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NYSC is preparing the prospective corps members for the next orientation course as it releases timetable for 2018 Batch C.

As stated in the timetable, the Batch 'C' Pre-Mobilization Workshop will hold between September 18 and 22,  2018, while uploading of Senate/Academic Board Approved Results for Full/Part-Time Graduates and Revalidation Lists by CPIs is scheduled to hold between September 3 and 30,  2018.

NYSC 2018 Batch C mobilization timetable







President Buhari has removed the acting Director General (DG) of the Department of State Services, DSS, Mathew Seiyefa and approved the appointment of Yusuf Magaji Bichi, as the new DG of DSS.

A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity today Thursday September 13th, said the appointment took immediate effect.

The new DG attended Danbatta Secondary School, the Kano State College of Advanced Studies and the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he graduated with a degree in Political Science. He began his career in the security division of the Cabinet Office in Kano, from where he joined the defunct Nigerian Security Organization (NSO), the precursor of the present DSS.

Mr. Bichi has undergone training in intelligence processing analysis, agent handling recruitment and intelligence processing in the UK, as well as strategic training at the National Defence College.

The statement said the new DSS boss comes to the job with skills in intelligence gathering, research analysis, conflict management, general investigation, risk and vulnerability operations, counter intelligence and protective operation and human resources management.

In the course of his career, Mr. Bichi has worked as the State Director of Security in Jigawa, Niger, Sokoto and Abia States.
He also served as Director at State Service Academy.

Mr Bichi is married and with children.

President Buhari removes Seiyefa as DSS boss

 

Former UN Secretary general, Koffi Annan, was laid to rest in his home country, Ghana, today September 13th. The funeral was attended by world leaders including the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, former presidnet Olusegun Obasanjo, Senate President Bukola Saraki and wife Toyin, amongst others. See more photos below








Funeral of Kofi Annan (Photos)







12 Weird and Fun Facts About Sports

  1. In 1963, major league baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, an hour after Neil Armstrong set foot on the surface of the moon, Perry hit is first, and only, home run while playing for the San Francisco Giants.
  2. Retired basketball sensation Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike each year than all the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
  3. The Olympic flag's colors are always red, black, blue, green, and yellow rings on a field of white. This is because at least one of those colors appears on the flag of every nation on the planet.
  4. The average lifespan of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
  5. Dueling is legal is Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
  6. All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job in case their pants split.
  7. In 1920, Babe Ruth out-homered very American League team.
  8. Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep his head cool. He changed it every two innings.
  9. Every year 56,000,000 people attend major league baseball games.
  10. In 18th century England, gambling dens employed someone whose job was to swallow the dice if there was a police raid.
  11. A Costa Rican worker who makes baseballs earns about $2,750 annually. The average American pro baseball player earns $2,377,000 per year.
  12. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

31 Weird Science Facts

  1. The moon is moving away from the Earth at a tiny, although measurable, rate every year. 85 million years ago it was orbiting the Earth about 35 feet from the planet's surface.
  2. The star Antares is 60,000 times larger than our sun. If our sun were the size of a softball, the star Antares would be as large as a house.
  3. In Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it has never rained.
  4. At any given time, there are 1,800 thunderstorms in progress over the earth's atmosphere.
  5. Erosion at the base of Niagara Falls has caused the falls to recede approximately seven miles over the past 10,000 years.
  6. A ten-year-old mattress weighs double what it did when it was new due to debris that it absorbs over time. That debris includes dust mites (their droppings and decaying bodies), mold, millions of dead skin cells, dandruff, animal and human hair, secretions, excretions, lint, pollen, dust, soil, sand, and a lot of perspiration, which the average person loses at a rate of a quart a day. Good night!
  7. Every year 16 million gallons of oil runs off pavement into streams, rivers, and eventually, oceans in the United States. This is more oil than was spilled by the Exxon Valdez.
  8. In space, astronauts cannot cry because there is no gravity and tears can't flow.
  9. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
  10. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.
  11. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies you have $1.19. you also have the largest possible amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
  12. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors.
  13. Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to operate a television for three hours.
  14. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
  15. The main library at Indiana University sinks over an inch a year. When it was designed engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
  16. A category three hurricane releases more energy in ten minutes that all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
  17. There is enough fuel in full jumbo jet tank to drive an average car four times around the world.
  18. An average of 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
  19. Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles or snakes.
  20. The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 moves only six inches for each gallon of fuel it burns.
  21. San Francisco cable cars are the only National Monuments that can move.
  22. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
  23. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
  24. A rainbow can be seen only in the morning or late afternoon. It can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon.
  25. Lightning strikes the Earth 100 times every second.
  26. La Paz, Bolivia has an average annual temperature below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. However, it has never recorded a zero-degree temperature. Same for Stanley, the Falkland Islands, and Punta Arenas, Chile.
  27. There are over 87,000 Americans on waiting lists for organ transplants.
  28. Catsup leaves the bottle at a rate of 25 miles per year.
  29. Toxic house plants poison more children than household chemicals do.
  30. You are more likely to be infected by flesh-eating bacteria than you are to be struck by lightning.
  31. According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.

    21 Odd Facts About Your Body

  32. It is physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
  33. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
  34. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.
  35. It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.
  36. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.
  37. Women blink nearly twice as often as men.
  38. Most of the dust particles in your house are dead skin.
  39. There is a company that will (for $14,000) take your ashes and compress them into a synthetic diamond to be set in jewelry for a loved one.
  40. There are more living organisms on the skin of a single human being than there are human beings on the surface of the earth.
  41. The longest bout of hiccups lasted nearly 69 years.
  42. Babies is born without kneecaps. They appear between the ages of 2 and 6.
  43. Men can read smaller print than women. Women can hear better.
  44. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
  45. If you sneeze too hard you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force they can pop out.
  46. A kiss stimulates 29 muscles and chemicals that cause relaxation. Women seem to like light and frequent kisses while men like them more strenuous.
  47. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
  48. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
  49. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
  50. Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow.
  51. According to Chinese acupuncture, there is a point on the head that you can press to control your appetite. It is located in the hollow just in front of the flap of the ear.
  52. In a recent survey, Americans revealed that banana was their favorite smell.

Odd Facts Most People Don't Know



Conor McGregor is being sued by UFC fighter Michael Chiesa, who claims he suffered physical, emotional and financial damage following the Irishman's attack on a bus in April.
McGregor threw a metal dolly into the window of a bus carrying fighters at a UFC media day at Brooklyn's Barclay's Center on 5 April.
Chiesa was injured and withdrew from his fight at UFC 223 two days later.
McGregor avoided jail after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct in July.
The claims levelled against McGregor and his entourage are negligence, infliction of emotional distress, assault and battery.
Chiesa, 30, who suffered facial cuts from broken glass, said McGregor's attack caused "serious personal, economic and other injury" and "severe emotional distress, mental trauma and/or bodily harm" in court papers filed to Kings County Supreme Court in Brooklyn, seen by BBC Sport,
The American is also seeking damages from Barclay's Center and its management company BSE Global, accusing them of "failing to protect the plaintiff and other patrons" as employees "failed to adequately perform their security duties."
Chiesa claims he has "experienced pain, suffering and a loss of enjoyment of life" and "economic loss, loss opportunities and economic damages" as he has been "unable to attend to his usual avocation and activities". It adds that he will "continue to suffer in the future."
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Conor McGregor: UFC fighter Michael Chiesa to sue Irishman over bus attack



President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday told Nigerians to resist the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019.
He said this while submitting his nomination and expression of interest forms purchased for him by the Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors’ Network (NCAN).
Buhari submitted the forms at the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday.
In his remarks, Buhari said “I here in person among friends and colleagues to put my name forward to my party, the All Progressives Congress, seeking nomination to contest the Presidential Elections next year, 2019.
“Fellow party members, I am taking this step with all humility, sense of responsibility and an unquestionable desire to serve and protect the interests of all Nigerians.
“I am very grateful to those dozens of organizations who have joined together and contributed funds to purchase these forms. I assure them and the rest of Nigerians that, if nominated and if elected, I shall continue to serve you to the best of my ability.
“Let me today appeal to party members not to be complacent but to prepare, strategize and win in 2019 elections. We must not allow those who brought the country to its knees from 1999 to 2015 to come and take us back.”

‘PDP Must NOT Be Allowed To Return To Power’- President Buhari Speaks


Chelsea goalkeeping coach, Christophe Lollichon has said that France and Tottenham goalkeeper, Hugo Lloris is overrated.
Lollichon believes that Lloris should be replaced as France’s number one shot-stopper.
Lloris missed his country’s international friendly game against Germany on Tuesday and Paris Saint-Germain keeper, Alphonse Areola kept a clean sheet when given a chance to impress.
Lollichon said that Areola is more than good enough to be the national team’s first choice rather than Lloris.
“People live in a dream world when it comes to Lloris a bit too much, but for me Areola is above,” The Daily Mail quote Lollichon as saying.
“Against Germany, he was positionally very good and in his ability to come out. It’s the basis of all goalkeepers, but not everyone does it well. He’s pro-active in his anticipation.
“For me, he’s the best current French goalkeeper. He has all the characteristics to be France’s number one.
“The height, ability with ball in his feet, wingspan, his diving ability, footwork. He’s the most adapted to how they play.”
Lollichon recently told French radio station RMC that Areola was keen to join Chelsea before the Blues recently brought in Kepa Arrizabalaga to replace Thibaut Courtois at Stamford Bridge.

EPL: Chelsea Coach Blasts France World Cup Goalkeeper, Lloris

 


The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday warned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu not to allow the Presidency to use him to execute a plot to frustrate the conduct of credible 2019 elections and push for illegal tenure elongation for President Muhammadu Buhari.
The party said it was aware that the mooting of postponement of the already scheduled polls by the INEC Chairman, “Is a product of series of clandestine meetings between his commission and the APC on ways to frustrate the 2019 elections, having realized that there is no hope for President Buhari.”
The PDP in a statement also said “Nigerians and the international community have also noted plans by INEC to frustrate credible elections. Including its stiff opposition to the amendment of the Electoral Act by the National Assembly to check APC rigging plans in addition to its exposed collaborations with INEC to manipulate the voters register, enrol underage voters and secretly creating 30,000 illegal polling centres in certain remote areas from where it plans to allocate fictitious votes to the APC.
The statement continued, “Nigerians may recall that the PDP had earlier alerted of the plot by the Presidency to enmesh the 2019 elections into a needless controversy by deliberately delaying the presentation of the election budget to the National Assembly until the time the parliament was proceeding on annual recess.
“Ostensibly to ensure that the election does not escape controversy, President Buhari demanded that the fund be taken from already approved budget for lawmakers’ constituency votes, despite entreaties by well-meaning Nigerians for a fresh budget for the elections.
“Seeing that Nigerians are standing shoulder to shoulder with the PDP to resist and dismantle their rigging machinery, the APC and Buhari Presidency are now trying to use INEC to frustrate the elections and cause crisis in our country.” While insisting it would reject any move for a postponement of the polls, the party maintained that “The 2019 election must hold as scheduled.”

PDP Cautions INEC Over Plot To Shift 2019 Elections







A former governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, said a gap in communication between the Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, and the owner of Fresh FM, Ibadan, Yinka Ayefele, caused the demolition of the latter’s property.
Mr Alao-Akala made this known on Tuesday in Abuja while addressing journalists after returning his nomination and expression of interest forms to contest for governorship on the platform of the ruling party, APC.
The Ogbomoso-born politician seeks to be Oyo governor for the second term after losing his second-term bid to Mr Ajimobi in 2011.
Mr Alao-Akala, who is being prosecuted for corruption by the anti-graft agency, EFCC, served as governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The Oyo State Government had on August 19 destroyed the Music House from which Fresh FM belonging to the musician operated.
The demolition was condemned by rights and civic groups including the Nigerian Bar Association and the Nigerian Union of Journalists.
“The radio station, I think it was just due to communication gap between the government and the owner of the radio station,” Mr Alao-Akala said.
“And I want to tell you that, that has been resolved. And I want to put on record and I am not lying, I will tell you the truth. I own a radio station in Oyo State too. Similar letter was written to the radio station and it was submitted to me.”
PREMIUM TIMES reported the demolition and the eventual peace meeting between Mr Ayefele and Governor Ajimobi where the latter promised the musician would be adequately compensated.
Speaking on why he wants to return as governor, Mr Alao-Akala said he his only answering the call of residents of the state.
“I came back because people want me to come back. And I came back also because of our party to win Oyo State. I don’t want that Oyo State to go to any other party and I had said it when I was declaring my ambition that it is because we don’t want to toy with our chances at all.”

Akala Submits APC Governorship Form, Speaks On Ayefele’s Fresh Fm Demolition






Popular Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim has revealed that she was once a refugee and used to sleep on the bare floor.
She made this known as she seemed to be hitching to tell the world how she came from nothing to becoming the celebrated personality she is today.
The light-skinned actress of Lebanese decent revealed that she has plans of writing a book. If such plans comes to fruition, then part of what should be expected in her book will be how she use to sleep on the floor as a Lebanese. She wrote;
“Should I write a book about my life journey from nobody to somebody? Did you know I have lived as a refugee and slept on only cloth spread out on the floor because we had no mattress? Should I write or should I not?”
She also recently took her social media paid to admonish her fans to stick to what they believe in despite their flaws.
Juliet Ibrahim wrote;
 See, I have been called all sorts; “k legs” mocked and ridiculed, only  because I embrace who I am and i’m not afraid of pushing the limit. Those   insecure about themselves will always try to make others insecure about  themselves, but my secret has always been to embrace my flaws and be  proud of my uniqueness.
You cannot walk runways and grace billboards, talkless of be the face of  multi-national companies if you don’t appreciate your uniqueness and  embrace your flaws. #BEYOU #UnapologeticallyMe #Queen #tapfordetails

I Used To Sleep On The Floor As A Refugee – Juliet Ibrahim







Anambra State government has promised to sponsor Dikanna Onuigbo, a secondary school student in the state who invented a machine that processes bitter leaves to study Mechanical Engineering in the university.
The Deputy Governor, Dr. Nkem Okeke, who made the promise in Awka, yesterday, also assured him of government assistance in patenting his invention.
He praised the 16-year old SS3 student for his resourcefulness, saying the feat was an indication that the state was blessed with rich talented people.
Earlier, Onuigbo, a student of Community Secondary School, Okpuno, Awka South Council area of the state, said his dream was to patent the invention and secure funding for its commercialisation.
He also said the machine would relieve people from the use of hand processing method they were traditionally used to over the years.
Accompanied by his father, Peter Onuigbo, the Anambra-born student, demonstrated his invention before the Commissioner for Agriculture, Afam Mbanefo and his lands counterpart, Nnamdi Onukwuba, among others.



Boy Gets Scholarship From Governor




Nigeria got their 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifying campaign back on track after condemning Seychelles to a defeat at Stade Linite on Saturday.
Goals from Ahmed Musa, Chidozie Awaziem and Odion Ighalo saw the Super Eagles pick up their first win of the qualifiers, with debutant Samuel Kalu causing havoc to the Pirates defence.
Musa and Awaziem handed the visitors a two-goal advantage in the first-half and Ighalo added the third from the spot after one of Kalu’s numerous teasing runs was halted in the box.
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Musa, Ighalo Score As Our Super Eagles Thrash Seychelles 3 – 0 (Watch The Goals Highlight)



65,818 Nigerians applied for teaching jobs in Lagos with only 2,200 slots. This happened after the Lagos state government announced they had 2,200 teaching job vacancies and submission of applications ended on Thursday, September 6, 2018.
The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Adebunmi Adekanye, who spoke after receiving reports on the exercise, said a breakdown of the applications shows that 44,725 people are competing for the 1,200 jobs in the Public Secondary Schools category while 21,093 applied for the teaching job in the public primary sector.
The Permanent Secretary stated that the next step in the recruitment exercise is the electronic sorting of the applications to ensure that the applicants meet the set criteria and shortlisted eligible candidates will be invited for written examination.
Adekanye reiterated the commitment of the State Government to fairness and transparency in the recruitment exercise which is aimed at injecting fresh and qualified Teachers into the Public Primary and Secondary Schools in the State to improve the teaching and learning process in government-owned Schools.
The job portal was opened to applicants between 12 a.m on Friday, 31st August and 12 a.m, Thursday, September 6, 2018.
Adebunmi Adekanye also said the huge number of applications was mostly influenced by the prompt payment of salaries and the welfare package of the Lagos State for teachers and other employees of the State.

65,818 Nigerians Applied For Teaching Jobs In Lagos With Only 2,200 Slots


Ecuador declared a state of emergency in three provinces due to an unusually high volume of Venezuelan migrants [Jose Mafia/via Getty Images]

Ecuador has declared a state of emergency in three northern states after a large influx of migrants from crisis-ridden Venezuela entered the country via Colombia.
The move is intended to help establish the infrastructure to support the new arrivals, who do not have humanitarian refugee status in Ecuador, as they do in some other Latin American countries.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility said in a statement on Wednesday that in recent days, the number of Venezuelans arriving daily had risen to 4,200 and a contingency plan is needed to assist them.
Santiago Chavez, the vice minister of human mobility, said the plan would "give an effective and forceful response in benefit of the preservation of those entering Ecuadorian territory".
As part of the contingency plan, extra immigration officials will be hired and more doctors, social workers and psychologists will be sent to the Carchi, Pinchincha and El Oro provinces along Ecuador's border with Colombia, to assist sick and vulnerable migrants.
International aid organisations will also assist in the efforts by providing tents, water and food.
This is the first time a state of emergency has been declared in these provinces. It will stay in place until at least the end of August.

Special measures

A number of Latin American countries are introducing special measures to cope with migration from Venezuela, which is led by President Nicolas Maduro and is suffering from ongoing political, social and economic crises.
In August, former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, granted 440,000 Venezuelan refugees temporary residency permits, which allow them to study, work and get medical care in Colombia.
Brazil declared a state of emergency in May and briefly closed its northern border with Venezuela on Tuesday.
Argentina has taken in some 31,167 Venezuelans under a law that allows foreign nationals to remain in the country "when there are exceptional reasons of a humanitarian nature".

Uncertainty in the country 

Meanwhile, Venezuela's pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly revoked the immunity of opposition lawmakers Julio Borges and Juan Requesens for allegedly masterminding what the president called an assassination attempt against him.
Requesens was seized by intelligence officers overnight, while Venezuela's Supreme Court ordered Borges' arrest.
Maduro said in a broadcast that Borges was living in neighbouring Colombia.
A drone loaded with explosives on Saturday detonated near a military event where Maduro was giving a speech. The president escaped unharmed but seven people were wounded.
Attorney General Tarek William Saab said moves were being made to put Requesens on trial, while Maduro is pressing Colombia and the US to extradite opposition figures, including Borges.
Borges, who on Tuesday attended the swearing-in of Colombia's new president, Ivan Duque, called Maduro's accusation against him "a farce."
Translation: Nicolas Maduro you have accused me of the economic war, of the cash crisis, of the hyperinflation, of the generalised scarcity.. And now of the farce of the attack?  You do not cheat anyone. You are the only one to blame for the tragedy of the country, Borges wrote in Twitter. 
Julio Borges ✔ @JulioBorges
Replying to @JulioBorges
.@NicolasMaduro me has acusado de la guerra económica, de la crisis del efectivo, de la hiperinflación, de la escasez generalizada, de trata de blancas ¿Y ahora de la farsa del atentado? No engañas a nadie. El único culpable de la tragedia del país eres tú.


These events came as Venezuela's economy continues to struggle, the International Monetary Fund projects inflation could top 1 million percent this year.

The currency has fallen 99.99 percent against the US dollar on the black market since Maduro came to power in April 2013.
Many Venezuelans are choosing to leave their country as the recession is now entering its fifth year. 
Maduro blames the crisis on an economic war led by opposition leaders with the help of Washington, which last year levied several rounds of sanctions against his administration.

Ecuador declares state of emergency over Venezuela migrant influx

14-year-old Ethan Sonneborn who isn't old enough to vote, let alone drive, is running for governor's seat in Vermont, US.

According to NDTV, the Vermont Democrat is taking advantage of a quirk in the constitution of the bucolic northeastern state that imposes no age limit on running for governor.
Candidates only have to have lived in Vermont for at least four years, and Sonneborn has lived in Vermont for 14-years.

In a recent televised gubernatorial forum, the teenager said: "I think Vermonters should take me seriously because I have practical progressive ideas, and I happen to be 14, not the other way around. I think that my message and my platform transcend age."

Ethan will face a crowded field of adult rivals in Tuesday's Democratic gubernatorial primary.
His rivals include Christine Hallquist, running to become America's first transgender governor, James Ehlers, a Navy veteran and environmentalist, and Brenda Siegel, the executive director of a dance festival.


Meet the 14-year-old running for Governor in the US







Tatiana Degirmendzhy, 49, a Russian woman has confessed to murdering her 18-year-old daughter with an axe because the teenager was 'too argumentative'.

She reportedly attacked her daughter, Yulia while she was asleep in their home in Chaykovsky. The mother reportedly hit her sleeping daughter several times with an axe.

The mother later said: 'If I had had seven daughters like her [Yulia], I would have killed them all.' The suspect said she committed the murder on the basis of personal dislike

A police spokesperson commenting on the matter said: 'The investigation found that during the last three months the suspect and the victim had been constantly in domestic conflicts.

Russian woman kills her 18-year old daughter in her sleep because she argues too much

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