Minister of Aviation Stella Oduah Lies About her MBA, Covers Tracks by Erasing References Online

Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation Stella Oduah Ogiemwonyi is facing a new scandal; this time it is concerning her Masters Degree.

In 2011, she submitted her résumé to the Nigerian Senate as a ministerial nominee.

It highlighted that she was awarded a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Saint Paul’s College, Virginia, USA.

Sahara Reporters recently contacted the Office of the President of the College. It was revealed that the school in its 125-year history has never had a graduate school or program.

“We don’t offer any graduate programs here”, the Provost Vice President of Institutional Development said in response to the enquiries by the news agency.

After the news was made public, Premium Times ran a story that Stella Oduah and her team are scrambling to cover up her tracks by deleting every information on her educational background from the internet.

A rep for the minister is yet to respond on the allegations. Her school details are no longer available on her official Wikipedia page.

Yakubu Datti, the spokesperson of the aviation agencies, revealed he was not aware of the allegation against the minister, but disclosed that there were recent attempts by the minister and her team to revise her profiles on the web and clean any reference to St Paul’s College.

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NDLEA arrests passenger with 9.2kg drugs at Lagos airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday arrested a passenger, Okwuokei Peter, for attempting to export 9.2 kilogrammes of methamphetamine hidden inside a gallon containing palm oil to South Africa.
The discovery was made during screening of cargoes on a South African Airline flight at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
According to Hamza Umar, NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, “A taxi driver by name Okwuokei Peter has been arrested for attempting to export 9.2kg of methamphetamine to South Africa. The drug was packed in forty-one (41) parcels and hidden inside a gallon containing palm oil”.
He said the suspect in his statement said that he was sending the drug to his regular passenger.
“One of my regular passengers asked me to send the gallon of oil to him. I thought I was doing him a favour but little did I know that it will land me in a big trouble. He called me and asked me to collect a gallon of palm oil from somebody. When I got to the Estate Junction as directed by him, a young man walked up to me and asked if I am Peter, I said yes then he gave me the gallon of sealed palm oil. At the airport, it was found to contain drugs during search. In fact, I am speechless, confused and frustrated”, he said.

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Woman Slumps, Dies In Niger Governor’s Office

 

A 46 year-old woman, Hajiya Bilkisu Mahmoud, slumped and died in the office of the Niger State Governor, Muazu Aliyu on Monday.
Sources told Channels Television in Minna that the woman, a mother of three, had waited several hours to see the Governor, but was denied access to see him because he was said to have a lot of files to treat due to the New Year break.
She was later allowed to see the Governor after much pleading and while in the Governor’s Office she slumped and died.
The woman who was suspected to be asthmatic was immediately rushed to the Minna General Hospital where doctors confirmed her dead.
All attempts to get an official statement from the State Government proved abortive, as all officials of the state avoided attempts to get them to comment.
She retired from the State Civil Service three years ago and until her death, was a staff of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency.

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Universities warn of limited space, no walk-in

As matriculants celebrate the release of their results, universities have warned they would not accept walk-in applications.

As thousands of matriculants celebrate the release of their results on Tuesday, universities warned they would not accept walk-in applications.
Universities had been inundated with thousands of applications for limited spaces. The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) received 80 000 applications for first year, while the University of Johannesburg (UJ) had nearly 75 000. The University of Pretoria (UP) had 42 000 applications.
TUT registrar Prof Steward Mothata said most of the university's programmes were full for 2014. "Although the university has received more than 80 000 applications for first-year programmes, TUT can accommodate just over 14 000 first-time entering students at all its sites in 2014," he said in a statement.
UJ registrar Prof Kinta Burger said the institution could only accommodate about 10 500 first-year students. "UJ will review the status of all applicants based on the applicants' final Grade 12 results between January 7 and 9. All applicants will receive an SMS during this time which will confirm their final application status," she said.
Nicolize Mulder from UP said they had space for 10 500 first-year students and these had already been filled.
All three universities said they would not accept any walk-in applications and urged prospective students to make use of their websites.
Stampede
"UJ does not accommodate any on-campus late applicants. All enquiries regarding late applications, space availability or the change from one programme to another will be dealt with off-campus via a virtual UJ mobi enquiry system or the UJ call centre," said Burger.
Universities put an end to walk-in applications when a prospective student's mother was killed and 17 people were injured in a stampede at UJ in 2012. Students were queuing for last-minute applications to the tertiary institution at the time.
Mothatha said students who still wanted to study at TUT this year had to submit an enquiry for the programme they were interested in between January 9 and 12 and, once accepted, apply online. He added that the list of programmes that still had space available would be updated daily, but emphasised that all enquiries had to be submitted via TUT's late application enquiry system. – Sapa

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Nutritionist Advises Nigerians On Consumption of Moringa

 A nutritionist, Mrs Patience Pama, on Monday in Kaduna advised Nigerians to include Moringa in their diet, to enhance healthy living.
Pama, who works with the Ministry of Science and Technology, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Moringa had anti-inflammatory properties that reduced the severity of symptoms of joint pains
According to her, Moringa also reduces fungal and viral infections, kidney stones and aids healing of injuries.
She said the leaves of Moringa helped relived headache and stop bleeding from a shallow cut.
"Moringa has credible health benefits over a wide range of health issues," she said.
Pama said that Moringa contained proteins, vitamins and minerals as an antioxidant that helped to protect cells from damage.
"Oil from Moringa seeds is used as foods, perfume, hair care product and machine lubricant.
"It is a good source of protein, vitamins, amino acid and various phenolics and provide energy without sugar."
The nutritionist said that Moringa also reduced swelling, boost the immune system and could serve as nutritional supplement or tonic by some people.
She explained that regular consumption of Moringa could also boost body immunity and would provide nourishment to the eyes and the brain.
She advised Nigerians to take Moringa regularly, adding that the leaves could promote metabolism with bio-available ingredients and control blood pressure .
"Moringa lowers the appearance of wrinkles and promotes the normal functioning of liver and kidney," she said.
Pama advised Nigerians to consume more Moringa to promote healthy circulation system and healthy living. (NAN)

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