Nigerian Defence Academy: Application for 69th Regular Course

Below are the Step by Step Procedures for the Application for the NDA 69th Regular Courses:

Step 1: Download the Admissions Requirements @ http://www.ndaapplications.net/Admission%20Requirements%20into%20NDA.pdf

Step 2: Click http://www.ndaapplications.net:8080/ndapinpurchase/ ( http://www.ndaapplications.net/NDA%20Application%20Guide.pdf )  and fill in your details to pay for your application via REMITA after first obtaining your ORDER ID and RRR Code in the sum of N3,000.00 only. Please note that only payments made against RRR Codes generated via this portal would be accepted.

Step 3: 

Fill application form

Fill in your application, submit online and print a copy. .

NOTE: Application starts from 8th November, 2016 to 31st March, 2017.

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2017 UNION BANK SCHOLARSHIP ALERT

2017 UNION BANK Scholarship for Undergraduate students in collaboration with  world bank.

This is to inform the general public that the 2017 UNIONBANKScholarship Awards for Undergraduate students (first and second year)in Nigerian Universities is now open for application.

UNION BANK OF NIGERIA in Collaboration with WORLDBANK is providing Scholarship Awards of #250,000 (two hundred and fifty thousand naira) to suitably and qualified students (first and second year)Nigerian Universities in different disciplines in full-time.

All Interested candidates are hereby invited from full-time degree students of the under-listed faculties, in Nigerian Universities:

Agriculture
Arts and Humanities
Basic medical Science
Education
Engineering
Information and communication Technology
Law
Management Science
Medicine
Pharmacy
Sciences
Social Science
Veterinary Medicine.

It should be noted that all year two students are expected to obtain at least a 2.00GPA in their previous year.

To apply for the 2017 Unionbank Scholarship, ensure that you have complete copies of the following documents

Passport photograph with white or red background.
School ID card or eligibility
Admission letter
Birth certificate
O’ Level result(s)
JAMB Result.

Scanned the under listed documents accordingly to this email address:

unionbankscholarship@africamail.com


Deadline for application is on 13thMarch,2017 by 11:56pm.

For more information on these, Contact email:unionbankscholarship@africamail.com

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JAMB 2017: Canndidates to choose one Public University during Registration

The Mangement of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has announced that Applicants for the 2017 UTME will not be able to choose two (2) public universities.

In her Twitter handler,  Canndidates can select NCE as their choice up to three times: 1st choice, 2nd choice, 3rd choice......But they are not allowed to select two (2) public universities as their choice. If Applicants select public universities as their degree awarding Institution, they are also allowed to select a private degree awarding Institution as another choice.

According to JAMB PRO, Mr Benjamin, he said:  "the Board took this decision because canndidates hardly get admission into their 2nd and 3rd choice universities. They could also choose as many Polytechnics, Monotechnics and Colleges. We discovered it's of no use choosing a University as a second choice when in the actual sense, they can't even accommodate all their first choices".....he said

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JAMB RELEASES 2017 PRE-REGISTRATION TIPS

According to the statement released by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the it Anticipated Registration Process for the UTM Examination will commence in two weeks time.

In respect to this, the management of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board released the 2017 pre-registration tips. This is for candidates/applicants to be prepared and ready for the registration process.

Below are the JAMB 2017 PRE-Registration Tips:

1. Applicants must have a valid (functional) email address. This will be used to create individual profiles on the JAMB portal.

2.Canndidates' 10 fingers are to be captured for Biometrics.

3. Applicants now have the option of choosing two 1st degree Institutions, and any two of the ND, NCE and IEI awarding Institutions.

4. Canndidates are expected to get their O'Level results ready, as they would be needed during the registration.

5. They JAMB has also disclosed that their would be no sells of scratch cards for the registration. Mode of payment will be communicated to you soon.

6. Cyber Cafés will not be allowed to render services on behalf of JAMB. So please visit only JAMB ACCREDITED CENTERS.

7. The Board will provide simplified steps to ease registration to the Public soon.

8. Canndidates now have the option of selecting different exam years and exam type when combining their O'Levels.

9. Applicants should please request to have a personal profile created for you. Do not allow the Jamb accredited centers to use their profiles for you.

10. You can create your 2017 UTME Profile on www.jamb.org.ng  it is a free service. Don't be swindled.

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Oscars 2017: The Complete List of Winners

The Comprehensive List of winners at the Oscar Academy Awards 2017.

1. Best Picture : Moonlight

2. Directing : Damien Chazelle, La La Land

3. Actor in a Leading Role : Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

4. Actress in a Leading Rle : Emma Stone, La La Land

5. Actress in a Supporting Role : Viola Davis, Fences

6. Actor in a Supporting Role : Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

7. Adapted Screenplay : Moonlight

8. Original Screenplay : Manchester by the Sea

9. Animated Feature Film : Zootopia

10. Foreign Language Film : The Salesman (Iran)

11. Documentary Feature : O.J. Made in America

12. Cinematography : La La Land

13. Costume Design : Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

14. Makeup and Hairstyling : Suicide Squad

15. Live Action Short Film : Sing

16. Sound Editing : Arrival

17. Sound Mixing : Hacksaw Ridge

18. Documentary Short Subject : The White Helmets

19. Original Score : La La Land

20. Original Song : "City of Stars," La La Land

21. Animated Short Film : Piper

22. Production Design : La La Land

23. Visual Effects : The Jungle Book

24. Film Editing : Hacksaw Ridge

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SCHOLARSHIP ALERT!

There is an Ongoing Federal Government Scholarship Application for Undergraduate Students in Various Institutions (Universities, Polytechnics, Monotechnics, Colleges of Education etc), of various levels from 200L, 300L, to 400L.

Note: For People Under these disciplines....

• Science and Technology
• Medicine and Para-medicals
• Education
• Entreprenuerial Studies
• ICT
• Environmental Science
• Law
• HND
• NCE
• Agriculture
• Liberal Arts/Social/Management Sciences

Apply Now!!!
Remember Deadline is Around the Corner....... 26th February

Click here:
http://worldscholarshipforum.com/federal-government-scholarship-award-2016-2017-for-nigerian-students/

Call 08162346567 for assistance

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THE REGISTRAR: OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THE RECENT DEMONSTRATION ON FUTO CAMPUS

The Management of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) wishes to make the following statement concerning the violent demonstration and wanton destruction of University property which occurred on Friday, February 17, 2017.

1) The University, like all Federal Universities in the country, does not charge tuition fees for undergraduate students. Only fees for municipal and other services are charged.

2) There was no increase in the service fees payable, except for seven thousand naira (N7,000.00) only upwards adjustment in the ICT fee for ongoing upgrade, which was done after mutual understanding between the University Management and the Students Union Government (SUG).

3) There is no approved fee for course registration and any staff found involved in collection of money for course registration will be liable for collection of illegal fees and will face appropriate disciplinary measures.

4) There is general apathy among Students of the University to paying fees for services. Less than twenty percent (20%) of returning  (old) Students have paid their service fees twelve (12) weeks into the 2016/2017 Harmattan Semester.

5) There is very strong indication that the demonstration was planned and executed from outside the mainstream of the Students' body and without the perpetrators employing various legitimate avenues of drawing attention of the University authority to any perceived grievance.

6) To prevent further breach of peace and breakdown of law and order, the University Senate has directed that the Students should vacate the campus and proceed on a one week break.

Signed ;
J. U  Nnabuihe
REGISTRAR

Announcer ;
Comr. Rotr. Uzoho Chuka
SUG P.R.O
08136868489

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FUTO ROCHAS RELEASED

The Sympathy Protest conducted by FUTO Students today been Monday, the 20th day of February 2017 has yielded positive feedback.

The Cause of the Protest was actually because of the detention of Rochas(the man of the people; the Voice of FUTO Students; the man who led the Protest against hike in school fees; the Students' Labour Forum President) and over 30 Nigerian Students by the DSS.

After much deliberations, considerations, promises and dialogue; Information reaching us confirms that the man of the people, the man who led the Protest and the Students' Labour Forum President; ROCHAS has been Released including the other 30 Nigerian Students.

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UPDATE ON FUTO PEACEFUL RIOT

IT IS NO MORE NEWS THAT FUTO STUDENTS, THIS MONDAY MORNING (20/02/2017) TOOK TO THE STREET ON WHAT THEY CALL "A SYMPATHY PROTEST"

CHANTING  " RELEASE ROCHAS OR?"...

HOWEVER, THE IMO STATE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE WAS FORCED TO COME DOWN TO EZIOBODO, IN A BID TO CALM THE SITUATION.

THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE ASSURED US THAT BY 1PM... ROCHAS AND OTHERS WILL BE RELEASED.

READ ALSO:
»Voice Of A FUTOITE
»FUTO SUG RESPONSE UPDATE TOWARDS 17TH PROTEST
»THE BRAIN BEHIND FUTO'S PEACEFUL PROTEST

AND AT THAT, THE COMMISSIONER PLEADED THAT WE ALLOW 5 COMPETENT LEADERS TO FOLLOW HIM TO HIS OFFICE, FOR PROPER DIALOGUE AND  DISCUSSION.

HENCE: ZOOM ZOOM, UKWU OKEY, RROBITY, MEGWA kENNETH, AUSTIN ANYIGOR, HON. BCH, WENT WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THEM.

Thank You......

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Voice Of A FUTOITE

"It is better for us to pay for what we did than to pay for what we did not"

They've been extorting from us, no one complained. We kept mute and they regarded us as "GP conscious students". People think we protested only because of the N10,000 increment in tuition fee. No! That was not the only reason. Our protest was as a result of accumulated anger.

Only FUTOITES know the real reason. For the 2016/2017 academic session, they increased the tuition fee. We didn't complain, we paid. Acceptance fee was increased, we paid. Hostel accommodation fee was increased, we paid. Course registration fee was increased, we registered.

READ ALSO
»FUTO PROTEST 2017
» VOICE OF A FUTOITE
» FUTO MATRICULATION CEREMONY SCHEDULED
» FUTO MATRICULATION CEREMONY POSTPONED

That's not all. Some of the things included in the school fee were also paid again in the school (medical fee, SUG dues, library fee etc). They claimed that the initial increment was for "enhanced ICT", promising us WiFi in lecture halls and hostels. We are almost at the end of Harmattan semester but still no WiFi. You go to the medical centre only to receive half of the drugs prescribed by the doctor, asked to buy the remaining and forced to sign that all drugs were collected by you free of charge.

We have been neglected for so long and there was need for the protest. Why give students ultimatum for the payment of tuition?  All our complaints have been neglected.

We are glad that our message has been passed. Since the SUG failed to speak for us, we have done it in our own way. And I think our voice was loud and clear.

-Benjamin

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FUTO SUG RESPONSE UPDATE TOWARDS 17' PROTEST

ZUBBY Reporting......
From #FUTOInfoscope

From:
STUDENTS' UNION GOVT,
FUTO,
OWERRI.
P.M.B 1526

    PRESS RELEASE

In view of the foregoing, it is pertinent at this time that we address issues.

It is our right to protest when all forms of dialogue and negotiation has been exhausted, especially in this era of civilization, But we stand against any form of Violence and Vandalism.

The incident on Friday 17-02-2017 was a public expression of accumulated grievance and pain but was channeled in a wrong manner as a result of misguided information.

READ ALSO
» FUTO PROTEST 2017 
»The Brain Behind the FUTO's Peaceful RIOT

We want to reassure every student of Federal University of Technology Owerri that the Students' Union Government has never  compromised our commitment to be the bridge between the Students and the Management.

However, we would ensure that accurate information is passed as at when due. We urge you to stay peaceful and calm as we will ensure that the good aim of the peaceful protest turned violent is not defeated.

Signed :
Comr Akano Nnaemeka
SUG PRESIDENT

Comr Osuagwu Ebuka Buzzy
SUG SECRETARY GENERAL

Comr Uzoho Chuka
SUG PRO

On behalf of the Students' Union Government

#Solidarity_Forever

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The Brain Behind the FUTO's Peaceful RIOT

As at about 8am, the aggrieved Students of the prestigious FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OWERRI (FUTO) stormed the streets of FUTO and environs, on a peaceful protest, against the undeserved and unjust policies being meted out on the students recently. According to some of the protesters who pleaded anonymity, the FUTO SUG has been compromised as they are not carrying out their duties properly.

They further added that due to the economic recession currently happening in the Country, the increase in school fees was totally unfair and unacceptable, wicked, heartless and Unjust.

“Every new session in FUTO, one unexplained policy, will emanate from the management, in a bid to intimidate NIGERIAN STUDENTS and force money out of students pockets.
"They Started with online verification of students' accounts via online for payment of School fees and accommodation fees, They(ICT) didn't send memos to various departments, You would have to go to your Department and plead hell with them for them to send back the list of students' reg numbers as advised by the ICT. This frustrated Alot of us especially those of us leaving at Lagos, Abuja, Sokoto, etc as we can't come back due to non availability of accommodation because the said you must pay your school fees before you pay of accommodation. One of the aggrieved students said.

According to some other protesters, FUTO is currently the Federal University with the highest school fees. They also further stated that the fees has been constant for many years until the new VC (Prof. Eze) came into office.

Most of the reasons for their grievance as follows:

1. They have succeeded in increasing school fees, by up to 40%.
2. They have over the years denied us access to schools Wi Fi connectivity, of which #10000 from our school fee is tagged ICT FEE. (Students pay for Wi-Fi, and staff use the Wi-Fi)
3. Now, they are giving us a mandate, to pay up our increased school fees, on or before today, 17th February 2017 otherwise face a penalty of 10,000 and even stand the risk of not writing exam.
4. We are paying for transport within school via school buses but we haven’t seen any of such.
5. Graduates of 2016 are expected to pay extra N5,000 for school fees.
6. Course registrations are now tripled the price.
7. Even the Pedegree students were also affected, their application fee which was #10000 was also hiked by additional #1000 which made it #11000
8. We are supposed to be supplied electricity via the school's Lister from 7pm to 12am and from 5am to 6am, But the school's operator would hoard the petrol and won't supply us light for months yet everyone would keep quiet!!!......
9. The ManOwar who call themselves security people would go around stealing, harrassing, maltreating and doing unjust things to Nigerian Students and no one would talk. Enough is Enough!!!!........
10. A day scheduled for lecture free would come but lectures would still go to class and teach telling you it (the class) isn't compulsory but they would give free marks to students who attend the lecture.
11. The School's Hostel Is just the worst of it all!!!...... You need to see the standard of FUTO's Hostels!, The Convenience is a dead zone, the environs are always dirty, everything is just casted! You would see students defecating on the bathroom just because the toilets are dirty. The School would want you to live in the Hostel....Under these Conditions?? NoWAY!!
12. Every session you would be compiled to pay #500 for Library Fees and you must show your school fees receipt before you would be allowed to register for a place that's not even equipped. A Place 5 persons would be waiting 1hr by 1hr to read "State and Society" textbook.
13. Our Bus transport fees that used to be #100 was increased to #130. This was also included in our school fees receipt.
No one is Talking!!.....

“Nigeria students are not happy. FUTO students are not happy. We have endured enough. We have been calm and intimidated enough. We can no longer take this. We are up on our feet. Our sister Federal Universities of Technology, are not facing the same. There is a mix up somewhere and we want to know the reason for the mix up today” they said.

In the course of the Peaceful RIOT, windows of lecture halls were broken, laptops were stolen from the ICT unit together with UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply), standing fans and stabilizers etc. Windscreens of FUTO buses were also broken down. Street lights in the school were also broken and the entire school properties were vandalized by the agrieved students of FUTO.
The Vice Chancellor of the School, Prof. Francis Eze fled the school premises in fear of his life.
Plans to use the FUTO Man’O War as well as army and police officials proved abortive as they were out numbered. However, the armed men who came to bring the protest to an end only ended up throwing tear gas at the students which made them even more angrier. The protest is undoubtedly first ever destructive RIOT in FUTO.

Also one of the students by name Comr. Ogbonna Rochas Collins (Former SUG PRO) was arrested by the DSS, been the one who headed the protest. On the other hand, a student was also shot on the leg.
As of 2:30pm today, students in the hostels was directed to leave the hostel before 4pm.

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FUTO PROTEST 2017

On this fateful day, Friday 17th, 2017. The Students of the Federal University Of Technology decide to unvail the atrocities of the School's Management via Peaceful Protest which led to RIOT.

FUTO Students are angry and annoyed because of the following..........

A FUTO WITHOUT SUG
#Hardship,#Frustrations,Unimaginable        Crimes is the other of the day.

                 Which Way Forward??
     The functions of a Student's Union Government which happens to be they Students VOICE in any higher institution across the globe is to amongst other things_(a)Ensure/Advocate for a more conducive /Better Learning environment for all students at any point (b)Bridge the communication Gap between the School Management and students (which is the Main Stay of the Management_Without Students,No Management), (c)Agitate for the Welfarism of Nigerian Students. How far has the APEX students Body acted in the face of outrageous 100% hike in fees in Futo and Futo Alone???Do they students really have representatives? My checks shows NO SUG IN FUTO(Students are Voiceless, Sad, Vulnerable and easily accept all forms of increment without proper reasons from their authorities)Below is the uncomparable fees paid in Futo BEFORE and NOW.

BEFORE.                                          NOW
Gst 101_500.                       500 with txtbks            

Mths 101_Free.                             #1500

Eng 103_Free.                                #3000

Eng 101_500.                                  #3200

Chem101_1000.                             #2500

Phy101_1500.                                 #4000

Bio101_1500.                                  #4000

ENX_ 1000.                                     #3800

CSC201 _1000.                                #3000

Mths203_Free.                               #1500

Phy207_Free.                                 #1600

       Note: For 1st semester alone, to be re registered by 2nd semester.

   Medicals_1000.                           #3000

Deptal dues_>2000.                #2500_5000

Transport fee_100.                            #130

Hostel fee_>10,000.                       #12,500

Acceptance fee>25,000.               #42,500

Sch fees (Yr 1)>27,000.                 #55,300

Geology dept (30,000).                  #64,100

200L to 500L_30,000.                    #39,000



       For our information fellow students, FUTA, FUTMIN and FUTYOLA    are Fed.Universities of Technology like Futo  with as low as #13,000  Acceptance Fee and as low as #20,000 sch fees for all the levels with good motorable roads,uninterrupted powersupply,free WI_FI,Good lecturer to student relationship and many more.UNIUYO is a State University and pays as low as #15,000 Acceptance fee with a more conducive learning environment.Futo is a Federal University for crying out loud!.Don't they assess funds from various interventionist organisations like TETFUND,PTDF, NNDC,, ETF and UNESCO. What do we do fellow students? Where are the members of the Legislature, Judiciary,MAN O'WAR,Military students, ICPC, Boys Brigade, Hall Government Excos,NFCS, ALCOL, NIFES and all other Religious bodies on campus,Off campus Administration (Lodge Presidents), Serving and Past Students Leaders at all levels, Ass.of Course Reps and indeed every matriculated Nigerian student in Futo.We MUST take our destinies into our hands now. It is our Thing NOT their Thing. We must engage the authorities into Constructive Dialogue this time since nobody has spoken for the betterment of Futoites since resumption (3months ago). When Peaceful Negotiations fails, Mass Protests becomes inevitable. It is our Right,,It is Legal,,, It is constitutional.

               Less I forget, Futo with increasing population of over 50,000people(students both Regular,Weekend, Postgraduate and teeming staff ) with host communities of Obinze, Umuchima,Ihiagwa and Eziobodo    has only commercial bank operating on campus.Our just graduated students are not left out as each person pays  mandatory #5000(recently introduced ).,No self con is below #80,000.Prices of Goods and Services have sky rocked. Any average student barely feeds twice daily. How then can he/she listen/comprehend in class and pass exams, to become a world class Engineer or problem Solver in this computer age. We call on our Parents, NANS, NAISS, MEDIA, DSS,POLICE, VARIOUS YOUTH ORGANISATIONS, ORGANIZED LABOUR and other good spirited individuals to help us avert this looming Sufferings and help in building the Futo of our dreams in line with the missions and visions of our Founding Fathers. The time to act is now or never.

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Grammys 2017: The Complete List of Winners

* Album of the Year
25, Adele

* Record of the Year
“Hello,” Adele

* Song of the Year
“Hello,” Adele and Greg Kurstin

* Best New Artist
Chance the Rapper

* Best Pop Vocal Album
25, Adele

* Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin, Willie Nelson

* Best Pop Solo Performance
“Hello,” Adele

* Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Stressed Out,” Twenty One Pilots

* Best Country Album
A Sailor's Guide to Earth, Sturgill Simpson

* Best Country Solo Performance
“My Church,” Maren Morris

* Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Jolene” [ft. Dolly Parton], Pentatonix

* Best Country Song
“Humble and Kind,” Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw)

* Best Rock Album
Tell Me I'm Pretty, Cage the Elephant

* Best Rock Song
“Blackstar,” David Bowie

* Best Rock Performance
“Blackstar,” David Bowie

* Best Alternative Music Album
Blackstar, David Bowie

* Best Metal Performance
“Dystopia,” Megadeth

* Best Urban Contemporary Album
Lemonade, Beyoncé

* Best Rap Album
Coloring Book, Chance the Rapper

* Best Rap Song
“Hotline Bling,” Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)

* Best Rap Performance
“No Problem,” Chance the Rapper [ft. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz]

* Best Rap/Sung Performance
“Hotline Bling,” Drake

* Best R&B Album
Lalah Hathaway Live, Lalah Hathaway

* Best R&B Song
“Lake By the Ocean,” Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)

* Best R&B Performance
“Cranes in the Sky,” Solange

* Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Angel,” Lalah Hathaway

* Best Comedy Album
Talking for Clapping, Patton Oswalt

* Best Spoken Word Album
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox, Carol Burnett

* Best Folk Album
Undercurrent, Sarah Jarosz

* Best Americana Album
This Is Where I Live, William Bell

* Best American Roots Song
“Kid Sister,” Vince Gill, songwriter (The Time Jumpers)

* Best American Roots Performance
“House of Mercy,” Sarah Jarosz

* Best Regional Roots Music Album
E Walea, Kalani Pe'a

* Best Bluegrass Album
Coming Home, O'Connor Band With Mark O'Connor

* Best Reggae Album
Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley

* Best Surround Sound Album
Dutilleux: Sur La Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère de L'instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement, Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, surround mix engineers; Dmitriy Lipay, surround mastering engineer; Dmitriy Lipay, surround producer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)

* Best Traditional Blues Album
Porcupine Meat, Bobby Rush

* Best Contemporary Blues Album
The Last Days of Oakland, Fantastic Negrito

* Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Culcha Vulcha, Snarky Puppy

* Best Dance Recording
“Don't Let Me Down” [ft. Daya], The Chainsmokers

* Best Dance/Electronic Album
Skin, Flume

* Best New Age Album
White Sun II, White Sun

* Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry,” John Scofield, soloist

* Best Jazz Vocal Album
Take Me to the Alley, Gregory Porter

* Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Country for Old Men, John Scofield

* Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom, Ted Nash Big Band

* Best Latin Jazz Album
Tribute to Irakere: Live in Marciac, Chucho Valdés

* Best Gospel Performance/Song
“God Provides,” Tamela Mann; Kirk Franklin, songwriter

* Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“Thy Will,” Hillary Scott & the Scott Family; Bernie Herms, Hillary Scott & Emily Weisband, songwriters

*Best Gospel Album
Losing My Religion, Kirk Franklin

* Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Love Remains, Hillary Scott & the Scott Family

* Best Roots Gospel Album
Hymns, Joey+Rory

* Best Latin Pop Album
Un Besito Mas, Jesse & Joy

* Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
iLevitable, iLe

* Best Regional Mexican Music Album
Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo), Vicente Fernández

* Best Tropical Latin Album
Donde Están?, Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo

* Best World Music Album
Sing Me Home, Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble

* Best Children's Album
Infinity Plus One, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo

* Best Historical Album
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Collector's Edition), Steve Berkowitz & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Mark Wilder, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan)

* Best Instrumental Composition
”Spoken at Midnight,” Ted Nash, composer (Ted Nash Big Band)

* Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“You and I,” Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)

* Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“Flintstones,” Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)

* Best Recording Package
Blackstar, Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie)

* Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Edith Piaf 1915-2015, Gérard Lo Monaco, art director (Edith Piaf)

* Best Album Notes
Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along, Ken Bloom & Richard Carlin, album notes writers (Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle)

* Best Remixed Recording
“Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix),” André Allen Anjos, remixer (Bob Moses)

* Best Engineered Album: Classical
Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles, Mark Donahue, Fred Vogler & David L Williams, engineers (James Conlon, Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra)

* Best Engineered Album: Non-Classical
Blackstar, David Bowie, Tom Elmhirst, Kevin Killen & Tony Visconti, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (David Bowie)

* Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Greg Kurstin

* Producer of the Year: Classical
David Frost

* Best Orchestral Performance
Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9, Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

* Best Opera Recording
Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles, James Conlon, conductor; Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer & Guanqun Yu; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus)

* Best Choral Performance
Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1, Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, choir director (Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir)

* Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Steve Reich

* Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway, Zuill Bailey; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony)

* Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Schmann & Berg (tie), Dorothea Röschmann; Mitsuko Uchida, accompanist

* Shakespeare Songs (tie), Ian Bostridge; Antonio Pappano, accompanist (Michael Collins, Elizabeth Kenny, Lawrence Power & Adam Walker)

* Best Classical Compendium
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

* Best Music Video
“Formation,” Beyoncé

* Best Music Film
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years, The Beatles

* Best Song Written for Visual Media
Track from Trolls - “Can't Stop the Feeling!,” Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar)

* Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Williams, composer

* Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Miles Ahead, Miles Davis & Various Artists; Steve Berkowitz, Don Cheadle & Robert Glasper, compilation producers

* Best Musical Theater Album
The Color Purple, Danielle Brooks, Cynthia Erivo & Jennifer Hudson, principal soloists; Stephen Bray, Van Dean, Frank Filipetti, Roy Furman, Joan Raffe, Scott Sanders & Jhett Tolentino, producers (Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis, composers/lyricists) (New Broadway Cast)

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Facebook bans illegal discrimination

Facebook has updated its advertising policies to ban discrimination based on personal characteristics, including race, sexual orientation or age.

There is also a new section aimed at educating advertisers about the extent to which ad targeting is allowed on the social network, reported The Guardian

Facebook plans to use technology "that leverages machine learning" to identify the most egregious offenders - those that "offer housing, employment or credit opportunities" in a discriminatory manner.

The move follows accusations that the social network offered tools that allowed advertisers to break American anti-discrimination laws through an ad-targeting feature described as "ethnic affinity" profiling.

Now, if Facebook's tools think that a user is attempting to implement the "multicultural advertising segments" targeting unlawfully, it will force them to undergo manual review, with a Facebook employee explicitly checking for compliance.

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FUTO MATRICULATION CEREMONY SCHEDULED

This is to inform all Freshmen that the management of the Federal University Of Technology Owerri (FUTO) is pleased to announce that the date for the 2016/2017 Matriculation Ceremony has been scheduled.

The date for the Matriculation Ceremony will be on the 24th day of February 2017.

Sorry for the inconveniences this might have caused you.

Thanks....

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FUTO MATRICULATION CEREMONY POSTPONED

This is to notify all fresh Students, that the Management of Federal University of Technology has Postponed her Matriculation Ceremony.

The postponement is to enable Fresh Students complete their registration which includes payment of School fees and other registrations in due course.

A new date for the UNION WEEK and MATRICULATION would be communicated in due time.

We are Sorry for any inconveniences this might have caused you.

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