Awwal Ademola Blog

It is no longer a new thing that when students move out of their various universities and polytechnics, they will be a seeking for jobs. But some set of students will decide to own their own business. But the question is, how do they cope with the kind of situations they find themselves in their various workplaces? Are the workplaces the same as the tertiary institutions? The answer to it is NO. Because what they expect from them in the labour market is quite different from their expectations in the higher institutions. It is very displeasing today that a lot of extraordinary brilliant students later end up becoming unemployed. The reason is that some of them do not possess extracurricular skills, talents and all other requirements that can make them employable, that is, the fact is that these students are not employable. And this will let us know the fact that we have four types of students/graduates. 1. Brilliant & Intelligent Students. 2. Brilliant but not Intelligent Studen...

Worlds’s Top 20 Richest Football Clubs In 2017 As far as top 20 richest clubs are concerned according to recent forbes valuation, eight premier league clubs feature in top 20 and we might expect a few more in couple of years time when the new premier league TV deal start to play its role. Manchester United are right on their way back on top of the list if they manage to qualify for Champions League next season and combine that with  new Adidas kit deal  and several other  shirt & commercial sponsorship deals around the world can put them in the league of their own. However as the things stand in 2017, Real Madrid and Barcelona just marginally ahead of United in terms of club valuation. We take a look at 20 richest clubs in the world. We have to consider factors like clubs matchday income, what country a club is from, their success on the field and its impact on the market value, social presence worldwide, high profile kit deals and shirt sponsorship, t...

    Economy diversification; Agriculture a way out/wdn.com.ng There is no doubt that petroleum (crude oil) has contributed substantially to Nigerian revenue since its discovery in 1956 and more especially, since 1970 when its price was on the upward trend. However, it is a known fact across the globe that for a country to attain growth and development, its economy has to be diversified and that cannot occur in a vacuum. Mono-economy needs to give way to the productive development of various sectors of the economy. Following the sudden fall in the price of oil by more than 50% since June 2014 when it was $115 a barrel, which now is below $45, after five years of stability, it is a well-known fact that Nigeria’s continuous large earnings or revenue from this sector will be impossible. As a matter of fact, there is an urgent need for the Nigerian government to begin to look into diversification of various sectors of the economy so as to attain solid economic growth. St...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and a civic group have disagreed on the need for the UTME examination and the performance of Ishaq Oloyede, a professor, as Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB. In an interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Deji Omole, the University of Ibadan Chapter chairman of ASUU argued that JAMB has outlived its usefulness. “JAMB has outlived its usefulness, it is time that we scrapped it,” the professor said. “The body is a problem to the Nigerian educational sector and also a problem to the university system” Mr. Omole then attacked Mr. Oloyede on the non-conduct of the mock examination initially scheduled to be held before this year’s UTME examination. “Basically, it is wrong for a man who says he has high integrity to collect money from people to hold mock examination but not hold it,” he said. “Will he return the money, he won’t and that is how he has been enriching himse...

Tanker Explosion in Lagos A 33,000 litres tanker fully laden with diesel has crashed on a car in Lagos, leading to a fire outbreak. Sources said the tanker crashed on the BMW Car with registration number (LSD 462 CZ) while driving inward Ladipo area, Oshodi-Apapa expressway, Lagos. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the tanker, with registration number TUT 258 XA, belongs to Bovas Petroleum. The incident led to spillage of the entire content(diesel) of the tanker, thereby leading to an inferno. “No lives lost”, an official of Lagos emergency agency said when contacted. “Recovery operation ongoing by the men of the Lagos State Fire Service and LASEMA Response Team,” the official added.

Former Super Eagles captain Vincent Enyeama has revealed that he played better than Messi at the World Cup. BRAZIL, Pôrto Alegre : Argentina’s forward Lionel Messi (R) and Nigeria’s goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama smile during a Group F football match between Nigeria and Argentina at the Beira-Rio Stadium in Porto Alegre during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 25, 2014. AFP PHOTO In the last two editions of the number one football event on FIFA’S football calendar, the Super Eagles lost to Argentina, albeit narrowly, with the Lille goalkeeper in between the pipes. Enyeama’s best performance against the South American powerhouse was at Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg on June 12, 2010, when he prevented Messi from scoring on numerous occasions and picked up the Man of the Match award in the process. Reacting after Messi inspired Barcelona to a 3-2 win against Real Madrid on Sunday, Enyeama tweeted : ‘’I am not sure that he is human because he is so fas...

The Presidency, last night, rebuffed allegations of selectiveness in the war against corruption made against Muhammadu Buhari’s administration by the erstwhile military governor of Kaduna State, Col. Abubakar Umar, describing him as a frustrated man. President Muhammadu Buhari It also said it had become accustomed to a fight back by the elite class. The Presidency in a statement by a Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity), Mallam Garba Shehu, also said none of the elite class fighting back had shown evidence of the selectiveness of the fight against corruption. He further said President Buhari had not at any time interfered with the prosecution of corruption suspects, even as he said several of those fighting back had at one time or the other benefited from security votes from the office of the National Security Adviser. Mallam Garba was, however, quick to exclude Col. Umar from such beneficiaries. Col. Umar (retd) had in a statement issued, weekend, flaye...

Corruption has continued to hinder the development of Nigeria, and as a matter of fact, has frustrated the realization of the noble national goals of this country, despite the abundant natural and human resources God has blessed us with. Several years ago, the successive governments we've had put in place various measures, polices and programmes geared towards eradicating corruption in Nigeria. The most significant of these measures are Murtala/Obasanjo's Jaji Declaration of the 1970s, Shagari's Ethical Revolution of 1981 and the War Against Indiscipline (WAI) by Buhari/Idiagbon's administration in 1984. In 1986, General Ibrahim Babangida established the National Orientation Movement and Abacha's administration set up War Against Indiscipline and Corruption (WAI-C). However, all the anti-corruption initiatives during the military era did not yield any positive change(Aderounmu 2009). In a similar vein, when Obasanjo came to power in 1999, he told Nigerians that cor...

The Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, has promised to give a house to the couple that recently welcomed a set of quintuplets at the National Hospital, Abuja. The quintuplets, all girls, were born on April 12, 2017. The couple presently reside in a one bedroom apartment at Lugbe on Airport Road, in Abuja. Mrs. Oyo-Ita made the promise when she visited the children on Saturday in Abuja. She said that the house would be given under the Federal Integrated Staff Housing (FISH) Scheme. She also promised Imudia Uduehi, father of the quintuplets who is a graduate of the University of Ilorin, a job with the Federal Civil Service. Mr. Uduehi is currently unemployed. She described the children as great blessings given to the couple by God on a platter of gold. She said the job offer to Mr. Uduehi will enable him cater for the children. “I am very happy for you and I am standing here this afternoon representing the entire civil service of Nigeria. Today is a day of joy f...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that Nigerians did not elect General Muhammadu Buhari to function as “Friday President”, adding that he (Buhari) was now acting more like a ceremonial and part-time President. Muhammadu Buhari The governor, who said he was glad that his constructive criticism was getting to the President and his handlers, noted that it was not enough for the President of a country like Nigeria to be seen in public only while attending Friday Jumat service at the Presidential Villa, videos of his activities should be made public too. Speaking on Sunday, through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said it was necessary for Nigerians to be properly informed about the well-being of their president. He accused some close allies of the President of deliberately shielding him and preventing him from attending to his health so as to continue to run the government on the basis of “Mr President...