Professor Rahamon Adisa Bello - Unilag VC

The qualifying examinations for candidates seeking admission to the University of Lagos postgraduate school have been disrupted because of power failure, the PUNCH gathered on Monday.

Some of the candidates, who particularly were to write the Computer Based Tests, had the excercise disrupted on Saturday evening following the inability of one of the schools generators to power the computers and other facilities for the examination.

The schools Deputy Registrar (Information), Mr. Oluwatoyin Adebule, who described the development as minor, however, linked the disruption of the examination to server problems.

Confirming that the challenge had not been resolved as of Monday, he promised that the university would fix another date for affected candidates.

He said, It was a fact that the generator went off and that is the generator of the centre. But the university also has a back-up from the main campus. But that (power failure) was not the issue. After they connected to the university generator, it was discovered that the server was down.

It was when they (Post-Graduate School) realised that it was becoming dark around 6pm that they asked the candidates to go home. In fact, they are still battling with the server. As soon as we are through with it, we will reschedule examination. The university will inform the students of the rescheduled date through print media.

Many of the affected candidates were seeking admission to study M.Sc. Economics and Master of Public and International Affairs.

The test, which began about 9am, was disrupted abruptly after the generator used to power the computers became faulty in the afternoon.

Our correspondent gathered that attempts to shift over to inverters as an alternative power source to ensure the continuation of the tests were futile as they also packed up after about five minutes later.

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Jan 19, 2014 6:45 PM by MTN News - Kalispell

TROY - Cameron Mitchell Goins of Libby died Saturday morning after crashing his snowmobile in the Keeler Creek area southwest of Troy while on the way to a training exercise.

Lincoln County Undersheriff Brent Faulkner says that Goins, 47, passed away after he drifted off a snowmobile trail and hit a tree.

Goins, along with a group of other snowmobilers, were headed up the Keeler Creek drainage toward an avalanche training area when the crash happened. Goins was wearing a helmet.

Members of David Thompson Search and Rescue and CANAM Search and Rescue were taking part in a joint avalanche preparedness training exercise in the Bear Mountain area on Saturday.

The joint training also involved members of search and rescue teams from Sanders County, Montana, and Boundary County, Idaho, along with personnel from the U.S. Forest Service and other volunteer members of the community.

Troy dispatchers were told of the accident at 9:50 a.m., and were that told medically trained personnel already at the scene of the accident had requested an air ambulance response and began CPR on the patient.

The Alert Helicopter of Kalispell was launched to respond, while the Troy Volunteer Ambulance and Advance Life Support personnel responded to the scene from Troy.

An ALS member was transported up the drainage by snowmobile to meet the patient, but Goins was declared dead at 10:33 a.m.

Lincoln County Sheriff Roby Bowe responded to the scene with Detective Nate Scofield. U.S. Forest Service investigators also responded to the scene.

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7:10 p.m. EST, January 20, 2014

Flight is pleased to welcome Broadway from Country 92.5 to our Special Needs Night. The country personality hosts Broadway's Electric Barnyard from 6 to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday and is one of the most recognized radio personalities in the state. Broadway will be on hand to host and entertain during the event.

Reservations are not required for Special Needs Night but Flight requests that families and organizations do call ahead to make sure there is room for everyone; the phone number for Flight is 860-505-8218. Flight has a capacity of 150 jumpers per hour.

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TROY - A Libby man died Saturday morning after crashing his snowmobile in the Keeler Creek area, southwest of Troy while on the way to training excercise.

Lincoln County Undersheriff Brent Faulkner says that Cameron Mitchell Goins, 47, passed away after he drifted off a snowmobile trail and hit a tree.

Goins, along with a group of other snowmobilers, were headed up the Keeler Creek drainage toward an avalanche training area when the accident happened. Goins was wearing a helmet.

Members of David Thompson Search and Rescue and CANAM Search and Rescue were taking part in a joint avalanche preparedness training exercise in the Bear Mountain area on Saturday.

The joint training also involved members of search and rescue teams from Sanders County, Montana and Boundary County, Idaho, along with personnel from the U.S. Forest Service and other volunteer members of the community.

Troy dispatchers were told of the accident at 9:50 a.m., and were that told medically trained personnel already at the scene of the accident had requested an air ambulance response and began CPR on the patient.

The Alert Helicopter out of Kalispell was launched to respond, while the Troy Volunteer Ambulance and Advance Life Support personnel responded to the scene from Troy.

An ALS member was transported up the drainage by snowmobile to meet the patient, but Goins was declared dead at 10:33 a.m.

Lincoln County Sheriff Roby Bowe responded to the scene with Detective Nate Scofield. U.S. Forest Service investigators also responded to the scene.

Goins had been a member of David Thompson Search and Rescue for two years, and was an active member of the Snowmobile Unit, ATV Unit, and Mountain Unit.

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Sergio spiky over cheat talk

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Sergio Garcia said he was disgusted to be suspected of cheating after video emerged of a possible rules violation during his opening round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Sergio Garcia

By Phil Casey

The world number 10 explained that it was in fact a pitch mark and European Tour chief referee John Paramor ruled Garcia was in the clear.

I talked to John and I said Im pretty sure it was a pitch mark that I repaired, Garcia said after a second round 68 saw him make the halfway cut of level par.

The confusion was that I repaired it and then Martin (Kaymer) was going to putt, so I backed away. And then what you can see in the video is him putting, hitting it to tap it in and Im tapping the pitch mark down.

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Firm wins bid to stop bank closing accounts

Saturday, January 18, 2014

A company involved in the operation of an adult website has secured an interim High Court order preventing AIB closing three of the firms bank accounts.

By Ann OLoughlin

Mr Justice Sean Ryan was told the company needed time to make alternative banking arrangements.

The website, the court heard, allows users to view amateur performers via webcams. Users can also tip the performers.

Granity director Simon Dowson told the court the site is legal and for adults only. It had more than 2bn hits globally in 2013 and generated revenues of $120,000 (88,000) last year in Ireland.

Mr Justice Ryan granted the company an interim injunction until March 31 an ex parte basis. The case will come before the court again on Tuesday.

However, the judge also gave the bank liberty to apply to have the matter brought before the High Court before then.

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Harte slates scandalous venues

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Former Cork goalkeeper Elaine Harte has described the venue selection for some high profile ladies football games as scandalous.

Elaine Harte. Picture: Matt Browne / SPORTSFILE

By Mary White

Harte said: We have to look at where we play our matches. Its scandalous.

Over the years weve played All-Ireland semi-finals and quarter-finals in venues in remote areas, and I dont mean to offend those areas, but a lot of the time theyre out of the way for supporters to get to.

I think if the right people were asked in advance if we could use their facilities, it wouldnt be a problem.

The mens GAA in general dont begrudge us at all, its the opposite in fact; they enjoy watching our games and would encourage us to use their facilities, said the 33-year-old, who recently retired from intercounty football.

TG4 have been excellent as regards the promotion of the sport due to the number of games they now televise, in that people who usually wouldnt watch the game have started to.

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Garda called to school playgrounds over feuds

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Feuding between families is so bad in one city community that garda have to be called to protect children in the school playground.

By Caroline ODoherty

The situation was highlighted by Brendan Kenny, former chief executive of Limerick Regeneration and now assistant Dublin City manager, who said he feared for community support programmes in both cities.

I would be worried that with the cuts and reductions in services, that things may go backwards so we need to keep concentration, said Mr Kenny. There is a certain complex in Dublin at the moment where the teachers are very concerned that the school is going to close because there is a serious feud between local families. Garda are often called to protect children in the playground. It is very worrying.

Parts of Limerick could also regress, he warned: In Limerick the situation was appalling, worse than anything I dealt with in Dublin.

Mr Kenny has a long involvement in regeneration projects and areas covered by the Rapid and drug task force initiatives. However, he said: We have not been able to convert any of these disadvantaged areas into advantaged areas.

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Man lost sight in one eye in row fired by Facebook post

Saturday, January 18, 2014

A man lost the sight in one eye in a row sparked by a posting on Facebook, a court has heard.

By Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

The court heard that Doherty kept confronting Mr Moss in the smoking area of Trinity Rooms nightclub and the men were ejected by security.

State Counsel John OSullivan said the last thing Mr Moss remembers was being punched in the face by Doherty outside the club. Mr Moss lost the sight in one eye, had three teeth knocked out during the assault, and suffered cuts, bruises and a fractured elbow.

Detective Garda Ivan Muldoon said there had been ill feeling between the men since they spent their schooldays together.

Defence counsel Anthony Sammon said something posted on Facebook had upset Doherty, adding to the bad blood.

Judge Carroll Moran adjourned the case to July 29 on being told that compensation of 7,000, along with monthly payments of 200, will be paid to the injured party.

Judge Moran said that the payment of compensation did not mean a prison sentence would not be imposed. He noted that Doherty had no previous convictions.

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