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Federal Ministry of Education Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Award 2016/2017

Federal Ministry of Education - The honourable Minister of Education (HME), Mallam Adamu Adamu, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians too participate in the 2016/2017 Nomination Interview for Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Award. Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Awards - 2016/2017 Description The Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship will be Awarded to: Undergraduate (UG) studies tenable in Russia, Morocco, Algeria, Serbia, Hungary, Egypt, Turkey, Cuba, Romania, Ukraine, Japan, Macedonia; and Postgraduate (PG) studies tenable in Russia (for those whose first degrees were obtained from Russia), China, Hungary, Serbia, Turkey, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, e.t.c. Fields of Study Undergraduate level - Engineering, Geology, Agriculture, Sciences, Mathematics, Languages, Environmental Sciences, Sports, Law, Social Sciences, Biotechnology, Architecture, Medicine (very limited), etc; and Postgraduate level (Masters Degree and Ph.D) i...

Failed Attempt To Smuggle Alcohol Into Saudi Arabia

The love of alcohol will make some people do the unbelievable. This smuggler was caught trying to sneak 14 bottles of liquor in his underwear into Saudi Arabia, according to official Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The Saudi man was stopped at customs on his way back from the island kingdom of Bahrain on the 16-mile-long King Fahd Causeway linking the two Gulf countries, according to head of customs Fahad Dhufallah al-Otaibi. After a search, inspectors detected the bottles of booze which were attached with adhesive tapes to the man’s upper and lower legs and hidden by the man’s traditional long white robe. Customs officials became suspicious of the man after noticing he was walking oddly as he re-entered the Saudi Arabia from Bahrain. Alcohol is illegal in Saudi Arabia and as a result there are tough penalties such as public flogging or long detention for anyone caught trying to break the law. Last week, Saudi customs seized two shipments of liquor from Bahrain, including 4...