PRESIDENT JONATHAN MEETS WITH OBAMA

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan made history yesterday as he became the first Nigerian Leader to ring the closing bell at the Newyork Stock Exchange (NYSE). Recall that in 2009, Late President Yar Adua was the first Nigerian Leader to Ring the Opening bell on the floor of the Nigeria Stock Exchange. He Took to his Facebook Page and posted this after ringing the closing bell….. “Goodluck Jonathan Today, I had the honour of ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange after I had heralded to global captains of industry Nigeria’s efforts in recent times that has made our nation a prime destination for foreign investment and one that ensures some of the highest Return on Investments (RoI) in the world. This is just the beginning of greater things to come for our country and our continent. The foundation of planning which we laid at the inception of our administration is being strengthened for greater service delivery for our people. My attention has just been drawn to some modest but positive steps in the education sector. In 2010, the pass rates for our National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examinations was 15.84%. To address the abysmal failure and general decay in education we convened an emergency education summit in 2010 to deliberate on why we had fallen so far back and how best can we move up? We took the report from that conference and began implementing some of the recommendations. The education sector had the highest sectoral allocation in the budget the following year and has remained among the topmost in allocation since then. On Friday the 20th of September 2013, the results of our efforts began to manifest. This year, 69.57% of Nigerian students passed the 2013 Senior School Certificate Examinations. We cannot relent. While we continue to negotiate with ASUU so that never again will strikes be an impediment to the realization of our children's educational aspiration, it is important that we keep our eyes on the ball: a holistic turn around in our education. As we make progress in every sector of our economy: Transportation, Aviation, Agriculture, Power, Finance, Energy Security and all others it is not celebration time until all our citizens can feel the progress in our communities and our constituencies. We must pay greater attention to education. As I said on this page on April 10, 2012 when I commissioned the first of 400 Almajirinci Model Schools in Gagi, Sokoto state “a nation does not become wealthy by what it has under the ground rather the wealth of nations are today measured by what is between the ears of her citizens”. To the world I say, we have the most industrious humans on earth and we are ready for business. To fellow Nigerians, our collective work for change is not done. Lets us not be discouraged by the attempt to drag us into partisan politics when the urgent issue of the moment is governance. GEJ” President Jonathan is in Newyork for the United Nations summit. President Jonathan also met with President Obama. The meeting was held in the LyndonnB Johnson suite in Waldorf-Asstoria. “For you to fix the world, you must fix Africa. For you to fix Africa, you must fix Nigeria”. That’s the message our dear President Jonathan greeted President Obama with as they start their bilateral meeting. Obama condemned the attack on Kenyan mall. President Jonathan will be addressing the U.N today.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE LATEST UPDATES

NIGERIANS IN GUINESS BOOK OF RECORDS !! !! !!

1- The Biggest Jersey In The World Nigeria Gets Recognized By Guinness Book of World Records For Having The World's Largest Football Jersey. The largest jersey was unveiled at the Teslim Balogun Stadium Surulere Lagos and the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt in a bid to galvanize the support of millions of fans for the Super Eagles in their quest for victory at the city of Madiba. The jersey which measures an amazing record size of 241ft 3in in width and 294ft 2in in length to set a new world record as the largest football jersey in history , beating the last record held at a size of 234ft 1 in by 259ft 8in. created and displayed in Sukru, San Istanbul Turkey in 2009 2- World Record In tooth Brushing Nigeria’s Lagos State shattered the Guinness Book of World in tooth brushing previously set by India by getting 300,000 students from 600 public secondary schools in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria to brush their teeth simultaneously at different locations. 3- Longest Rap Free-Style In 2011, Chiddy of Chiddy Bang made it into the Guiness world record for the longest rap freestyle. He freestyled for 9hrs, 18mins and 22secs. He did it in Las Vegas at the 2011 MTV O Music Awards. 4- Longest Dance Record In 2006, Kaffy from Nigeria broke the world longest dancing record with a time of 52 hours and 3 minutes. Kafayat Shafau is widely credited as Nigeria’s foremost dancer and choreographer for music videos. She is a fitness and dance instructor and runs her own dance school. In 2006, she danced her way into the Guinness World Record with her team, Imagneto at the Nokia Silverbird Danceathon and has since become a point of reference in the Nigerian entertainment industry whenever dance is concerned 5- Longest Sex Records An insider identified as Pamilerin who witnessed the whole episode claims the OAU undergraduate engaged non-stop intercourse with some campus girls for 15 Hours 7 mins 23 seconds. Pamilerin also said the boy didn’t stop having intercourse with the girls until he was forced to stop.
6- Biggest Mosquito Net The world's largest mosquito net has been unveiled at a ceremony in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. It's more than two-hundred times bigger than an ordinary net and is part of a campaign to increase awareness of malaria, which is carried by mosquitoes and kills about one-million people in Africa every year. Some two-hundred schoolchildren gathered under the mosquito net and were met by the Nigerian first lady, Stella Obasanjo.

KENYA MALL ATTACKED BY ISLAMIC TERRORIST!!!!...

Armed police leave after entering the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 21, 2013.

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Nairobi Westgate Mall Siege: Dozens of Hostages Seized by 20-Strong Islamic Terrorist Force

A policeman carries a baby to safety after masked gunmen stormed an upmarket mall and sprayed gunfire on shoppers and staff, killing at least 30

Armed police search through Westgate shopping mall for gunmen in Nairobi on Saturday

MIKEL OBI SCORES HIS FIRST PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL FOR CHELSEA

Mikel Obi justified the coach's decision by playing brilliantly and capping it up with a goal. It took Mikel 185 premier league games and seven years to get that goal and what a finish.

STRANGE IMAGES APPEAR IN MOSQUE- IKORODU

Barely a year after a child was reportedly born with a copy of the Holy Quran in Lagos and another born with an Islamic rosary, (Tesbah) in Sagamu, Ogun State. Last Tuesday, another amazing event occurred at Owode Onirin, Ikorodu, Lagos; as images of some clerics who died decades ago were believed to have made sudden appearances on the walls of Dawiz Central Mosque in the area. When Vanguard visited the mosque, thousands of people and passers-by storm the mosque to have a glimpse. The images were identified as that of late Sheikh Ahmada Tijani, (Algeria) Sheikh Ibraheem Niass, (Senegal) Sheikh Jamiu Bulala. (Nigeria) Although the images were not clear as at the time Vanguard visited, but those who spoke to Vanguard said the images were clearer on Tuesday when they were first noticed. •Perceived image of Sheikh Ibrahim Niass (not confirmed by Vanguard) According to Eye-witness: “The images were noticed on Tuesday September 3, on the walls of the mosque which was constructed a few months ago and owned by Sheikh Musa Alegbeleye.” It was gathered that four months ago, the image of Sheikh Jamiu Bulala Islamic Cleric, who had died two decades ago appeared first faintly to the consternation of Muslim faithful and they decided never to make it public to creat any doubt. The strange occurence has turned the serene Owode Onirin area into a Makkah of sorts as people thronged the area not only to see but to also offer some prayers. Right inside the mosque, people were seen holding bottles/satchets of water muttering prayers and shouting Allahu Akbar (God is great). Some were even seen bowing to the image. •Perceived image of Sheikh Jamiu Bulala outside the mosque (Seen by Vanguard) Efforts to speak with the founder of the group and leader of the mosque, Sheikh Alegbeleye, was futile, as we were told he was sleeping after observing several vigil prayers. Speaking on the development and an eye-witness, the President of Islamic society of Nigeria, Lagos State Mukadam Alhaji Samodu Onikoyi confirmed the appearance of the images. “We started noticing a very faint image which came with intermittent brightness on the inside wall of the mosque which were replica of the portrait of Sheikh Ibrahim Niass, Sheikh Jamiu Bulala and Sheikh Ahmaa Tijani engraved on the walls of the building.” How it Happened: “A member of the mosque Alhaja Idayatu Idera Afolabi first noticed it and she rushed out to inform everybody and when we saw it, we decided to cover it, because we thought if we announce it, people will think it is ruse that one is trying to play on their intelligence. But when I also saw it, I was greatly terrified, wondering how such thing could have happened”. People bowing to the obscure image “My thought was that the image would eventually disappeared but on the second day, it brightened more and started showing on all sides of the building which made us to still cover it untill it became public“. An eye-witness also disclosed that attempt was made by some individuals to wash off the images but to no avail; adding that the more they try to rub it off, the more the images become clearer. Non-Muslims’ comment I don’t believe it — Mrs Oluranti Jonson For me, that image is not real and it’s an evil imagination. Because the Bible says Jesus will come down with the Holy Saints and Prophet at the last day. And I will advice those clerics to stop deceiving people because I don’t understand what that means and I have not seen such before. Crowd trying to gain entry into the mosque It’s a sign of end time — Mr Mike Nwoha This is unbelievable, although as a Christian, I’m not trying to say this is evil but to them they believe; it’s a sign of end time and some of them said it is stated in the Koran. So, I cannot judge, only God knows the truth about it. All I can say is that we are all serving the living God, there should not be anything like the Muslims are idol worshipers but to me this is a sign of end time. So, people should mend their ways. Also, one Mrs Idayatu Afolabi said: “When we saw that the image, it was a strange thing, I told my husband to inform those that know better than us, it was then we called on the Imam who told us not to announce it until now that the images decided to brighten up on the wall of the mosque building “. The shout of “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great) rented the air as hundreds of people continue to find their ways to the the Mosque in Owode Onirin to have a glimpse.

TOP 50 UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD

TheTimes Higher EducationWorld Reputation Rankings employ the world's largest invitation-only academic opinion survey to provide the definitive list of the top100 most powerful global university brands. A spin-off of the annual World University Rankings, the reputation league table is based on nothing more than subjective judgement - but it is the considered expert judgement of senior, published academics - the people best placed to know the most about excellence in our universities. Top universities by reputation 2013 01 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 - 100 Rank Institution Location Overall score 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 100.0 2 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States87.6 3 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom81.3 4 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom73.0 5 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States72.4 6 Stanford UniversityUnited States70.6 7 Princeton UniversityUnited States36.2 8 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States35.6 9 University of TokyoJapan32.9 10 Yale UniversityUnited States32.8 11 California Institute of TechnologyUnited States27.8 12 University of MichiganUnited States22.4 13 Columbia UniversityUnited States21.4 14 University of ChicagoUnited States21.3 15. Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom21.3 16 University of TorontoCanada18.8 17 Cornell UniversityUnited States18.3 18 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States17.9 19 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States16.9 20 University College LondonUnited Kingdom15.8 21. ETH Zürich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ZürichSwitzerland15.8 22 National University of SingaporeSingapore15.5 23 Kyoto UniversityJapan15.0 24 University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignUnited States14.3 25 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom12.1 26 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States11.3 27 University of Texas at AustinUnited States11.2 28. University of WashingtonUnited States11.2 29 New York UniversityUnited States10.8 30 University of Wisconsin- MadisonUnited States10.7 31 University of British ColumbiaCanada10.2 32. Duke UniversityUnited States10.2 33. McGill UniversityCanada10.2 34 University of California, San DiegoUnited States9.7 35. Tsinghua UniversityChina9.6 36. The University of Hong KongHong Kong9.5 37. Northwestern UniversityUnited States9.4 38. Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States9.2 39. University of MelbourneAustralia8.9 40. University of California, San FranciscoUnited States8.7 41. Seoul National UniversityRepublic of Korea8.3 42. Australian National UniversityAustralia8.2 43. University of MassachusettsUnited States8.2 44 Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität MünchenGermany8.0 45. Peking UniversityChina7.8 46. University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom7.7 47 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom7.3 48. University of California, DavisUnited States6.9 49. University of SydneyAustralia6.7 50. Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussian Federation6.5 50 Purdue UniversityUnited States6.5

ASUP MAY RESUME STRIKE...

Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has threatened to resume a strike action it suspended July 17 due to what it called government's use of "divide and rule" tactics in running tertiary institutions in the country. ASUP President Comrade Chibuzo Asomugha in a press statement said the union's suspension of its strike was predicated on the understanding that government was to meet certain obligations which it has refused to fulfil till now. While stressing that the union had "generously" granted government one month, as against the two weeks it demanded, he said two weeks after the expiration of the deadline, the only obligation which government has met in part is the harmonization of the modalities for the migration of the lower cadres of staff, stressing that government has not been able to definitely indicate where the attendant arrears will come from. Asomugha said other matters which are yet to be settled are completion of the appointment of governing councils in all polytechnics, release of the White Paper on the Visitation to Federal polytechnics, the review of the Federal Polytechnics Act, the commencement of the renegotiation of the FGN/ASUP Agreement due since July 2012, and a Needs Assessment of Nigeria's polytechnics and proper funding of polytechnics. The union lamented the "unfortunate stance of government in adopting a divide and rule approach to repositioning higher education in the country. Lately, government's whole attention has been focused on the university sector to the total abandonment of the polytechnics and the colleges of education." He disclosed that ASUP may be forced to resume its strike if government refuses to fulfil its obligations

NIGERIA ENTERTAINMENT AWARD 2013...LIST OF AWARD WINNERS

The NEA 2013 was held on the 1st of september in New york. The show was hosted by basketmouth with perfomance from sean tizzle, dammy krane, olamide and phyno, with others. Here is the full list of winners with exclusive photos from the event. List of winners BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR YBNL – Olamide HOTTEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR Kukere – Iyanya BEST NEW ACT OF THE YEAR Burna Boy GOSPEL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Sammy Okposo BEST POP/R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR Davido BEST RAP ACT OF THE YEAR Ice Prince MUSIC PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Spellz MOST PROMISING MALE ACT Endia MOST PROMISING FEMALE ACT TO WATCH Emma Nyra BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST JJC BEST INDIGENOUS ARTIST/GROUP Olamide BEST COLLABO Ghost Mode – Phyno& Olamide BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN FILM Rita Dominic BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN FILM Ali Nuhu BEST FILM DIRECTOR Tunde Kelani (Maami) BEST TV SHOW Big Brother Africa PAN AFRICAN ACTOR John Dumelo PAN AFRICAN ACTRESS Nadia Buhari WORLD DJ DJ Bayo (UK) BEST COMEDIAN Basket Mouth ENTERTAINMENT PROMOTER Coko Bar RADIO ON AIR/TV PERSONALITY Freeze – Cool FM TV PERSONALITY Labi Layori ENTERTAINMENT BLOG NotJustOk