Police Force

But now, Nigerians on social media are fuming over the media scrum for coverage of Evans. The alleged kidnapper has given interviews to several major Nigerian outlets, including a nearly nine-minute video interview with Channels Television, one of the country’s biggest networks, that has been viewed almost a quarter of a million times on YouTube. Evans’s wife and family have made emotional appeals for his release, and photos of his luxury properties have been published.

This has not gone down well with Nigerians on social media, who have called for harsh penalties for the alleged criminal. (Earlier in 2017, the Lagos governor signed a decree authorizing the death penalty for kidnappers in cases in which the victim dies.)

TEN SUPRISING FACTS ABOUT FAILURE

Failure is always a demoralizing and upsetting experience. You cannot always control whether difficult things happen to you in life but you can control, to a large extent, how you react to them. Failure makes your mind trick you into believing things that aren't true. Unless you learn to respond to failures in psychologically adaptive ways, they will paralyze you, demotivate you, and limit your likelihood of success going forward.
Psychologically speaking, the most important thing to do after a failure is to understand its impact, how it affects your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Here are ten surprising facts about failure that will help you turn a difficult and painful experience into a potentially constructive and useful one.
1. Failure makes the same goal seem less attainable. In one study, people kicked an American football over a goalpost in an unmarked field and then estimated how far and high the goalpost was. People who failed estimated the goalpost as being further away and higher than those who had succeeded. In other words, failure automatically distorts your perceptions of your goals and makes them seem more unattainable. Note the word distort—your goals are just as attainable as they were before you failed; it is only your perceptions that changed. You can choose to ignore these new perceptions, and you should. Indeed, changing how you view your goals is not the only way in which failure distorts your perceptions...
2. Failure also distorts your perceptions of your abilities. Much as it makes your goals seem further out of reach, failure also distorts your perceptions of your actual abilities by making you feel less up to the task. Once you fail, you are likely to assess your skills, intelligence, and capabilities incorrectly and see them as significantly weaker than they actually are. Knowing this and correcting for it in your mind is important because by making you devalue your abilities...
3. Failure makes you believe you’re helpless. One of the most common and strongest feelings people have after failing is helplessness. Failure causes an emotional wound. Your mind responds to this wound by trying to get you to give up so it doesn’t get wounded again—and its best way of getting you to give up is to make you feel helpless. By making you feel as if there is nothing you can do to succeed, your mind might avoid future failures but you will be robbed of successes as well—which is why you shouldn’t always listen to your feelings. But that is not the only way your mind can work against you:
4. A single failure experience can create an unconscious "fear of failure." Some people are convinced they have a "fear of success." They don’t—they have a fear of failure. The problem with most fears of failure is they are unconscious, which means you’re not actually dealing with whether the fear is real, reasonable, or likely. Which then means you’re also not addressing how to increase your likelihood of success; you’re just trying to avoid feeling bad if you fail. This unconscious focus on avoiding future failure rather than securing future success leads people to act out:
5. Fear of failure often leads to unconscious self-sabotaging. One of the most common ways people try to buffer themselves against the pain of future failure is by self-handicapping—creating excuses and situations that can justify why they failed, like going to a party the night before an exam and claiming they were tired or hung over; developing psychosomatic symptoms such as headaches and stomach aches that made it hard to concentrate; or magnifying a small "crisis," such as the need to spend two hours on the phone with an upset friend, to justify why they were unable to prepare for a job interview. These kinds of behaviors often turn into self-fulfilling prophecies because they sabotage your efforts and increase your likelihood of failure. Another reason you need to recognize such unconscious fears is that...
6. Fear of failure can be transmitted from parents to children. Studies show that parents who have a fear of failure can unwittingly transmit it to their children by reacting harshly or withdrawing emotionally when their children fail—thus conveying to them, often unconsciously, that failure is unacceptable. This, of course, raises the stakes for their children and makes them more likely to develop a fear of failure of their own. Another impact this has:
7. The pressure to succeed increases performance anxiety and causes choking. When a golfer misses a crucial easy putt, a bowler gutters the last ball, or a trained singer totally misses the power note at the end of an audition song, it is because performance pressure caused them to choke. Choking happens when the pressure to succeed makes you overthink something your brain already knows how to do. As a result, you add an unnecessary "correction" that throws your brain off and screws everything up. Choking is embarrassing and incredibly frustrating but it is also avoidable because it involves overthinking, and so...
8. A great way to overcome choking is to whistle or mutter. By whistling or muttering quietly while you’re taking a shot, bowling, pitching, singing—whatever it is—and focusing on the task itself, you’re stealing just enough attentional resources from your brain to prevent it from overthinking and correcting something that doesn’t require correction. While choking refers to automatic tasks like those involved in sports or performance, another common factor that causes failure is lapses in will power—and those typically occur not because the person lacks will power but because you need to understand how will power operates:
9. Willpower is like a muscle—it needs rest and glucose to function best. Much like muscles can become fatigued when they are overused, when your willpower fails you it is because it is over-worked and under-nourished. Our brains require glucose to operate and when they don’t have enough of it, our cognitive resources (attention, concentration); our executive functioning (planning, decision making); and our willpower all begin to drop or fail. That is why crash diets often end in binging—they deplete the person’s willpower so severely that they lose their self-control all at once and eat everything in sight. Therefore, be aware of how much effort and willpower you’re exerting during the day and make sure to rest, eat a little, and be ready to be more vigilant and to revisit your motivations when you begin to feel your willpower fading. By taking control of your willpower you are doing the one thing that is crucial to overcoming failure:
10. The psychologically healthiest response to failure is to focus on variables in your control. Failure can make you feel demoralized, helpless, hopeless, and anxious (both consciously and unconsciously) but you can fight back. Break down the task or goal in question to those aspects that are in your control and those that are not. Then go through the list of aspects that are not in your control and figure out how to take control of them—by improving your skill-set, planning, relationships, knowledge, preparation, etc. Now focus solely on those aspects that are in your control. Feeling in control is a literal antidote to feelings of helplessness and demoralization that will motivate you to try again, minimize your chances of another failure, and increase your likelihood of success.
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what life is all about

WHAT IS THIS LIFE?
A man is born today, Tomorrow he is dead.
A man lives in a mansion today, Tomorrow he lives
underground.

A man drives a car today, Tomorrow an ambulance
drives him.
A man reads biology today, Tomorrow a biography
is been read of him.
A man eats whatever he wants today, Tomorrow he
becomes food for insects.
A man is always early for work today, Tomorrow he
is termed late Mr/Mrs.
A man is seen resting in his house today, Tomorrow he is resting in a coffin. And they say "Rest In Peace"!
A man eats all kinds of fruits in his house today,
Tomorrow he becomes manure to those trees.
A man is known today as the richest man ever,
Tomorrow he doesn't even know where or what will
happen to his riches.
What is life after all?
Plan your life because you may not see tomorrow.
But when your life is well planned you won't Be
afraid of any thing.
ACT RIGHT AND LIVE GODLY. ALWAYS BE A HELPING HAND TO OTHERS.
Come to think of this?.......
1. Eternal life = free
2. Church entrance = free
3. Christ's salvation = free
4. God's love = free
5. Breath of life = free
A. Cigarette = pay
B. Prostitution = pay
C. Alcohol =pay
D. Nightclub entrance fee= pay
E. Powers to rule the world = pay
Then why are people paying for hell while PARADISE is free?
Think twice
Believe in Christ and you shall be saved..
We always think of Valentine's day
Birth day
Father's day
Mother's day
Children's day
Our day,
Farmer's day
Teacher's day
Christmas day
Independence day
Boxing day,
This day,
That day,
Day in Day out.
Have u ever thought of Judgement Day, is it going to be a day of celebration or condemnation for you?
If you are safe, what about your friends & loved ones. Show them love by telling them about the Judgement Day. Please pass this to your 14 loved ones, let heaven be happy for you today. Please don't say later, do it now because tomorrow may be too late.

LIFE

When life has got you in a slump, turn to these inspirational short stories. Not only is reading them like getting an internet hug for the soul, but they just may spark an idea or a change in you for the better. Read on and get ready to smile.
1. Everyone Has a Story in Life
A 24 year old boy seeing out from the train’s window shouted…
“Dad, look the trees are going behind!”
Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby, looked at the 24 year old’s childish behavior with pity, suddenly he again exclaimed…
“Dad, look the clouds are running with us!”
The couple couldn’t resist and said to the old man…
“Why don’t you take your son to a good doctor?” The old man smiled and said…“I did and we are just coming from the hospital, my son was blind from birth, he just got his eyes today.”
Every single person on the planet has a story. Don’t judge people before you truly know them. The truth might surprise you.
2. Shake off Your Problems
A man’s favorite donkey falls into a deep precipice. He can’t pull it out no matter how hard he tries. He therefore decides to bury it alive.
Soil is poured onto the donkey from above. The donkey feels the load, shakes it off, and steps on it. More soil is poured.
It shakes it off and steps up. The more the load was poured, the higher it rose. By noon, the donkey was grazing in green pastures.
After much shaking off (of problems) And stepping up (learning from them), One will graze in GREEN PASTURES.
Related: 3 Inspirational Stories That Touch Your Heart
3. The Elephant Rope
As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”
The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?
Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.
4. Potatoes, Eggs, and Coffee Beans
Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed.
Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the third pot.
He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing.
After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.
He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup. Turning to her he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?”
“Potatoes, eggs, and coffee,” she hastily replied.
“Look closer,” he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.
“Father, what does this mean?” she asked.
He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity– the boiling water.
However, each one reacted differently.
The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak.
The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard.
However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.
“Which are you,” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean? “
Moral:In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.
Which one are you?
5. A Dish of Ice Cream
In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him.
“How much is an ice cream sundae?”
“50 cents,” replied the waitress.
The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied a number of coins in it.
“How much is a dish of plain ice cream?” he inquired. Some people were now waiting for a table and the waitress was a bit impatient.
“35 cents,” she said brusquely.
The little boy again counted the coins. “I’ll have the plain ice cream,” he said.
The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and departed.
When the waitress came back, she began wiping down the table and then swallowed hard at what she saw.
There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were 15 cents – her tip.
Motivational Stories for Business and Work
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IMPORTANT THING ABOUT LIFE

IMPORTANT THING ABOUT LIFE

A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2 inches in diameter.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up the remaining open areas of the jar.
He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.”
“Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, your children – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter – like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else, the small stuff.”
“If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party, or fix the disposal.”
“Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”

THE 48 BLACKLISTED CBT

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has blacklisted 48 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres over their involvement in extortion and organized examination malpractices during the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, made the disclosure, Wednesday, in Abuja at a news conference at the end of an enlarged meeting with external examiners and other stakeholders in the conduct of the 2017 UTME. JAMB candidates Oloyede, who also announced the cancellation of the results of 59,698 candidates who sat for the examination, said another 24 CBT centres had been suspended for one year for failing to live up to expectations. “The (24 CBT) centres will not participate in the 2018 UTME, but they can be reconsidered for 2019 and above. “The delisting of 48 centres from participating in the board’s examination in future is as a result of serious technical deficiencies, extortion, organised examination malpractices and other damaging infractions.” He said that JAMB had fixed July 1, 2017 as the date for supplementary examination for candidates who registered late for this year’s UTME. Oloyede added that some of the candidates whose results were cancelled, would also take part in the rescheduled exam. The JAMB boss said the decision to allow the candidates sit for the rescheduled examination was reached after a thorough review of all the reports that emanated from their centres. According to him, 1,386 candidates have their results cancelled over examination malpractice; 57,646 results were also affected as a result of centres-induced malpractices while the results of 666 candidates were cancelled due to multiple examinations. He listed the categories of candidates whose results were cancelled but would take part in the rescheduled examination to include candidates of centres with mass malpractices but who are deemed innocent, biometric non-verification machine related issues. Others include technical and log out issues, late registration, incomplete results and candidates who lost examination sessions due to malfunctioning of servers at the affected centre.

CBT CENTERS SANCTIONED BY JAMB IN EACH STATE

LIST OF CBT CENTRES SANCTIONED BYJAMB AFTER 2017 UTME

S/N	CENTRE NAME	CENTRE CODE	STATUS
ABIA STATE
1	Temple Gate Polytechnic, Aba	001	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
2	Giant Immaculate School, ICT Centre, Aba	002	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
3	JP Flinct International School, Aba	007	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
4	Mchief Communications Limited, ICT Centre, Aba	010	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
5	Golden Foundation International, Aba	011	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
6	Unique Unibright International School, Aba	013	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
7	Citizen International College, ICT Centre, Aba	014	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
8	Akasi Computer Institute and Information Services, Aba	015	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
9	Ascension Computer Center, Ascension Seminary School,Umuebulungwa, Ukwa-West	021	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
10	Academic Insight Model School	022	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
11	Adventist Secondary Technical College, Owerintta	024	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
12	Benjyn International Academy, Amoji Ukwu, Obingwa	025	Delisted for Gross Technical deficiencies
13	Pius Comprehensive Secondary School, Umuigwe-Amakama, Umuahia South L.G.A., Abia State	029	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
AKWA IBOM STATE
14	College of Education, Afaha Nsit	045	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
15	Agnos Consult 12 Barracks Road, Eket Divisional Library Eket.	046	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
16	Rolins King Technology and Management Institute, Ikot-Ekpene, No. 15, Library Avenue, Ikot-Ekpene	049	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
17	Jimiel Computer and Management Institute, Ikot Ekpene	051	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
18	Gestric Infortech & Management Institute, No. 2 Umo Obotroad, Ikot Ekpene	052	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
19	Gateway S. Academy, Ikot Akpa, Ukanafun	054	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
ANAMBRA STATE
20	SEIA ICT Nigeria (Christ the King College)	059	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
21	Versity Comprehensive Sec. School, 119/120A Obodoukwu Rd., Okpoko	061	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
22	St. Rita Innovative Institute, Housing Estate Fegge, Onitsha	063	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
23	Eastern Academy, Upper Iweka, Onitsha	064	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
24	Deacons Digital Solution Ltd, Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha	066	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
25	Planet Technologies Limited	068	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
26	Newage Computer Services Ltd.,  Otolo, Nnewi	069	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
27	Kings Computer College, Along St. Silas Cathedral Church, Mbarakpaka, Ihiala	071	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
28	Community Education Resource Centre, Adjacent To Community School, Okpuno	075	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
BAUCHI STATE
29	Oxford Science Academy, Bauchi	096	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
30	Presentation Brothers Secondary School, Bauchi	098	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
BAYELSA STATE
31	Mater Dei CBT and ICT Centre, Imiringi	103	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
32	Fipere Logistics Global Network Limited, Yenagoa	107	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
BENUE STATE
33	Gboko College of Education, Gboko	112	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
34	Universal CyberNet Limited, Otukpo	119	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
35	Global ICT Connect Limited, Makurdi	628	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
CROSS RIVER STATE
36	Unibright Computer Centre	136	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
DELTA STATE
37	ICON Training and Consultancy, Umunede	143	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
38	Classical International School, Warri	149	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
39	Prime Vocational Institute, Kwale	153	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
40	James Welch Grammar Schools, Emevor	154	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
41	Glomaikom CBT Cooperative Youth Resources Centre, Sapele	156	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
42	Obule Integrated School, Sapele	157	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
EDO STATE
43	Success Comprehensive College, 8, Ekhei Girls School Road, Auchi	182	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
ENUGU STATE
44	Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu	200	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
45	St. Augustine Computer, Ndiumo, Uwani-Akpugo Centre 2	213	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
46	St. Augustine Computer, Ndiumo, Uwani-Akpugo Centre 1	214	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY
47	Federal Science and Technical College, Electronic Library and ICT/CBT Centre, Orozo	224	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
48	Victory International Institute of Technology and Education, Kwali	233	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
GOMBE STATE
49	Government Comprehensive Day Secondary School, Bajoga	242	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
50	Government Science Secondary School, Billiri	247	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
IMO STATE
51	Prestige World Computer Institute, Urualla	260	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
52	School of Health Technology, Okporo, Orlu	261	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
53	Benchmark Education Centre, Orlu	263	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
54	St. Joseph Catholic Church School, Nempi	264	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
55	Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo	281	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
56	Integrated Business School, Akabo, High School, Akabo	635	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
KADUNA STATE
57	A247 Modern CBT Centre (NOUN Kaduna Study Centre), Kaduna	636	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
KOGI STATE
58	Getrid International Resources Limited, Government Secondary School, Lokoja	364	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
LAGOS STATE
59	Winsford Comprehensive College, Igbogbo/Ikorodu	407	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
60	Richytorch Computer Inst.& Training Center, Beside Mobil Okoko, Ojo	434	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
NIGER STATE
61	Jummai Aliyu Babangida Development Centre (JABDC), Stadium Road, Minna	471	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
OGUN STATE
62	Dof CBT Centre, Opposite Rock City Radio, Goshen Estate, Asero, Abeokuta, Ogun State	501	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
RIVERS STATE
63	Emarid College (Igwuruta Campus: KM 24 Eneka/Igwuruta Road, Igwuruta	578	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
64	Fast Five Computers, Palace Road, Oyigbo	581	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
65	Immaculate High School, ICT Centre, Obeama, Oyigbo	582	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
66	Edtrix Frontier Technology. Plot 16 Amoagwu Street by Dust Bin Umuogodo Igbo-Etche	584	Delisted for gross technical deficiencies
67	Blessed child international school, No.13 St. Stephen Street, off location Road, Etuche-Oyigbo	585	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
68	A-PAGE Success Educational Centre, model Primary School	587	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
69	Destiny ICT Centre ,116 Ada George Road opp, Carpenter	590	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
70	Tessy International Schools, Chukwu Agholu Avenue, Rumuagholu Road, Port Harcourt	593	Suspended for one year for technical deficiency
71	GreenField CBT Centre, Railway Compound Port Harcourt	594	Delisted for misconduct and gross technical deficiencies
72	Redemption Montessori International School, No 3 Foundation Avenue, Port Harcourt	660