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Chelsea Come From Behind To Beat West Ham 2-1

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Emenike Agu
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Chelsea v West Ham United – Stamford Bridge, London, Britain – September 3, 2022 Chelsea’s Kalidou Koulibaly in action with West Ham United’s Jarrod Bowen

Chelsea beat West Ham United 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday as goals from substitutes Ben Chilwell and Kai Havertz cancelled out Michail Antonio’s opener, but they also had VAR to thank after an apparent West Ham equaliser was ruled out.

The Blues, looking to improve on their stuttering start to the season, were rocked in the 63rd minute when they failed to clear a corner and Declan Rice squared the ball for Antonio to convert on the goal line.

Thirteen minutes later the hosts were level when Chilwell squeezed between two defenders to get his head on a long forward pass by Thiago Silva and deftly angled the ball between the legs of West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.

Havertz completed the comeback in the 88th minute when he connected with a cross by Chilwell to make it 2-1, moments after West Ham substitute Maxwel Cornet had headed against the post when he should have scored.

In the dying moments, Cornet thought he had levelled it for West Ham but his goal was ruled out after a VAR check found that Jarrod Bowen had fouled Chelsea keeper Edouard Mendy, a decision West Ham disputed.

“It is a scandalous decision, absolutely rotten from one of the supposedly elite referees,” coach David Moyes told the BBC.

“I support a lot of the VAR stuff, I actually think the goalkeeper dives, he is faking an injury because he cannot get to the next one – he did the same on the first goal as well. The referee somehow gets that so wrong it is incredible.”

Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel conceded his side got lucky with the disallowed goal but said it was a correct decision.

He also said he hoped the win would kick-start Chelsea’s season.

“We take it now step by step, we will try to use this momentum,” Tuchel was quoted as saying by the BBC. “Things are clear now, we can demand full commitment to everything. We are in the middle of creating this and it is not finished.”

Tuchel made five changes after Tuesday’s 2-1 loss to Southampton, giving Wesley Fofana a debut in central defence, recalling Conor Gallagher after his red card a week ago against Leicester City and offering a rare start to Christian Pulisic.

But Chelsea struggled to break down West Ham’s deep defensive lines in the first half, underscoring why they rushed to sign striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Barcelona shortly before the transfer deadline on Thursday.

CHAN: Again, Ghana Knock Out Nigeria!

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Emenike Agu
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s it happened at the inaugural edition of the African Nations Championship, Ghana have again knocked out Nigeria from reaching the finals of the championship.

Ghana’s Black Galaxies knocked out Nigeria at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in an ensuing penalty kick shoot out after an aggregate 2-2 draw.  

It is the second time this year that Ghana knocked out Nigeria after an earlier World Cup ouster.

At the inaugural edition in 2009, Nigeria narrowly lost 2-3 in the first leg after initially taking a 2-0 half time lead.

Needing just a goal win at home in Calabar, the Nigerian sides were frustrated to a 0-0 draw to miss the inaugural edition in Cote d’Ivoire.

It was almost in similar vein that the Ghanaians have again taken the drivers’ seat.

In the current edition, each of the teams won their respective home leg 2-0.

After a barren first half in Abuja, Zulkifilu Mohammed pulled a goal back for Nigeria in the 76th minute.

The home-based Nigerian team levelled up in the fourth minute of the added time when the NPFL top scorer, Chijoke Akuneto put Nigeria on level terms and dragged the game into penalty shoot-out. Nigeria lost 5-4.

Adhere To Academic Calendar- Lagos Charges Schools On Resumption

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Rhoda Onuzulike
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The Lagos State Ministry of Education has charged schools in the state to adhere strictly to its approved academic calendar, for the delivery of quality and sustainable education.

The Director-General of Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, said this in an interview on Friday.

She said that both private and public primary and secondary schools were expected to resume for the 2022/2023 academic session on Sept. 5, dismissing claims in some quarters that it had been shifted.

According to her, OEQA, as a regulatory agency, met with stakeholders across board in public and private schools, principals and school owners, to develop a harmonious and unified calendar.

“Sept. 5 remains; a lot of work has gone into the calendar, we are looking at the learning days and have embedded public holidays, hoping that these efforts will be appreciated and there will be compliance.

“In developing this year’s academic calendar, we met about four times, virtually and physically with private school owners, stakeholders, public schools stakeholders, principals, to come up with this document of a calendar where students are to spend a minimum of 180 learning days.

“The idea is geared towards having a unified academic session, holidays for the Christmas, New year, Easter, Muslim and other national remarkable days such as Independence, Democracy, Children’s and others,” she said.

The OEQA Director-General said that the  2022/2023 academic calendar considered flexibility in schools.

She said it prioritised harmonised instructional days of learning to ensure that students spent productive learning hours in the classrooms.

“Only 15 schools, including those operating international curriculum, who wished to adopt different dates from the Lagos State approved harmonized calenders, have made their flexibility known to the body,” she said.

According to her, when going out to monitor compliance, it will be done accordingly.

UNIBEN Still Part of ASUU Strike – Chapter Chairman Affirms

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Rhoda Onuzulike
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Leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Benin (UNIBEN) Branch, has urged the public to disregard a speculation that it has pulled out of the ongoing national strike.

This is contained in a statement on Wednesday in Benin, by Dr. Ray Chikogu, branch chairman of the union.

Chikogu stressed that the branch was irrevocably committed to execute the industrial action to a logical conclusion.

“The leadership of the University of Benin Branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has read with amusement, a piece of information purporting that the University of Benin has backed out of the ongoing ASUU strike and that the university will resume normal activities on Sept.

“The branch is more than aware that the intelligentsia have a moral obligation to rescue public tertiary education.

“For us, it is no retreat, no surrender. We have no doubts whatsoever that the verdict of history will be on the side of ASUU,” he said.

OAU Lecturer Appeals to ASUU to Suspend Strike

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Rhoda Onuzulike
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A lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Dr Temitope Ajayeoba, has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to suspend its ongoing strike.

Ajayeoba who made the call in an interview on Thursday in Ile-Ife, said the country`s education system had suffered a lot of depreciation over the years.

He said that all hands must be on deck to revive the country`s educational system in order not to jeopardise the future of Nigerian youths.

He expressed concern over the Federal Government`s inaction towards agreements and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with ASUU since 2009.

“There are lots of agreements with ASUU since 2009 till date as well as MoU signed by the Federal Governemnt over and over again.

“ASUU had gone on strike several times, while government had repeatedly appealed to them to give them time; government had promised several times to put their demands in the budget, but to no avail.

“The failure of government on many occasions has necessitated ASUU going on strike this time around. They have been rolling it over, now indefinite strike,” he explained.

He said that the indefinite strike declared by ASUU is within their right, for this is the only language the government understands.

He said that many female students have gotten unwanted pregnancy, while others had met their untimely deaths while engaging in unwholesome activities.

Ajayeoba urged the Federal Government to do the needful since members of the union have no other means of sustainability.

He advised students to shun vices that could affect their future as they are at home.

Serena Williams: American Tennis Legend Bids Farewell To 27-Year Career

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Angel Gimalo
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Serena Williams waves to the crowd after defeating Danka Kovinic during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, on Aug. 29, 2022, in New York.

Serena Williams Has Waved Farewell To The Us Open – And Her Illustrious Career – Amid Emotional Scenes After She Lost To Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic On A Thrilling Night In New York.

Williams, Who Turns 41 This Month, Expects It To Be Her Final Match.

It Will End A 27-Year Professional Career That Brought 23 Major Singles Wins And Sees The American Widely Labelled As The Greatest Of All Time.

Williams Lost 7-5, 6-7, 4-7, 6-1 And Had Tears Running Down Her Face Afterwards.

Almost Everyone Who Could Rose To Their Feet When She Departed The Court On Arthur Ashe Stadium – The Scene Of Her First Major Triumph In 1999 And Five More Of The Finest Wins In Her Storied Career – For What She Intends To Be The Last Time.

As She Waved Goodbye And Gave A Signature Twirl, Tina Turner’s Pop Classic ‘Simply The Best’ Boomed Out Over The Sound System.

Primary, Secondary Schools in Lagos To Resume Monday, Sept 5

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Rhoda Onuzulike
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Lagos State government has said all primary and secondary schools in the state, whether public or private, are to resume for the 2022/2023 academic session on Monday, September 5, 2022.

According to a statement on Saturday by the Director General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, this is in line with the Harmonized Academic Calendar as approved by the Honourable Commissioner for Education Folasade Adefisayo.

“The academic calendar prioritizes standardized learning days and schools are to ensure strict compliance for the delivery of quality and sustainable education in Lagos State.

Students and school based staff are welcome back to school and are expected to adhere to health and safety protocols toward a productive school year.”

After 142 Years, Isle Of Man’s Wildflower Rediscovered

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Angel Gimalo
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A wildflower has been rediscovered on the Isle of Man for the first time in more than 140 years.

The skullcaps were found on marshy grassland, known as a garee, on a dairy farm in the south of the island.

It is the first time a native example has been found on the island since 1880, the Manx Wildlife Trust said.

The plant, which has the scientific name Scutellaria galericulata, has tube-like blue flowers of about 0.5 inches (1.5cm).

A perennial member of the mint family, it was discovered by the trust’s agri-environment officer David Bellamy while on a farm visit on 4 July.

Botanical records on the island show the wildflower has only been identified twice, once in 1832 and again in 1880, both in the Scarlett area in the south of the island.

Wales Pledges £32m To Help Farmers Plant Trees

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Angel Gimalo
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A total of £32m has been pledged for farmers and landowners to plant 86 million trees in Wales by 2030.

Climate Change Minister Julie James said the money would help combat climate change and create “green jobs”.

The cash is part of plans for Welsh farmers to cover 10% of their land with trees to qualify for future public funds.

A union said the policy should not affect farmers’ ability to produce food.

Ministers believe 43,000 hectares (106,255 acres) of new woods are needed by the end of the decade so Wales can reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

After Over 90 Million Visitors, World’s 5th Oldest Zoo To Shut After 186 Years

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Angel Gimalo
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One of the world’s oldest zoos is set to close after 186 years.

Bristol Zoo Gardens, run by the Bristol Zoological Charity, opened in 1836 and is the fifth oldest zoo in the world.

The zoo said it had welcomed about 90 million visitors since it opened and its conservation programmes had helped save many species from extinction.

Scores of people queued up on Saturday morning to visit the Victorian-era zoo before it closed for the final time.

Among the crowds were Sarah Farrell and her partner, Jon, who got married in the Clifton Pavilion next to the zoo’s butterflies and flamingos in October 2018.

“It was somewhere we both loved to visit, we loved the atmosphere and how it held history through its beautiful buildings as well as being a zoo,” Ms Farrell, a primary school teacher from Bristol said.

Paul Lewis, 62, is one of three generations in his family who have worked at the zoo, including his father, Michael, who was head of indoor gardening.

He described the zoo as “a huge part” of his life, somewhere that “gave us as a family secure employment for 50 years”.

His father got his first job at the zoo in 1945, and Mr Lewis said his grandfather was also employed there for a number of years.

Mr Lewis also said while he feels “nostalgic” about the zoo amid its closure, he believes it “was always cramped”.

“I, as others are, am sorry to see the zoo close as it holds many memories for my family,” he said.

People flocked to the zoo on Saturday before it closes for good

“But to survive and continue the education and breeding programmes they have, I think it needs the space and larger enclosures.”

When it first opened, the zoo featured animals which had been sourced by affluent families and which were brought to the UK on ships by sailors.

While the site used to include wildlife such as elephants, tigers and polar bears these were eventually deemed unsuitable to be housed there.

Bristol Zoo has also helped young people gain experience and knowledge of animal welfare. The charity has links to both Bristol University and the University of the West of England.

The organisation offered six degree courses and had 380 students studying alongside the zoo.

The zoo said even though it was closing, students would continue to receive their education with the team.

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