University Of Ibadan Students Release First Poetry Anthology

A group of students from Nigeria’s Premier Varsity, University of Ibadan (UI), have launched a platform called UitesCreate.
The platform seeks to promote the school’s students and alumni who are exploring and excelling at the spheres of Art, Technology, Business and so on.
The first project from UitesCreate would be unveiled virtually Today (Saturday), 13th August 2016, and it is tagged “The UitesWrite Anthology.”
It is a collection of over 200 poems which were selected from about 400 submissions from poets in the university student and alumni community.
The project, which started around September 2015, has materialised into a digital book, which would be available for free download on UitesCreate.org as from Saturday.
Dr. Olayinka Egbokhare, the Author of Dazzling Mirage which was adapted into a blockbuster movie by Tunde Kelani, wrote the foreword of the book.
She wrote: ”The journey took me like in a swirl through curves and crevices, and streets broad and narrow and left me richer than when the journey began.
“It is refreshing to see intending Pharmacists, Doctors, Engineers and other scientists become word -smiths who succeeded in breathing fresh air into this favourite pastime of many sages.”

The UitesCreate platform was founded by Dolapo Amusat, a final-year student of Electrical Engineering, and Habeeb Kolade, a graduate of Mechanical Engineering and the team consists of Ibrahim Oredola (Law), Moyosore Orimoloye (Pharmacy), Darafunmi Olanrewaju (Law), Kelechi Ogueji (Industrial Engineering), Kunle Adebajo (Law) and Rasaq Malik Gbolahan (English).
The founders believe that Unibadan students have what it takes to positively affect the immediate society and the world at large with incremental steps, and this is encompassed in their apt catchphrase: What starts here changes the world. They have several other exciting projects lined up on UitesCreate.
Visit UitesCreate.org, to download the UitesWrite Anthology and subscribe to be part of history as it is being made.

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Veteran Actor, Pete Edochie Reacts Angrily To Social Media Impersonators

Veteran actor, Pete Edochie, is angry at social media impersonators who reportedly used his name to activate social media accounts and ascribe invented comments to him. He stated the number of instances where misinformed and malicious statements were attributed to him, including rumours that his son died on a movie set.
“Right now, I’m watching football in my house, but as I speak to you, some people are posting on Facebook or Twitter, using my name and picture.” He said
“It’s either they are talking about politics, state of the nation, ascribing series of proverbs to me or using my name to counsel people about marriage.”
“Someone asked me how I had time to put plenty proverbs on Facebook. I told the person I wasn’t responsible for them and that I didn’t even have a Facebook account, and she couldn’t believe it.”
“Some people said I sat with Mourinho in one of the profile pictures and that I was telling him the gods were angry with him. Then, they posted another one that Buhari came to consult with me in my shrine.”
“From time to time, you would hear or read that Pete Edochie died in London or on location. In our culture, if people wish you dead, you’d attend the person’s funeral.”
“I’m satisfied with what life has given me. I don’t envy anybody and I don’t want to be anybody. I just want to be left alone as Pete Edochie.”
Other stories attributed to Edochie included having misunderstanding with Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who he claimed has no ties with him.
According to the actor, he has never been involved in politics, so comments linking him to Ekweremadu came as a shocking surprise.
“Somebody woke me up a few days ago and pointed my attention to what was written in my name about (Senator Ike) Ekweremadu.”
“I was surprised. I don’t know him neither do I have any issue with him. Again, few days ago, it was also posted that Federal Government needed me for something. All the nonsense people write about me, I’m not happy about it.”
“I’m not a politician, and I am not the only actor in this country. Throughout the campaign during the last general election, I didn’t campaign for anybody, yet on the social media you see people using my name to express support for one candidate or the other.”
The “Narrow Escape” actor is also not impressed about the fact that those who use his name to perpetrate the act of impersonation have poor grammar skills.
“I speak very good English, and those posting those things in my name write in the way I can never write. That is the saving grace.”
“Just recently, someone informed me that he saw somewhere in my name that I wrote on one of these platforms that people should come and pay N50,000, as according to them, I was organising a programme. What programme?”
The actor has quite a list of experiences related to such cases and has revealed his dissatisfaction concerning them.

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Juventus Puts Higuan On Special Weight Loss Diet

uventus have put Gonzalo Higuain on special diet in a plan to make the striker shed some fat. Gonzalo Higuain who signed for Juventus earlier this summer for the record fee of £78million has being asked to through a special diet plan as he arrived at the Italian champions a bit overweight. The club became more concerned with the striker’s current phsique as he took part in the club pre-season match against West ham. Higuain who scored an historic 36 goals for Napoli last season was touted by Major European clubs before agreeing to join Juventus will be required to undergo a diet ahead of the start of new season under Massimiliano Allegri who will be keen to have his point-man at optimal level as they contest for the UEFA champions league trophy once more. Weight issues seem to be taken seriously by managers as Antonio Conte and Pep Guardiola who have also hammered on weight problems in their teams. In times past, top clubs have employed the services of specialists to handle the diet and nutrition of their players in order to get the players to optimal performance level. Higuain have being at the centre of Banter from fans due to his recent wieght problems, the former Real Madrid star will hope to be in good shape ahead of a crucial Serie A aand Champions League. Thanks for reading.

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ASUU Okays Admission Screening In Varsities

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday disclosed that the union has agreed and satisfied with the ongoing admission screening process in some universities across the country. The National President of ASUU, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, made this known while speaking with the News Agency in Lagos. He said, ”I want to say that so far, we are satisfied with the screening procedure. We cannot be in all the institutions at a time, but reports reaching us and from our observations, the universities are on the right track. “You see, no dictation from outside the universities can stop the institutions’ from doing this screening. It is part of the procedures spelt out by the Senate of the various universities for admission of candidates. “Government can only provide guidelines such as quota for the academically less-advantaged areas, but the issue of merit is strictly for the universities to determine.’’ Ogunyemi, however, urged the universities not to lose focus in ensuring that only qualified candidates were admitted into the respective programmes in the institutions. Adding that the screening will raise the quality of undergraduates which will transform to quality graduates.Thanks for reading.

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Pope Francis Visits Ex-Nigerian Prostitutes. STRANGE!!!

Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church on Friday payed a surprise visit seven former Nigerian prostitutes who were rescued from forced prostitution. Also visited by the Pope were 20 former prostitutes from different countries. Apart from the Nigerians, six are from Romania, four from Albania, and the rest from Tunisia, Italy and Ukraine. Pope Francis described human trafficking as “a crime against humanity”, as he sat with the women for over an hour, listening to their stories. The visit fell under what has been termed Francis’ ‘Fridays of Mercy’, which see him carry an unscheduled act of mercy on a Friday in the month. This takes place mainly in or near Rome throughout the pope’s Jubilee year, which started in December and runs to November. “Today’s visit by Pope Francis is another call to conscience to fight the trafficking of human beings, which the Holy Father has on several occasions defined as a crime against humanity,” the Vatican said in a statement. Thanks for reading.

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Former Teammate Reveals What Pogba Left In his Locker At Juve

Patrice Evra has taken jibes at former teammate, Paul Pogba due to the mess he left in his locker before making the world-record switch to Manchester United. It appears Paul Pogba was not prepared for a move from Juventus before he departed Italy for France earlier this summer for the Euro tournament as Evra posted a picture of what he left in his locker in Juventus. Evra in a social media post revealed what the Frenchman left in his locker, with a caption: “@paulpogba You should have at least emptied your locker… I hope you are not expecting me to bring you your Stuff to Manchester!!!”.  In swift response, Pogba said: “Of course you need to bring me my stuff Uncle Pat!”. pogba Patrice Evra who is a former United player had a wonderful time at the Old Trafford wining multiple titles under manager Alex Ferguson, he may be relishing a chance to pay Paul Pogba a visit in Manchester to bring back happy memories. Paul Pogba is not expected to play for Manchester United against Bournemouth due to a one-match ban which was transferred from Italy during the Coppa Italia last season for Juventus. Thanks for reading.

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Judge Handling Saraki’s Forgery Case Is Dead

Evoh Chukwu, a justice of the federal high court, Abuja, who presided over the alleged forgery case against Senate President Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president is dead. A statement issued by Emmanuel Gako, the court’s chief registrar, Chukwu stated that the judge died after a brief illness.
The statement said the court has declared Thursday a work free day in honour of the departed judge, adding that all court registrars had been directed to adjourn cases that were initially slated for hearing on Thursday to ensure total compliance. Chukwu was born on August 24, 1964 in Afikpo north local government area (LGA) of Ebonyi state and was appointed a judge of the court on January 23, 2008. Chukwu, until his death, was hearing a suit filed by some senators who opposed the leadership of the 8th senate, alleging that the senate standing order used for the election of Saraki and Ekweremadu was forged. The deceased was also handling the trial of Murtala Nyako, former governor of Adamawa state, over allegations of abuse of office and economic crimes by leveled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

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