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what would be your first reaction if the Assu strike is called off today?

As the face off
between the Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU and the Federal Government
lingers one of
Nollywood actress,
Omotola Ekeinde has added her voice to the
cry for solution.
Omotola on her twitter
handle want to know why there is a ‘crippling silence’ on the strike
issue that has been on for months now with
out solution.
One will but join her to ask what importance
do the two parties
place on the lives of the youths of this nation
when majority of them are at home doing what? When they should be studying.
Omotola twitted
Why is there a crippling
silence when Nigerian
schools have been
SHUT 4 mouths and the
youths are wasting
away with their future
uncertain?
Why are students of the Most Populous Black
Nation in the World
“Giant” of Africa Not in schools? where are all
the education
funds? #Nigeria
Education is a right not
privilege. This should be
the 1st Responsibility of
every parent, state and
country to their child
#Nigeria#Education
One true question that is begging for answer is
where are all the
education founds ?
Omotola has asked and
we hope she will get
answers

Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane has dubbed the astronomical £85.3m transfer fee
his club paid for Wales winger Gareth Bale "incomprehensible"
in the current economic climate. Bale signed for the Spanish giants from Tottenham Hotspur
last week on a six-year contract. Asked whether the 24-year-old
was worth the hefty fee paid for him Zidane, who is now Carlo Ancelotti’s assistant coach at
Real, said: "You need to ask that question in a year's time.
"Ten years ago, they bought me for 75 million euros and I said I
wasn't worth it.
"Today, I tend to say a player is not worth that. Two clubs agree
on a price and no-one is forcing the other to do anything. "That's football. Unfortunately, it's incomprehensible with
what's happening today to pay so much." Zidane said he would offer Bale
some advice as the Welshman
seeks to hold down a place in Ancelotti's team.
"My role will certainly be to tell him that he plays as he knows how to, to not put too much
pressure on himself," he said.
"He has an incredible potential but he still has room for improvement."
Bale, who is currently on
international duty with Wales, is expected to make his Real debut
against Villarreal on September
14.

Schoolchildren should be given
the chance to shoot at an early
age because handling guns can
promote trust, concentration and
self-discipline, a head teacher has
said.
Pupils as young as eight can pick
up vital life skills by taking part in
activities such as clay pigeon
shooting, it is claimed.
West Rise Junior School in
Eastbourne is believed to be the
first state-funded institution in
the country to take primary-age
pupils on a shooting trip.
The school – which has access to
120 acres of marshland leased
from the local council – already
offers a range of outdoor
activities designed to promote
respect for the countryside such
as boating, fishing and bird
watching. Pupils also help to rear
a range of animals including
water buffalo.
But today it emerged that the
school has gone a step further by
giving pupils aged eight to 11
the chance to take part in a day’s
shooting activities.
Mike Fairclough, the head, said
shooting was common among
private schools but was almost
unheard of in the state system.
Speaking to the Telegraph, he
added: “It is very much about
being outside and having a
healthy and open-minded
approach to guns. Most people,
particularly in towns and cities,
will associate guns with gang
culture, Uzis and drugs.
“But in the countryside, a
shotgun is a tool that serves a
purpose and if it is used safely
and effectively it’s completely
fine.”
Some 30 children at the school –
which takes several pupils from
poor council estates – took part
in the shoot day last term. It
involved clay pigeon shooting
with shotguns and target
shooting using air rifles. Pupils
were also taught about the role
of gun dogs.
Mr Fairclough insisted it was
carried out under the
supervision of experts from the
British Association of Shooting
and Conservation, with pupils
handling shotguns in special
cages.
The disclosure was criticised by
Gill Marshall-Andrews, from UK
Gun Control Network.
She told the Times Educational
Supplement: “Guns are
dangerous weapons which are
frequently misused. No child
should be taught to shoot until
the age of 18 when they assume
adult rights and responsibilities.”
But Mr Fairclough said the
activities boosted levels of
concentration and focus,
improved pupils’ eye-hand
coordination and promoted
trust.
“We had lovely sweet little eight-
year-old girls shooting massive
shotguns but they didn’t then go
around killing everyone
afterwards; they just saw it as an
activity that they enjoyed,” he
said.
He added: “We need to get
beyond that Victorian, behind
desks model of education and
get children actively involved. We
are a successful school, rated
good with excellent features by
inspectors, because we teach
this way.
"We trust independent school
children everywhere to shoot at
this age, so why do we not trust
children at state-run schools?”
The Preparatory School Rifle
Association currently works with
young children in 43 private
schools.
Mary Eveleigh, its secretary, told
the TES that shooting could teach
children to control their
emotions and think about the
consequences of their actions –
vital for behaviour management.
“There is no legal or physical
barrier to teaching shooting
from a young age, so why
delay?” she said. “The benefits
that shooting brings are as
applicable to younger students
as older ones and there is an
argument that the younger the
benefits and skills that come
from shooting are installed, the
better the long-term impact.”

the telegraph newspaper uk.

No star signing, Rooney
unsettled, and a novice chief
executive. No pressure then,
writes Jim White
David Moyes said this week that
he was looking forward to the
new season beginning. “It can’t
come soon enough,” he
suggested, as he addressed
journalists after Manchester
United’s lacklustre performance
in Sweden on Wednesday night.
And you can understand why he
is anxious for the summer’s
phoney war to end: anything
would be more uplifting than the
pre-season he has just
experienced.
He is anxious for the summer’s
phoney war to end: anything
would be more uplifting than the
pre-season he has just
experienced
Since he was appointed Sir Alex
Ferguson’s successor in May,
almost nothing has gone Moyes’
way. Like an inverse Midas,
everything he has touched has
turned to straw. He lost to the
equivalent of a pub team in the
Far East, his most renowned
player, Wayne Rooney, is keen to
play elsewhere and he has
singularly failed to strengthen his
squad in the areas it most
urgently needs upgrading.
A symptom of his summer of
discontent was evident yesterday
when he learnt that his lengthy
pursuit of Cesc Fabregas had
come to nought. Moreover the
Barcelona midfielder indicated
there was never the remotest
chance he might return to the
Premier League in Manchester
United colours: Moyes had
apparently spent the last month
chasing the unattainable.
“I am happy at Barcelona. My
dream is to play and triumph
here and I have never considered
leaving,” the player told a press
conference in Kuala Lumpur
where the Catalans are on tour.
Which, while accepting that the
truth is the first casualty of the
transfer window, sounds pretty
unequivocal.
No wonder, with the soap opera
plotting of Wayne Rooney’s
future filling the back pages,
Moyes admitted he was finding
the scale of his new job taxing.
“The transition from Everton to
Manchester United has been
difficult at times as I have had
hard decisions to make,” he said.
“Everton are a great club and I
was proud to manage them. I
can’t deny Manchester United are
on another level. Let’s be honest,
it would be a step up from just
about any other club in the
world. The level of interest from
the fans and press is
phenomenal.”
And in truth Moyes has not been
assisted by the fact he is not the
only new arrival in the United
hierarchy. A manager without
experience in the top end of the
football market, he needed all the
help he could get to negotiate his
first few weeks in charge.
Instead, whereas Ferguson could
rely on advice and practical
support from David Gill, a man
with a decade’s worth of
experience running a club of
United’s scale, Moyes can only
turn to the new chief executive
Edward Woodward. A man with
considerable prowess in
marketing, Woodward is,
however, someone who has
never before engaged in the
arcane processes of the football
transfer market, a business
requiring the bluffing skills of the
poker player combined with the
forked tongue of the serial
conman.
While he did not always get his
man (the fat Ronaldo was just
one of the players he failed to
secure), at least Gill could pick up
the phone to any agent or
football club chief executive in
the world and immediately start
discussions. This summer
Woodward was obliged to begin
every conversation with an
introduction. He has admitted to
his colleague he is starting from
scratch. From your own point of view what do you think?

Tottenham Hotspur have finally
agreed the world-record €100 
million (£86  million) transfer of
Gareth Bale to Real Madrid. An
official announcement is due to
be made as early as Tuesday.
Significantly, the agreement
involves a straight cash deal with
no players coming from Real to
Spurs as had been earlier
discussed when inquiries were
made about striker Álvaro Morata
and left-back Fábio Coentrão.
Bale is in Malaga, at a villa
believed to be owned by another
of his representatives, David
Manasseh, who works for the
Stellar Group which is headed by
Barnett. The 24-year old flew into
Spain on Saturday, on a private
jet, and spent Sunday behind the
walls of the gated complex
awaiting the green light on the
deal. The luxury complex was
being staked out yesterday by
the expectant Spanish media.