Osinbajo hosts winners of world tech challenge
The victorious girls – Promise Nnalue, Nwabuaku Ossai, Adaeze Onuigbo, Vivian Okoye, Jessica Osita and Miracle Igboke – won the World Technovation Challenge in the Silicon Valley in San Francisco, US, in August.
Their winning innovation was FD-Detector Application, which they developed to curb fake drugs.
The team, which was guided by Uchenna Onwuamaegbu, won the gold medal after defeating representatives of other countries including the USA, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan and China.
The team was accompanied to the Presidential Villa in Abuja by the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Nkem Okeke, Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kate Omenugha, and the Principal of the girls’ school, Regina Pacies Secondary School Onitsha, Anambra State.
Experts caution schools on teachers’ recruitment
Enugu State Police Command arrested the head teacher of a primary school in the Enugu-Ezike area of the state, Mr Nathaniel Idoko, for defiling four female pupils between the ages of five and six. Idoko blamed his crime on ‘Satan’.
The children, aged between two and 14 years at the time, were pupils of private schools, except one public school in Epe, Lagos State. Most of the incidents took place in the schools’ premises, save for two occuring in either the victim’s residence or that of the accused.
New U.S. Visa Policy Affects International Students
Updates to regulation 8 CFR 103.2(b)(8) will take effect on September 11, 2018, but what exactly is this regulation? In short, this is the regulation that determines the criteria for USCIS to issue a Request for Evidence (RFE) or Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) if you do not provide all the necessary visa information up front. In addition, the new policy memo gives the USCIS adjudicator “full discretion to deny applications, petitions, or requests” without requesting additional evidence.
This means that it is important to get your visa application right the first time, and to include all of the necessary information and documents upon filing.
How Will the New Visa Policy Affect International Students?
For F-1 student visa applicants and visa holders, the policy could have an impact at the initial visa interview. You could also be affected you if you are applying for:
- Work authorization based on economic hardship: If you are experiencing extreme economic hardship, you may apply to USCIS for authorization to work off campus.
- Reinstatement: If you allow your F-1 visa to become out-of-status, then you must apply for reinstatement to regain valid status.