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http://ift.tt/2sUl8ey Argentina's football manager Jorge Sampaoli walks off the field before the friendly international football match between Brazil and Argentina at the MCG in Melbourne on June 9, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN /  A year out from the final World Cup of Lionel Messi’s prime years, Argentina are just beginning a new era as Jorge Sampaoli attempts to turn around the two-time world champions’ faltering qualifying campaign. Sampaoli’s first match in charge since leaving Sevilla to answer his country’s call gave cause for optimism as Argentina saw off an under-strength Brazil 1-0 in Melbourne on Friday. However, there is a long way to go for Samapoli to turn an underperforming unit into the World Cup contenders they should be based on the talent at their disposal. “It is a huge confidence boost to beat Brazil because for us it is a derby and, going forward, it will help,” said Sampaoli. The 57-year-old has already proven himself as an international boss to...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, said the legislature had kept its promise to Nigerians with transparent deliberations and passage of the 2017 Appropriation Bill. He assured that the bill would be signed next week. Dogara stated this in his address at the opening of a “Special Session’’ to mark the second anniversary of the 8th Assembly on Friday in Abuja. According to him, the house carried out significant budget reforms “for the first time in the history of Nigeria’’. He said that a public hearing was conducted at the National Assembly to get the input of Nigerians in the budgetary process. He said that reforms introduced included the details of the Appropriation Bill being made available to all members before passage at the plenary. Also introduced, he said, was requirement that members of committee should sign report of their committees before it would be sent to the Committee on Appropriations. “All these novel measures are unpr...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, said the legislature had kept its promise to Nigerians with transparent deliberations and passage of the 2017 Appropriation Bill. He assured that the bill would be signed next week. Dogara stated this in his address at the opening of a “Special Session’’ to mark the second anniversary of the 8th Assembly on Friday in Abuja. According to him, the house carried out significant budget reforms “for the first time in the history of Nigeria’’. He said that a public hearing was conducted at the National Assembly to get the input of Nigerians in the budgetary process. He said that reforms introduced included the details of the Appropriation Bill being made available to all members before passage at the plenary. Also introduced, he said, was requirement that members of committee should sign report of their committees before it would be sent to the Committee on Appropriations. “All these novel measures are unpr...

http://ift.tt/2rQPa5c Philippine Marine Commandant Major General Emmanuel Salamat (R) listens to US military representatives during a handover ceremony of weapons from the US military, at Marine headquarters in Manila on June 5, 2017. The United States on June 5 gave counterterrorism weapons to help the Philippine military fight Islamic militants, authorities said, despite tirades from President Rodrigo Duterte against arms from Washington. / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday ordered the military to “crush” Islamist militants still occupying parts of a southern city, as photos emerged of bombed buildings and mangled corpses. Duterte described the rampage in Marawi City by the militants, fighting under the Islamic State group flag, as a “rebellion” demanding a forceful response. “I am not ordering you to take an ordinary police action. I am ordering you to crush our enemy,” he told soldiers while visiting the country’s south. “When I say ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J . .. get British Council honours  By Dayo Adesulu The trio of Master Honour Olatunji, Master Daniel-Aguebor Emmanuel Jesutobiloba and Master Olatunde Oluwasemilore Olaposi have emerged top in the world in Mathematics at the Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education IGCSE, the British Council has said. They were honoured Friday night at the Intercontinental Hotel, Lagos, along side other 63 awardees in a ceremony well attended by many stakeholders in the sector. Leading universities and employers worldwide accept Cambridge IGCSE as evidence of academic ability. Master Honour Olatunji, student of Greensprings School, Lagos emerged top in the world at the 2016 Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics. In his response to the award, Olatunji said: “I love mathematics.” “Finding out about my award did not just make me joyful, but also increased my love and passion for mathematics! “I found the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum very interesting ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Ediri Ejoh For the umpteenth time, workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PEASSAN) last week Wednesday threatened to cut down the nation’s oil production by 660,000 barrels per day, picking of ExxonMobil Office in Lagos. Addressing the workers during the protest, the PENGASSSAN Lagos Zonal Chairman, Comrade Abel Agarin, said his union members plan to gradually shut down the plants in Mobil locations all over the country. He went ahead to proclaim that his members have started gradual withdrawal from oil and gas installations belonging to Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, the Nigeria’s ExxonMobil arm. “Currently, Mobil is one of the largest oil producing company in Nigeria with about 660,000 barrel per day (bpd). Nigeria’s revenue will be negatively impacted if the shut down by PENGASSAN is carried out. “Our members have began gradual withdrawal from oil and gas installations belonging to Mobil in Nige...