Kwara to introduce baseball in schools -Official

The Kwara Coordinator for Baseball, Jide Abidoye, on Thursday said the game would soon be introduced in schools in the state to popularise it.
Abidoye disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin.
The former national Team Manager, identified sponsorship as one of the factors constraining the development of the game in Nigeria.
He appealed to individuals, corporate bodies and government at all levels to contribute to the development of baseball from the grassroots by sponsoring clinics for interested children.
Abidoye said that the only way to make the sport popular was to take it to the grassroots with the aim of discovering talents in their infancy.
While enumerating their plans for 2014, Abidoye said that election into the National Association had been fixed for November with the state governor participating.
The coordinator said the state would host the National U-14 championship in the first week of November.
He said that there would also be the U-12, U-13 and U-15 Little League and Baseball competition.
He described Kwara as the home of baseball in Nigeria, saying that if the federation’s programmes received necessary support; the state would gain its ground in the sport.

41 die in 313 Borno road accidents -FRSC

The Federal Road Safety Commission in Borno, on Thursday, said 41 people died in 313 road accidents from January to December 2013 in the state.
The corps Commandant in the state, Mr Abbah Bazza, made the disclosure at the inauguration and swearing of NURTW executive members of the Borno Heavy Trucks Central Branch in Maiduguri.
Bazza said 182 people sustained severe injuries, while 90 persons were unhurt.
He added that the FRSC had in the last 90 days arrested 813 persons for various road offences.
The commandant noted that 6,312 people had so far obtained new driver’s licence, while 2,791 obtained the new number plate.
He urged the National Union of Road Transport Workers to sensitise its members on dangers of over-speeding and driving a vehicle with bad tyres.
He advised motorists to attend the corps’ driving school every last Saturday of the month free of charge.
Alhaji Bello Muhammad, the Chairman, Borno NURTW, said the heavy trucks inaugurated by the NURTW was to facilitate the movement of goods between Borno and other African countries.
Muhammad said the union would soon inaugurate the Borno Township Motorist Union to check every vehicle coming into Borno.
According to him, the aim is to safeguard people against attacks by members of the Boko Harram.
He attributed most accidents to bad roads and urged all tiers of government to rehabilitate the roads.

Nikon Nigeria photo contest winner and new Valentine photo contest

Nikon Nigeria photo contest winner and new Valentine photo contest

With over 1,200 photos received from November 13 to Dec. 31, 2013, Nikon has finally selected the photo that stood out at the “I am Nigeria” photo contest on Nikon Africa Facebook page.

Oluwapelumi Alabi, a social media savvy photography enthusiast studying Computer Science in Lagos, has emerged as the winner for this edition of the photo contest. His winning photo is a self-portrait taken with his Nikon D3100 DSLR camera that projects a happy and youthful vibe and reflects his pride of being Nigerian. Continue...

Oluwapelumi blogs regularly at Urbane Hanger (www.urbanehanger.com), where he posts photos of his experiences through fashion and art. As the winner of this contest, he will receive a brand new Nikon Coolpix S3400 camera.

He willingly posed for our cameras when he claimed his prize. Here are the photos from the shoot (Taken with a Nikon D7000 and Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G Lens).

For everyone who has been patiently waiting for a new and exciting photo contest, don’t miss out on the “I Heart Nikon and Jumia” Photo Contest this Valentine’s Season. Visit and like www.facebook.com/NikonAfrica and get a chance to win a 1 Red Nikon D3200 DSLR and 1 Red Coolpix S2700. The competition starts on January 31 and runs until February 14, 2014.

In conjunction with the “I am Nikon Nigeria” campaign, get to know Nikon more with this spanking new commercial filmed in Nigeria.

Nikon is exclusively distributed and marketed in Nigeria by New Creation Worldwide Link Nigeria Ltd. You may visit the showroom at 22 Opebi Road, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria or call these numbers 08053799252 / 07088888808 for sales or dealership inquiries

 

11 senators decamp to APC

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has shut down seven companies for failing to remit about N58.8 million personal income taxes of workers to government.
Mrs Folasade Coker-Afolayan, Head of the Distrain Unit of the LIRS, announced  this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.
Coker-Afolayan, who led the enforcement team, said that the companies were sealed on Wednesday during a state-wide tax enforcement drive.
She said that the affected companies’ tax liabilities covered between one and four years.
According to her, the enforcement will continue until companies and workers imbibed the culture of voluntary tax compliance.
“Tax evasion is a crime and it is a serious crime to evade tax for so many years.
“Tax payment is also a civic responsibility for everyone because that is the only way government can provide the necessary infrastructure for the citizens and also improve their standard of living,” she said.
Coker-Afolayan also urged companies to remit the personal income tax of their workers promptly to avoid closure of their business premises.
She said that LIRS usually followed due process by notifying companies severally before shutting down defaulting ones.
She also said that a notice of intent had been sent to the affected companies in accordance with the Personal Income Tax Act (PITA) amendment 2011.
“As to whether they received the notices or not, that is purely an internal matter of the companies,’’ she said.
Coker-Afolayan advised companies operating in the state to remit their taxes promptly and not to wait until government enforced the tax laws.

Pope Francis covers Rolling Stone magazine February issue

He's been on the cover of TIME magazine and now Rolling Stone. He's the first pontiff to grace the cover of Rolling Stone. He's on the cover of the music magazine's Feb. 13 issue as part of an in-depth profile entitled "The Times They Are A-Changin'.

KINGDOM ANIMALIA: Comparison LION and TIGER

Comparison chart

	Lion	Tiger
Family	Felidae (cat)	Felidae (cat)
Weight	375-496 lbs (males) 280-396 pounds (females)	579 pounds (average male) 308 pounds (average female)
Phylum	chordata	Chordata
Coloring	coat: tan tail fur/mane:dark brown	orange with brown-black stripes
Speed	59 Miles Per Hour	37 miles per hour
Litter size	Avg. 1 - 2	Avg. 2 - 4
Class	Mammalia	Mammalia
Binomial name	Panthera Leo	Panthera Tigris
Order	Carnivora	Carnivora
Conservation status	Near Threatened	Endangered
Diet	carnivore	carnivore
Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
Scientific name	Panthera leo	Panthera tigris
Distinctive feature	A mane ranging in color from tan to black	Stripes all over the body
Habitat range	Africa and india	Southeast and Eastern Asia
Genus	Panthera	Panthera
Species	P.leo	P. tigris
Hunting behavior	Nocturnal	Nocturnal - Ambushes prey
Number in wild	unkown	3,000 to 4,000
Teeth and Jaws	3 in. canines and heavy pressure jaws	Wide mouth that has strong teeth 4 in. canines
Hunting	Most females hunt together night to make it harder on the prey to see them, but they will sometimes hunt in the daytime. They have three important hunting strategies; that vary based on the prey. The ambush, the blitz, and the siege.	hunts alone during night (nocturnal)
Avg. Meat required for food	11 - 60 lbs also 57 for large males The number of lions in the pride may vary.	Tigers may consume up to 40 kg (88 pounds) of meat at one time. It is estimated that every tiger consumes about 50 deer-sized animals each year, about one per week.
Main Prey	Medium to large ungulates, most notably thompson's gazelle, zebra, wildebeest, impala, warthog, hartebeest, waterbuck, cape buffalo, hippo, rhino, giraffe, and elephants.	Large animals such as deer, buffalo and wild pigs, but they will also hunt fish, monkeys, birds, reptiles and sometimes even baby elephants. Occasionally, tigers kill leopards, bears and other tigers.They also hunt Gaur and Indian Rhinos.
Other food sources	Opportunistic and will readily scavenge the kills of cheetahs, leopards, wild dogs and hyenas.	Will strictly eat only meat hunted by self. When old, will depend on either smaller preys requiring less effort or on other tigers of the pack.
Brain size	Has the largest brain out of all the big cats except the tiger.	Largest brain and reaches maturity faster than other big cats. Their brain is 25% larger than a lion .
Habitat	Rich grasslands of East Africa to sands of Kalahari Desert, South Sahara to South Africa, excluding the Congo rain forest and India's Gir forest. Lions like to live in open woodlands and thick bush, scrub, and tall grassy areas.	India to Siberia and South East Asia. They are also found in grassland and swamp margins. They require sufficient cover, a good population of large prey and a constant water supply.
Population Status	Asiatic - endangered, Others - vulnerable	Critically Endangered
Life Span	Avg. 12 years in the wild for males and 15-16 years in the wild for females.	Avg. 15 - 20 Years
Sexual Maturity of Cubs	24 - 28 Months in Captivity; 36 - 46 Months in Wild	24 - 28 Months in Captivity; 36 - 46 Months in Wild
Body Length (mm)	2200 - 3000 (2.2 - 3 meters)	2000 - 3300 (2 - 3.3 meters)
Tail (mm)	700 - 1000	600 - 1100
Reproduction	Females will give birth after a gestation period of 100-110 days	Females will give birth after a gestation of 104 days
Mother nurses cubs for	10 - 12 Months	18 - 24 Months
how blends into habitat	tan coloring to match dry grasses	stripes to resemble shadows of the forest and black ears with white spot on back like eyes.

KINGDOM ANIMALIA Fun Facts: PENGUINS, LIONS AND TIGERS

 FACTS ABOUT PENGUIN

• Penguins are birds but they can not fly.However ,they are very skillful swimmers.It is the only bird which can not fly but can swim!

• Penguins don't have wings,they have flippers.

• Penguins are also the only birds that walk upright.

• The largest living species is the Emperor Penguin- on average adults are about 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) tall or more.

• Do you know that the fastest swimming bird in the world is Gentoo Penguin!

• Penguins such as the Chinstrap,Emperor and Adelie can proceed very rapidly by tobogganing on their bellies while using their wings and feet for propulsion .

• The King Penguin is the second largest species of penguin.

• Antarctica's Emperor penguins can survive cold weather better than any other animal.They huddle together for warmth in large colonies ,this reduces their heat loss by 50%

• Penguins are adapted to survive in the extreme climate in many ways.Penguins' fluffy down feathers are packed close together .They trap warm air and keep them warm.Also their feathers have oily tips which keep the seawater out. Their nasal chambers in the beak recover heat that would be given out during breathing.

• The smallest penguin species is the Little Blue Penguin also known as the Fairy Penguin.

• The yellow-eyed penguin is believed to be the rarest penguin species, with only approximately 5,000 birds surviving , though population numbers fluctuate.

• Winter arrives in Antarctica in March. Nearly all creatures leave except for the Emperor Penguin, the only animal that spends the winter on Antarctica's open ice.

• Penguins are warm-blooded birds as humans but still lay eggs.

• Interestingly, male Penguin takes care of the chick. To keep eggs warm away from cold they balance their egg on feet and cover them with their belly flap.Places where penguins lay their eggs and raise their babies are called rookeries.

• After laying the egg, female Penguin leaves for about 65 days for feeding towards open seas, males stand, for about 65 days, through icy temperatures, cruel winds, and blinding storms. And they eat nothing that whole time.

• After females return, the males eagerly leave for their own fishing session at sea, and the mothers take over care of the chicks for a while.

• There are about 17-20 different species of penguin and around 100 million penguins are there in the world.

• Penguins seem to have no special fear of humans. This is probably because penguins have no land predators in Antarctica.

• Typically, penguins do not approach closer than about 3 meters (10 ft) at which point they become nervous. This is also the distance that Antarctic tourists are told to keep from penguins.

• Another interesting thing about them is if they lose a chick they steal from other mother.

• Penguins can walk faster than humans even when they seem to waddle while walking.

• Penguins know Yoga ! They can hold their breath for 20 minutes under water and can leap in water while swimming.

• Penguins love to store stones that help them to float in water.

• It is really funny to know that penguins steal stones from each other & there are sometimes fight among them for this.

• Penguins can’t fly ,but their powerful flippers and streamlined bodies make them very good swimmers. They are the fastest swimming and deepest diving species of any birds.

• Penguins’ eyes work better underwater than they do in the air, giving them good eyesight to spot prey while hunting, even in cloudy, dark or murky water.

• Emperor penguins and king penguins do not make any sort of nests. 

 NEXT ON infovarsityng: FACTS ABOUT LIONS

KINGDOM ANIMALIA: LION vs TIGER

Lion vs Tiger

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Lions and tigers are among the most ferocious animals but there are important differences between them. They are both among the four big cats (the other two being jaguar and leopard) and are apex predators, i.e. they have no predators of their own and reside at the top of their food chain.
Lions typically inhabit savanna and grassland, although they may take to bush and forest. Lions are unusually social compared to other cats. The male lion is highly distinctive and is easily recognized by its mane. The lion, particularly the face of the male, is one of the most widely recognized animal symbols in human culture. It has been extensively depicted in literature, in sculptures, in paintings, on national flags, and in films.
Native to the mainland of Asia, the tiger is the largest feline species in the world. The Bengal Tiger is the most common subspecies of tiger, constituting approximately 80% of the entire tiger population, and is found in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, and Nepal. It is the national animal of India. An endangered species, the majority of the world's tigers now live in captivity.
TO BE CONTINUED...
NEXT: Comparison chart (Differences and Similarities)

ATTITUDE: 100% By calculation, nothing else matter but your attitude

Very interesting msg...hope it motivate u in 2014
......
If:
A B C D E F G H I J K LM N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Is equal to;
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Then

H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K ;
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98%

K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E ;
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96%

L+O+V+E;
12+15+22+5 = 54%

L+U+C+K ;
12+21+3+11 = 47%

None of them makes 100%.
Then what makes 100% ???

Is it Money?
NO !!!

M+O+N+E+Y= 13+15+14+5+25=72%

Leadership?
NO !!!

L+E+A+D+E+R+S+H+I+P= 12+5+1+4+5+18+19+8+9+16=97%

Every problem has a solution, only if we perhaps change our "ATTITUDE".

A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E ;
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

It is therefore OUR ATTITUDE towards Life and Work that makes
OUR Life 100% Successful..

Amazing mathematics ، and thats why I love it cus it's like our life.
Beautiful message!
Stay away from Anger..
It hurts ..Only You!
If you are right then there is no need to get angry,
And if you are wrong then you don't have any right to get angry.
Patience with family is love,
Patience with others is respect.
Patience with self is confidence and Patience with GOD is faith.
Never Think Hard about the PAST, It brings Tears...
Don't think more about the FUTURE, It brings Fear...
Live this Moment with a Smile,It brings Cheer.
Every test in our life makes us bitter or better,
Every problem comes to make us or break us,
The choice is ours whether we become victims or victorious.
Beautiful things are not always good but good things are always beautiful.
Do you know why God created gaps between fingers?
So that someone who is special to you comes and fills those gaps by holding your hand forever.
Happiness keeps You Sweet..But being sweet brings happiness..
Do Share it with all the beautiful People In your Life Very interesting msg...hope it motivate u in 2014
......

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Event	Start Date	Quota Class	Type	U/O	Odds	Fixed	Result	Outcome
Bundesliga - Stuttgart - Bayern Munich	29/01/2014 20:00:00	1X2	2		1.24
Premier League - Chelsea - West Ham	29/01/2014 20:45:00	1X2	1		1.16
Premiership - Celtic - Kilmarnock Fc	29/01/2014 20:45:00	1X2	1		1.15
Copa del Rey - Barcelona - Levante	29/01/2014 22:00:00	1X2	1		1.06
Copa del Rey - Atl. Bilbao - Atl. Madrid	29/01/2014 20:00:00	1X2	2		2.28
Ligue 1 - Marseille - Valenciennes	29/01/2014 19:00:00	1X2	1		1.52
Türkiye Kupasi - Tokatspor - Antalyaspor	29/01/2014 12:30:00	1X2	2		1.51
Türkiye Kupasi - Galatasaray - S. B. Elazigspor	29/01/2014 19:00:00	1X2	1		1.23
Greece Cup - Olympiakos - Atromitos Athens	29/01/2014 19:00:00	1X2	1		1.25
Carioca, Serie A - Friburguense - Flamengo	29/01/2014 20:00:00	1X2	2		1.64
Greece Cup - Panathinaikos Athen - As Olympiakos Volou 1937	29/01/2014 17:00:00	1X2	1		1.22
Catarinense, Serie A - Chapecoense Sc - Marcilio Dias Sc	29/01/2014 23:30:00	1X2	1		1.37