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“ E very journey, no matter how smooth or bumpy, must come to an end”.  Today, the 20th of October, AMCOMS set of 2019/2020 had their last examinations for the entire program cum their sign out activity. Congratulations to you all, I may have not been able to capture all of your memorable moments, but I hope going through these photos leave smiles on your faces. I wish you all favour in the labour market. Thank you for visiting, please leave a heart emoji in the comment section 😊

   I intended to publish this yesterday, the 1st of October, but I guess Nigeria's NEPA had other plans. The angle I intended to write from has completely changed.      So the ‘birthday boy’ refused to share goodies for his friends. The NEPA light situation yesterday could be likened to a mother inviting neighbors to her house on her son's birthday just to have them watch him eat his goodies and go back with empty hands.  Maybe you had light throughout yesterday, maybe most people did, but isn't 61 years as an independent country enough to have something as basic as general steady power supply to boast of? Let's leave stingy birthday boy alone and talk about his long years as a grown man.  I remember being a child and not knowing the overall situation of things in our dear country. Thinking back, there was a time when things used to be steady and good. My mum used to go to the market at the end of the month and come home with a carton or cartons filled...

      You know that sermon that never seems to leave the mouth of a preacher? That one always finding a way out of his mouth every Sunday no matter the time or nature of the year? Gender inequality and the long talks about it can never be enough. It is a topic we should never get tired of preaching about until we begin to see positive changes. Ranging from positions in offices, simple regards on the streets, in homes, in public transports, etcetera,. A very disturbing example is an experience I had today while returning from work in a cab. R ainy evening, heavy traffic, as people rushed to get home from work as early as the rain would allow. The cab was very silent, a very comfortable kind of silence, everybody enjoying the weather and the sound of the rain on the glasses until a scene in front caught our (myself and the other passengers) attention. So these two vehicles in front of us were in a competition of some sort. It is important to note tha...

 There's nothing better than an election that is free and fair. The Association of Mass Communication Students (AMCOMS) had quite a number of interesting activities within the last month. After the manifesto hearing on Friday, the 29th of August, she held her departmental elections on Monday the 2nd of August, at the faculty of social science, University of Jos. According to a census generated from the total number of votes, more than 500 students participated in this year's elections. At about 10:30am, after all had been set; ballot boxes and papers provided, makers to mark thumbs of voters, the ELCOMS officials directed that voting could begin.   Students had earlier been asked to form lines according to their levels and the security men present set stones in front of them to demarcate the section not to be crossed.  Going in an order of two persons from each class, names of voters were checked according to class lists and  students were given ballot papers and som...

   Candidates for the other posts were called on stage accordingly. The post of financial secretary had two candidates: Abraham Wuyep and Obadiah Livingstone. Abraham with one of his aims for the department if elected, drew the attention of the house. He stated that he will ‘introduce a POS system for payments of departmental dues and the funds generated will be for the department’. Many questions were asked. Among them was that of who will run the POS and how a POS system can minimise temptation of misappropriation of funds. To answer this, the candidate stated that the POS keeps records of transactions made and receipts of payment will be given to students immediately. Obadiah on the other hand, presented an agenda he called TRAP; Transparency, Records, Accountability, and Proficiency. He emphasised on genuine receipts collection. Next was Joshua Shiphrah : financial secretary with the slogan, ‘Kobo-to-kobo’.    The candidate for the post of the Secretary General, ...