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Awoniyi Returns To Union Berlin, Gets Memorable Farewell

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Emenike Agu
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Nigeria forward Taiwo Awoniyi returned to the Stadion An der Alten Försterei on Saturday afternoon as Nottingham Forest lost 1-0 to Union Berlin in a pre-season friendly.

Awoniyi got a rousing reception from the 15,467 fans inside the stadium.

The 24-year-old was in the books of Union Berlin for two seasons.

The striker moved to Nottingham Forest from Union Berlin in a club record transfer.

Awoniyi returned to familiar surroundings today and was warmly received by his former teammates and the fans of The Iron Ones.

He missed a big chance to get on the score sheet in the game five minutes before the break.

In 65 appearances for Union Berlin before moving to the City Ground, Awoniyi netted 25 times and contributed nine assists.

World Athletics Championships: History Chasing Nigeria Women’s 4x100m Team Gets Lane 8 In Final Draw

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Emenike Agu
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Barcelona striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, has finally broken his silence on the club’s decision to sign Robert Lewandowski.

Aubameyang welcomed Barcelona’s decision to sign Lewandowski, insisting that he was really excited.

Recall that Barcelona recently signed Lewandowski from Bayern Munich.

Aubameyang and Lewandowski have experience of playing together before, combining to score 44 goals in their year together at Borussia Dortmund.

“I was really excited because I know him well. We played together at Dortmund and had some nice times over there,” the former Arsenal captain told ESPN.

“I was just happy and when this was official, we were reunited and we had some fun words about the past, but I’m really happy because this is how Barcelona will compete, with great strikers and that’s what this club is all about.

“Obviously, I think we have more experience, we can maybe do better than the past in Dortmund, I am sure about that.

“Personally, I will try to give my best and I’m sure he will do it. We hope we have better numbers than in the past.”

Laliga: Aubameyang Speaks On Barcelona’s Decision To Sign Lewandowski

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Emenike Agu
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Barcelona striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, has finally broken his silence on the club’s decision to sign Robert Lewandowski.

Aubameyang welcomed Barcelona’s decision to sign Lewandowski, insisting that he was really excited.

Recall that Barcelona recently signed Lewandowski from Bayern Munich.

Aubameyang and Lewandowski have experience of playing together before, combining to score 44 goals in their year together at Borussia Dortmund.

“I was really excited because I know him well. We played together at Dortmund and had some nice times over there,” the former Arsenal captain told ESPN.

“I was just happy and when this was official, we were reunited and we had some fun words about the past, but I’m really happy because this is how Barcelona will compete, with great strikers and that’s what this club is all about.

“Obviously, I think we have more experience, we can maybe do better than the past in Dortmund, I am sure about that.

“Personally, I will try to give my best and I’m sure he will do it. We hope we have better numbers than in the past.”

New World Athletics Athletes’ Commission Members Announced

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Emenike Agu
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World Athletics is pleased to announce the results of the Athletes’ Commission elections, which took place in Eugene during the World Athletics Championships Oregon22.

The six new Athletes’ Commission members voted on to the Commission are:

• Ivet Lalova-Collio (BUL, sprints) 615 votes
• Anna Ryzhykova (UKR, hurdles) 607
• Lea Sprunger (SUI, sprints/hurdles) 585
• Lisanne de Witte (NED, sprints) 560
• Matthew Hughes (CAN, middle distances) 555
• Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN, race walks) 494

The newly-elected members will fill the spots of the following outgoing Athletes’ Commission members:

• Inaki Gomez (CAN)
• Kim Collins (SKN)
• Adam Kszczot (POL)
• Thomas Rohler (GER)
• Ivana Vuleta (nee Spanovic) (SRB)
• Benita Willis (AUS)

Outgoing and newly-elected members will participate in a handover meeting in November this year together with the continuing Commission member currently headed by Renaud Lavillenie (FRA, Chair) and Dame Valerie Adams (NZL, Deputy Chair).

“I would like to congratulate and welcome the six newly-elected members to our Athletes’ Commission and thank every athlete who has stood for election and who participated in the vote,” said Adams, who was actively involved in promoting the elections on-site in Eugene.

“With every year, the voice of the athletes becomes more powerful and proactive when it comes to promoting and advocating for athletes’ rights at a leadership level. I am sure the newly-elected members will greatly contribute to the future of our sport, with the athlete community in mind.”

Since 2019, the Chairperson and one other member of the Athletics Commission – one man and one woman – have been full voting members of the World Athletics Council.

This year’s elections were postponed by one year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Elections will be held again next year during the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023, where six new members will be elected. Six additional members will also be appointed by the World Athletics Council to bring the number back to its intended 18.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said “The athlete’s voice has been enshrined in our governance structure for the past three years through the Athletes’ Commission and I am appreciative of the substantial contribution the Commission makes to our discussions at the Council level. I would like to welcome the six new members of the Commission and thank the six departing members for their service to our sport. With another election next year in Budapest, I would like to encourage more athletes to consider becoming involved in the decision-making of our sport.”

 UNICEF Spends $109m on Girl Education in Six Northern States – Official

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Rhoda Onuzulike
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Senior Education Manager, United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Kano Field Office, Michael Banda said the agency spent $109 million for the implementation of the Girl Education Project 3 (GEP) in six Northern states of Nigeria.

Banda, who disclosed this during a Media Dialogue on Girls Education in Bauchi on Friday, said the money was expended on the project within a period of 10 years of its existence.

The Education Manager, who stated that the project was carried out under the funding of the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom (UK), listed the states to include Sokoto, Zamfara, Niger, Kano, Bauchi and Katsina.

According to him, the project is aimed at increasing the enrollment of girls in schools and it recorded a tremendous success since its inception in 2012.

He also explained that the total target in terms of getting girls enrolled in schools across the six states within a period of 10 years was 1 million.

“By the end of the project in September 2022, the project would have enrolled 1.4 million. This is 400,000 above the target.

“This means in each headline target, the project has exceeded the expectations and one of those reasons for exceeding the expectation is good collaboration and contribution from the states,” he said.

He also lauded the acceptance of the interventions by the host communities which led to the creation of community structures such as School Based Management Committees (SBMCs) which had expanded beyond the targeted LGAs.

Banda, however, stressed the importance of sustainability, calling on the state governments to take bold steps by taking ownership of the project and allocating funds for its continuation

Stakeholders task School Mgt, Teachers on Their Role In Quality Education 

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Rhoda Onuzulike
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Bauchi State stakeholders in education  have tasked School Management Based Committee (SBMCs) and teachers to play constructive roles in ensuring quality of education in the state.

This is contained in a communique at the end of a one day citizens dialogue meeting on Friday, signed by Toshin Zuberu, Communication officer, T Y Danjuma Foundation, provided to newsmen on Saturday in Bauchi.

The dialogue meeting was organized by Fahimta Women and Youth Development Initiative (FAWOYDI) in collaboration with TY Danjuma Foundation.

The communique said teachers and SBMCs were the custodians and guardians with the responsibility to  preserve and provide good learning environment for pupils.

“Together they can check the menace of teacher absenteeism by monitoring, supervising and reporting on a regular interval to appropriate authority,” it said.

The stakeholders recommended for Training and retraining of teachers and SBMC’s to achieve the overall goal of basic education in the state.

“The SBMCs should imbibe a continuous with FAHIMTA and other NGOs for effective advocacy to foster the restructuring of dilapidated structures in the basic education.


“Government and other stakeholders need to ensure the teaching environment of pupils should be conducive and urged teachers to be selfless while in service delivery.

The communique also stressed the need to adopt and utilise the Nigerian policy on quality education to achieve quality assurance in sustainable service delivery as education still remained the bedrock of development.

It also stressed the need for communities to take ownership by providing portable drinking water, minor school structures renovations, rather than relying on government and NGOs support.


The stakeholders also called on the State University Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to provide effective supportive supervision and mentorship to supervisor SBMCs among others in carrying out their responsibilities effectively.


They also advocated for more awareness campaigns  on ownership by community members for sustainable development.

The communique said there was a need for governments and communities to identify philanthropists and private organisations that would aid school development.


They commended FAWOYDI and TY Foundation, complementing the state government efforts to improve lesson notes and work plans in targeted schools in the state.


The stakeholders in attendance were  SUBEB, government officials , Local Education Authorities, teachers, Parents Teachers Association PTA, NGOs, CSOs and the media

Monarch Butterflies Now Considered Endangered

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Angel Gimalo
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Migratory monarch butterflies — the much-loved orange-and-black insects known for their impressive annual journey that takes them thousands of miles across North America — are now considered endangered.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a group headquartered in Switzerland that tracks species and extinctions, added the migratory monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) to its Red List of Threatened Species.

The migratory monarch butterfly is a subspecies that breeds over the summer throughout Canada and the United States before traveling south to California and Mexico for the winter.

IUCN scientists estimate that populations of the insects have shrunk 22 percent to 72 percent over the past decade.

Warmer temperatures, years of intense drought and severe wildfires — all elements that are exacerbated by climate change — are transforming the land and reducing the availability of plants that these monarchs need to breed and fuel their long migratory journeys.

The insects are also affected by the overuse of pesticides and habitat loss from agriculture and urban development.

Vocational Education: Ogun Inducts 22 Trade Subject Delivery Officers

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Rhoda Onuzulike
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The Technical and Vocational Education and Training Board (TVET) has inducted 22 Trade Subject Delivery Officers (TSDOs), to empower students with the relevant skills needed to be self-sustainable and job creators.

This is in a bid to improve qualitative teaching and learning of trade subjects across secondary schools in Ogun state.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on TVET, Prof. Joseph Odemuyiwa, said during the induction on Friday in Abeokuta, that the move was to guarantee the smooth implementation of the National Policy on Education.

The policy stipulates that every secondary school student must offer at least, one trade subject, among other things.

Odemuyiwa said that the inductees are experts in various secondary schools that would focus on qualitative delivery of trade subjects as a way of imparting technical and engineering disciplines to students.

“There is a policy on education known as the national policy on science and technology education, within which you will operate to ensure that TVET in Ogun state is delivered the way it should.

“The purpose for this move is to bring you in as experts in our various secondary schools so that we will be able to focus on qualitative delivery of trade subjects as a way of catching them young for technical and engineering discipline,” he said.

Odemuyiwa charged the inductees to complement government’s effort by ensuring seamless implementation and effective coordination of qualitative technical and vocational education.

He urged them to do so as pioneers in the school to which they were posted.

Speaking on behalf of the inductees, Sunday Abiodun, from United High School, Ikenne and Adeboye Omolara from Saint John’s Anglican Secondary School, Abeokuta, said they were impressed with the initiative.

They said that it would further help in enhancing the teaching and learning of vocational education across schools.

Once Upon A Time – July 23 – 2000 – Tiger Woods Wins First Open Title; Becomes Youngest Player At 24 To Win all 4 Major Titles

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Angel Gimalo
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1215 Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen

1829 William Austin Burt patents America’s first “typographer” (typewriter)

1840 Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada

1944 Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin

1995 Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye nearly a year later

More Historical Events
Jul 23 in Film & TV
1966 Frank Sinatra’s album “Strangers In The Night” hits #1 on the US charts, (Grammy for Record Of The Year and Best Male Vocal Performance)

Jul 23 in Music
2010 One Direction is formed during the X Factor show as Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson join together

Jul 23 in Sport
2000 British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Tiger Woods beats Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els by 8 shots to win his first Open title; becomes youngest player at 24 to win all 4 major titles

MORE FACTS…
NASA’s Kepler mission announces discovery of the most Earth-like planet yet – Kepler-452b, 1,400 light years from Earth – On July 23, 2015

American opera singer Grace Bumbry becomes the first black singer to perform at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, she earns 42 curtain calls – On July 23, 1961

Famous Weddings
1944 Actress Susan Hayward (27) weds actor Jess Barker (32) at St. Thomas Church in Los Angeles, California

1960 Professional golfer Jack Nicklaus (20) weds Barbara Bash

1986 Britain’s Prince Andrew (26) weds Sarah Ferguson (26) at Westminster Abbey in London, England

JAMB Remits N29b to Consolidated Revenue Fund- Minister

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Rhoda Onuzulike
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Nigeria Education Minister, Adamu Adamu has said the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) had remitted about N29 billion directly into the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF).

Adamu made this known at a policy meeting on admissions into tertiary institutions in Abuja.

The minister said the board had also granted over N1 billion to tertiary institutions and expended more than N2 billion on capital projects.

He added that the board had reserved N6 billion for its future expansion and as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

Adamu said JAMB also provided social services, such as funding the freighting and delivery of donated critical hospital equipment to 12 teaching hospitals at the cost of $257,000 and #47 million.

According to him, the board has continued to serve as a model for public agencies in vision, devotion, transparency and efficiency, yielding enormous goodwill to the government and people of Nigeria.

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