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Source:thecable.ng The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in December 2020  issued a 14-day ultimatum  to network operators to block SIM cards that were without a National Identity Number, (NIN). This ultimatum was shifted by 10 weeks to give more Nigerians to submit the NIN to their network providers. Nigerians flocked the many NIMC centres across the country with a sense of urgency to bid the deadline. This however provided some government officials with an avenue for illegal extortion. This reporter’s diary is a part of undercover reports of the registration process by ABIOLA OGUNLEYE at the NIMC centre at Challenge in Ibadan, Oyo state. You can read the comprehensive report  here. The moment I heard the news that the Federal Government had directed the Mobile Network Service Providers to block lines that were not linked to their National Identity Numbers (NIN) by December 30th, 2020, I sincerely wanted to get one before the deadline. I asked around for informati...

Victoria Popoola, UNILAG 2nd Best Graduating Student Philip Blessing Tarimoboere, Okoh Chidinma Ruth From the bottom half of her class to a position of Academic excellence, Victoria Popoola, the Best humanities graduate and second best graduating student, reveals her academic journey and her hopes for the future. “I haven’t actually said this out loud before but I threw the result away. I mean, it is definitely somewhere in that swampy area.” She pauses, reflecting on that period in her life. She continued with a resigned smile on her face. “The last time I saw my result, I was collecting prizes and now 31 st out of 40. That’s like the last 25% of the group.” My co-reporter and I didn’t know exactly what to expect when we were told that we would be interviewing Victoria but since we had interviewed several other scholars of the University of Lagos, including the best graduating students from the last session, we had a vague idea of what the scholars looked and spoke like. ...

Ibrahim Alimi, BGS UNILAG 2019/2020 session Emmanuel Awosika, Muhammadulfatiu Adepeju and Abiola Ogunleye Unknown. Unnamed. Undistinguished. Ibrahim Alimi was admitted with thousands other young students by the University of Lagos in 2014 for different undergraduate programmes. But like American poet and activist, Amanda Gorman, wrote: while 'little' Alimi had his eyes on the future, history had its eyes on him. It has been five years of an academic marathon, and Alimi graduates from the department of mechanical engineering with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.98 out of a maximum obtainable 5.0 to become the University of Lagos (UNILAG) best graduating student for the 2018/2019 graduating set. The best graduating student(s), also called the BGS, refers to the student(s) with the best CGPA in a given graduating set. It is a coveted title for students with stellar academic records and unmatched brilliance, and it comes with beautiful honour and privileges — thing...

Tech. Edu BGS, Temiloluwa Adeyeye Omolabake Abudu-Bhadmus, Demiladeogo Bankole Hundreds of students enroll for Technology Education to grasp an opportunity to impact, instruct and mould lives but t, Temiloluwa Adeyeye, a 23-year-old graduate of Technology Education did not choose the course of his own volition. Despite this , he has graduated with a fist class grade thereby earning the title of the first UTME student to achieve this feat at the University of Lagos.    From his secondary school days, he was determined to study Medicine or Electrical Engineering but this twist of fate arrived in a surprising manner as with Joseph's adventure with the bowing sheaves of the Bible. "I had a dream, and they told me I was going to study Technology Education. Immediately I heard 'education' I started crying in the dream." Unlike Joseph of the bible, Temiloluwa found the idea appalling. His parents and confidants also shared in his feelings.   For those who cared to ...