Nigerians Making Huge Sales From World Cup Fever

Less than six days before the 20th FIFA World Cup kicks off in Brazil, Nigerian traders are saying they are bumper says on their goods.

The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that electronics and electrical appliances dealers at Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos State are the ones reaping the benefits the most.

It was gathered at the market that traders have been making good sales since some weeks ago because of the global football competition.

Some of the traders who spoke to NAN on the impact of the imminent competition on their businesses said they foresaw better sales ahead.

“Football is a culture in Nigeria and anything that can enable us to catch a glimpse of the World Cup feast will be sought for.

“For the past few days now, the demand for the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) type of television sets have increased unlike what the situation was few months ago,” Mr Obinna Ojiego, a television seller said.

According to him, the increase in sale of electronics shows the huge interests Nigerians attach to football and especially to the world cup.

Another dealer, Uzo Onukwe, disclosed that with the competition few days away, he has been recording sales of five to 10 Flat Screen sets daily.

Onukwe informed that 'we always look forward to World Cup to make more sales'.

“Although there is no prize hike of the products, the joy of it is that the turnover is impressive at a faster rate,” he added.

A generator set seller, Mr Nzube Umeh, also stated that he had noticed an improved sales because of the forthcoming World Cup.

“The incessant power outage in the country has made Nigerians who do not want their watching matches on television to be disrupted during the competition have resorted to purchasing electricity generating sets.

“In anticipation of the competition and its accruing increase in sales, I have placed order for new products of good qualities,” Umeh said.

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Collins Orji, an electronic technician, also confirmed that the level of his patronage had increased for some weeks now.  

The 2014 World Cup will begin on 12 June and end 13 July, 2014.

Nigeria's Super Eagles are drawn in Group F along side Argentina, Iran and Bosnia Herzegovina.

The Nigerian team, who are presently in camping in the USA, would play a warm up match against the Americans on Saturday after they recently played out a 2-2 and 0-0 draws against Scotland and Greecerespectively.
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JAMB Releases UTME Result, Few Score Above 250

The 2014 result for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted on Paper Pencil Test (PPT) and Dual Based Test (DBT) which held on the 12th April, 2014 has been released by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The registrar, Prof Dibu Ojerinde who made this known on Thursday at a news conference in Bwari, Abuja, said a total of 1,015,504 results were released out of the 1.5 million that registered.
Out of over one million (1,015,504) candidates that sat for the
 exam, only 47 per cent scored 250 and above, 315,401 candidates scored between 170 to 199 points, 108,488 candidates scored between 200 to 249 points, 275, 282 candidates scored below 150 points,

122,159 scored between 150 to 159 points while 115,456 scored 160 to 169 points in the PPT mode.

He said the board invalidated 36,164 results, 2,494 results have been withheld due to various examination malpractice and 37,315 were absent. Also eight centres in Abia, Rivers, Ebonyi and Imo States have been indicted by the board for extorting from N500 – N1,000 from the applicants.

The board’s helmsman pledged that the culprits will be dealt with. Other candidates who opted for the Computer-Based Tests (CBT) await their turn and will begin to sit for their own examination in the 256 centres scattered all over and outside the country from Saturday,17th May-Saturday,31st May, 2014.

JAMB has said that this will be the last time they will conducting the paper pencil test. From next year, it will be all CBT as it will help eradicate examination malpractice.

hmmnn! :-/

Man Stabs, Rapes Mother, Beheads Her Baby Son In Ogun

A middle aged man was arrested for raping a woman and beheading her two-year-old son in Ofada town in Obafemi/Owode local government area of Ogun State. The suspect, identified as ‎Mamodu Bashir Ibrahim, allegedly had a carnal knowledge of the mother of the boy, while she detoured to ease herself in a bush in the town. The police reported that the rapist trailed his victim into the bush, pounced on her and dragged the woman into an uncompleted building. All this time the baby was being tied to her back. The man raped the woman, and then stabbed her. The monster has also cut the boy’s head off. A passer by frightened the suspect. He has initially escaped, so it was possible to rescue the woman. But nothing could have been done for the boy. He was dead and his severed head had been taken away. The knife with which the suspect perpetrated the act was discovered at the scene. Further investigation by the police revealed that the murderer had sold the head of the boy to a woman in Ibadan. The detectives from the State Police Command are currently on the trail of the buyer. Journalists spoke with the monster-man at the scene of the crime, which was filled with blood stains. Ibrahim confirmed he raped the woman, killed her son and severe his head which he claimed he threw away into the bush.‎ He also informed the detectives that he has an accomplice, who resides in Ibadan.‎

Wonders will never seize to end!  

Strike Will End Soon - Nyesom Wike

The Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike has assured Nigerians that the ongoing strikes by the Academic Staff Union Of Polytechnics (ASUP) and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) will soon be over.

Adding to the statement Wike said that President Goodluck Jonathan has personally intervened to resolve the conflict.

It would be recalled that the lecturers in Nigeria’s public polytechnics have been on a nationwide strike since October 4 because of a series of unmet demands, and COEASU has been on industrial action since December 2013.

Wike said: "No government will be happy that students are roaming the street. We must promise what is practicable. Not just making promises without fulfilling them. Be rest assured that it will be resolved."

Hmnn... Na wa oh! This is that discrimination we have been talking about... this is 6 months and counting

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Exclusive: Arsenal In Secret Talks To Sign Man City Striker Stevan Jovetic

Gunners still keen on Montenegrin ace.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has been locked in
secret talks with Manchester City counterpart
Manuel Pellegrini as he tries to secure a deal for
misfiring striker Stevan Jovetic.

Pellegrini wes not thought to be too keen on letting
the player leave for a rival club, but the City
board have told him that if his time at the club is
not productive then they would prefer a quick sale
so as to reinvest the cash in other areas of the
squad instead.
Jovetic joined City in the summer for a fee of
around £22m from Serie A giants Fiorentina.
However, injury problems coupled with the form of
Alvaro Negredo and Sergio Aguero have kept him
away from the starting XI and reduced him to
just three appearances in the league, though he
did bag a brace in the club's 5-0 victory over
Wigan Athletic in the Capital One Cup.
Arsenal had been looking into the possibility of
bringing him to the Emirates before the end of the
previous campaign, but Wenger instead opted to
try and bring Gonzalo Higauin to the club
instead, but missed out when he left for Napoli.

Jovetic is nearing full fitness after a hamstring
problem kept him sidelined throughout the
Christmas period, but with City already 6-0 up
on aggregate in the tie he has seen it as the ideal
opportunity to slowly integrate him back into
playing.
Despite his only action for City coming in dribs
and drabs, he did show what he can do against
England during the World Cup qualifiers last
year, and Wenger has seen enough of him
already to believe that he is worth the chance.
So far no fee has been mentioned, though sources
say that City will be looking for somewhere in the
region of £18m.

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