Nigeria: National U-17 Games to Replace NSF, Says Abdullahi

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The National Sports Commission (NSC) said Monday that the proposed National U-17 Games, would now replace the National Sports Festival (NSF) in talent discovery in the country.

Sports Minister, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, said in Abuja that the NSF had failed to achieve its primary objective of discovering budding talents.

“Do you know the average age of athletes that competed at the 18th NSF in Lagos?

“I set up a monitoring team to discover new talents for us at the festival and the committee came up with the list of new talents and the average age was 24.

“At 24, Usain Bolt had already done two Olympics; so, if it is at the age of 24 you want to start discovering talents, then it’s too late,” Abdullahi said.

According to the minister, the bi-annual NSF would now be thrown open to elite athletes, while the U-17 Games beginning this year as an annual event, would involve children in schools.

“These children have the opportunity to compete twice at the U-17 games before they now go to the biennial NSF which will be an open event.

“We are not introducing anything new; we are only saying, let us rediscover the framework that has worked for Nigeria.

“That’s my argument and I am convinced it’s the best way to go,” he added.

Abdullahi also disclosed that the U-17 Games would feature all sports disciplines, while the NSF would feature sports that the country would participate in at international competitions.

“There is probably nothing you can do to stop a man who is determined to cheat.

“However, what you can do is to try to set up a system that could at least limit the opportunity for cheating in that regard.

“If you are not in school, you will not be part of the U-17 games, though some people don’t agree with me on this because they believe there are so many talented children that are not in school.

“We have run the Universal Basic Education since 1999; if you want to encourage other children to be in school (basic education), we should stop making excuses for those who are not in school.

“If one is in school, it means we will have access to the age filled by the child when he or she entered school,” Abdullahi added.

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Nigeria: How Customs Can Help Eradicate Poverty

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As part of poverty eradication efforts, governments world over are now deploying various strategies and institutions to arrest social vices and improve the living standards of their citizens by ensuring economic growth.

One of the institutions that have been identified around the world as relevant to poverty eradication through its dual functions as security agent and revenue collector is the Customs Service.

Customs Service generally support their countries to among other things, combat illegal commercial activities and trade in illicit goods, infraction on intellectual property rights and illegal international trade in endangered species.

They also fight against illegal trade in arms and ammunitions, money laundering, trafficking of illicit drugs, illegal trading of cultural artefacts, importation of pornographic, toxic, hazardous and such dangerous materials or substances.

While presenting a paper entitled “Integrity as Panacea to Poverty Shackles in Nigeria: the role of the Nigerian Customs Service,” at the recent Comptroller-General’s Annual Conference, in Katsina State, Dr Ibrahim Yusuf El-ladan of the Department of Geography, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina, maintained that “looking at these roles, it would not be out of place in asserting that the Customs, as an institution is key to solving global myriads of social crises, turning around the entire global economy and thus, disentangling the human race from the shackles of poverty.”

He said the NCS which came into being in 1891 and saddled with the responsibility of revenue collection and accounting for the revenue collected must possess high level integrity to deliver this responsibility which will go a long way in eradicating poverty.

With the Service today having a wider range of responsibilities which includes implementation of government fiscal measures, generation of statistical data for planning purposes, trade facilitation, implementation of bilateral and multilateral agreements entered into by government, there is even the greater need for the possession of high level integrity.

According to El-Ladan, out of the four strategies of economic liberalisation, investments in capital and technology, aids and transparent institutions that have been recognised as imperative in alleviating poverty, the Nigerian  Customs Service has direct significant roles to play in at least three of them which are economic liberalisation, investment in capital and technology and transparent institution.

He noted that extending property rights to the poor was one of the most important poverty reduction strategies a nation could adopt. Securing property rights to land, the largest asset for most societies, he said, is vital to their economic freedom.

He also noted that for the poor, overwhelming importance is placed on having a safe place to save money, much more so than receiving loans and since trade liberalisation increases total surplus of trading nations and foreign investments while export industries help fuel the economic expansion of fast growing nations, the NCS has a role to play since its functions include implementation of government fiscal measures, generation of statistical data for planning purposes, trade facilitation and implementation of bilateral and multilateral agreements entered into by government.

On investments in capital and technology, El-ladan noted that the Service has a role to support the nation in combating illegal commercial activities and trade in illicit goods as well as illegal international trade in endangered species. It also has the responsibility of combating illegal trade in arms and ammunition, money laundering, trafficking of illicit drugs, illegal trading of cultural artefacts, importation of toxic and hazardous substances to ensure safe and robust investments in human and physical capitals as well as in relevant technology.  

For example, he noted that cell phone technology today brings the market to the poor and rural population, adding that with necessary information, remote farmers can produce specific crops to sell to buyers that bring the best price.

Furthermore, El-ladan in his paper, noted that the Service can help government achieve transparency in government institutions through its function of implementation of bilateral and multilateral agreements entered into by government as well as collaborative functions with other agencies such as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigeria Police, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).

He said that these collaborative efforts can help keep checks on banks and similar financial institutions where funds from money laundering and tax evasion as well as funds linked to terrorism are stashed.

This is against the background that where there is lack of transparency, sometimes, funds from aids and natural resources are often diverted into private hands and sent to banks overseas as a result of graft.

El-ladan, however, noted that efforts to deliver on these enormous challenges may have informed why the present Comptroller-General of the Service, AbdullahiDikko and his team are on the alert and revolutionising the Service with modern day technologies with a view to delivering on its mandate as they cannot be delivered without discipline and integrity among its officers and men.

While calling on citizens and other institutions to give the NCS all necessary support to achieve higher feats than they have so far achieved, El-ladan noted that authentic records have shown that the Nigerian Customs Service of today is more than capable of delivering its statutory mandate, adding that these records have revealed that the strengths of the Service are comparable to those of any of its contemporaries.

Key among the Services strengths according to him, is a crop of well trained professionals, an efficient and effective risk management system, exchange of information and intelligence as well as collaborations with the world Customs Organisation (WCO) and the adoption of international best practices.

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Nigeria: How Customs Can Help Eradicate Poverty

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As part of poverty eradication efforts, governments world over are now deploying various strategies and institutions to arrest social vices and improve the living standards of their citizens by ensuring economic growth.

One of the institutions that have been identified around the world as relevant to poverty eradication through its dual functions as security agent and revenue collector is the Customs Service.

Customs Service generally support their countries to among other things, combat illegal commercial activities and trade in illicit goods, infraction on intellectual property rights and illegal international trade in endangered species.

They also fight against illegal trade in arms and ammunitions, money laundering, trafficking of illicit drugs, illegal trading of cultural artefacts, importation of pornographic, toxic, hazardous and such dangerous materials or substances.

While presenting a paper entitled “Integrity as Panacea to Poverty Shackles in Nigeria: the role of the Nigerian Customs Service,” at the recent Comptroller-General’s Annual Conference, in Katsina State, Dr Ibrahim Yusuf El-ladan of the Department of Geography, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina, maintained that “looking at these roles, it would not be out of place in asserting that the Customs, as an institution is key to solving global myriads of social crises, turning around the entire global economy and thus, disentangling the human race from the shackles of poverty.”

He said the NCS which came into being in 1891 and saddled with the responsibility of revenue collection and accounting for the revenue collected must possess high level integrity to deliver this responsibility which will go a long way in eradicating poverty.

With the Service today having a wider range of responsibilities which includes implementation of government fiscal measures, generation of statistical data for planning purposes, trade facilitation, implementation of bilateral and multilateral agreements entered into by government, there is even the greater need for the possession of high level integrity.

According to El-Ladan, out of the four strategies of economic liberalisation, investments in capital and technology, aids and transparent institutions that have been recognised as imperative in alleviating poverty, the Nigerian  Customs Service has direct significant roles to play in at least three of them which are economic liberalisation, investment in capital and technology and transparent institution.

He noted that extending property rights to the poor was one of the most important poverty reduction strategies a nation could adopt. Securing property rights to land, the largest asset for most societies, he said, is vital to their economic freedom.

He also noted that for the poor, overwhelming importance is placed on having a safe place to save money, much more so than receiving loans and since trade liberalisation increases total surplus of trading nations and foreign investments while export industries help fuel the economic expansion of fast growing nations, the NCS has a role to play since its functions include implementation of government fiscal measures, generation of statistical data for planning purposes, trade facilitation and implementation of bilateral and multilateral agreements entered into by government.

On investments in capital and technology, El-ladan noted that the Service has a role to support the nation in combating illegal commercial activities and trade in illicit goods as well as illegal international trade in endangered species. It also has the responsibility of combating illegal trade in arms and ammunition, money laundering, trafficking of illicit drugs, illegal trading of cultural artefacts, importation of toxic and hazardous substances to ensure safe and robust investments in human and physical capitals as well as in relevant technology.  

For example, he noted that cell phone technology today brings the market to the poor and rural population, adding that with necessary information, remote farmers can produce specific crops to sell to buyers that bring the best price.

Furthermore, El-ladan in his paper, noted that the Service can help government achieve transparency in government institutions through its function of implementation of bilateral and multilateral agreements entered into by government as well as collaborative functions with other agencies such as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigeria Police, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).

He said that these collaborative efforts can help keep checks on banks and similar financial institutions where funds from money laundering and tax evasion as well as funds linked to terrorism are stashed.

This is against the background that where there is lack of transparency, sometimes, funds from aids and natural resources are often diverted into private hands and sent to banks overseas as a result of graft.

El-ladan, however, noted that efforts to deliver on these enormous challenges may have informed why the present Comptroller-General of the Service, AbdullahiDikko and his team are on the alert and revolutionising the Service with modern day technologies with a view to delivering on its mandate as they cannot be delivered without discipline and integrity among its officers and men.

While calling on citizens and other institutions to give the NCS all necessary support to achieve higher feats than they have so far achieved, El-ladan noted that authentic records have shown that the Nigerian Customs Service of today is more than capable of delivering its statutory mandate, adding that these records have revealed that the strengths of the Service are comparable to those of any of its contemporaries.

Key among the Services strengths according to him, is a crop of well trained professionals, an efficient and effective risk management system, exchange of information and intelligence as well as collaborations with the world Customs Organisation (WCO) and the adoption of international best practices.

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Bus Conductor Naked Himself In A Fight In Lagos

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Some Lagos bus drivers and conductors really need psychiatric check. The guy pictured above is Ibrahim, a conductor of a commercial bus in the city. During a fight with an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, he got so mad that he naked himself.

Sadly, he ended up stabbing the official, identified as Akingbohungbe Olalekan in the head… I hear the unruly conductor has been charged to court.

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Dance, drums, culture take centre stage at Oyo

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WILL you trade your culture for a plate of porridge, wealth or the glitters of this world? For those who have done so, it is a great disaster because the identity of generations unborn have been lost forever and for those thinking of doing the same, they are on the verge of annihilating the beauty of existence, mental and social pedigree of life.

This mental renaissance and socio-cultural richness was displayed at the Alaafin of Oyo’s palace last Friday, as the City People magazine rolled out drums to celebrate not only the 74th anniversary of Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Adeyemi III, but also the ingenuity of the custodians of the Yoruba culture and heritage.       

The palace gate, wore the looks of celebration as people of different social statuses, old and young, decked in different colourful attires beseiged the palace.

The palace’s courtyard filled to the brim with people wearing different faces of smile prompted by the rich and fascinating cultural display showed that culture is a symbol of unity, barrier breaker and a unique tool for peace and harmony.

For those that were at the courtyard, every performance put together by different groups at the event was a good take home and a rebirth to practically revive, preserve and promote the Yoruba culture ditto unity, love and progress in Nigeria.

In addition, the high point of the event was a cultural presentation of Yoruba hospitality through the display of different core traditional cuisines, by the guest lecturer and a Portuguese, Ms Paula Gomes.

Gomes’ presentation, which focuses on the topic; Reviving Old Oyo Customs and Traditions, highlighted culture as a propeller of economic, social and political development and in a broader sense, said culture promotion attracts tourist, create jobs and generate income.

She gave a vivid administrative order of the old Oyo, founder, progenitor lineage, rulers and their feat in Yoruba history.

“Beginning as a city of Oyo Ile, it rose through the wealth gained from trade with both its African neighbours as well as European nations such as Portugal. Its wealth of military skill, the Oyo Empire was the most politically important Yoruba state from mid-17th to the late 18th century, exercising control in not only the Yoruba states, but also stretching as far as Republic of Benin and Togo.

 “The old Yoruba Empire distinguished itself in three very distinctive models”, first, it evolved a developed and good constitution, though unwritten. The average Yoruba man is governed by strong convention. Secondly, it evolved a military system that allowed developing weaponry; the Oyos were the first to smith iron and produced guns and agricultural implements to boost food production by the iron-smith (Alagbede) . Thirdly, it evolved a practical method of administration, by adopting the cabinet system of governance from the Alaafin to the Prime Minister and the various divisional heads, which brought about the separation of powers, checks and balances

The celebrant, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, who is noted for oratory and historical skill kept the guests at the event spell bound with his eye opening presentation, which took all and sundry on memory lane as he connected the past and present through his sound, reel of significant events and dates in Yoruba history and lands.

The Alaafin commended the City People magazine for not only celebrating him, but also promoting and re-awakening people’s consciousness to the importance of culture.

He described the publisher of the magazine as a humble, respectful and ardent culture promoter, who should be emulated.

On the guest lecturer, the Alaafin said Ms Gomes did not only give a contextual presentation of history, culture and people of the Yoruba nation, but also highlighted the supremacy of the Oyo Kingdom.  

“She is not only a lover of the Yoruba culture, but has also thrown the challenge to us on the importance of reviving our culture.”

To the Publisher of the City People Magazine and organiser of the event, Mr Seye Kehinde, “the Alaafin is a monarch in Yorubaland who we have had a long standing relationship with.”

According to, “aside the fact that historically, Alaafin is one of the exalted and respected traditional rulers in Nigeria, he was also one of those who blessed us when we (City People Magazine) came on the newsstand 16 years ago. So, recently, when he celebrated his 74th birthday; we felt that apart from the merriment, we should also draw attention of people to the need to reviving and displaying Oyo customs and traditions.

“The guest lecturer, Paula Gomes was a lady I ran into at the palace, I realised that she was doing a lot of research work about Oyo and along the same line trying to revive our culture and I thought of having an evening to celebrate Kabiyesi, Oyo and the customs and traditions that needed to be revived.”

Giving a prospective account of the Alaafin, Yoruba the promotion of culture in Nigeria 10 years from now, Kehinde said he sees Nigerians going back to the nitty gritty of culture, which according to him as the last resort at times like these when moral values and norms are fading away.

“As a graduate of History, the cycle of existence and the people we are, are tied to culture and anyone who forgets his or her past, the future becomes cloudy because the past informs the present and the latter informs the future. There is no way we can continue as a nation without going through the past; refreshing our memories of the values of our tradition.

“Like the lecturer said, that even with her passion for the Yoruba culture, she never forgets that she is a Portuguese, so we should gear up to embrace, celebrate and appreciate our origin before any other thing. In this light, I see us going back to our culture because it would help us a great deal.”

Speaking on the eroding of reading culture and the threat it poses to promotion of culture, Mr Kehinde said, ‘it is a big problem and I am worried. Just like I said earlier, as a graduate of History who likes the book culture and ardent lover of serious reading culture, which has been taken over by the advent of internet.

“Notwithstanding, we will continue to use this kind of gathering and other ways to try to involve the younger generation who are addicted to the internet to make them appreciate and carry on the promotion of our culture.”

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Ex Miss World Agbani Darego to marry Timi Alaibe

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Agbani Darego to marry Timi Alaibe -The couple have been dating for a while now

Sources close to the couple have told Daily Times that former Miss World, Agbani Darego, has accepted a marriage proposal from influential Bayelsa politician, Timi Alaibe.

Ibiagbanidokibubo Asenite Darego is one of the elegant ladies Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria Pageant has ever produced.

She was the first black woman to win the Miss World Pageant in 2001.

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Photos: 22 Year Old Nigerian Marries A 68 Year Old German Lady In Lagos

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Photos: 22 Year Old Nigerian Marries A 68 Year Old German Lady In Lagos

 

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Nigerian Girl Dressed Half Naked In Club

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Indecent dressing simply means deliberate exposure of one’s body to the public. This practice is contrary to the acceptable norms and values of the society.
Moral decadence on the other is a reduction in the level of morality in the society. Do you observe that most (ladies) had gone haywire all in the name of the dressing?

The other day I screamed when I saw a girl whose parent barely fed well, dressed with half of her breast and buttocks outside.

The trouser she wore is such that half of her buttock was out, with beads and terrible make ups and I heard her mum telling her “to have a nice day.”

Some girls have been embarrassed and even abused because of their outrageous outfit.Indecent dressing is the major cause of the various assault and sexual harassment recorded in the society, over time. As a result of civilization, Nigeria ladies dress half naked to occasions all in the name of fashion’ and this is contrary to the prestige placed on African women. For instance Nigeria ladies derive pleasure in wearing cloth such as mini skirt, bumper short, armless e.t.c
As a lady you must be cautious of the kind of clothes you put on. Do you know your dress creates impression about you either positively or negatively in the heart of people?
Your dress could show if you are responsible or irresponsible, serious minded or not serious. Dressing in a manner that parents, society and religion frown at is not civilization. The way you dress shows whether you are respected or not.

Most ladies now walk on the street half naked, with tattered clothes all in the name of fashion. Also, some innocent guys have been arrested along with armed robbers just because of the way they dressed.

I see no reason why a child from a good home should relax or keep dreadlocks, piercing his ears all in the name of fashion. There is a saying that “you are addressed because of the way you dressed.”

 

Nowadays, different styles of dressing are in vogue – low west, hot bosom, sagging etc. All these have the society’s moral value to its lowest ebb.

In a nation that is endowed with varieties of culture and traditions, it is annoying seeing this culture and traditions going into extinction. Nigerians find it difficult to dress in their local attire as it is regarded as “old and archaic.”

Indecent dressing is an habit embraced by all ages in the society. It has been inculcated by both the young and the old.

It is common among celebrities, particularly among artistes. This set of people, while on stage will want to look unique and in the process turned themselves into lunatics.

They wear tattered jean with holes, tight fitting shirt, some even go to the extent of wearing ordinary pant while on stage. All this is the cause of juvenile delinquency. Most of the under age children engage in early sex as a result of what they watch on Television as well as what they saw among their older siblings.

Sadly, most ladies have been sexually abused because of their mode of dressing.

The question is: who do we blame for these social malady – the parents, the society or the peer groups

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Ghana Women, Ranked Most Unfaithful In The Whole World, In New Survey

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Malaysia–Malaysians are ranked third in the world for being the most unfaithful partner, reported China Press.

According to a survey, 33 percent of Malaysian men admitted that they were unfaithful to their spouses. Thailand is first at 54 percent while South Korea came in second with 34 percent.

After Malaysia, the countries next on the list were Russia at 32 percent and Hong Kong at 29 percent.

Some 39 percent of Malaysian women also confessed to having betrayed their partners. The top two countries are Ghana at 62 percent and Thailand at 59 percent.

Russian women are the fourth most unfaithful at 33 percent while Singaporeans are fifth at 19 percent.

The survey, conducted by condom manufacturer Durex, was based on interviews with 29,000 people in 36 countries.

It also revealed that Malaysian men have an average of three sex partners in their lives, while those in Singapore and Hong Kong have 16, which is the highest in Asia.

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Can Pope Benedict Be Charged With Traffic Violation?

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The pope’s trip back to his German homeland earlier this year was greeted with cheers and some jeers but now at least one citizen wants the pontiff to be fined for breaking the law.

A fellow-German has decided to file charges against Pope Benedict for allegedly travelling around in his popemobile on the last two days of his  official visit to Germany in September without wearing a seatbelt.

Chirsitan Sunderman, the lawyer representing the unnamed German complainant from Dortmund, told the German daily “Berliner Zeitung” that his client was no anticlerical fanatic but a man on a personal road-safety crusade – concerned about the pope’s safety too. Sunderman explained that since having been in a road accident in which people died some time ago, his client is insistent that authorities and celebrities give good example to others while on visits to Germany.

Two high dignitaries have been cited as eyewitnesses in this road safety violation: the Archbishop of Freiburg, president of the German Bishops Conference, the highest Catholic authority in Germany, and the minister-president of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg which includes the city of Freiburg.

The lawyer, however, admitted he hasn’t worked out how to proceed with the case yet. As Pope Benedict enjoys diplomatic immunity while on foreign visits it is unclear if he can in fact be charged with breaking the laws of the road in his native country like any German citizen.

If the case goes forward the Pope could face a Euro fine of the equivalent of between $40 and $3000.

Pope Benedict usually travels in his specially designed popemobile on his foreign trips at a walking pace to allow visibility by the crowds who show up to greet him along his route or at public ceremonies.

The model he most often uses is produced by the German Mercedez-Benz company which has a seat that can be raised hydraulically to allow for more visibility. It is also fitted with bulletproof glass windows and roof and armored side panels and underbody to protect the Pope from attacks, along with more traditional features including seatbelts. However as the popemobile usually goes at an average speed of 6 miles per hour it is probably considered unnecessary for the pope to use his seatbelt so as to allow him to see and wave to the crowds more freely.

Since Pope John Paul II first used a converted truck to greet the faithful on his first trip back home to Poland as pope, various improved models have been used made by different leading car companies around the world. After the attempt on John Paul II’s life in St. Peter’s square in 1981 while he was travelling in an uncovered popemobile, the focus has been on how to protect the pope from attacks from outside rather than an abrupt braking on his journey by his driver.

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