Top 100 Universities In Africa – Obafemi Awolowo University Came 10th In Africa and 1st In Nigeria [See List]

The rankings of Africa’s top higher education institutions has been provided by the 4 International Colleges & Universities (4icu). 4icu is an international higher education search engine and directory reviewing accredited Universities and Colleges in the world. 4icu.org includes 11,160 Colleges and Universities, ranked by web popularity, in 200 countries.

A quick look shows that South African universities dominate the top despite the fact that South Africa ranks very low on the quality of education in the world.

The first Nigeria University on the list came in at no 10 which is Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

See full list below:-

1. University of South Africa – South Africa

2. University of Cape Town – South Africa

3. Universiteit Stellenbosch – South Africa

4. University of Dar es Salaam – Tanzania

5. University of KwaZulu-Natal – South Africa

6. University of Pretoria – South Africa

7. Cairo University – Egypt

8. University of the Witwatersrand – South Africa

9. University of the Western Cape – South Africa

10. Obafemi Awolowo University – Nigeria

11. Makerere University – Uganda

12. University of Botswana – Botswana

13. Mansoura University – Egypt

14. Rhodes University – South Africa

15. Alexandria University – Egypt

16. The American University in Cairo – Egypt

17. Zagazig University – Egypt

18. University of Johannesburg – South Africa

19. Assiut University – Egypt

20. University of Nairobi – Kenya

21. Université Cheikh Anta Diop – Senegal

22. University of Zambia – Zambia

23. North-West University – South Africa

24. University of Lagos – Nigeria

25. Tanta University – Egypt

26. University of Ghana – Ghana

27. Université de Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso

28. Université Mohammed V – Agdal – Morocco

29. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University – South Africa

30. Cape Peninsula University of Technology – South Africa

31. Université d’Antananarivo – Madagascar

32. Ain Shams University – Egypt

33. University of Ibadan – Nigeria

34. Kenyatta University – Kenya

35. University of Namibia – Namibia

36. Universiteit van die Vrystaat – South Africa

37. University of Nigeria – Nigeria

38. The German University in Cairo – Egypt

39. University of Limpopo – South Africa

40. Université de la Reunion – Reunion

41. University of Khartoum – Sudan

42. Benha University – Egypt

43. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane – Mozambique

44. Helwan University – Egypt

45. École Nationale d’Architecture – Morocco

46. University of Fort Hare – South Africa

47. Université Nationale du Rwanda – Rwanda

48. Al Akhawayn University – Morocco

49. Université Catholique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest – Benin

50. Tshwane University of Technology – South Africa

51. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology – Kenya

52. Minia University – Egypt

53. Addis Ababa University – Ethiopia

54. Fayoum University – Egypt

55. Moi University – Kenya

56. University of Ilorin – Nigeria

57. October 6 University – Egypt

58. South Valley University – Egypt

59. Sokoine University of Agriculture – Tanzania

60. Université Mouloud Maameri de Tizi Ouzou – Algeria

61. Université Mohammed V – Souissi – Morocco

62. Al-Azhar University – Egypt

63. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology – Ghana

64. Misurata University – Libya

65. Minoufiya University – Egypt

66. Université d’Oran – Algeria

67. Université Hassan II Mohammedia – Casablanca – Morocco

68. Polytechnic of Namibia – Namibia

69. Université d’Alger – Algeria

70. University of Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe

71. University of Cape Coast – Ghana

72. The British University in Egypt – Egypt

73. Université de Tunis El Manar – Tunisia

74. University of Zululand – South Africa

75. University of Agriculture, Abeokuta – Nigeria

76. University of Malawi – Malawi

77. Université Cadi Ayyad – Morocco

78. Université Mentouri de Constantine – Algeria

79. Suez Canal University – Egypt

80. Université de Yaoundé I – Cameroon

81. Egerton University – Kenya

82. University of Swaziland – Swaziland

83. Kafr el-Sheikh University – Egypt

84. Université Ibn Tofail – Morocco

85. Université de la Manouba – Tunisia

86. Université Hassan II – Casablanca – Morocco

87. Covenant University – Nigeria

88. University of Benin – Nigeria

89. École Nationale Supérieure en Informatique – Algeria

90. Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediène – Algeria

91. Durban University of Technology – South Africa

92. Strathmore University – Kenya

93. Ahmadu Bello University – Nigeria

94. Université Ibnou Zohr – Morocco

95. Universidade de Cabo Verde – Cape Verde

96. Sudan University of Science and Technology – Sudan

97. University of Mauritius – Mauritius

98. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences – Tanzania

99. Gulu University – Uganda

100. Vaal University of Technology – South Africa

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World’s FATTEST Woman Claims, ‘I made love 7 Times A Day 

Pauline Potter is the world’s fattest woman and claims to made love than what most people would do in a day or even a week.

Pauline Potter had an understanding with her husband to work towards becoming the fattest woman in the planet. She has achieved her aim by setting the Guinness World Record for fattest female in the world; reaching a weight of 700 pounds.

Potter says she loves her body and claims to made love 7 times a day.

Her husband Alex, who weighs 200 pounds (which is less than one of his wife’s legs), insists that sex with his wife is not normal:

“It’s hard to position her and find her pleasure spots as she has a lot of fat in the pelvic area. But it turns me on knowing she’s satisfied. Although once, when she got on top, I couldn’t breathe”.

View Pictures at http://e-magin.com/worlds-fattest-woman-claims-i-made-love-7-times-a-day-photos/

15 Dead As Boko Haram Attacks Borno Villages 

Suspected Islamist gunmen shot dead 12 people in two separate attacks on villages near Nigeria's border with Niger while three others drowned in a river while fleeing, locals said Sunday.

The attackers, thought to be from the Boko Haram militant group, on Thursday shot dead seven people in Gashigar village, a fishing community in Borno state, close to the Nigerian border with neighbouring Niger, the locals said.

Three others drowned in the river while fleeing from the night raid, they added.

The attack came four days after a similar one on two other neighbouring villages -- Yawuma-ango and Jabulam -- in which gunmen shot dead five people, a former deputy local government council chairman in the district, Talba Gashigar, said.

He said most residents of Gashigar village had fled to Niger after the marauders arrived in a convoy of three vehicles and "countless motorcycles" and destroyed dozens of homes and shops.

"We all had to flee. Men, women and children had to cross over to neighbouring Niger for our dear lives," he added.

Police authorities in Maiduguri, the state capital, confirmed the Gashigar village attack but gave no details.

Gay-Marriage Law: US threatens to sanction Nigeria. 

Leading western countries piled pressure on the Federal government, yesterday, following President Goodluck Jonathan’s signing of the Same-Sex Prohibition Act 2014. The latest country is the United States of America, whose Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle threatened that the United States will scale down its support for HIV/AIDS and anti-malaria programmes in response to the Federal Government’s position on the gay rights issue.


Member countries of the European Union and Canada have expressed their objection to the law but United States Ambassador to Nigeria said he was worried about “the implications of the anti-same sex marriage law which seems to restrict the fundamental rights of a section of the Nigerian population.”

This came as a former Nigerian Ambassador to US, Dahiru Suleiman, yesterday, described homosexuality and lesbianism as “animalistic and degrading to humanity.”

Also yesterday Christians in the northern part of Nigeria under the aegis of Christian Association of Nigeria in the 19 northern states an Abuja, hailed President Goodluck Jonathan for signing into law the anti-gay bill, urging him to ignore criticisms from Western nations, saying all religions in the country are united in their condemnation of same-sex marriage.

In a reaction to the recent move of government to outlaw homosexuality from this country, the Public Relations Officer of Northern CAN, Elder Sunday Oibe told Vanguard that Christians from the North and their counterparts in other religions have unanimously expressed gratitude to the president and the National Assembly for passing the Anti-Same Sex Marriage despite opposition from Europe and the US.

Speaking to news men in Abuja, yesterday, the American envoy said his interpretation of the new law was that “it could negatively affect the nation’s fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic”. Although the US envoy denied that his country plans to impose sanctions on Nigeria, he said: “We and other donors are looking at the issue of funding for HIV/AIDS. As you know, we put millions of dollars in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

“Although I am not a lawyer, I read the bill and it seems to me that it may put some restrictions on what we can do to help fight HIV/AIDS in this country. These are the issues we are looking at as we consider the law.”

The signing of the Same sex Prohibition Act by President Jonathan on January 7, 2014 has provoked negative reactions from member countries of EU, Canada and now the United States all of whom have alleged that the law is a violation of the fundamental human rights of Nigerians with same sex orientation.

Ambassador Entwistle said he was aware that “the issue of same-sex marriage was very controversial all over the world, including within the United States where 17 states out of 50 had endorsed it, but others still reject its legality”. According to him, “the issue that we see and I am speaking as a friend of Nigeria is that as I read the bill, it looks to me that it puts significant restrictions on the freedoms of assembly and expression; in my opinion which applies especially in advanced democracies, once government begins to say something in these areas, freedom no longer applies. It seems to me that this is a very worrisome precedent.”

Anti-gay diplomacy
A lecturer at Covenant University, Professor Kayode Soremekun said: “What is happening demonstrates the low level that the US treats its relation with Nigeria”.

He said every Nigerian should feel insulted that the US is threatening to stop assisting us on areas where we have the resources and human capacity to contend.

Said Professor Soremekun, “even when the West had their misgivings about Russia’s anti-gay law, they have not gone threatening them with sanctions and punitive action. We are not reckoned with in the international arena where we are getting assistance for HIV/AIDS, Malaria treatment drugs, polio virus crusade among other mundane issues”.

He continued: ”Nigeria is still a conservative society and the anti-gay law has united the ruling class and Nigerians outside government at this level of our national development. The US and its EU partners should be discussing serious issues; the leadership showed pro-activeness in trying to save the society from getting exposed to practices that are antithetical to our culture.

“We should be focussing on the items on the Bi-National Commission between both countries, but these threats show that we are nonentity in global arena. When the US is discussing with Iran on nuclear issues, they are threatening us on mundane issues”.

According to Soremekun, “we should be able to make the US and its EU allies realise that they cannot go to China to dictate their laws. China is still a communist country and they are falling over them selves to go to China and do business. We should make them realise what General Abacha did when he opened the door to China and Asian countries in the 1990s.”


Homosexualism, lesbianism animalistic.
However, former Ambassador Suleiman, yesterday, described homosexuality and lesbianism as animalistic acts, degrading to humanity. Suleiman served as Nigerian envoy in several countries, including Pakistan, Brazil, Angola, United States of America, Ivory Coast, Poland, Australia and Sudan, among others.

Reacting to US threat of sanctions against Nigeria over the anti-gay law, Suleiman stressed the need for Nigerian leaders not to be dependent on foreign assistance for governance.

He said: “Homosexuality and lesbianism are offences against God; if any body wants to do it, he should do so secretly. It is not only animalistic but diminishes mankind.”

“If it is the money the US gives to us, let them keep the money. Nigeria is rich enough to take care of her people unlike other countries.”

Moving UI forward

BY Sunday Saanu

Close to seven hours, authorities of the University of Ibadan (UI ), alongside various stakeholders, including Deans and Directors engaged themselves in what could be described as a critical institutional evaluation exercise of the Nigeria’s premier university with a view to truly making the institution “First and the Best” without self-deluding meretricious mantra. The occasion which was also used, largely though, to evaluate the third year in office of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole, equally served as a platform to set agenda for the remaining two years left for the Adewole led regime.

In a fierce clash between the pull of tradition and the push of modernity, the stakeholders argued vigorously, battled intelligently and later resolved mutually to bestir the university towards greatness through rededication, cost rationalization and resource optimization. The brainstorming session which began about 8.30am with a presentation by the Vice Chancellor on his achievements and challenges in the last three years in office, later dovetailed into a critical assessment and proffering of solution towards moving the 65 years old university forward. Prof. Adewole whose strategic plans were anchored on five thematic areas including academic affairs, quality assurance, welfare of staff and students, infrastructure and governance was generally applauded for a good performance so far, though there are still challenges.

So far, he has, according to observers, delivered bountifully in all the areas he promised just as he has equally added to his enviable achievements by creatively managing emerging challenges to the uplifting of the University. According to the presentation, there have been tremendous improvements in teaching and learning facilities with, for instance, installation of microphones and speakers in 22 lecture theatres. Beyond renovation of many lecture theatres and purchase of multimedia projectors, Prof. Adewole’s administration has devotedly facilitated the promotion of 114 senior lecturers to the professorial  cadre,while 119 others have been elevated to the reader’s level- all in an attempt to reposition UI

As a way of widening the intellectual horizon of the university, five new departments have been created including Departments of Aquaculture and Fishery Management, Wildlife and Ecotourism, Botany, Microbiology and Music, just as Faculty of Environmental Design and Management has been established. Library in the university now operates 24 hours  a week with provision of inverters in all hostels to take care of nagging electricity problem.

Determined to fully empower the human capacity  Prof. Adewole-led administration in 2011/2012 session, spent close to N40million on staff development, sending deserving staff members on local and international conferences. Indeed, his innovativeness in hiring Tutorial Assistants in order to help  in handling larger classes at lower levels is commendable. The university spent about N25million in this direction in 2011/2012 session.

Again, Prof. Adewole’s creativity in establishing post-graduate scholarship scheme in which all first class graduates are enabled to pursue their masters’ degree programmes in UI is certainly enriching the system. This idea brews budding scholars who are properly and firmly entrenched in academic osmosis in UI. But the university is spending over N75million here! So much more on academic affairs

On infrastructure, it is on record that Adewole’s regime has completed all inherited projects from previous administrations before embarking on fresh ones. Since his assumption of office, however, he has awarded and completed several projects to the extent that there is no single abandoned project in UI. Perhaps, one of the amazing feats his administration will be remembered for is the construction of auditorium for Faculty of Pharmacy which hitherto, could not boast of a befitting faculty. Prof. Adewole has equally done so well in Teaching and Research Farm, passionate to make the farm self-sustaining.

Above all, it is beyond dispute that the high point of his regime is the welfare of staff members and students. Long after his tenure in 2015, Prof. Adewole will go down in history as one VC who cared so much for the well-being of the workers and students. He promised to take care of the workers’ welfare. He never dithered. Salaries are paid between 22 and 25 of every month, with or without allocation from Abuja. Besides, his regular interventions at critical point such as “end of the year package” have been putting permanent smiles on the faces of the people. He has really done well here. He equally sent student leaders abroad for international exposure. He wanted the students to imbibe international best practices in leadership. For Prof. Adewole, nothing captivates the hearts of the people better than consideration for their well-being. He is a kind man with magnanimous mind.

But then, there are still challenges! One of the challenges confronting the system and Adewole’s regime is the nagging electricity problem. Despite billions of naira that have been sunk into the provision of energy, the system is yet to overcome the energy problem. Even as this writer was writing this piece, there was no hope of getting light to process it. One was, as at press time sweating profusely putting this together! More efforts should still be directed toward this sector as there is little or nothing one can do without electricity.

In all sincerity, observers have said, Prof. Adewole should still find a way of fine-tuning the reward system he craves to institutionalize in UI. He has good intention but the first attempt to reward hard working staff members could not be said to be excellent. His attempt to reward hard working members of staff was probably too elitist. There was no single driver, security men, and junior staff among those who were rewarded for the year 2011. Although it was a committee decision, Prof. Adewole could have stopped a system that rewarded professors with financial gain at the expense of junior workers, some of who are dying for the system. Professors have reached the pinnacle of their careers. If they were not diligent, they would not have become professors. In other words, the next award should encompass all categories of workers as lower cadre workers need more motivation than retiring professors.

In the same vein, isn’t there a way of infusing more disciplinary actions into the system? There is so much impunity. Some people seem to be too territorial in the system. Every dog calls himself a lion.  A 21st century university aspiring to become a world-class institution cannot afford to be impervious to modern demands which include pragmatism, innovativeness and cutting edge competence. Prof. Adewole could still do more to re-orientate the workforce by impromptu visits to different offices.

With still 22 more months to lead, Prof. Adewole certainly can still do more to reconstruct the institutional template. It is not yet time to start ounting days. There is still ample time to keep innovating towards uplifting UI. There is no doubt that he has done so much and so well too, but he can still do more as there is still a distance to destination. For UI to be truly “the first and the best” as students have been touting, all hands must be on deck to do the needful.

* Saanu writes from University of Ibadan

QBasic Guessing Game

QBasic Tutorial - Guess My Number Game - QB64

Code:

DIM Answer AS INTEGER

DIM Guess AS INTEGER

DIM Cnt AS INTEGER

DIM Game AS STRING

DO

    CLS

    DO

        PRINT "Guess My Number Game:"

        PRINT

        PRINT "A) 10"

        PRINT "B) 100"

        PRINT "C) 1000"

        INPUT "Please Enter A Game: ", Game

        Game = UCASE$(Game)

    LOOP UNTIL Game = "A" OR Game = "B" OR Game = "C"

    CLS

    RANDOMIZE TIMER

    SELECT CASE Game

        CASE "A"

            Answer = (RND * 9) + 1

            PRINT "Game 1 - 10"

        CASE "B"

            Answer = (RND * 99) + 1

            PRINT "Game 1 - 100"

        CASE "C"

            Answer = (RND * 999) + 1

            PRINT "Game 1 - 1000"

    END SELECT

    Guess = 0

    Cnt = 0

    DO

        INPUT "Please Enter A Guess: ", Guess

        Cnt = Cnt + 1

        IF Guess < Answer THEN

            PRINT "Too Low!"

        ELSEIF Guess > Answer THEN

            PRINT "Too High!"

        ELSE

            PRINT "You Guessed My Number In"; Cnt; "Tries"

        END IF

    LOOP UNTIL Guess = Answer

    PRINT

    DO

        INPUT "Play Again Y/N ", Game

        Game = UCASE$(Game)

    LOOP UNTIL Game = "Y" OR Game = "N"

LOOP UNTIL Game = "N"