Japanese Millionaire Fulfills His Promise, Gives $390K To U-23 Dream Team (Photo)

The Japanese multi-millionaire who promised coach Samson Siasia and his boys a huge amount of money if they win Gold, Silver or Bronze in the football event at Rio has fulfilled his promise.

He presented a $190k cheque to Mikel Obi and $200k cheque to Samson Siasia. So nice of him!



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NOUN Protests Exclusion Of Graduates From NYSC Scheme,Read what later Happen.

The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), has protested the exclusion of its graduates from the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) scheme.

The vice chancellor, NOUN, Prof Abdalla Adamu appealed to the National Universities Commission (NUC) to intervene and prevail on the authorities of the NYSC to allow NOUN students participate in the scheme to enable them contribute their quota to nation building.

Adamu, who led a full squad of NOUN’s management to the National Universities Commission (NUC) in Abuja on Tuesday, said the exclusion was contrary to the promotion of patriotism and unity in the country.

He said it was an irony that the most inclined of the nation’s graduates were excluded from a programme designed to engender patriotism and unity.

According to him, “It is national news that NOUN graduates are excluded from participation in the NYSC scheme, although exclusion letters are often provided.

“In NOUN, we train graduates with nationalistic outlook in Nigetia, and can boast to be the only university in Nigeria where people from all the LGAs in Nigeria are represented as students.

“However, this nationalistic outlook cultivated by our students is dampened by the painful fact of their exclusion from the NYSC scheme.

“The desire of NOUN graduates is to participate fully in the NYSC scheme and contribute their quota to the development of their nation. We are sure that with the appropriate intervention of the NUC led by you, this problem will be over,” he added.

Abdalla further disclosed that NOUN has suspended its law programme, following the exclusion of‎ graduates of Law programme from attending the mandatory Law School of Nigeria by the Council of Legal Education (CLE).

He stressed that the suspension of admission into the programme followed an advice by the National Universities Commission (NUC)‎ to stop admissions pending the resolution of the inability of its graduates to go to Law School.

The Council for Legal Education had exempted law graduates of Open University from attending Law School on the ground that the mode of study at the Open University is either by correspondence of part time.

Prof Abdalla also called on the NUC to address the difficulty faced by NOUN students in running post graduate programmes at the masters and doctoral degree levels in universities.

Decrying the level of discrimination by Nigerian universities, he disclosed that the same NOUN students were offered post graduate admission into prestigious universities abroad and were excelling in studies.

Responding, the Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, assured that any NOUN graduate under the age of 30 would undergo the NYSC scheme.

“Many numbers of graduates of NOUN may not qualify because either a number of NOUN graduates will be above the age of 30 when they complete their studies but technically even if it is only one number who is under the age of 30, will be allowed to go for NYSC.

“We will do our best to attempt to discuss in our management and reach out to the NYSC on this issue,” he added.

Rasheed further decried the discrimination leveled against NOUN graduates by universities disallowing them from running post graduate programmes in their institutions.

He noted that NOUN was run by professors in established universities in the country and could not understand why NOUN graduates should be discriminated against by the universities in their PG programmes.


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Final 3: Ronaldo, Bale, Griezmann To Contest For UEFA Best Player Award

UEFA has announced the final three contenders for the Player of the Year award 2015/16.

Ronaldo, Bale and Griezmann will vie for the UEFA Best player award.
The Real Madrid pair of Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo, and Atlético Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann, are the final three nominees for the 2015/16 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award.

“As in previous years, journalists from each of UEFA’s 55 member associations provided an initial list of their five best-ranked players, with the first receiving five points, the second four, and so on. The ten players with the most points advanced to a second round of voting, which has determined the three finalists named today.

The jury will cast their votes for the winner during the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday 25 August. Past editions have been won by Lionel Messi (2011, 2015), Andrés Iniesta (2012), Franck Ribéry (2013) and Ronaldo (2014).

Other positions
4 Luis Suárez (Barcelona & Uruguay) – 29 points
5 Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina) – 25
6 Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus & Italy) – 19
7 Pepe (Real Madrid & Portugal) – 9
8 Manuel Neuer (Bayern München & Germany) – 6
9 Toni Kroos (Real Madrid & Germany) – 5
10 Thomas Müller (Bayern München & Germany) – 2″

THIS IS THE ‘CHANGE’ WE PROMISED NIGERIANS – LAI MOHAMMED REVEALS

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the change promised by the All Progressive Congress to Nigerians is not a trick.

Addressing a crowd at the town hall meeting for the South East organised by the Federal Ministry of Information in Enugu on Monday, Mohammed said that the change was already manifesting in every sector.

He said that contrary to the insinuations in certain quarters that the people were not feeling the impact of the government, a lot had been done in moving the country forward and the government would remain undaunted in implementing its change agenda to improve the lot of Nigerians.

Many have said they are yet to see the change we promised. Many more have called the promise a ruse. In fact, they are now mocking us. But we remain undaunted because we know that the change we promised is real. In fact, the change we promised is already here, and it is manifesting all around us.

Buttressing his point further, the minister said that the government had successfully stopped the looting of public funds which was responsible for underdevelopment.

Before now, public officials simply opened the public till, took as much money as they wanted and walked away without consequences. That explains why funds allocated to the military to fight Boko Haram ended up in the piggy banks of many unscrupulous Nigerians. Today, all those who looted the public treasury are being made to answer for their actions, as impunity gives way to accountability. Many have offered to return their loots, and many more are facing charges.

The minister said that with the introduction of the Treasury Single Account, funds meant for the Federal Government were directly paid in and used for development of infrastructure. He noted that before now, funds accruing to the government were paid into so many accounts and went to private purses.

Mohammed said that the government had successfully identified and stopped salaries hitherto paid to more than 30,000 ghost workers.

We promised to diversify the economy away from oil, to ensure that other sectors are able to significantly contribute to sustainable development. In June 2016, for the very first time, about 70 per cent of the more than N500 billion raised from the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee came from the non-oil sector, while 30 per cent came from the oil sector. It was the first time in 2016 that the Federal Government shared more than N500 billion among the three tiers of government.

In the area of security, Mohammed said that the government had successfully crushed the Boko Haram terrorists and not a single territory was being administered by them.

On infrastructure, the minister said that construction firms had been mobilised to sites on major roads in the country.

As they move to site, they are creating thousands of new jobs. No part of the country is left out of this. Where the contractors have not been seen on site, it is because of the rains, not because of lack of mobilisation. The minister said that the complaints over perceived or real instances of lopsidedness in appointments were being addressed. There are hundreds of appointments yet to be made. It is an evolving scenario and any lopsidedness is being addressed as we progres.

BREAKING: PRES. BUHARI SACKS JAMB REGISTRAR, 16 OTHERS

The Federal Government has offocially announced the sack of Chief Executives of 17 parastatals and agencies under the Ministry of Education.

The government’s directive contained in a statement was issued on Monday night by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations in the Education Ministry, Ben Bem Goong.

Only four Chief Executives whose tenures were yet to elapse were retained, while others including the Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof Dibu Ojerinde were relieved of their appointments.

The statement said the appointments were with immediate effect, precisely from Monday, August 01, 2016.



The 17 agencies affected in the mass sack and the new Chief Executives appointed included the National Universities Commission, Prof Abubakar Adamu Rasheed; Nigerian Institute for Education Planning and Administration, Prof, Mrs. Lilian Salami; Universal Basic Education, Dr. Hameed Bobboyi and National Library of Nigeria, Prof. Lanre Aina.

Others are National Examinations Council, Prof Charles Uwakwe; National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, Prof Abba Aladu and Nomadic Education Commission, Prof Bashir Usman.

Also appointed are National Business and Technical Examinations Board, Prof Isioma Isiugo-Abanihe; Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, Prof Sunday Josiah Ajiboye; Computer Registration Council of Nigeria, Afolabi Aderinto; National Commission for Colleges of Education, Prof Bappah Aliyu; Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Dr. Abdullahi Bichi Baffa; National Teachers Institute, Prof Garba Dahuwa Azare; Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria, Prof Michael Afolabi; and National Mathematical Centre, Prof Steven Ejugwu Onah.

The Secretary-General, Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria,  Prof Ishaq Oloyede has now been named Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, while the National Institute of Nigerian Languages has Prof Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche as its CEO.

Those retained include the Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council, Prof. Samaila Junaidu; Nigerian French Language CVillage, Prof Rauf Adebisi; National Board for Technical Education, Dr. Mas’ud Kazaure and National Arabic Language Village, Prof. Muhammad Mu’az.

The new appointees are expected to report at the office of the Education Minister on Tuesday, August 02, 2016 by 12:00 noon for inauguration.

FG MERGES POLYTECHNICS WITH UNIVERSITIES, SCRAPS THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMMES

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a comprehensive reform of the tertiary education system in the country with plans to scrap the award of the Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes offered by polytechnics.

In effect, the award of the HND will be limited to only students currently enrolled in the programmes.

Also, all the programmes currently being run by polytechnics, which are not technology-based will be scrapped.

Under the new law, the polytechnics will now become campuses of the proximate universities with the Vice Chancellors of those universities appointing provosts for the polytechnics, subject to the ratification of the Universities Councils.

The polytechnics will now be limited to award of the National Diploma (ND) while those desirous of further education will be awarded the Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) by the proximate university.

To kick-start the new policy, the nation’s two most prominent polytechnics – Yaba College of Technology and Kaduna Polytechnic – will henceforth be known as City University of Technology, Yaba and City University of Technology, Kaduna respectively.

And to give legal backing to these approvals, the FEC approved the submission of two Executive bills to the National Assembly for enactment into law.

The first bill will concretise the setting up of the two city universities while the second will approve the preparation and consolidation of all federal polytechnics and colleges of education as campuses of proximate universities.

16th MATRICULATION CEREMONY RE-SCHEDULED

Please be informed that the 16th Matriculation Ceremony of the National Open University of Nigeria has been re-scheduled for Saturday 3rd september, 2016 prospective students are advised to conclude all registration processes ahead of the Ceremony.Thank you.

Switzerland To Return MIND-BLOWING Abacha Loot To Nigeria

The Swiss Government has said it will return the sum of 321 million dollar looted by late and former Military President General Sani Abacha.

This was disclosed by Eric Mayoraz, the Switzerland ambassador to Nigeria after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters in Abuja on Friday.

He said: “The Abacha loot is a very active dossier that we are dealing with now. We have repatriated 722 million dollars in 2005 to Nigeria and we are now in the process of repatriating 321 million dollars from the second batch of Abacha funds that we have collected.

“Today, the signing of the MoU is for the future cases so it will allow better cooperation. It will reduce time for the process of transmitting the legal requests from Nigeria to Switzerland and vice versa because MoU we signed is not only for looted assets, it is for all criminal matters”.

Earlier in his comments, the envoy said that the signing was aimed at fostering understanding of the legal systems and improving the judicial cooperation of both parties.

He added that the signing of the MoU formalised the commitments of both countries to fighting international crime.

“There is a common ground; this is now a legal tool. If we will each do our share of the work, we will reach our goal; it will in the future be harder to profit from corruption and I am very proud of that”.



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Breaking news: Indonesia executes three Nigerians by firing squad.

Indonesia has executed three Nigerian drug convicts by firing squad, an official said.

The Nigerians were put to death along with one Indonesian on Thursday (after midnight Indonesian time), Noor Rachmad, deputy attorney general for general crimes, told reporters.

He did not say why 10 other drug convicts, who had been expected to face the firing squad, were not executed.