The inaugural matriculation ceremony for EL-THOMP Polytechnic, Nigeria, West-Africa (NBTE Approved) takes place on Saturday, June 6, 2026, at 10:00 AM. The event is open to the public and will be held at the EL-THOMP Mini-Sports Ground, Plot 22-24 Ikot-Nsidem Road, off 210 Ikot-Ekpene-Uyo Road, Utu-Abak, Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria.
The ceremony will be hosted by the Founder, Prof. Israel Thompson Eshiet, alongside the governing council, Registrar, academic faculty, and administrative staff to officially welcome the institution’s pioneer students.
For additional details, program updates, or to learn more about the institution’s academic offerings, you can visit the EL-THOMP Polytechnic Official Website or contact the school’s administration directly: +234-806-420-7016.
SEEED+SDGi USA’s “The Light Bulb Program (TLB)” under the auspices of “Plant SEEEDs, Rethink Growth!” is proud to announce the award of two scholarships in support of EL-THOMP Polytechnic Nigeria’s recurring admission exercise: a) Prof. Israel Thompson Udo Udo Eshiet scholarship for the first student admitted into EL-THOMP’s Computer Engineering program; and b) Mrs. Caroline Nkoyo Israel Thompson Eshiet scholarship for the first student admitted into EL-THOMP’s Electrical Engineering program. Both scholarships run concurrently and shall cover tuition for the first academic year, and all expenses incurred during the admission process. These Scholarships extend to succeeding years based on student scholastic performance, civic and community engagement, and other criteria as determined by school management. Please direct all inquires to Office of the Registrar, EL-THOMP Polytechnic, Nigeria: +234-806-420-7016.
Authored by Messrs. Bill O’Reilly and Martin Duggard, instant #1 New York Times and USA Today nonfiction bestseller “Confronting the Presidents” takes an incandescent snapshot of the tenure of every American president – George Washington to the incumbent (2024), Joe Biden.
Confronting the President is written in O’Reilly and Duggard’s unique, emblematic literary style. A patchwork of satire, subject introspection, author retrospection with a dash or more like a splash of panache. I have read and audio listened a few O’Reilly and Duggard books. My favorite is easily ¨Killing JESUS.¨ O’Reilly and Duggard indulge in history and historicity. Contending the Presidents gives the Killing Series (13 books, ~17 million in print) a fair run.
This is definitely not a one and done. I see myself coming back to this book over and over again making inferences, references and whatnot.
A must read for American history enthusiasts and for persons who for whatever reason did not study American history.
Notable:
Many Presidents loved their wives deeply – with intensity – and were not afraid to put it in full display of staffers and the public.
Many Presidents outlived their children; very few children survived to adulthood and beyond.
Excerpts:
¨´My wife is as handsome as when she was a girl, and I …… fell in love with her; and what is more, I have never fallen out,´ he (Abraham Lincoln) remarks one evening as she greets guests¨ (Chapter 16, pg. 133, paragraph 2).
¨Conjecture is a fool´s errand¨ (Chapter 16, pg. 136, paragraph 3).
¨No President was ever confronted with more turmoil than Lincoln. But he handled it¨ (Chapter 16, pg. 136, paragraph 4).
¨Perhaps his (Abraham Lincoln) greatest words are from the Second inaugural: ´¨With malice toward none, with clarity for all, with firmness in the right as GOD gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations¨ (Chapter 16, pg. 136, paragraph 5).
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