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Dr. Osahon Enabulele, National
President of Nigerian Medical
Association (NMA), on Thursday,
ordered the National Association of
Resident Doctors (NARD) to call off its
three-day warning strike, which
started on Wednesday.
Enabulele, who gave the directive in a
statement issued in Lagos, advised the
association to consider appeals from
various sectors and give room for a
well-articulated, constructive and
mature engagement with the relevant
agencies of government.
“Having reviewed the issues of dispute
and having initiated measures to
correct the perceived anomalies with
verifiable positive outcomes, NMA is
embarrassed by this industrial action,”
Enabulele said.
The statement read that at the first
National Health Summit held in Asaba
in January this year, doctors resolved
to stop strikes at the slightest
provocation giving room for
constructive and peaceful means of
dispute resolution first.
It warned that NMA would not
withhold applying the strongest
sanctions on any erring affiliate body
or individual member that violates the
constitutional provisions of the
association.
“The association will not hesitate to
sanction any affiliate body for
bringing the medical profession to
public disrepute,” the statement read.
Enabulele, however, apologised to the
public for any avoidable deaths and
health complications the strike might
have caused. He also appealed to the
Federal Government to correct the
observed budgetary shortfall and
apply all necessary administrative
sanctions on any erring head of
health institutions.
Dr. Ismail Lawal, the National
President of NARD, had on June 24
ordered his members nationwide to
embark on a three-day warning strike
from June 26, saying the industrial
action was to protest Federal
Government’s poor funding of the its
members’ residency training.
The association issued a 21-day
ultimatum to the Federal Government
to meet its demands..


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The Nigeria Medical Association on
Thursday threatened to sanction
members of the National Association
of Resident Doctors, who are currently
on strike.
The doctors, the NMA said, did not
follow due process before embarking
on the industrial action.
The striking doctors are protesting
against the alleged breach of
agreement by the Federal
Government.
However, the NMA, in a statement by
its President, Dr. Osahon Enabulele,
and the Secretary-General, Dr.
Akpufuoma Pemu, said it was
"embarrassed by the doctors'
industrial action."
Frowning on the strike, the NMA
recalled that during the first national
health summit in Asaba last January,
doctors resolved to stop embarking
on strike without first seeking
"constructive and peaceful means for
dispute resolution."
The statement said, "NMA therefore
restates that whereas its affiliate
bodies (of which NARD is one of the
seven recognised) are at liberty to
pursue their aspirations without
trepidation, the NMA would however
not withhold applying the strongest
sanctions on any erring affiliate body
or individual member for violating the
extant laws/constitutional provisions
of the association or for bringing the
association/medical profession to
public disrepute."
Apologising to the citizenry for the
"avoidable deaths and health
complications" that could result from
the strike, the NMA urged the
leadership of NARD "to consider
appeals from various quarters to call
off the strike to allow for a
constructive and mature engagement
with the relevant offices of
government."
The association also appealed to the
Federal Government "to correct the
observed budgetary shortfall and
apply all necessary administrative
sanctions to any erring head of health
institution."
The NMA equally commended the
Federal Government "for restoring the
overseas clinical training for doctors,
her resolve to institute for the firsttime
a special budget for residency
training, and other training initiatives."



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The Presidency on Thursday
defended the prevention of
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of
Rivers State from
exchanging pleasantries
with President Goodluck
Jonathan by a security
operative during dinner at
the Presidential Villa, Abuja
on Wednesday.
It said the incident was purely
a security issue that should
not be politicised,especially by
opposition political parties.
The governor, who was sitting
two tables away from the
President, had risen to greet
him but the security operative
attached to the President
stopped him halfway.
In order not to create a scene
at the event that had nearly all
his colleagues and two heads
of government (Joyce Banda of
Malawi and Ellen Johnson-
Sirleaf of Liberia) in
attendance, Amaechi quietly
returned to his seat and waited
for about five minutes before
leaving the venue.
But as the Action Congress of
Nigeria and Congress for
Progressive Change berated
Jonathan over the incident,
the Special Adviser to the
President on Political Matters,
Dr. Ahmed Gulak, said it was
tantamount to a breach of
protocol and security if
Amaechi was allowed access
to his boss who was already
seated before the governor
arrived.
Gulak said, “The President
has a good relationship with
all state governors and he
meets with them regularly.
The case in point is a pure
security issue and it should be
treated as a security issue that
should not be politicised.
“The question the ACN and
others who may want to
politicise this issue need to ask
is whether the President
arrived at the venue of the
dinner and was already seated
before the governor arrived.
“Usual practice across the
world is that once the
President arrives a place,
nobody whether a governor or
not, is allowed entrance. That
is the protocol. Even(Barack)
Obama of the United States
cannot be on his seat and a
governor will be allowed to
come in.
“If that was the situation in
this case that the President
was already on his seat, it
would have been a breach of
protocol and security for any
security person to allow the
governor access to the
President. Such a security
person would have been
sanctioned if he had done
that.”
Wondering why the ACN was
interested in the matter, the
presidential aide advised the
opposition political parties to
“concentrate on issues
concerning them and stop
politicising everything.”
The ACN had in a statement by
its National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, condemned the
action of the operative and
called on Jonathan to order an
immediate probe into it.
It said, “We are making this
call because we do not believe
that, in spite of the reported
frosty relations between the
two, President Jonathan – as
the father of the nation – will
lend the weight of his high
office to such a demeaning
action as exhibited by the
presidential security
personnel.
“To believe that anyone
occupying the esteemed office
of the President of one of
Africa’s most important
nations will be a party to a
situation in which any security
aide will wilfully fence a state
chief executive from paying
his respect to the President at
such an open gathering will be
to think the worst of the
occupier of that office. That is
why we have chosen not to
believe that this indeed
occurred, and why we are
calling on Mr. President to tell
Nigerians that ‘it ain’t so’ “We
shudder to think of what
efforts are being made –
including the use of national
institutions – to undermine
Gov. Amaechi if the treatment
reportedly meted out to him at
the dinner has the approval of
the powers that be. We are
even more worried at what
will happen to a governor
from the opposition who falls
out of favour with the
President, if a governor from
the same party as the
President can be so publicly
humiliated.”
ACN said it was particularly
incumbent on the President to
clarify the report because
Amaechi, the authentic
Chairman of the Nigeria
Governors’ Forum, extended
an olive branch to him by
attending the dinner, despite
the fact that he (President)
was publicly supporting the
losing faction of the NGF, in
what was being seen as a
“democratic faux pas.”
The party said the President
must learn to separate politics
from governance by rising
above petty partisanship as he
steered the affairs of state.
On its part, the Congress for
Progressive Change said it
was clear to many discerning
minds that “the government of
President Jonathan is being
run like a mafia organisation
where you have the head at
the Villa.”
“This is the kind of price we
pay when we sacrifice
competence on the altar of
exigency,” the CPC said
through its National Publicity
Secretary, Mr. Rotimi
Fashakin.
The party added, “We have
always said it that the way
President Jonathan is running
this country; he will run it
aground.
“No Nigerian can be proud of
what is happening in a
situation where nations of the
world are improving their
democratic credentials; we are
going towards further
isolation.
“A situation where a chief
executive is being blocked by
security apparatus of the
President, you ask yourself
what hope mortals like us
have under the Jonathan
government.”



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Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi,
has insisted that he is ready to
welcome back Osaze Odemwingie
and skipper Joseph Yobo into his
team.
The Big Boss and the players, have
become estranged after they
expressed their anger at their
exclusion from this squad, without
proper communication.
However, after seeing some of his
inexperienced players flop at the
Confederations Cup, the former Togo
boss is eager to have some
experienced faces back.
“They should just be themselves, play
their game,” Keshi told KickOff. “Yobo
is still my captain. It’s unfortunate that
he’s not here, but he’s still the captain
of the team.
“Taiwo is still playing but I have
younger players that are playing well. I
have Juwon, who is not here. I have
Benjamin Francis, and I have Echiejile
whose performance has improved
greatly. So it will be a difficult thing for
Taiwo to get back in.
“For Osaze, he still has a place in the
team. I’m not looking for an apology
from him. Osaze is somebody that I
like very well and he knows that. The
thing is, it’s about the team that I’m
worried about.
“I don’t want to have a player that will
come in and divide the team, or want
to come and do something to
destabilize the team, because when
the team is not together, it becomes
very difficult to win.
“I’m not saying he is going to come in
and do that, but a little bit of what he
has shown has told me that this is
possible.
“I really want to have him in the team,
and I would like to give him another
opportunity.”
Keshi also admitted that Obinna
Nsofor has not featured in his plans
so far, because the forward has
always been injured whenever he
called him up and revealed that
Martins was still in his thoughts.
“The person I am really keen to have
is Obinna Nsofor. Unfortunately, each
time I call him, he’s always injured.
Hopefully next time he will be fit.
“Martins is coming back gradually. The
last two call-ups he wasn’t in good
shape but I needed to play him.”


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This is a pix of a Nigerian made helicopter. What are your thoughts?

it's d same dog... bring the cat to the dog on my street.. datz all

The Nigeria Military on Tuesday
announced a major breakthrough in
their fight against insurgency ravaging
the North.
A statement issued in Abuja by
Brigadier General Chris Olukolade,
Director of Defence Information,
disclosed that troops deployed to
Borno and Yobe have captured some
notorious leaders Boko Haram, and
recovered various weapons
Their names were however not
revealed.
The statement, which was the report
of a nine-member Defence
Headquarters, Operational
Assessment Team delegated by the
Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola
Ibrahim, said the they visited troop
locations in various parts of Borno
and Yobe.
“The commanding officer narrated the
conduct of the operation to rid the
(Sambisa) forest of the insurgents
who had made the location their
sanctuary,” he said.
In addition to their capture, those
arrested had provided useful
intelligence for subsequent
operations.
“The team was shown various
weapons, including rockets and locally
fabricated weapon accessories
captured in the forest,” he said.
“Items recovered included a large
number of Improvised Explosive
Devices- making materials, laptops,
mobile communication equipment
used for shooting and posting online
videos, as well as locally made rockets
and rocket launchers.”
“Also, seized vehicles of different
brands were shown to the team.
“Several vehicles destroyed by the
terrorists as well as their tailoring
equipment apparently used in
producing fake uniforms were also
shown to the team.’’
The defence spokesperson further
noted that the said troops are on
night and day patrols, to apprehend
any terrorist who might be lurking
around.
He added that, “The Chief of Defence
Staff expressed satisfaction with the
high level of successes so far recorded
in the operation.
“He also thanked the troop for a job
well-done, and urged members not
rest on their oars, while assuring
them of regular logistic support.”
President Goodluck Jonathan had
declared a State of Emergency in
Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states,
following the high rate of attacks by
terror groups operating in the North-
east region.




http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/06/26/insurgency-nigerian-military-capture-boko-haram-leaders/

After an abysmal display during the Confederations Cup, Should Tahiti be allowed to feature in the 2014 World Cup?

The phones were put through a series
of benchmark tests to measure
processor and memory performance,
which show how quickly the phone
will allow photo editing, running
graphic-intensive games, and using
several apps at once.
Samsung Galaxy S4, the fastest phone
of those tested, has a 1.9GHz quad-
core processor which helped generate
its impressive score. The phone
received a mark of 3188 on the
industry recognized test, compared to
Apple iPhone 5′s 1664 score.
Which? consumer watchdog said: “We
put all the handsets through the
same tests. Undoubtedly, Apple will
upgrade its next iPhone when it
launches this autumn.
“For the moment, Samsung’s Galaxy
S4 is the phone to beat when it
comes to speed.”
The second fastest phone was ranked
as HTC One, which has a quad-core
1.7-inch processor and 2GB Ram.
Which? said the phone “will provide
plenty of punch for phone owners
who use Gmail, Facebook, Instagram
and Angry Birds all at the same time.”
Sony ‘s Xperia Z came in a close third,
followed by Google’s Nexus 4 which
had just 39 fewer points. But the
fourth place phone is more than £200
cheaper than any of those in the top
three.
The final phones to complete the set
were Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2 and
the BlackBerry Z10, which came in fifth
and sixth respectively.


http://www.theheraldng.com/galaxy-s4-is-the-fastest-smartphone-twice-as-fast-as-iphone-5-study/

It is no longer news that son
of ‘holiness preacher’ and
the General Superintendent
of Deeper Christian Life
Ministry, Pastor W.F
Kumuyi walked down the
aisle with his heartthrob
over the week.
However, teeming followers of
the respected former
university don have
condemned the classy
wedding, which they tagged:
Un-deeper-life-stic.
A close look at the weeding
pictures of the couple posted
online saw the bride donned in
accessories that had been
anathema to the ministry.
She was clad in a transparent
fitted stylish short sleeves
wedding gown, eyelashes,
earrings makeup and wedding
flower, which had never
happened in the history of the
ministry.
An angry follower of Kumuyi,
after viewing the pictures
commented, “People have
refused to live their own life
but rather attach it to an
apron of hypocritical
philosophy and man made
doctrine. I exonerate the
dynamic Senior Kumuyi,I think
it is the people that have
refused to change, I respect
Kumuyi and his teachings but
the people he is teaching are
not learning, it is a pity,
religion should embrace
freedom, that is what the bible
said. It only warned that you
should not use your liberty for
evil, or take the grace for
granted.”
To another Emeka Jane, the
development would lead to
something else. She voiced her
conviction thus, “I believe that
with this, Deeper Life will
metamorphose into something
else. Those (some members)
who have been looking for an
opportunity like this to dress
as they like, will cease this
particular opportunity.
“And who says the lady is not
a believer? Another John
Edward querried, “Doing what
pleases her without being
condemned by God on a one in
life time event, does that make
her an unbeliever. One hymn
says, ‘if heart condemns you
not, you will have a glorious
rest’ and please don’t indulge
in sin by judging others, most
especially servants of the most
high, leave the judgment to
God who created all of us.” He
warned.



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Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul
Aziz Al Saud changed the
kingdom’s official work week
to Sunday through Thursday,
citing “lost economic
opportunities” from being out
of synch with the rest of the
world on the Saudi weekend.
The switch from Saudi Arabia’s
Saturday-to-Wednesday work
week, and Thursday-Friday
weekend, was announced on
Sunday in a royal decree
carried on state print and
broadcast media. The change
overrides years of objections
from religious conservatives
that Saudi Arabia, home of the
most important two sites of
Islam, should keep a weekend
distinct from that of the West.
“We will be copying the Jews
and the Christians,” prominent
Saudi businessman Abdul
Rahman Al Jeraisy said in 2007,
when the king’s Shura
advisory council considered
the change.
The Saudi stock exchange,
Saudi central bank, and other
financial institutions and
government ministries will
move to a Friday and Saturday
weekend starting on June 29,
the royal decree said.
Schools would make the
change with the start of the
new academic year, the king
said.
Bringing the kingdom’s
weekend in line with the rest
of the world would “achieve
significant gains for the
kingdom, particularly in the
economic arena,” the decree
said.
Friday is the main day of
prayer for Muslims. With
Sunday’s change, Saudi Arabia,
following Oman, becomes the
last country in the Gulf
Cooperation Council to
abandon a Thursday-Friday
weekend.
The kingdom has toyed with a
Friday-Saturday weekend at
least since 2007. The Shura
Council tabled the change that
year, in the face of religious
objections.
The Shura Council took the
matter up for study again
earlier this year, however.
Observers said that signalled a
royal will to make the change.
Saudi newspapers have cited
informal polls showing a
majority of ordinary Saudis
and businesspeople support
ditching the Thursday-Friday
weekend on the grounds of
lost productivity.

http://www.informationng.com/2013/06/saudi-arabia-changes-weekend-to-be-in-line-with-the-rest-of-the-world.html

Councilors in the
Obudu Local Government Area of
Cross River State spilled their blood as
a result of stampede over six million
Naira allegedly donated to them by
the senator representing the Cross
River northern senatorial district in the
National Assembly, Professor Ben
Ayade.
Information from impeccable sources
close to the chairman of the Council,
Rev. Father Emmanuel Ikwen said
following the chairman’s appeal to the
senator, he kindly gave out the money
to ease some financial challenges in
the Council.
But according to close sources, the
councilors disagreed over the method
with which to share the largess
amongst themselves. As a result of the
hot disagreement, fight allegedly
ensued amongst them leading to one
of them spilling blood when he
punched his enraged colleague.
Nigeria Police at Obudu have already
detained some of the warring
councilors pending investigations.
Further telephone calls to the DPO
were not answered as at press time.
According to one of the sources who
insisted his name should not be
mentioned, “Professor Ben Ayade, our
senator, gave us six million naira.
There was argument over this money
so that there was an uproar among
the councilors and Hon Fidelis Otobo
was alleged to have slapped Hon Rose
Abua of Otugwnag Central. It was a
serious fight between Hon Rose and
Otobo who are both from the
Otugwang axis . It was Tobo who
slapped Rose and I was not part of it.
Blood gushed out from her cheeks!
We shall deliberate on it on Monday
and any one found guilty would be
sanctioned.”
Another explained that trouble started
when the leader of the Council’s
legislature, Hon Ugah Andeshi refused
to give Hon Tobo Fidelis his allowance
who served as the deputy leader
following his election as deputy leader
to replace one Hon Orim who was
sacked on the instructions of the
council chairman.
“The party asked us to maintain the
status quo; that is, the Deputy Leader
who was sacked should be returned
to office while Hon Tobo who was
elected to replace him should resign
and the man did that but he had
served as deputy leader for the
month of May and thus was entitled to
his full allowance as deputy Leader for
that month and ought to be paid”,
said our source.
It will be recalled that the Obudu
council Executive and some members
of the legislature have been up in
arms against each other following the
plans by Dr Ikwen to return as
Chairman who was opposed to by the
former council secretary, Ken Acla
who is alleged to have been
sponsored by Professor Ben Ayade,
the Senator representing the northern
senatorial district of the state.


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As Nigeria plays spain today, did you pray for them to win in church?

The BÉD-HOPPING babe has revealed
that she has had séx with 5,000 men at
the age of just 25.
Blonde beauty therapist Nikki Lee also
admitted she had never slépt with the
same man twice. Nikki, who also works
as a model, averages two men every
day and had slépt with precisely 2,288
by the time she turned 21.
In a story that will horrify most Brits,
she said she knows the exact number
because she has kept a tally. Nikki even
claimed to be “proud” and has
become so obsessed with séx that she
admits it is her “drug”.

Applications are invited from
suitably qualified candidates for
admissions into the PDS Programme
of the University
for the 2013/2014 Academic Session
ADMISSIONS WILL BE INTO THE
FOLLOWING SCHOOLS:
i. School of Agriculture and
Agricultural Technology (SAAT)
ii. School of Engineering and
Engineering Technology (SEET)
iii. School of Earth and Mineral
Sciences (SEMS)
iv. School of Environmental
Technology (SET)
1. School of Management
Technology (SMAT)
2. School of Sciences (SOS)
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Candidates should possess WASC,
NECO, GCE or NABTEB at not more
than two sittings with a minimum of
Credit passes in English Language,
Mathematics, Physics and any two of
the following subjects relevant to their
discipline: Chemistry, Biology/Agric.
Science, Economics, and Geography.
Credit pass in Economics is
compulsory in the School of
Management Technology.
QUALIFYING TEST:
Candidates for Pre-Degree Science
Programme must perform to a
satisfactory level in a Computer-Based
qualifying test to be conducted on
Thursday, 17th and Friday 18th
October, 2013 at 8:00 am at the e-Test
Centre, Federal University of
Technology, Akure, Ondo State.
Candidates are expected to visit the
website of the Federal University of
Technology, Akure
www.futa.edu.ng. for the results of
the qualifying test as from Thursday
24th October, 2013.
DURATION:
The programme is full-time, and will
run for one academic session of Two
(2) Semesters.
REGISTRATION AND
COMMENCEMENT OF LECTURES:
Screening and registration of
successful candidates begin on
Monday, 19th November, 2012 while
lectures commence on Monday, 3rd
December, 2012.
Candidates who successfully complete
the programme and meet the cut-off
mark for the course applied for as
determined by the University
Admissions Committee as well as
meet the JAMB cut-off mark would be
admitted into 100 level of the
University undergraduate degree
programme in relevant discipline in
the 2013/2014 academic session.
ACCOMMODATION
Limited accommodation will be
available on first come first served
basis.
METHOD OF APPLICATION:
1. Candidates are to pay
application fee of fifteen
thousand naira (N15,000.00)
excluding bank charges on e-
transact platform in any bank
that is on e-transact platform.
1. Candidates are to complete and
print the PDS Application Form
online after payment by logging
on to the Federal University of
Technology, Akure’s website
www.futa.edu.ng and click on
the online PDS Application
Form.
1. Submit the Online application
form and print out a copy of
the examination schedule slip.
1. The application opens on
Monday, 10th June, 2013 and
closes on Tuesday, 15th
October, 2013.
1. All candidates are requested to
bring along the following items
to the e-test venue:
i) Depositor’s copy of bank teller(s)
indicating payment of FIFTEEN
THOUSAND NAIRA (N15,000.00)
Application Fee in candidate’s name.
ii) Completed Application Form
(downloaded from the FUTA website).
iii) e-test scheduling slip which must
contain a registration number.
iv) Copy of e-transact receipt obtained
from the bank.
a. The venue of e-test exercise is the
Electronic Test Centre (eTC)
“Obakekere Campus” Federal
University of Technology, Akure.
1. Candidates are NOT allowed to
bring cell phones or electronic
gadget(s) into the e-test hall.
2. Any candidate who fails to
present himself/herself for the
computer based test will NOT
be considered for admission.
3. Candidates are requested in
their own interest to have a
feel of (practice) the
computer based test by
visiting http.//test.jketc.net .
The underlisted helplines could be
contacted for clarification on issue
bordering on the e-test: 08164487268;
07052976224 and 08165661045.
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APPLICATION FORMS
All completed online application
forms with the required relevant
documents should be submitted to
www.futa.edu.ng not later than Friday,
25th October, 2013.
Signed
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Centre for Continuing Education,
Federal University of Technology,
Akure.


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The Obafemi Awolowo University
(OAU) on Thursday clarified that Diana
Rotimi Oyinlola, an undergraduate,
who delivered a baby in the toilet on
campus did not attempt to kill the
baby.
The were reports in a section of the
media since the incident happened at
Moremi hall on Wednesday that
Oyinlola attempted to ditch the baby.
However, a statement signed by
Biodun Olanrewaju, the university’s
Public Relations Officer (PRO), on
Thursday described the reports as
“incorrect”.
Mr. Olanrewaju said that an
interaction with the mother of the
baby by the Security Unit of the
university among other university
officials, revealed that the student was
willing to have the child.
He said that there was “no attempt
whatsoever to conceal the pregnancy,
not to talk of aborting it and wanting
to flush the baby away through the
Water Closet (WC).
“The truth is that there was a delivery
of a baby boy by an inexperienced
mother, who in her naivety, thought
she was pressed by call of nature,
while she was actually in labour pains.
“Prior to the childbirth, the
inexperienced mother had discovered
that she was bleeding and went to the
toilet only to observe that something
expelled into the water closet.
“It was at that juncture that she
screamed and shouted for help when
one of her friends Satope Oladayo,
heard her distress voice and quickly
traced her to the toilet from their
room.
“It was when Satope entered the toilet
and found the baby that she (Satope)
called an elderly cleaner for assistance
because the two of them were novice
in childbearing,” the statement stated.
The father of the new baby is a 400-
level student of Mechanical
Engineering, while the 20-year-old
mother is also a final year student in
the same university.

Barcelona doctor Ricard Pruna, has
asked new signing Neymar, to gain
some weight ahead of the new
season, so he can reach his peak
physical condition.
The former Santos star has
undergone his Barca medical and
completed his €57 million move, but
the club’s doctor still feels the
Brazilian needs to bulk up a bit.
“My first impression is that Neymar
needs to gain a pound or two. Our
medical inspection was done quickly
and his weight is just another data
point,” Pruna told the club’s official
website.
“We’ll get to know the player over the
course of the season and we’ll
constantly add to our data input. With
this information we’ll know what his
ideal weight should be.
“The first impression is that he weighs
64.5 kilos and he has a tendency to
lose weight. Perhaps he needs to add
a kilo or two, but I can’t say exactly
how many.”
The 21-year-old is currently showing
great form at the Confederations Cup
in his home country and has scored
two stunning goals already, to lead
Brazil into the semi-finals.

There exist many words
whose meanings are
opposites of themselves. You
may ask, how can a word be
an antonym of itself?
Through polysemy and
homonymy, a word that is
pronounced or spelled the
same way can have opposite
meanings. A word that is an
antonym of itself is called a
contronym.
Here’s the list of some
contronyms:
1. Clip
Clip can mean “to bind
together” or “to separate.”
You clip sheets of paper to
together or separate part of a
page by clipping something
out. Clip is a pair of
homographs, words with
different origins spelled the
same.
Old English clyppan, which
means “to clasp with the arms,
embrace, hug,” led to our
current meaning, “to hold
together with a clasp.” The
other clip, “to cut or snip (a
part) away,” is from Old Norse
klippa, which may come from
the sound of a shears.
2. Continue
Continue usually means to
persist in doing something, but
as a legal term it means stop a
proceeding temporarily.
3. Fight with
Fight with can be interpreted
three ways. “He fought with
his mother-in-law” could mean
“They argued,” “They served
together in the war,” or “He
used the old battle-ax as a
weapon.”
4. Flog
Meaning “to punish by caning
or whipping,” flog shows up in
school slang of the 17th
century, but now it can have
the contrary meaning, “to
promote persistently,” as in
“flogging a new book.”
Perhaps that meaning arose
from the sense ‘to urge (a
horse, etc.) forward by
whipping,’ which grew out of
the earliest meaning.
5. Go
Go means “to proceed,” but
also “give out or fail,” i.e.,
“This car could really go until
it started to go.”
6. Hold up
Hold up can mean “to support”
or “to hinder”: “What a friend!
When I’m struggling to get on
my feet, he’s always there to
hold me up.”
7. Out
Out can mean “visible” or
“invisible.” For example, “It’s
a good thing the full moon
was out when the lights went
out.”
8. Out of
Out of means “outside” or
“inside”: “I hardly get out of
the house because I work out
of my home.”
9. Peer
Peer is a person of equal status
(as in a jury of one’s peers),
but some peers are more equal
than others, like the members
of the peerage, the British or
Irish nobility.
10. Toss out
Toss out could be either “to
suggest” or “to discard”: “I
decided to toss out the idea.”

The President of National
Association of Nigerian Students
(NANS), Yinka Gbadebo has told
Nigerians to hold the Nigerian
Police Force responsible if
anything happens to him.
The Police were said to have
threatened Gbadebo, ordering
him to do thorough
investigations before blaming
them for the incident. Gbadebo
spoke in Ibadan after he was
released by men of the Oyo
State Joint Security Task Force,
codenamed ‘Operation Burst’.
He said they have been making
calls to him following his
statement that the IGP should
resign owing to the incessant
killings of Nigerian students by
the Police Force in the last six
months directly or indirectly. He
also said that normalcy would
not return to the University of
Uyo, UNIUYO, until the VC, Prof.
Comfort Ekpo is removed.
He charged the Federal
Government to remove the
woman with immediate effect as
according to him, “her
negligence and ineptitude led to
the killing of our senate
president and other comrades.”
Meanwhile, the family of the late
former Oyo State NANS JCC
chairman, Oladimeji AbdulAzeez,
was contacted early Monday
morning. It would be recalled
that the deceased who
graduated from the University of
Ibadan, hailed from Ibadan
South East Local Government.
Gbadebo and others, as at the
time of filing this report, were on
their way to Lagos to inform
Donald’s family officially about
the incident after which he will
move to Owerri to collect the
bodies of the “fallen martyrs”
and later to FMC Umuahia to visit
the survivors of the auto crash.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/my-life-in-danger-nans-president-cries/

Viewing centres provide a cheap way of watching football matches but most people who can afford full subscription still prefer the viewing centres. What's the reason for this?

David Moyes' first league match in
charge of the champions will be
against the Carling Cup holders while
Jose Mourinho will begin his second
spell at Chelsea versus promoted Hull
Premier League champions
Manchester United will open the
2013/2014 season at Swansea.
The fixture sees David Moyes take
charge of his first league game as
United boss against the same side
that Sir Alex Ferguson faced in his last
game before retirement..


1st Day Fixtures
Arsenal
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Liverpool
Manchester City
Norwich City
Sunderland
Swansea City
West Brom
West Ham
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Aston Villa
Hull City
Tottenham
Stoke City
Newcastle
Everton
Fulham
Manchester United
Southampton
Cardiff City


Jose Mourinho, meanwhile, will begin
the start of his second spell in charge
of Chelsea against newly promoted
Hull City and last season's runners up
Manchester City host Newcastle in
what will likely be Manuel Pellegrini's
first game in charge.
Elsewhere, Crystal Palace will host
Tottenham in a London derby, while
Arsenal host Aston Villa and Stoke visit
Liverpool.
The first heavyweight contest of the
season sees Manchester United
entertain Chelsea at Old Trafford and
a week later Moyes will take his new
side to Anfield to face Liverpool on the
same day Arsenal host Tottenham in
the north London derby.
The first meeting of the Manchester
powerhouses is due to take place on
September 21st at the Etihad Stadium,
while the return fixture is scheduled
for March 1.
United will complete their league
fixtures against Southampton at St
Mary’s, while rivals Manchester City
are scheduled to entertain West Ham
on the final day. Chelsea will finish
against last season’s Championship
winners Cardiff, while Arsenal are due
to travel to Norwich and Tottenham
will host Aston Villa.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2013/06/19/4058197/manchester-united-open-up-against-swansea-as-the-2013-14-premier-?ICID=HP_BN_5

big-t:
The guy is really composes at the flanks. I wish he teaches Musa!! thumbs up! Oduamadi!!

what happened to Moses?

Despite putting in a fairly
unconvincing performance, the Africa
Cup of Nations champions were
boosted by the showing of the
Rossoneri starlet in the 6-1 win over
Tahiti.

It is rare that football fans get the
chance to witness a 6-1 scoreline at a
major international event, even rarer
that the performance of the victors is
widely criticised during and following
the clash, and rarer still that it is the
losers who are universally heralded as
‘heroes’ after the final whistle.
Yet, Nigeria’s opening Confederations
Cup clash against Tahiti in Belo
Horizonte was anything other than a
typical tournament contest.
Despite recording an ostensibly
convincing scoreline, the Super Eagles’
performance did little to suggest that
Stephen Keshi’s young squad can
make a big impact in this tournament.
Indeed, beyond the performance of
sprightly and assured forward Nnamdi
Oduamadi, who bagged a hat-trick on
the day, there was little to commend
Africa’s champions.
Oduamadi is part of Keshi’s second,
post-Afcon revolution. While nations
like France, Greece and Italy have, in
recent times, demonstrated an
unswerving loyalty to the squad of
players that won them a major
international crown, there has been
no such sentiment from the Nigeria
boss.
Since the glorious Cup of Nations
victory earlier in the year, a number of
players have been dispensed with due
to their perceived failings on the
testing stage. While Nosa Igiebor and
Ike Uche have moved away from the
setup, opportunities have arisen for
Oduamadi, Anthony Ujah of Koln and
the returning Joseph Akpala.

The 22-year-old looks like the pick of
the bunch, and in six international
appearances to date, has already
found the net on four occasions.
While his hat-trick against Tahiti will
have made international news, it was
his vital equaliser against Kenya in the
World Cup qualifier in Calabar which
initially endeared him to Super Eagles
fans.
They have every right to be excited
about a player who has been on the
radar for many years, without having
received the senior international
acknowledgement that many felt was
his destiny. A feature of Nigeria’s
youth teams, Oduamadi missed the
chance to play in an international
tournament back in 2009, when a
hamstring injury prevented him from
joining the squad at the Fifa Under-20
World Cup.
Now, Oduamadi is finally relishing the
opportunity to shine in an
international tournament. Against
Tahiti his goals demonstrated
composure and a refinement of play,
although he was surely aided by the
fairly hopeless defending with which
he was faced.
Nigeria fans were quick to praise his
performance and, more broadly, his
quick integration into the national
side. His trio of goals also prompted
comment from Adriano Galliani, AC
Milan’s vice-president, who called for
to youngster to be immediately
promoted to the club’s first team
ahead of pre-season.
Oduamadi, like Nwankwo Obiorah,
Joel Obi and Ogenyi Onazi, forms a
collective of prodigal Nigerian stars
snapped up by Italian clubs at a
young age. While Obi and Onazi have
made inroads at Inter and Lazio
respectively, Oduamadi and Obiorah
have been predominantly sent out on
loan since arriving in Europe.
Since leaving Nigeria in 2008, fresh
from the production line of the Pepsi
Football Academy, Oduamadi has
spent time at Genoa, Torino and
Varese.
Over the last two seasons in the
Italian lower leagues, Oduamadi has
honed the talents that were on
display against Tahiti. He is a versatile,
intelligent attacking player, equally
adept on the flanks, stretching a side
with his pace and ingenuity, as he is in
the centre of the park, playing a more
integral role to offensive moves.
His composure and clinical finishing
were evident against Tahiti, although
this probably wasn’t the context to be
making sweeping statements and
evaluations on a player’s ability and
future prospects. Galliani’s comments
will doubtless be a major spur to
Lagos-born youngster, and Milan fans
following the Confederations Cup may
well choose to keep a closer eye on
their Nigerian investment.
Normally a player as raw as
Oduamadi would be unlikely to
realistically be ready to contribute at a
club of Milan's stature, but these are
modern times for the Rossoneri .
Once such a heartland for the merits
of experience, the team have steadily
offloaded their creaking veterans in
recent seasons.
If his goalscoring form continues this
summer, don’t be surprised to see
Oduamadi find himself a place
among the burgeoning African talents
already beginning to define the
identity of this post-Ancelotti Milan.
It certainly won’t continue to be as
easy as it was against Tahiti, but the
Confederations Cup gives the
youngster a prime opportunity to
demonstrate his confidence and
composure before a global audience
—expect him to take it.

(AFP) – Nigeria
captain Vincent Enyeama said on
Sunday that the row over bonuses
that delayed the squad’s arrival at the
Confederations Cup had not been
resolved, but the players were putting
it to the back of their minds.
The African champions did not arrive
in Brazil until the early hours of
Sunday morning, just 36 hours before
their Group B opener against
minnows Tahiti on Monday, after
missing their scheduled flights on
Thursday.
The players were unhappy about
being offered bonus payments of $
2,500 (1,873 euros) following a 1-1
draw with Namibia in World Cup
qualifying and had demanded double
that amount from the Nigeria Football
Federation (NFF).
Mikel, Enyeama and Anichebe
A truce was eventually brokered by
Sports Minister Mallam Bolaji
Abdullahi, but on the eve of their
entrance into the Confederations Cup,
Enyeama revealed that the players
were still not satisfied.
“We haven’t settled anything, but
we’ve moved on and everything is
normal,” the Maccabi Tel Aviv
goalkeeper told journalists.
“We accept the criticisms, we’re
responsible for our actions and we
stay as a team.
“For now, this act is behind us. We’re
professionals. We don’t want to talk
about this — it’s about the past and
we don’t want to spend our energy
on these things.
“After the championship we’ll revisit it,
but for now we’re done.”
Coach Stephen Keshi, seated beside
Enyeama at the pre-game press
conference, refused to criticise his
players, but admitted he was
concerned about the effects of their
late arrival.
“I’m not going to tell you I’m upset
with the players. The decision
depends on the circumstances
around it,” he said.
“We’re here, which is the most
important thing. We’re here to make
Africa proud and Nigeria proud.
Whatever has happened before is
behind us and we just need to
concentrate and play our game.
“I’m a bit worried about fatigue. We
have been working mentally and
otherwise so the team is in shape, but
the fatigue is what I’m worried about.
I hope everything will be OK for
tomorrow (Monday).”
Lazio midfielder Ogenyi Onazi had
apparently been ruled out of the
tournament with a knee injury, but
Keshi said he could yet link up with
the squad if he is able to prove his
fitness in Nigeria.
“I’m still waiting for a call from Onazi,”
Keshi said.
“He’s back in Nigeria to fix something
on his knee and I hope he’ll call me
with good news he’s coming back.
“There’s a time limit. When we arrived
this morning, it was the first thing we
addressed. If we can get any
information from Onazi, we can go
ahead before the game.”
Although Tahiti have just one
professional player in their 23-man
squad and are ranked 107 places
below Nigeria in the world, Keshi
dismissed the suggestion that
Monday’s game in Belo Horizonte
would be a walk-over.
“I don’t think there’s a weak team in
this tournament,” he said.
“With all due respect to Spain, Brazil
and everyone, I think every team here
has made their way to be here and
deserves to be respected.
“Tahiti deserve a lot of respect for
being here. It’s true my team has a lot
of fatigue, but we’ll try to work
something out.
“We’ll prepare for Tahiti like we
prepare for Uruguay, Spain, Japan or
whoever we play against.”

The 2013
Confederations Cup now has its
full complement of eight teams
after Nigeria belatedly arrived in
Brazil on Saturday night, hours
after the start of the tournament.
The African champions had been
due to arrive on Thursday, but a
dispute with the Nigeria Football
Federation (NFF) over bonus
payments meant the squad
missed their initial scheduled
flights.
The players were angry that they
were only offered a bonus of $
2,500 (1,873 euros) for their 1-1
draw with Namibia in World Cup
qualifying on Wednesday.
However, despite ongoing
discord, the squad finally arrived
at their Belo Horizonte hotel at
around 03:00 local time
(06:00GMT) on Sunday, having
flown in from Windhoek in
Namibia via Johannesburg and
Sao Paulo.
The delay means that coach
Stephen Keshi has barely 36
hours to prepare his side for
their Group B opener against
Oceania minnows Tahiti on
Monday.
The squad are scheduled to
have their first training session in
Brazil later on Sunday.

Hassan Rouhani was yesterday
declared Iran’s new president
in a surprise outright election
victory that ends eight years of
conservative grip on the top
office.
“This victory is a victory for
wisdom, moderation and
maturity… over extremism,”
local media reported Rouhani
as saying in a first statement
after his triumph.
The 64-year-old moderate
cleric, a former top nuclear
negotiator who has
championed more constructive
engagement with world
powers, won outright with
18.6 million votes, or 50.68 per
cent of those cast, the interior
minister said.
Rouhani is expected to
improve Iran’s relationship
with world powers unlike
President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad whose nuclear
programme has been a subject
of discord.
Crowds marched through Vali-
Asr Square in central Tehran
carrying pictures of the winner
and chanting pro-Rouhani
slogans.
In northwest Tehran, people
gathered in Kaj Square and
cheered as passing cars
sounded their horns in
approval.
Rouhani’s tally was enough to
ensure there would be no run-
off against the runner-up,
Tehran Mayor Mohammad
Baqer Qalibaf, who came a
distant second with 6.55 per
cent of the votes. Top nuclear
negotiator Saeed Jalili came
third with 11.35 per cent.
Former Revolutionary Guards
commander Mohsen Rezai and
ex-foreign minister Ali Akbar
Velayati won 3.88 and 2.26
million votes respectively.

Mr Akinwale Goodluck,
the Corporate Services Executive
of MTN Nigeria, has announced
the decision of the company to
discontinue SIM swaps by proxy
with effect from June 7.
Goodluck said this in a statement
made available on Thursday in
Lagos.
He said that after June 7,
customers who wished to swap
or replace their SIM cards as a
result of their phones being
stolen, destroyed or misplaced
must do so in person.
According to him, the decision
was taken in order to protect
customers’ data and preserve
the overall integrity of the SIM
swap process.
“In recent months, unscrupulous
elements have started to exploit
the proxy SIM swap process and
there have been incidents of
unauthorised people
fraudulently obtaining SIM cards
belonging to others.
“The implication of this decision
is that customers will now have
to appear in person at the
service outlets nearest to them
to request and obtain new SIM
cards.
“Such requests will be treated
promptly after proper ID
validation from the SIM
registration database and upon
presentation of valid
identification such as ID card,
international passport or driver’s
licence,” he said.
Goodluck added that the
customer would also be
required to answer security
questions before a new SIM card
would be issued.
He also called on the company’s
subscribers to urgently register
their SIMs in view of the June 30
deadline or risk suspension of
their mobile lines.
Goodluck urged customers to
register all SIM cards in their
possession including those in
phones, laptops, POS machines
and all other SIM-enabled
devices.
Mr Akin Braithwaite, the
Customer Relations Executive of
MTN, said that the organisation
attached great seriousness to
the issue of customer and data
security.
Braithwaite said that a significant
number of SIM swap-related
fraud were committed by people
who were very close to the
victims and had access to their
personal data.
He said that the new
requirement that customers
should carry out the SIM swaps
in person would check the
activities of fraudsters in this
regard.

National President of
Christian Association of Nigeria,
CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, will
tomorrow, present a pidgin
English audio version of the New
Testament Bible.
The public presentation of the
audio Bible, billed for Word of
Life Bible Church Headquarters,
Ajamimogha, Warri, Delta State,
will be witnessed by the South-
South Chairman of CAN,
Archbishop God-Do-Well
Awvwomakpa; Delta State
Chairman of CAN, Rev. Gideon
Oyibo; Bishop, Diocese of Sapele
(Anglican Communion) Rt. Rev.
Blessing Erifeta and Rt. Rev. John
Usiwoma Aruakpor, Bishop of
Oleh Diocese.
The event is put together by the
Nigerian Pidgin English Bible
Promoters Committee that has
Rev. Solo Adams as Chairman
and Dr. Mark Erumi as
translation consultant.


www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/pidgin-english-bible-for-launch/

The FIFA Confederations Cup, Brazil
2014 will kickoff in 48 hours.

Which team will win the tornament?

Group A
Brazil
Japan
Mexico
Italy

Group B
Spain
Uruguay
Tahiti
Nigeria

Give ur opinion and why you think so. I think spain will win it because of their squad depth.

These are the days Nigeria will play?


Nigeria vs Tahiti.. June 17th.. 5pm

Nigeria vs Uruguay.. 20th June.. 11pm

Nigeria vs Spain.. June 23rd.. 8pm

I just heard dat students of Uniuyo carried out demonstration concerning high cost of transport within the school and the police intervened which led to the killing of about 2 students thereby causing the students to go haywire; destroying school properties. Can anyone confirm their closure?

Facebook hashtags could make it
easier to find others on the social
networking site and market your
business, if the hashtags feature is
soon added as insiders and a recent
Wall Street Journal report have
suggested.
Hashtags, a feature up until now
associated mostly with rival Twitter,
have forged an accepted place in
marketing on social media sites. Flickr
added hashtags recently to its latest
mobile app. Google+ and Pinterest
also recognize hashtags. If Facebook
adds hashtags that will round out the
top social sites.
Hashtags (a word or phrase prefixed
with the symbol #) could improve the
way business owners and
entrepreneurs network, interact and
share on Facebook. Hashtags make
information easier to find, especially if
you give a unique hashtag to an event
or topic of news that is currently hot.
People tag their content with a
hashtag phrase, and others can find it
by searching on such phrases.
Reports have been unspecific about
when the company may roll out the
new Facebook hashtags feature. But
until then, below are five ways
suggested by Janette Speyer and
Katrina McNeill
of Web Success Team about how to
use hashtags in your business
marketing. In anticipation of hashtags
being implemented on Facebook at
some point, I’ve described how
hashtags could be applied in the
context of Facebook:

5 Benefits of Hashtags for
Marketing


1. Find Better Conversations
It goes without saying that
conversations are still happening on
Facebook, but they can be difficult to
locate using simple Facebook search
tools. Because you are often
networking with people you know on
Facebook rather than discovering new
people who share your interests,
hashtags may be a huge help in
connecting with people in your niche
or industry, just by finding their
conversations.


2. Join a Chat
Of course chats have long been
possible on Facebook, but hashtags
could make them so much easier to
start and follow. Instead of setting up
chats on a particular fan or personal
page, hashtags would make it easy to
organize a chat around a topic, niche
or interest. This would allow others to
view that chat later through the same
hashtag.


3. Do Some Research
You can do some simple searching to
locate pages of interest on Facebook
today, but the search may be difficult
with some terms yielding literally
hundreds of results. Hashtags, if
incorporated on Facebook as they are
on Twitter, might make it easier to
monitor trending topics and to locate
specific conversations built around
the topics in which you are most
interested.
4. Locate Tribes
Distinct hashtags may make it easier
to locate specific groups of Facebook
users. For example, those having
discussions around very specific
hashtags like #smallbusiness or even
#BizBookAwards. Knowing these
hashtags ahead of time would make it
easy to connect with these tribes
more quickly and join in their
discussions.
5. Check Out the Competition
Obviously, hashtags on Facebook
could give you the opportunity to see
in a different way what audiences are
saying about your competition (and,
for that matter, what they are saying
about you.) They would allow you to
track conversations beyond your
competitor’s Facebook page to see
what messages are going out to other
groups of users and what kinds of
responses they solicit.
Remember, Facebook has not yet
implemented hashtags, and according
to the Wall Street Journal, they are
“not imminent.” No one knows exactly
when they will be implemented. Still,
the above advice is good for using
hashtags on any social network.
Last week we reported why some
businesses might want to rethink
Facebook
for their marketing and
communications needs. Will hashtags
change anyone’s mind, if they’ve given
up on Facebook? We doubt it. But for
dedicated Facebook users, it could
add more functionality to help convey
information and build an audience
around specific topics.
Share how you will use hashtags for
your business, when they are
launched, and whether the new
feature will change how you look at
and use Facebook in the future.