NNPC/SNEPCo National University Scholarship Program For Nigerians 2018

The Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company (SNEPCo) in collaboration with NNPC announces its National University Scholarship Program for Nigerians who are willing to study in Nigeria.

This scholarship is provided to promote academic excellence and improve the skills of young Nigerians.

This scholarship program is open to FULL TIME students studying any of the under listed courses in Universities within Nigeria:

• Agricultural Science
• Chemical / Process Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Economics
• Electrical Engineering
• Finance
• Geophysics
• Geoscience / Geology
• Instrumentation Engineering
• Marine Engineering
• Materials / Corrosion Engineering
• Mathematics / Applied Mathematics
• Mechanical / Aerospace Engineering
• Medicine
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering
• Pharmacy
• Physics / Applied Physics
• Process Control Engineering

Application Deadline: 24th September 2018

Eligible Countries: Nigeria

Type: Undergraduate

Eligibility

• Applicants must be citizens of Nigeria.
• Applicant must not be a beneficiary of any other scholarship (National or International).
• Applicants must currently be in their second year of full-time study in a Nigerian University accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC)
• Applicants must have a minimum CGPA of 3.0 in a 5-grade system(attach transcripts or official records).

Application Process: Please take the following steps to access the application form:

• Use the direct link https://www.nnpc-snepco-scholarship.shell.com/
• Every applicant should have a valid personal email account (for communication purposes)
• Candidates who meet the above entry qualifications should apply online at www.nnpc-snepco-scholarshipshellnigeria.com and to provide the required personal and educational details, and load scanned copies of the following:
• A recent passport-sized photograph of the applicant (i.e. jpeg format, not more than 200kilobytes);
• University or JAMB (UTME or D/E) Admission Letter;
• Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) Scores;
• ‘O’ Level Result(s); and ‘A’ Level /OND /NCE Result(s) as applicable; and
• Letter of Identification from State (showing Local Government) of Origin.
• Students are to upload their 100level results

In memoriam: Kofi Annan (1938-2018)

The late Kofi Annan

In 2002, he helped set up “The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria”. It has since secured billions of dollars for over 1000 programmes in over 150 countries.

In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work.

These and many other issues including governance and democracy in Africa are issues he highlighted in his book “Interventions: A Life in War and Peace”.

In one chapter, Annan described how at a Press conference in Gabon, just as his tenure began as UN Secretary-General in 199, a journalist asked him why he often criticised African governments, to which he replied: “I work a lot for Africa and I recognise its hardships, but I reserve the right to criticise Africans.”

He later told New African: “The struggle that led to independence in many African nations, sometimes led to the creation of national movements, and not necessarily political parties.

“When independence was achieved in some of these countries, they often found themselves in one big group.

“This led to a party-regime where the leaders did not tolerate differences, and stayed on. The sort of qualities that make dynamic, and revolutionary fighters, are not necessarily the same qualities you need to run a nation. This leads to difficulties.”

Annan believed that Africa must look beyond its colonial past to try and understand its current problems.

In other words, Africa must look at itself, if it is to prosper, socially and economically.

An optimist by nature, and a pragmatist who spoke his mind, Annan believed this is already happening.

“African governments are becoming more sensitive to democratic demands.

“This is because civil society is putting pressure on the politicians to do the right thing. We are now at the stage where we are seeing the generational change of leaders, who are better educated, and who know what they want from themselves, and their fellow citizens.”

Story by: reGina Jane Jere, a Zambian-born London-based journalist

Soldier in secret unit dies in training accident

Sgt. Maj. Christopher Nelms

A highly decorated soldier from the Army’s elite Delta Force died last month after a free-fall parachute training accident the military did not make public.

Sgt. Maj. Christopher Nelms, 46, died July 1 from injuries sustained when his parachute failed to fully open during a June 27 jump at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport, N.C., about 40 miles southwest of Delta’s home post of Fort Bragg, N.C. “He was fighting it the whole way down,” said a former Delta Force officer familiar with the accident.

Presidency says Northern elders, others selfish, shedding crocodile tears

The Presidency on Friday came down hard on some leaders who recently faulted the way President Muhamamdu Buhari is handling the nation’s security challenges, describing them as selfish leaders.

Leaders of some socio-cultural organisations led by the Northern Elders Forum, had issued a communiqué accusing Buhari’s administration of incompetence in handling the security situation in the country.

But the Presidency, in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said it considered the communiqué “as the shedding of crocodile tears by selfish leaders.”

Shehu claimed that the leaders felt alienated after a transparent and accountable system “halted their disproportionate survival on resources of the state.”

Expose politicians behind killings; Lamido tells Buhari

A Presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to expose the politicians behind the incessant killings in some parts of the country.

Speaking during an interview with journalists, in Kano, yesterday, Lamido charged Buhari to go ahead and arrest such politicians and save the country from further tragedy and pains.

He was responding to claims by the Presidency that it has a list of the names of politicians behind the killings of innocent Nigerians. 

The former governor of Jigawa State said: “President Buhari said he knows the politicians, who are sponsoring these killings.

“Now, have they been arrested? Who are they? Name them. People are dying every day, and he knows the killers and they have not been arrested. You press men, please ask him (Buhari) who they are; he should arrest them.”

Lagos Tanker Explosion

The General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Mr Adesina Tiamiyu, confirmed that rescue officials have been able to retrieve nine bodies from the scene of the fire.

Eyewitnesses, however, said the death toll might be higher as many people were trapped in their cars with rescue officials still working at the scene.

A fuel-laden tanker heading out of Lagos toward the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway had lost control, fallen over and exploded around 5 pm, with the blaze engulfing several cars.

As the fire spread, many drivers had to abandon their vehicles and flee as firefighters tried to battle the raging blaze.

Traffic was stopped on both sides of the road as emergency officials battled to put out the fire and attend to those affected.

Although the fire has been put out by the officials, the road remains closed with rescue officials still working on the scene.

President Buhari meets with US Counterpart, Trump

The meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, showed approval for the Buhari-led administration, Nigeria’s top officials at the meeting said.

Buhari became the first sub-Saharan African leader to visit Trump at the White House for a bilateral talk that touched on security, economy, trade, investment and governance.

Presidents Donald Trump and Muhammadu Buhari

Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun said the meeting was “very fruitful, insightful and successful”, adding that it was a deep-rooted meeting. “He (Trump) showed what I would call ‘approval’ for almost all that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is doing. “They followed what was happening, may be, in the last 20 years or so. They recognised the fact that things are tough and they appreciate the efforts of Mr President, but that there’s always room for improvement,” Amosun said. The governor said the Trump administration showed commitment and the general impression that it would support what the Nigerian government was doing. “We’re gaining a lot”.