Tuesday, 7 June 2016

Naira Down to #357 per 1$

The Naira on Monday weakened further against the dollar at the parallel market, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

The currency exchanged at N357 for a dollar as against N350 it traded on Friday.

However, the naira maintained stability with the Pounds Sterling and Euro, trading at N505 and N397 to each of them, respectively.

Meanwhile, pending the release of modalities for the operation of the proposed flexible exchange rate, the official rate remained at N197 to a dollar.

Traders at the market decried the delay in the release of modalities as proposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

They expressed optimism that a flexible exchange rate would rejuvenate the market.

Source: Vanguard

Good News!!! Barcelona Star, Lionel Messi Triumphs In Court

Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi has won his court case in Spain in a libel suit he filed against a journalist that wrote an article against him in Spain.

According to ESPN ,reports from Spain say that Messi has been awarded nearly €65,000 in damages in a libel action and he has donated the money to charity.

The case was taken after a Madrid-based journalist, Alfonso Ussia, wrote an article in La Razon after Messi’s Argentina lost to Germany in the 2014 World Cup final.

Ussia had criticised Messi’s form and made reference to the hormone treatment the forward received as a youngster by describing him as “Nandrolono.” The Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona court found that the article went outside the bounds of an opinion piece and ruled that La Razon, its editor Francisco Marhuenda and Ussia must pay €64,590.79 to the player. The money is to be donated to the charity Doctors without Borders.

The judgment said the views expressed in the article are “unnecessary and impertinent for the exposition of the ideas or opinions that the journalist attempts to transmit in the article, and are objectively insulting and offensive bearing in mind the dimension of the player’s public image and the pluralism, tolerance and open spirit that should reign in a modern society.” Messi left his home city of Rosario to join Barcelona aged 13 as the Catalan club were prepared to pay for the $900-a-month hormone treatment he needed to grow sufficiently to become a professional player.

This treatment did not breach any regulations and the 28-year-old has never failed a doping test over the course of his career.

Dr Mohammed Sani Idiagbon, pictured above, who was the Head of Department of the University of Ilorin, has reportedly resigned from office after an audio where he was asking for sexual favors from one of his students named Faith, leaked online.

According to Sahara Reporters, who leaked the audio last week, Faith is a 200 level student of his department who had gone to him regarding her score for a continuous assessment test he set for her class sometime ago.

In the audio, Dr Idiagbon could be heard telling Faith to allow him touch her breast.

Faith then told him that her breast is paining her because she was having her menstrual cycle.

She also told him that the office was not conducive for such act. The lecturer then told Faith to lock the office door so they could have privacy which she did but still resisted his advances.

Angered by her reluctance, Dr. Idiagbon told her she is not the only one and so she should not feel so special and eventually told her to leave the office and not return. Reacting to the incident, the University’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, confirmed the incident to Sahara Reporters, saying Dr. Idiagbon has resigned after he was suspended and removed as the head of the English department. He also refused to honor an invitation of the Staff Disciplinary Committee, choosing instead to resign.

Akogun further stated that the university is investigating the matter and will ensure that the lecturer is duly punished if found guilty of the allegations against him. In his words, “The university frowns against s*xual harassment or any other harassment at that. The university is making necessary investigation and once we are done, the culprit will be brought to book.” The sub-dean of school’s student affairs, Dr. Yussuf, said the case was reported to the Students’ Support Centre shortly after the Easter break in April. Listen to the audio below…

[Video] Lil’ Kesh Cries Out Over Greedy Music Industry

”Shoki”crooner and YAGI CEO, Keshinro Ololade popularly known as Lil Kesh has lamented that the Nigerian music industry is full of unhelpful people.

The singer, who was formerly signed to YBNL, revealed that the music industry is filled with greedy people that are not ready to help anybody, rather they are all searching for their own gains.

He said:-”The basic truth is in this industry, nobody is here to help u, everybody is looking for their own selfish gains, nobody wanst to grow an artiste.

Nobody sees an upcoming star and says ‘’oh i like this boy let me invest in him and see if i can make the world a better place.’’ They have more advantages to it than the artiste so at the end, they give crappy contract and crappy percentage. The truth is nobody is out there to help you.” The star also talked about not receiving the Headies’ Next Rated Award which caused a huge rift between his then label YBNL and Don Jazzy’s Mavins.

He however claimed he is already over it and does not believe in award committees as politics is a strong vice affecting most of the award committees in Nigeria.

The singer said:-“If my son asks me, ‘Dad, why don’t you have an award’, I prefer to tell him, you see that Lamborghini, that’s my award."

Download Video below:-

Download

NYSC Finally Announces Date For 2016 Batch ‘A’ Stream 2 Orientation Course

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Monday, announced that the orientation course for 2016 Batch ‘A’ stream 2 for prospective corps members will begin on Monday, June 13, 2016. This was disclosed in a statement by the scheme.

The statement: The Management of the National Youth Service Corps wishes to inform all prospective Corps members that the President, Commander-in-chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved and released funds to the Scheme to hold its planned Orientation course.

Consequently, Management of the Scheme has scheduled the 2016 Batch A Stream 11 Orientation course to commence from MONDAY 13th JUNE to WEDNESDAY 29th JUNE 2016 Nationwide. Prospective Corps members are expected to log on to the NYSC Portal to commence printing of their Call-up letters from TUESDAY, 7th JUNE 2016 by 12 noon as the earlier printed Call-up letters are now invalid. While those who did not subscribe for online printing should start collection of Call-up letters from THURSDAY 9th JUNE from their various institutions of graduation.

Management also wishes to thank all stakeholders in exercising patience for this new date and wishes all prospective Corps members a hitch free orientation exercise.

It will be recalled that the scheme had earlier postponed the orientation course due to unavailability of funds.

UNILAG Plans BIG For Students’ Welfare

Deputy Dean I, Students’ Affairs of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr. Karo Ogbinaka, on Monday assured students of the institution that their accommodation problems would soon be over.

Deputy Dean who disclosed this in an interview with the newsmen in Lagos said that the university management was taking necessary steps to ensure the comfort and improvement in the welfare of the students.

He noted that all the halls awarded in 2015 had reached an advanced stage and would be completed soon, adding that El-Kanemi Hall was undergoing a total reconstruction as it was being converted from wooden bungalow structures to concrete ensuite type.

According to him, the ongoing renovation and reconstruction of projects involving two major halls for male undergraduate students, Shodeinde, and El Kanemi Halls, were being carried out by the Federal Government. His words: “I want to state that work on the projects has indeed been ongoing, but I cannot state specifically when it will be completed.

“Most specifically, work at the Shodeinde Hall has reached an advanced stage and we are expecting a speedy completion in order to cushion the effects of accommodation challenge on campus. “These two projects are part of the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ struggle of the NEEDS assessment. “The Shodeinde Hall, for example, is being reconstructed with the state-of-the-art facilities that will comprise separate toilets and bathrooms en-suite,’’ he added. He, however, urged the Federal Government to put pressure on the contractors handling the projects so as to speed up efforts to ensure that all the projects are delivered and put to good use on time.

2016 NYSC Batch A (Stream II) Orientation To Commence Next Week

Statement shared via their official Twitter handle..

The NYSC Management wishes to inform all prospective Corps members that President Buhari has approved and released funds to the Scheme to hold its planned Orientation course.

Consequently, Management of the Scheme has scheduled the 2016 Batch A Stream II Orientation course to commence from Monday 13th June to Wednesday 29th June 2016 Nationwide.

Prospective Corps members are expected to log on to d NYSC Portal to commence printing of their Call-up letters from TUESDAY (7/6/16) by 12noon as the Call-up letters printed earlier are now invalid.

Sdtrendsblog

Pages