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  Wenger makes history as Arsenal defeat Chelsea to win 13th FA Cup Wenger makes history as Arsenal defeat Chelsea to win 13th FA Cup Arsenal denied Premier League champions Chelsea a double this season after a thrilling final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, as the Gunners lifted the English FA Cup for a record 13th time. The Gunners manager Arsene Wenger has now become the most successful manager in the FA Cup history with seven titles. Arsenal took the lead five minutes into the game through Alexis Sanchez, though controversial as the linesman had his flag up for Aaron Ramsey, who was standing in an offside position. Arsenal dominated the first half but could not double their lead. Super Eagles forward, Victor Moses, was given a second yellow card on 68 minutes for diving in the penalty area, and was sent off the pitch. But the Blues got back into the game through Diego Costa’s 76th-minute shot, only for Ramsey to head in the winner two minutes lat...

If you’re job hunting, then you should be familiar with ATS, not Accounting Technician Scheme but Applicant Tracking System. Who knows, it may be the reason you’re not hearing back from employers after submitting your application and invariably, the reason you’re still without a job. Applicant Tracking System is a computer software used in managing recruitment processes. It reduces the workload of recruiters in that it helps them screen-out candidates who do not meet certain criteria for the position like years of experience, academic qualification, skill set, etc. ATS is commonly used in developed countries, USA, UK, Canada, etc, but I’m not sure how common it is with Nigerian companies. But for certain, it is being used. A few friends of mine in HR have personally confided in me that they use Applicant Tracking Systems in screening candidates. That it makes their work easier as they have to spend less time reviewing CVs. However, the purpose of this article is not to inform you that ...

Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo said he had never met All Progressives Congress leader, Bola Tinubu, when he was appointed a commissioner in Lagos State. Osinbajo served as Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State during Tinubu’s administration. Osinbajo said: “I did not and I had never met Bola Tinubu before I was appointed Commissioner and that says a lot about the kind of individual that he is. This is the kind of thinking that makes nations great; that is the kind of thinking that would make Nigeria great. “A type of thinking that considers all of our diverse talents; a kind of thinking that does not allow parochialism; a kind of thinking that does not allow us to say anywhere belongs to only a set of people. That is when our country would be truly great.” Osinbajo said although he was sympathetic to the course of those craving for a Lagos for only its indigene, but it was now evident that the momentum of history could no longer hold down the elem...

– OSUN STATE GOVERNOR, RAUF AREGBESOLA SAYS THAT THE STATE IS ‘FINANCIALLY INCAPABLE’ OF RUNNING LAUTECH. Osun state governor, Rauf Aregbesola has openly lamented about the crisis his government is having with students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology(LAUTECH). The institution has been shut down for months now due to the government’s inability to release funds. Students of LAUTECH have been holding several protests with the latest being occurring last Wednesday and Thursday. They stormed the state capital, Osogbo, wielding placards and condemning the government’s attitude towards the problem. The protest totally shut down activities in the state capital as vehicular movements were halted for over eight hours. In response, Aregbesola denied statements that his government was not concerned with the issue, he revealed that the problem could not be tackled due to poor finances. He told journalists during a media night out in the Government House, which was part o...

As the Central Bank of Nigeria steps up efforts to achieve naira stability through the convergence of the official and unofficial exchange rates, OYETUNJI ABIOYE writes that the road will be tortuous with major economic challenges looming for the country Nigeria , the biggest economy in Africa , is down on its knees following the sharp drop in the prices of crude oil, the country’ s major foreign exchange earner. Since June 2014 when the prices of oil fell from about $ 110 per barrel to the current average of $ 50 /barrel, the fortunes of the world ’ s fifth largest exporter of oil has nosedived sharply. With a major fall in economic growth from a six per cent average to the current negative position , jump in inflation from nine per cent to 17 per cent , and severe weakening of the naira from 150 / dollar to 305 /dollar on the official market and 380 /dollar on the parallel market, the economy is believed to be on a life support. This , according to experts , is evident in the ...

Happy Democracy Day Celebration to Nigerians. Long Live Federal Republic of Nigeria! When Democracy Was restored 18 years ago @Eagles Square, Abuja. I congratulate and join Nigerians to celebrate 18 years of unbreakable democracy in Nigeria. I remember when the campaign was going on in 1998, there were doubts about the sincerity of the military to let go of power. After Chief Obasanjo, running under the PDP defeated Chief Falae of AD-APP, every attention was on General Abdulsalam to honor the May 29, 1999 date. Then the bitter experience of June 12, 1993 annulment was still fresh in the memory of Nigerians. At the end, democracy triumphed! Happy Democracy Day... Nothing can replace freedom

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday pleaded with the nation’s youth not to wish elders in the country “dead”, saying they need them as “mentors” and “advisers” in their journey of life. Obasanjo who stated that his “greatest fear about Nigeria” today remained the “anger and frustration of the youths,” said if not managed, it could lead to “youth explosion.” He lamented that Nigerian youths are not getting help either from the government or anybody. The Ebora Owu who spoke during the Youth Governance Dialogue organized by the Youth Development Centre arm of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library(OOPL), Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, said while his generation had “limitless opportunities but no facilities” in their time, the youth of today have facilities but little or no opportunities. He cited the insurgency in the North East, the separatist agitators in the South East and militancy in the Niger Delta region as manifestations of anger and frustrations from disillus...

Nigerian equities posted a mouth-watering average gain of 3.38 per cent, equivalent to net capital gain of N329 billion last week, ranking as one of the two best-performing markets within tracked advanced and emerging markets. The most active segment of the Nigerian market, the NSE Banking Index significantly outperformed the average overall index with a week-on-week gain of 7.64 per cent. From America, to Europe, Asia and Africa, investors across the world showed improved appetite for quoted shares last week, pushing most benchmark indices to close positive. Africa’s frontier markets were ahead of the rally with Kenya and Nigeria atop the global chart for tracked indices. Nigeria’s sovereign equities index, the All Share Index (ASI) of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) recorded a week-on-week gain of 3.38 per cent to close at 29,064.52 points at the weekend as against its week’s opening index of 28,113.38 points. Aggregate market value of all quoted equities on the NSE jump...

The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba PHOTO: NAN The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to use the occasion of the Democracy Day celebration to announce the composition of the tripartite negotiation committee on the National Minimum Wage. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, made the call in a statement he issued on Sunday in Abuja, ahead of the Democracy Day celebration on Monday. Wabba, who noted that the minimum wage was increased to N18,000 six years ago, added that the patience of workers had been tested due to the current inflation in the country. “We, therefore, urge the Federal Government to use the occasion of the Democracy Day to announce the composition of the tripartite negotiation committee as this is imperative for the government to review the National Minimum Wage, ‘’ he said. Wabba also condemned the recent coup rumour, saying labour was opposed to any move to truncate the current democratic dispensation “ ...

Tunisian security forces on Saturday rescued 126 sub-Saharan migrants including seven pregnant women who had been trying to reach Europe from Libya, a Red Crescent official said. Fishermen had alerted the authorities to the presence of a vessel in distress off Ben Guerdane in southern Tunisia near the border with Libya, Dr Mongi Slim told AFP. Among the migrants were 48 women, seven of them pregnant, and three children. Those rescued were mainly from Nigeria, Mali and Gambia, and had set off from Libya, he added. They were taken to the Tunisian port of Zarzis to be given first aid before later being transferred to nearby Medenine, he said. People traffickers have exploited the chaos that has ravaged Libya since the 2011 revolution that toppled and killed Moammar Gaddafi to expand their lucrative trade. Each year they send desperate migrants seeking a better life in Europe on the dangerous voyage to Italy, often aboard boats in too poor a condition to complete the trip....

  Abductors of 6 students of Lagos Model College demand N1bn ransom Abductors of 6 students of Lagos Model College demand N1bn ransom The kidnappers had gained entry into the school at about 6am on Thursday through Imeru/Iji waterways, purportedly bore a hole in the school fence, through which they gained entry into the premises initially kidnapping 10 students from their hostel. However, the kidnappers later released four of the kidnapped students at a bush path leading to the abductors’ waiting boats, while six others (4 SS1 students and 2 JSS 1 students) were whisked into the kidnappers speed boats which sped off immediately. Sources also revealed that the kidnappers had earlier attempted to carry out their operation on Wednesday night as they paraded the waterways for two weeks, showcasing their fire power but were foiled by policemen on standby. According to a witness, “they attempted to scale the school fence on Friday night when private guards alerted ...

Opytainment Gist World: KPMG uncovers N20.5bn hidden debts in Arik Airline... : Apart from the N375 billion already in the books of Arik Air, more debt-induced records have been discovered through the audit findings...

Thousands of travelers are still stranded at London’s  Heathrow Airport  due to a global computer system failure causing chaos with about 40 flights cancelled thus far. However, British Airways has resumed some flights from Britain’s two biggest airports after the system failure, with the airline battling to contain the “knock-on disruption” to schedules, with aircraft and crews out of position around the world. British Airways said it was hoping to soon operate a near-normal schedule of flights from Gatwick, London’s other major airport, and the majority of its Heathrow services. The global computer system outage caused massive delays and left planes stuck on runways even as the British Airways said there was no evidence the problem had been caused by a cyber attack. “Please do not come to the airports. We have experienced a major IT system failure that is causing very severe disruption to our flight operations worldwide,” the airline said in a statement yester...

Apart from the N375 billion already in the books of Arik Air, more debt-induced records have been discovered through the audit findings of the embattled airline by the auditing firm, KPMG. A source at the firm revealed that “An estimated N20.5 billion have so far been found from the financial transactions, in 2010, bordering on insurance and other international services entered into by the management, which was thought to have been settled before its financial crisis took unmanageable condition”, said the official of the auditing firm, who pleaded for anonymity. Following takeover of Arik Airline by the Asset management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), with appointment of Receiver, Mr. Oluseye Opasanya, the need for further check on its financial records led to appointing KPMG. It was learnt that so far more funds had bern uncovered from old debts owed by the airline. It was gathered that the time frame given to the firm to complete the audit might no longer be feasible as ...