Sports: Great Footballer Messi Is Now A Father.

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi announced Friday the birth of his first child, Thiago, although the club say he will still play on Saturday .
Messi’s partner, Antonella Roccuzzo, delivered their son at the Dexeus hospital about 700 metres (less than half a mile) from Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium.
“Today I am the happiest man in the world, my son was born and thanks to God for this gift! Thanks to my family for the support! A hug to everyone,” the 25-year-old Argentine said on his Facebook page.
Messi had permission to miss football training in the morning “for a personal matter” on the eve of Barcelona’s home game against Celta de Vigo, Barcelona said in an online statement.
But coach Tito Vilanova said the Argentine is still expected to play at the Camp Nou on Saturday.
“In principle he will be there for the game. It does not change anything that he has not trained for one day, it’s not important,” Vilanova told a news conference.
In an interview published this week, Messi said he will not be pushing Thiago to lace up his football boots as a career.
“He should be whatever he wants to be,” Messi told Spain’s top selling daily Marca.
“When he grows up he will get to know what he wants and what he chooses will be fine for me, for his mother and for everyone.”
Thiago’s arrival caps and no doubt overwhelms a string of good news for Messi in the past week.
The football wonder picked up the Golden Boot award on Monday for scoring 50 goals last season and he is favoured this year to win his fourth Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best footballer.
Last weekend he also scored his 300th career goal.

News: Dangote Has Been Rated The 62nd Richest Man In The World

The President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group of Companies, Mr. Aliko Dangote has been rated  the 62nd richest man in the world with a net worth of $13.5 billion.
According to a report by Bloomberg tagged, ‘The World’s 200 Richest People,’ Dangote is said to be richer than Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, Rupert Murdoch, CEO and founder of News Corporation, Giorgio Armani, founder of Armani designs who were stated as having net worths of $10.7 billion, $10.4 billion and $7.8 billion respectively.

Dangote

In the report, Mexico’s Carlos Slim, Chairman, America Movil SAB Emeritus, emerged the richest, with a net worth of $77.5 billion,  followed by the founder of Microsoft Company Bill Gates who has a net worth of $64.4 billion, while the chairman of Inditex SA, Amancio Ortega, with a net worth of $53.6 billion made the third position.
Others on the top ten list include: Warren Buffett with a net worth of $48.4 billion; Ingvar Kamprad $41.8 billion; Charles Koch, $38.6 billion; David Koch, $38.6 billion; Larry Ellison, $37.2 billion; Christy Walton, $30.5 billion, and Jim Walton with a net worth of $29.3 billion.
However the founder of Facebook Zuckerberg, is ranked 88th on the list, while the owner of Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich, is ranked 51 with a Net worth of $14.7 billion and Sunil Mittal the owner of Bharti Airtel with a net worth of $6.2 billion is ranked 182nd on the list.
On the bottom list are: Walter Faria with a Net worth of $6.1 billion; Leonid Fedun, with a net worth of $6.0 billion; Terry Gou with a net worth of $6.0 billion; Richard LeFrak with a net worth of$6.0 billion; Miuccia Prada Bianchi with a net worth of $6.0 billion; Ivan Glasenberg with a net worth of $6.0 billion; Silvio Berlusconi with a net worth of $6.0 billion; Jeffery Hildebrand with a net worth of $6.0 billion; Shiv Nadar with a net worth of $5.9 billion; Steve Schwarzman with a net worth of $5.8 billion and John Sall with a net worth of $5.8 billion.
Alhaji  Dangote, MFR, GCON, born 10th April 1957 in  Kano, Nigeria, is a self-made business magnate of the Dangote Group, with an estimated net worth of $13.5 billion.
Born into a wealthy Hausa-Muslim family, his mother Mariya Sanusi Dantata was the granddaughter of legendary Hausa businessman Alhassan Dantata, and his father Mohammed Dangote was Dantata’s business associate.
Dangote had an early interest in business: “I can remember when I was in primary school, I would go and buy cartons of sweets [sugar boxes] and I would start selling them just to make money. I was so interested in business, even at that time.” he said during an interview.
He attended the Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt where he studied business,and later returned to Nigeria to work with his uncle Sanusi Abdulkadir Dantata who eventually gave him a business loan of N500,000 when he was just 21 years old.
The Dangote Group, originally a small trading firm founded in 1977, is now a multi-trillion naira conglomerate with operations in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo.
Dangote’s businesses include food processing, cement manufacturing, and freight. The Dangote Group dominates the sugar market in Nigeria: it is the major sugar supplier to the country’s soft drink companies, breweries, and confectioners.
Dangote Group has moved from being a trading company to Nigeria’s largest industrial group including: Dangote Sugar Refinery,, Dangote Cement, and Dangote Flour amongst others.
Today, Dangote Group dominates the sugar market in Nigeria and Dangote Sugar Refinery is the main supplier (70 per cent of the market) to the country’s soft drinks companies, breweries and confectioners.
It is the largest refinery in Africa and the third largest in the world producing 800,000 tonnes of sugar annually. Dangote Group also owns salt factories and flour mills and is a major importer of rice, fish, pasta, cement and fertilizer. The company also exports cotton, cashew nuts, cocoa, sesame seed and ginger to several countries.
Dangote Group also has major investments in real estate, banking, transport, textiles and oil and gas. It employs over 11,000 people and is the largest industrial conglomerate in West Africa.

News: New Airtel Nigeria, CEO Is Now Segun Ogunsanya.

Nairobi-Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the appointment of Segun Ogunsanya as the Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Networks Ltd, Nigeria (“Airtel Nigeria”).
Mr. Ogunsanya, who will be responsible for defining and delivering the business strategy and providing overall leadership for Airtel Nigeria, will report to Manoj Kohli, CEO (International) and Joint MD, Bharti Airtel. The appointment is effective November 26, 2012.
He takes over from Rajan Swaroop, who has successfully led operations at Airtel Nigeria for the past two years. Rajan will be appointed as Non-Executive Director on the Board of Airtel Nigeria following the completion of the transition process and will continue to work closely with the Airtel Nigeria leadership team.
Dr. Oba Otudeko, Chairman, Airtel Nigeria, said of the appointment:  “I am pleased at the appointment of Mr. Ogunsanya as the Chief Executive Officer and look forward to working with him towards making Airtel the most loved brand in the daily lives of Nigerians. It is our resolve to continue building a robust pipeline of local talents in Nigeria as part of Bharti Airtel’s Africa Leadership Initiative. I have been impressed by the outstanding leadership qualities of Mr. Swaroop who has laid a solid foundation, during his tenure, for the long term growth of our business.  I wish him success as he moves on in the Group.”
Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Manoj Kohli, said, “I am delighted to have Segun on board and am confident that his rich and diverse experience will add immense value to our operations in Nigeria. Segun’s appointment underlines Bharti Airtel’s commitment to promoting African talent and building a world-class leadership team. I wish him the very best in his new role and would also thank Rajan for his immense contribution to Airtel Nigeria.”
Mr. Ogunsanya brings with him over 24 years of rich industry experience across multiple geographies, organisations and diverse sectors such as Coca Cola, Banking and Arthur Anderson. His last assignment was with The Coca-Cola Company, where he started his career in Finance and gradually transitioned into senior leadership roles with the various bottling operations of The Coca-Cola Company across diverse markets and countries in Africa. In his last stint, as the Managing Director and CEO of Nigerian Bottling Company, he was responsible for over $1bn revenue operations.
A Chartered Accountant, he holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Ife, Nigeria.

News: About 40 Men Killed In Maiduguri by JTF Say Residents

Nigerian soldiers shot dead dozens of young men in an embattled northeastern city during raids in four areas considered strongholds of a radical Islamist group, residents and a morgue attendant told AFP Friday.
Residents of Maiduguri, the home base of Boko Haram Islamists, said the troops who swarmed late Thursday ordered males in their teens and early 20s to separate from others in the neighbourhood.
In the Kalari area, they told the young men “to lie face down on the ground,” then asked the rest to look away.
“All we heard were gunshots. They shot them on the spot,” said the elderly resident, who did not want to be named.
“They did the same in three other neighbourhoods. We went to the morgue to collect the bodies and we found 48 in all.”
A resident of the city’s Gwange area told AFP that the alleged massacre was “like a movie scene.”
The troops “picked young men from their homes and were shooting them dead before everyone and took the bodies away to the hospital. I have never seen something like this,” he said, also requesting that his name be withheld.
The Sabon Lamba and Gomboru neighbourhoods were also said to have been raided.
A morgue attendant at the Maiduguri General Hospital said they “received 39 bodies yesterday which were brought in by soldiers. They all have fresh gunshot wounds.”
A military source declined to comment on the allegations when contacted by AFP, saying only that if such killings had taken place, they were “unjustified”.
Maiduguri is the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency which is estimated to have left 2,800 people dead since 2009, including killings by the security forces.
Amnesty International has charged Nigeria’s security forces with committing massive rights violations, including summary executions, in the campaign to crush the Islamists.
In its report released Thursday, the rights group documented a series of alleged extra-judicial killings by the military and police in Maiduguri.
The military dismissed Amnesty’s allegations and has consistently denied similar reports in the past, but residents have on several occasions accused soldiers of firing indiscriminately on unarmed people, often following attacks on its personnel.
Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country with an estimated 160 million people, where most in the north are Muslim. The south is predominately Christian.
Boko Haram has struck most often in the northeast, but its attacks have stretched across the broader north and down to central Nigeria.
In addition to the security forces, Christians, government officials, and other symbols of authority have been targetted.

News: A Retired Nigerian General Killed By Gunmen

A retired Nigerian general, Mohammed Shuwa, who was a key figure in the 1960s civil war, was on Friday shot dead by unknown gunmen at his home in the restive northeastern city of Maiduguri, the military said.

Mohammed Shuwa

“Four men initially thought to be his visitors… entered his house and opened fire on the general and his guests.
One of the guests died on the spot while the general died on the way” to the hospital, said Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa.
In an interview at his home in May, Shuwa told AFP that he could potentially be targetted by Boko Haram Islamists who have carried out scores of attacks in the city, which is considered their home base.
It was not clear who killed the general, but the shooting resembled those previously carried out by the Islamists who have repeatedly targetted prominent local figures.
Residents and a morgue official said soldiers killed dozens of young men late Thursday during operations in four Maiduguri neighbourhoods, including Shuwa’s home area of Gwange.
Boko Haram has previously carried out targetted killings following military raids.
Shuwa, 79, was a top adviser to Yakubu Gowon, the former military head of state who led Nigeria during the 1967-70 Biafra civil war that left more than one million dead, including many from starvation.
He also served as a senior leader in the 1975-76 junta of Murtala Mohammed.

Nollywood actor Leg Amputated due to illness.

This is extremely sad news coming from the home of veteran actor, Pete Eneh.According to Linda Ikeji`s blog, doctors at Parklane Hospital Enugu had no choice but to amputate one of his legs in order to save his life.

The veteran actor was said to have sustained some kind of injury last year, and because he didn't take proper care of it, it led to serious infection that became hard to treat. The injury was said to have degenerated to a sore and because Mr Eneh was diabetic, it refused to heal. He spent three months at the hospital before he was advised to amputate the leg before the infection spread to other parts of his body.

The amputation took place on Wednesday October 24th after all efforts to save the leg was unsuccessful. Pete Eneh is said to be dealing with it well.

News: two policemen killed by Gunmen.

Unidentified gunmen suspected to be armed robbers driving in a jeep allegedly opened fire on three policemen killing two of them along  Azikoro-Agbura road in the outskirts of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
The third policeman was seriously injured and rushed to the Federal Medical Centre where doctors are battling to save his life.
We learnt that the slain policemen, a corporal and a sergeant were until their death serving with the state command.
Though details of the incident which occurred Wednesday night were sketch, sources told Vanguard that the policemen on sighting the reckless manner the driver of the jeep was driving decided to stop it.
The driver of the jeep was said to have slowed down when its occupants opened fire on the policemen who died on the spot before speeding off through the Ogbia road.
Contacted, the state Police Public Relation Officer, Fidelis Odunna, DSP, confirmed the incident.
He said the assailant operating in a black jeep opened fire on the unsuspecting officers at the Agbura roundabout Wednesday night.
The police image maker said the command will leave no stone unturned in unraveling the perpetrators of the dastardly act just as a serious manhunt had began.
Odunna said: “The police is on the trail of the robbers and would track them down,” and urged members of the public not to panic as the command was on top of the situation.”

News: First Bank Plc seals By Edo Board of Internal Revenue.

HUNDREDS of customers of First Bank Plc in Benin City, Edo State, yesterday went home disappointed as they could not access their accounts, following the sealing of the bank’s branches  by  Edo State Board of Internal Revenue, BIR, over alleged tax default.
Vanguard gathered that virtually all branches of the bank in Benin metropolis were affected as those at Ugbowo, Uselu, Ring Road, Akpakpava, Ikpoba Slope, Ikpoba Hill and Agbor Road were all sealed off on the order of the State Board of Internal Revenue.
Workers of the bank were seen gathered in groups at their various branches discussing the matter, just as they declined to entertain questions from newsmen on the issue.
However, customers in one of the branches who could not make withdrawal or savings ,vented their anger on the workers.
At press time, the bank’s alleged indebtedness to the state government could not be ascertained as calls made to the mobile phone of  Executive Director of the Board of Internal Revenue, Chief Oseni Elamah, for confirmation were unanswered.

News: New York subway rolls again.

The toll of death and suffering from superstorm Sandy mounted on Thursday even as New York struggled back to life, with the first subway trains rolling in four days.
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sandy killed at least 37 people in the city and the number was likely to mount. At least 85 people have now been reported dead across the 15 states hit by the hurricane on Monday night.
Fuel shortages led to long lines of cars at filling stations in many states and the country faced a storm bill of tens of billions of dollars.
More bodies are being found as police and fire-fighters continue “their lifesaving mission, going block-by-block and door-to-door in the areas devastated by the hurricane,” Bloomberg said.

NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 01: People exit a Metro-North train arriving in Grand Central Terminal during the morning rush on November 1, 2012 in New York City. Some trains are back up and running into Grand Central following shutdowns in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Subway train service in the city is back in a limited capacity, but with much of lower Manhattan still with out power, trains are not running there and busses are replacing them. AFP

With about 650,000 people still without power in New York, Bloomberg said the city would start handing out food and water and that National Guard and police would go into high-rise buildings to help the elderly.
The Con-Edison power company said that some New Yorkers would have to wait until November 11 before electricity is restored.
National Guard troops helped rescue people trapped in flooded homes across the Hudson River from New York in Hoboken. They had rescued 2,000 people in New Jersey in two days, Defense Department spokesman George Little said.
Hoboken authorities estimated on Wednesday that 20,000 people were stuck in their homes and high-wheel military trucks were brought in to reach stricken houses and apartment blocks.
The floodwaters receded slowly, leaving behind desolation. A yacht, thrown up by the storm, blocked one street near the Hoboken ferry terminal.
New Jersey, which President Barack Obama visited on Wednesday, emerged as the state with the most widespread destruction.
At least 12 people were reported dead in the state, and many isolated districts were still being searched.
Some 1.8 million people in New Jersey were still without electricity three days after the storm and fuel shortages were becoming critical, with huge queues of cars at the rare gas stations open in the state.
About half of gas stations in New Jersey and the New York region had closed down becasue of power cuts or fuel shortages, officials said.
But the first subway trains brought some cheer to New York City.
A skeleton service started just before dawn and trains were quickly packed. Trains were to be free on Thursday and Friday. “It is not comfortable but it is a huge relief to get moving again,” said commuter Dave Stetman.
On Wednesday, in a bid to avoid gridlock, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that until Friday cars entering Manhattan must carry at least three people. Police set up checkpoints at bridges and turned back hundreds of cars.
Con Edison said that more than 200,000 Manhattan customers blacked out by an explosion at a sub-station would have power by Saturday morning.
But it said 100,000 cases of trees and other objects bringing down power lines had been reported, so full city-wide electricity restoration would take until November 11.
Some heartbreaking stories have emerged from the storm.
Two brothers, aged two and four, were swept from their mother’s arms in the floods as the family tried to escape the rising seas in Staten Island in the New York suburbs.
Glenda Moore’s car became stuck in the water and she was carrying the boys to seek help when they were swept away, the New York Post said. Police said they were still looking for the boys, Connor aged four and Brandon aged two.
Others victims were electrocuted or drowned in flooded basements. A growing number of people were killed by poisoning from the fumes given off by diesel generators put into use since the storm.
The Shell oil company said that Sandy triggered an oil spill in the waters off New York and said clean up efforts were under way.
The US Coast Guard, which is overseeing the clean-up, said refinery operator Motiva had estimated up to 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel had leaked from the plant at Sewaren, New Jersey.
Hurricane Sandy brought devastation throughout the Caribbean before hitting the United States and Canada. The overall death is now at least 157.

News: finish race vantage Obama

The U.S. presidential race remains a dead heat five days to  Election Day but most Americans think President Barack Obama will defeat Republican Mitt Romney, according to a Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll released on Tuesday.
Obama leads Romney among likely voters by 47 percent to 46 percent, a statistically insignificant margin, the online survey found. Neither candidate has held a clear lead since early October.
But 53 percent of all registered voters predicted Obama would win the November 6 election, while only 29 percent said Romney would be the victor. A majority also said that they expected Obama to win their state.A new New York Times/CBS News poll indicates that Obama and Romney are headed for one of the tightest and most unpredictable presidential poll finishes of all time. It indicates Obama has 48% and Romney 47%. But another poll, this time by ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll gives it to Romney 48% and Obama 47%.
Most political pundits insist that in the light of this tightness, the so-called “swing states” (states that are not conclusively for either candidates) such as Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Oregon, would need close monitoring, as justified by last-minute campaign stampede efforts by both camps in these states.
These were the latest polls for the Swing States published on Tuesday, October 30th 2012:
Colorado: Obama, 48%; Romney 45% (Project New America)
Florida: Romney, 48%; Obama 47% (Newsmax/Zogby)
Florida: Obama, 47%; Romney 47% (Survey USA)
North Carolina: Romney 50%; Obama 45% (Survey USA)
Ohio: Obama, 50%; Romney (Newsmax/Zogby)
Ohio: Obama 49%; Romney 46% (Survey USA)
Ohio: Obama 48%; Romney 45% (Project New America)
Virginia: Obama, 48%; Romney 47% (Newsmax/Zogby
Oregon: Obama, 47%, Romney 41% (Elway).
*Blogger, Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire summarises the emerging trend and observes as follows:
“Greg Sergent ran through the latest polling averages and finds President Obama leading in Ohio, Wisconsin, Nevada and Iowa, while Mitt Romney leads in Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. The race is essentially tied in Colorado and New Hampshire.
“For the sake of argument, let us give the tied states to Romney. Here’s the basic state of things: if you give Romney all the states where he is leading or tied in the averages – Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado and New Hampshire, he is still short of 270 (electoral votes). Meanwhile if you give Obama just the states where he leads in the averages he wins re-election”.

News: A dead baby was found abandoned.

A dead baby was found abandoned by an unknown person behind the Medical Students Hostel on Moore Road Calabar near the Office of the Wife of Cross River State Governor.
Speaking to journalists at the scene, the Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Health/ NGO and Special Projects, Dr. Regina Ejemot-Nwadiaro, said her attention was drawn to the incident by an anonymous caller and when she got to the scene and confirmed the story, she immediately called the Calabar Urban Development Authority, CUDA, who quickly responded to the call and subsequently alerted the Police.
She condemned the perpetrator(s) of the dastardly act which she described as callous, inhuman and outright wickedness.
She intimated that for the past five years the wife of the State Governor, Mrs. Obioma Liyel-Imoke, has been championing  the stamping out of teenage pregnancy and child abandonment in the state through her project, Mothers Against Child Abandonment, MACA. “It is thus, disheartening that in spite of the consistent efforts by Mrs. Obioma Liyel-Imoke and the MACA team, people could still dump babies,” she wondered.
The Dr. Ejemot-Nwadiaro stated that the main goal of MACA is to prevent teenage pregnancy and child abandonment and ultimately to save lives. She called on the public to avail themselves of the services MACA provides and reiterated that MACA’s ultimate goal is to contribute to the achievement of Millennium Development Goals, especially as it concerns child and maternal mortality.
She stated that Mrs. Imoke also initiated the Calabar Carnival Queen, CCQ, as the face of MACA which goes on advocacy/sensitization visits to secondary schools the state, preaching abstinence from pre-marital sex and building their confidence.  MACA also has trained counselors and a 24-hour helpline for people that may wish to make further enquires, give information or obtain assistance.
The Executive Secretary of CUDA, Gabriel Egari confirmed the incident and promised to incident the case with the Police as well as get clearance before his office could evacuate and bury the dead baby.

News: Spate Of Bombings By Boko Haram can't intimidate me says Kaduna Governor.

Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State on Thursday said that he would not resign his position because of the spate of bombings by Boko Haram sect in the state.
Yakowa said this at the PDP National Headquarters in  Abuja while fielding questions from newsmen.
The governor said that the state government was on top of the situation, adding, “let me say to you out rightly that I will not resign. There is absolutely no reason for me to resign.’’
“We are on top of the security challenges we are facing in Kaduna State,’’ the governor stressed.
He said that the state government was working with the Federal Government and security agencies to ensure the security of the state.
Yakowa, who visited the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, said that there was no part of the world that was not faced with security challenges.
He said that he was at the party`s headquarters to interact and consult with the party`s leadership as a loyal party member.
He said that his visit to the headquarters was to enable him understand of the party`s rules and regulations to ensure proper implementation of such.
“You can only do that if you regularly come to the party’s headquarters and interact with the leadership.
“I can say to you that I have benefited tremendously from the visit and I will come more often,’’ Yakowa said.
Earlier, Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State, who also visited the leadership of the party, said that PDP governors were not at war with the leadership as was being insinuated in some quarters. (NAN)

Job Vacancies: Samuel Adegboyega University

Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa, Edo State is a private University founded by The Apostolic Church (TAC), LAWNA Territoiy, Nigeria. The University is named after Pastor Samuel Adegboyega, who was the first LAWN A Territorial Chairman and one of the founding fathers of TAC, Nigeria. The institution is licenced by the Federal Government ofNigeria through the National Universities Commission (NUC) on 7 March, 2011. The University, in 2011 admitted its first set of students that have completed the 2011/2012 academic session while the second set of students for 2012/2013 academic session resumed on 14 October, 2012.
Samuel Adegboyega University is recruiting to fill the below position:
Job Title: Vice- Chancellor
Job Location: Ogwa, Esan West , Edo State
The School:
Samuel Adegboyega University operates a Collegiate system with three take-off Colleges namely:
College of Basic and Applied Sciences (COLBAS);
College of Humanities (COLHUM); and
College of Management and Social Sciences (COLMASS).
Each College has three Departments and in all have a total of eighteen (18) programmes.
Our Vision:
The University’s Vision is to be a world class University, excellent in academic traditions and exceptional in providing University education which empowers the graduates to act with professional competence and ethical steadfastness in ftilfihling their obligation.
Our Mision:
To provide wholesome and comprehensive education for intelectual and spiritual development of her students in preparation for leadership roles and service to the society.
Job descriptions:
The Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Academic and Executive Officer of the University, Chairman of Senate and a member of the Governing Council.
He shall exercise general supervision over the University and shall have direct responsibility to the University Governing Council for maintaining and promoting the efficiency and good order of the University.
It shall be the duty of the Vice- Chancellor to see that the provisions of the Law, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University are observed.
Qualifications:
The candidate for the post must be a distinguished scholar of the rank of Professor for not less than 10 years with the ability to provide academic and administrative leadership for the University. Holding similar post would bean added advantage.
The candidate must have a track record of academic excellence in terms of quality publications and teaching, credible community service, and must be proficient in Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
He must command respect of both the national and international academic communities.
The candidate should posses considerable administrative experience within the university system and must show demonstrable ability to attract funds to the University and strengthen linkages with other universities, national and international.
The candidate must possess the ability to strengthen relationships among students, staff pnd other members of the University community. and the general population and host community.
The candidate must have high moral standards, impecable character, and proven integrity with commitment to best practices in corporate governance with particular utilization of emphasis on accountability, transparency and probity, and must ensure judicious utilization of scarce resources for optimum public good.
The candidate must enjoy very good physical and mental health.
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
The Vice-Chancellor shall hold office for five (5) years on such terms and conditions as specified in the letter of appointment. The remuneration and other conditions of service are competitive within the industry and as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Trustees and the Governing Council. On behalf of the Proprietor of the University.
Deadline: 19th November, 2012
Method Of applications:
Interested candidates, who meet the requirements stated above, should submit 10 copies of the application and comprehensive current curriculum vitae, duly signed and dated.
The CV must include the candidate’s name in full, place and date of birth, marital status, number and ages of children, nationality, academic and professional qualifications, membership of academic and professional bodies, scholarly publications, postgraduate supervision, extra curricula activities, community service, and names and addresses of three referees, one of whom must be in the candidate’s field of study.
The application must include 10 copies of a statement of the candidate’s vision for the University.
Candidates must request their referees to forward references on them directly to the Registrar and Secretary to Council. Such referees should be able to attest to high academic and managerial capabilities as well as the moral uprightness of the candidates. The referees’ reports should be in sealed envelopes marked “SAU VC: Referee’s Report”.
Applications are to be submitted by courier service under confidential cover in envelopes marked “SAU Vice-Chancellor”  to reach the Registrar, Samuel Adegboyega University, PMB 001, Ogwa, Edo State, Nigeria,

News: Anti-smoking Bill in Lagos Assembly.

A bill towards prohibiting smoking in designated places for connected purposes yesterday scaled through the first reading at the Lagos State House of Assembly.
The bill, which is a private member bill sponsored by member representing Eti-Osa Constituency 2, Mr. Gbolahan Yishawu, was read on the floor by the Acting Clerk of the House, Segun Abiru.
The bill if passed into law, will prohibit people from smoking tobacco, or anything, which contains tobacco, or any other substance in any place designated as ‘No Smoking Area’.
From the commencement of the law, it shall be an offence to smoke in the presence of a child under the age of 15 years in any vehicle or location listed or not listed.

Job Vancacies: Dangote Cement Plc

Dangote Cement Plc is the biggest quoted company in West Africa and the only Nigerian company listed among Forbes Global 2000 Companies. The company currently has several cement production plants in Nigeria in addition to presence in 13 African Countries.
To consolidate its current strategic expansion drive, Dangote Cement Plc is seeking to recruit seasoned candidates for the following positions that are vacant in the Internal Audit, Finance and Legal divisions:
INTERNAL AUDIT – DIVISION
1.) Deputy General Managers
2.) Assistant General Managers
3.) Managers
4.) Deputy Managers
5.) Assistant Managers
6.) Senior Internal Control/Audit Officers Qualification for Internal Audit:
ACA, ACCA, CISA or CFE
Job Experience:
Minimum of three years experience in public accounting firm or multinational corporations.
The ideal candidate must possess unquestionable character, good analytical skills, strong interpersonal and team skills, good oral and written communications skills.
Knowledge of SAP/IFRS would be an added advantage.
FINANCE – DIVISION
7.) General Managers
8. ) Deputy General Managers
9.) Assistant General Managers
10.) Managers
11.) Deputy Managers
12.) Assistant Managers Qualification For Finance Division:
ACA, ACCA, ACMA, CPA
Job Experience:
10 to 25 years post qualification experience in a reputable industry.
LEGAL – DIVISION
13.) Assistant General Managers
14.) Managers
15.) Assistant Managers
16.) Legal Officers Qualification For Legal Division:
Llb/Llm
Job Experience:
10 to 25 years experience in a reputable industry or law firm, with sound experience in corporate law and/or commercial law.
Good experience in FIDIC Contracts and fluency in French would be an added advantage.
REMUNERATION
The compensation package would be quite attractive and there would be excellent opportunities for training, development and career growth.
Persons without the expected qualifications and experience would not be considered.
Deadline: 5th November, 2012
How to Apply:
Please send your application with a detailed C.V., along with photocopies of educational qualifications and testimonials establishing your experience, passport size photograph and phone number, by e-mail, to: hr@dangotecement.com

News: Okada ban in Delta by Commissioner

Delta State Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Benson Igbakpa, has said there was no going back on the ban on commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, as the ban takes effect today. He made it clear that the restriction would begin today in Warri, Asaba and Effurun, warning that the ban did not exclude private motorcycle users.
He said: ”Anybody who may claim to be using his or her motorcycle for private purposes or haulage should construct a carriage at the back signifying that it is not a passenger motorcycle.
“With the transport arrangements already on ground, we can move as much as 21,000 passengers at a time. So there is no going back on the November 1 take off date for the restriction order because the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has been magnanimous enough.”
Governor Uduaghan had extended the ban by one month to enable a better take off of the system.
Already, the presence of tricycles on the streets of Asaba has become prominent in the last couple of days.
While some passengers that usually patronized Okada told our reporter that they were not comfortable with the ban as the tricycles would not be able to go into rough terrains, others heaved a sigh of relief over the ban.
Commissioning 1,250 tricycles to be used in place of motorcycles, the governor had warned politicians not to interfere with the distribution of the tricycles as it was exclusively reserved for commercial motorcycle operators.
The governor, who subsidized the cost of the tricycles up to 70 per cent, from N400,000 to N150,000, warned operators of the tricycles to restrict themselves to routes approved for them.
He noted that the introduction of the tricycles was to replace and gradually phase out commercial motorcycles as part of measures to ensure safety in the transport sector and promote security in the state.

PHOTOS: Venus and Serena Williams Land in Lagos

History was made again in Lagos on Tuesday as one of the Williams’ sisters and tennis icon, Venus Williams, finally arrived in Lagos, as widely reported in the local and international media. 

Venus, the older of the two world's renowned tennis icons, arrived in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital about 3:35pm, aboard a Delta Airline flight. She was welcomed to the hands of officials of Connect Marketing Services Ltd and scores of journalists, who had waited anxiously outside of the arrival lounge of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja.

                   

Her sister, Serena, who has just clinched the WTA title which just ended in Istanbul, Turkey, arrived in Lagos at 9pm local time, on Tuesday.

From the airport, Venus was led straight to a waiting convoy of vehicles and driven to Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island where another group of Journalists had also assembled to receive the tennis queen.

Looking visibly excited about her coming to Lagos, she was accompanied by her managers, who however, did not allow her to entertain any questions from the journalists saying, Venus and Serena will speak to the media elaborately on the purpose of their visit during a Media Conference scheduled to hold on Wednesday 31, October 2012 in Lagos. 

Both Serena and Venus Williams are in Lagos as part of the Nigerian leg of a planned tour of two African countries, namely Nigeria and South Africa.

They are here on the platform of Breaking The Mould (BTM) campaign, a women's empowerment programme put together by Octagon and its West Africa affiliate, Connect Marketing Services Ltd.

While in Lagos, they will participate in a number of supporting initiatives such as a tennis clinic, school visit, exhibition match and gala dinner among others.

Through these initiatives, they will be motivating, inspiring and mentoring diverse audiences in particular women and young persons as well as other categories of people to be the best they can be, regardless of obstacles on their way.

Serena and Venus Williams are considered fit as “Mould Breakers” as the story of their lives exemplifies how determination, passion, hard work and self-belief can turn dreams into reality, despite obstacles.

ENTERTAINMENT: Heavily pregnant Mercy Johnson still shooting movies.

Mercy Johnson is about seven months pregnant but that hasn't slowed her down one bit as she's said to be moving from one movie location to another. What movie producers and marketers now do is write scripts that suit her condition - that of a pregnant woman.

She recently finished shooting a movie in Delta state and has embarked on another one titled Baby Oku in America which I hear some parts will be shot in the US while she's there to give birth.

Entertainment: World'sHotesst Woman Not Ready To Have a Baby.

American actress and reality TV star, Nicole Natalie Marrow (nee Austin) popularly known as Coco has revealed what may be a major plot point of this season of “Ice Loves Coco,” saying she is thinking about preserving her eggs for the future.

Coco who is married to rapper-actor Ice-T told Fox News: “Do I really say screw it, let’s have a baby right now and then put everything on hold? No, I still feel like I’m young. Let’s do everything I want to do and then have the baby.”

Coco is 33 and happy with Ice-T who she’s been married to since December 31, 2001, but she just isn’t ready to settle down and have a family.

On February 29, 2012, ESPNRadio 1000 in Chicago rated Coco the hottest woman on the planet. Maybe she thinks making babies would change that.

News: More State Needed

SENATE President David Bonaventure Alechenu Mark makes sure he says things importantly. States would be created, he said. It sounds like a fait accompli. He must have figured it out, the States and added the political cost of creating them.
“Creation of additional States can only make government closer to the people contrary to the view in certain quarters that we do not need additional States in the federation,” Mark said in Ijebu-Ode, where he was attending a festival.
His thesis is wrong. States do not make governments closer to the people. Governments are not close to the people even in the state capitals where governments are located. Are the local governments close to the people? Closeness of governments to the people derives from a decision of those in charge to relate to their people, notice their challenges and tackle them. It is not an issue related to number of States. If 774 local governments are not close to the people what difference would more States make?
Many governors and legislators (even in the local governments) live in Abuja. They occasionally visit their States. Members of the National Assembly ignore their constituency offices in the States. Everyone thinks of operating from Abuja, as if the people and their challenges must be shunned.
How would the creation of new States solve these problems? How would it address marginalisation, when new States throw up new minorities?  Most importantly, would creation of States consider the increasing costs of governments?
New States come with new capitals, bureaucracies that replicate poverty of the former State, new layers of wastes. Are they affordable? For an economy in distress, how would new States enhance its recovery?
Politicians are wonderful people. They have answers without the questions. If they need States, they would create them to satisfy prospective governors, new godfathers and expand the political sphere for appointments and elections. New States would serve the interests of politicians, who are anxious about their future.
There are implications from new States. Cost of governance would rise at the National Assembly which could see increase in membership to reflect the circumstances. We are complaining of too many Ministers, we would have to appoint more, since each State should have a Minister. We may have to create more Ministries to accommodate them. There would be senior special assistants and ministerial aides. The contest for power at the centre would become more unwieldy.
There were more than 66 requests for States. How many would be created to make governments closer to the people?
State creation would be an expensive decision. There are better options, before the National Assembly, which it should explore.