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On the Path of honour As GEJ gets AU Assignment

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday departed Abuja airport for Zambia ahead of the Southern country's general election scheduled on October 11 2016.

Jonathan will be leading the Short Term Team of African Unions Election Observation Mission ( AUEOM) From 1st to 15th of August.

It will be recalled that former President Goodluck Jonathan during the 2015 Presidential elections lost to Buhari of the APC choice, which he became the first African incumbent President to have conceded defeat and handed over power in a peaceful political atmosphere without raising a stir in the country.

Please how much is Aisha Buhari's designers bag?

First Lady Aisha Buhari was spotted in the United States on her weekend visit with a designers Hermes Birkin 35cm Porosus Crocodile bag which an authentic one cost about $89,000.00 USD (N34,710,000) to $69,000.00 USD (N26,910,000) at 390 naira/USD.
The replica of the bag in Nigeria cost about $308 USD (N120,120) at 390 naira/USD.

Earlier on, President Buhari's daughter Zahra was spotted wearing an expensive shoe for her birthday on December 18 last year with a lovely Manolo Blahnik Hangisi Satin pumps said to be worth $965 USD (N192k) & $1,099.00 (N216k) on EBay.

Whitehouse Stiffens as Beyonce and Family stole the show

Watch Beyonce share her photos on Friday of her visit with husband Jay Z, daughter Blue Ivy, nephew Juelz ( Solange's son) her mum and step father to the Whitehouse Easter Egg Hunt party that took place in April this year.

See the Prominent Nigerians on the latest Efcc's Corruption Trail

- Efcc vs former Fct minister: seizes houses worth millions of naira.
- Son a beneficiary
- And a former BBC employee

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seize four houses worth N872million belonging to former Fct minister Bala Mohammad and his son, Shamsudeen Bala, The Nation reports.

The ex-minister is being investigated for alleged fictitious contract of about N1billion, allocation of 12 choice plots of land worth billions of naira and 37 commercial plots of land worth about N8billion to his suspected front named Tariq Hammoud as well as the controversial N1trillion Abuja land swap.

Among the connived suspects is one Ms Jamila Tangaza who resigned her appointment with BBC on the request of the ex-minister and appointed her as a Senior Special Assistant on Media and Information and was linked to Bala land allocation dealings and her house worth N158million seized. She was charged with abuse of office which she awarded N800million contract to her company Songbird Multimedia and was reported pleading bail while serving detention.

Another interesting development is the son of the former Fct minister Shamsudeen whom was allocated 12 choice plots of land and his four duplexes costing about N222million in the Apo Area of Abuja was seized.
Speaking on the fate of the former Fct boss, the Efcc source said that he is yet to be invited for questioning that they are closing in on him. Meanwhile, the source debunked the rumour that Ms Jamila was handcuffed to her office for documents.

Uneasy Lies the Head that wears the Crown: See the two shades of Obama

See how much President Obama has aged since his 2008 address.

The picture first below is Barack Obama as q fresh-faced politician from Illinois campaigning in 2008 and second below as grey-haired President with obvious wrinkles.

Meet the 3yr Old who memorized the entire Qur'an

The story of the 3yrs old boy who can memorize the complete Holy Qur'an is continuing to generate reaction in the ancient city of Zaria. Many residents were amazed to learn that the boy cannot only memorize the complete Holy Qur'an but has won an international competition.

Muhammad Shamsuddeen Aliyu was enrolled into the professor Ango Abdullahi  international school, Zaria when he was one-and-half before he was 3, he memorized the entire Holy Qur'an.

He achieved that feat through a school programme that allow children to register into a boarding programme from the age one. His father Dr. Aliyu Shamsuddeen who doubles as the head of the school said the wisdom behind administering children from a tender age is the fact that at that stage, the brain easily assimilate education.

See the number of Students who passed WAEC 2016 May/June Exams

The new break down of results shows that there is a significant rise in number of candidates who passed.

Approximately 53% of the students who sat for the 2016 May/June WAEC have passed.

According to the result released on Friday August 5, by the WAEC; 137,295 candidates (representing 8.89) had their results withheld.

The total number of candidates who passed had credit passes in five subjects including English and Mathematics was 878,040 which represented 52.97% a stark contrast to the 2014 and 2015 breakdown where 31.28% & 38.68% respectively had the same rating.

According to NAN report on Sunday 10 July in Lagos, admission of candidates into tertiary institutions will be based purely on three pillars which include: merit, catchment and education less developed States.

Go! Win and Return with Laurels!: President Buhari Tells Team Nigeria

As the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio Due Janeiro, President Buhari has expressed optimism the country's team will put up an impressive show to delight Nigerians.

In a message to the Team on Friday, President said the Victory of Nigeria Under 23 "Dream Team Six" over the Japanese opponent in the early hours of this day will serve as an inspiration to Nigerians. He ended the message with a charge of bring back the laurels.

It will be recalled that Nigeria beat Japan 5-4 to go top of group B in the Rio Olympics.

Faceoff Nigeria as US hears While Mrs. Buhari took Fayose to Court

Mrs. Buhari in an interview with the Hausa service of the Voice of America on Saturday, August 6, said she had to respond to the false allegation raised against her by Fayose by taking him to court.

Fayose had earlier on dared Aisha Buhari to visit the United States after he accused her of having indicted in the famous William Jefferson's bribery scandal.

She said Fayose's attack on President Buhari began during the 2015 campaign adding that the insult extended to her after Buhari won the 2015 presidential election.

On her trip to the US, She said she was on a week long visit to hold discussion with aid organization on how to help the women and children in the north eastern part of Nigeria.

Meanwhile, the Area Youth Integrity Forum (AYIF) had asked Gov Ayodele Fayose to immediately apologies to the Buhari family after he claimed Mrs Buhari was a fugitive from justice in the US over the Halliburton scandal.

German Coach as new Super Eagle Technical Adviser

The 63 years old former Gabon, Burkina Faso, Nantes, Nice and Bordeaux coach, Gernot Rohr, will be unveiled on Monday in Abuja by the Nigerian Football Federation as New Technical Adviser.

In a report by Sporting Sun, the German Coach and his two assistants will arrive Nigeria this Saturday after agreeing to the NFF terms which include living in the country and qualifying Nigeria for the next world cup.

However, this would effect following the Coach signing a contract with the NFF on Monday after watching the NPFL game between Ikorodu Utd and 3sc Ibadan on Sunday at the On ikan Stadium Lagos.

Among other factors which they chose him, NFF President Amaju Pinnick said "the fact that he understands the Africa terrain and speak good English- communication won't be a problem..."

It will be noted that the Super Eagles will begin their Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers campaign in October against Zambia.

Nigeria has been paired against Zambia, Algeria and Cameroon and only one country will qualify to the world cup.

I Won't Leave my Work for any Man' says an only Female Welder

A Naij.com correspondence has unveiled the only welder in Delta State, an indigene of Enugu but given birth to in Aniocha Area of Delta in 1993. She owns a welding workshop along the ever busy Onitsha/Benin expressway, opposite the Asaba airport.

In an interview granted Naij.com correspondent, Miss Happiness Ozoalor, 23, prior to becoming a welder worked with a Caretime Company specialized in the production of hair relaxer and air freshener in Asaba. Her interest in welding was inspired after a five years close observation of welders close to where she lived.

Miss Ozoalor only has a secondary school education which she later on applied for training under one Mr Emeka Isichei for two years between 2012 and 2013 with an only agreement fee.

It was further gathered that her parents never discouraged her from instances of parents not desiring for their children to go into trade that are not feminine in nature. She said they only told her of the effects welding has on the eyes as a result of too much exposure to radiation.

Naij.com also learnt that Miss Ozoalor's father later passed on in June 2014 which forced her mother to relocate to Enugu and being the first child from her mother's end, because her father married three wives, she had to make a living which she found in welding and she won't give up the profession to any man because of marriage.

Miss Ozoalor didn't had it that smooth as she encountered challenges being an only woman occupying a man's domain. She told of the event of how she was nearly kicked out of business because of pressure to join the association which she was ignorant of. She spoke of the benefits the she enjoyed being the only female as she was guided and protected.

She ended the interview by advising young women like her not to go about sleeping with men as the only way out in life. She admonished them to release their minds and think on something positive to do as no good and decent woman go into prostitution.

Niger Delta Avenges as Ex-millitants bag First Class Degree Honours from UK Universities

Three ex-millitants have graduated with first class degree from UK Universities, while leaving 18 other students no choice but to concede second class upper divisions.

Nicholas Goodness and Terubein Fawei graduated from the University of Bedfordshire with first class honours in public relations, telecommunications and network engineering respectively, while Lucky Azibanagein graduated like wise in Mechanical Engineering and Robotic System from the University of Liverpool.

Premium Times report that they got Nigerian government scholarship to study abroad under the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme.

Meanwhile, the coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme in an event organized by the Nigeria High Commission in the UK on Friday, July 29, was there to congratulate the graduates for making Nigeria proud. He also reinstated President Buhari's commitment towards ensuring that the amnesty programme is sustained and its desired goal achieved.

The Nigerian Academic Opportunities: The Big Question

Welcome to today's KeeingUpWithOge

Nigeria's Educational qualifications and job opportunities is been plagued and ridicled with ironies,  dilemmas, economic and political somersaults and futilities, to speak but a few.

Today, there are many graduates than there are jobs. Many a Nigerian states can't boast of a number of industries, establishments, research grounds, etc to absorb in their institutions products, but here and there are monotechnics, polytechnics, colleges of education and Universities.

Even more, the governments across the three levels are not making strategic efforts to curtail these obvious lapses while creating jobs, improving her nonfunctional industries and her educational and heath sectors.

Then Why should education be attractive to Nigerian students when her country's educational sector is not keeping up with her policies? Instead contradictions  hypocrisies is the order of the day. If the Nigerian graduate cannot be so sure of where he or she will be placed tomorrow, then what is the chief end of faculties, departments, colleges and course specializations in our institutions of higher learning? And if Nigerian students only attend schools just for the certificates as a result of hopes dashed on the rough edges of institutions' change of students course areas and political failures, then what is the importance and  role of education on both the social, economic and political ramification of the country?

It is now obvious to Nigerian youths most especially the academic inclined ones, that those sayings our leaders and our parents that "education is the key" are just one side of the story. Most news prints and medias always run catchwords such as "education is the key to a very sustainable development of the country's entire sector" in a speech by so so and so. One truth I'll like to establish here is that nobody ever chooses a particular field of learning without first considering its economic consequence. And this "key" speaks of educational fulfilments both to the individuals and the government.
But in contemporary Nigeria, the reverse is the case, as many a Nigeria youths know that where the success "key" now lies is on the 'streets'.............

TO BE CONTINUED in our next edition of KEEPINGUPWITHOGE

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The Etebo Raid: Team Nigeria hunts down Japan cubs

CD Feirense star Oghenekaro Etebo stole the show as Nigeria U-23 defeated Japan 5-4 in their first game at the Rio Olympics game in Brazil.

Eatebo scored four of Nigeria's five goals in d nine goal thriller match as Roma star Sadiq Umar got the other.

The 2016 Rio Olympics formally commenced on Friday with breathtaking opening ceremony held at the 78,838 capacity Maracana Stadium. This was two days after some of the events like football had commenced.

Despite the country's obvious worst Olympics preparation, Nigeria had contributed a total of 78 athletes to the estimated total of 11,178 athletes from around the 206 Nations Olympics committees including  first time entrance of Kosovo and South Sudan.

The participant nations will be competing for 306 sets of medals in 28 Olympics sports which  Team Nigeria will compete for medals in 10 sports namely athletics,  , basketball (male), boxing, canoeing, football (male), rowing, swimming, table tennis, weight lifting and wrestling.

Although Nigeria first participated in Olympics at the Helsinki 1952, the first medal was won at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo when Nojim Maiyesun won a bronze medal in the men's middleweight boxing event et cetera.