Former FIFA executive committee member, Dr Amos Adamu, is back on official football duty after years of being out.
Adamu was suspended by FIFA from all football activities for three years in 2010 after being fingered in a bribery scandal.
The former Director-General of the National Sports Commission has been named as a member of CAF's Nations Cup Organising Committee, a key committee overseeing the organisation of Africa's most important football competition.
Adamu was once one of the most powerful men in Nigerian, African and even world football before a Sunday Times investigation implicated him in a corruption case.
He was once tipped to take over as CAF President at the end of Issah Hayatou's tenure before the ban put paid to that ambition.
Other Nigerians involved in new CAF appointments are Gbenga Elegbeleye and Dominic Oneya, who are in committees, while Emeka Inyama and Chris Green have been dropped.
Nigeria Football Federation President Amaju Pinnick, former President Aminu Maigari and Aisha Falode are among Nigerians who retained their CAF postions.
welcome back mr Amos Adamu i m happy u re back is good 4 Nigerian football the gaint of Africa may GOD ALMIGHTY Bless you & your family amen.
Russian club CSKA Moscow on Friday announced that Super Eagles forward Ahmed Musa’s loan spell with them has officially expired, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.
Following his inability to tie down regular playing time at Leicester City, Musa returned to CSKA on loan during the January transfer window.
In a statement on CSKA Moscow’s official website, they wished Musa all the best at the 2018 World Cup with the Super Eagles of Nigeria, who will be in action against Croatia on Saturday.
“Today, the agreement between PFC CSKA and English club Leicester over the loan deal of Nigerian striker Ahmed Musa expired,” CSKA Moscow stated.
“Musa, who returned to the army club in the winter, in the second half of the season-2017/18, played 16 games for PFC CSKA Moscow, scored seven goals and helped the red and blue to win another ticket to the group stage of the Champions League.
“We thank Musa for helping the team this spring and wish him success in the 2018 World Cup and in his future career.”
What is wrong with CSKA? Why don’t they wait until after the WC before making this announcement? Ahmed Musa should take this as an inducement to do well in this WC so that he will be marketable.
A player played 16 matches & scored 7 goals. Can’t offer him a new contract & this news before his first 2018 world cup match. Why? Are you trying to motivate, encourage or discourage him? Musa remember what you did to Argentina in the last world cup. It’s time to do the-same to the whole world & show this ungrateful team what a world player you are?
Musa’s wages are too high for CSKA to bear. They dont have as much money as the epl clubs can throw around. And I guess musa isnt ready to take a pay cut. His wage bill was why it was difficult for leicester to offload him outrightly. The reason why musa switched back to cska was bcos he wanted to make d world cup team….and that has been achieved. Musa would rather go back to england to earn megabucks for 2 more seasons rather than take a huge pay cut. After all there’s not much at stake after Russia 2018
Super Eagles winger Ahmed Musa was in good form as he provided two assists in CSKA Moscow’s 3-0 win against Amkar Perm in the Russia Premier League at the VEB Arena on Wednesday, reports Completesportsnigeria.com.
Musa, who played the entire 90 minutes in the game, laid the ball for Victor Vitinho’s opening goal a minute before half time.
He also had a hand in the second goal, setting up Russian international Fedor Chalov in first half added time.
Chalov got his second of the game a minute after the hour mark, converting home a good pass from Mário Fernandes.
Amkar Perm also paraded their three Nigerian imports Aaron Samuel, Fegor Ogude and Bryan Idowu in the game.
Samuel who had a subdued game against his parent club was substituted after half time with Dario Bodul coming on for him.
Left-back Bryan Idowu was however involved from start from to finish and was booked in the 71st minute.
Sadly no one even notices this bean poled footballer who has recently commanded regular playing time for his decent club Crotone.
@Greenturf God will bless you, it’s funny how people talk about the likes of Sadiq jololo omar, Paul onuachi, olanrewaju kayode and Co but nobody care to mention the name of simeone or simy as he is called here in Italy nwankwo. I live here in Italy and I’ve watched him play several times for is team Crotone, and must say simeon is far better than the most of the names we keep on hearing in media. He is 2/Mt tall, fast and very strong on the ball he is also skillfull and can bully defenders.personally I think simy is what we need as back up 2 ighalo
@ We seldom mention him because he seldom scores. The work of a striker is to scores, and if you don’t do that on a regular basis, you’d always go unnoticed. No one mentioned Umar when he was at Roma and Torino because he wasn’t scoring. Now that the goals are coming, people are talking about him. Let Simy keep scoring, one against Juventus isn’t enough. If he does this consistently, people advocate for his call.
Who is Simeon Nwankwo again o? We have not finished with Dessers and Onuachu, you have started including Simeon Nwankwo. Why is he not playing for Juventus, Inter Milan if he is that good. This is the first time I am hearing of Crotone in my life. His Wikipedia goal record is not even that spectacular. Please, Ighalo is better Abeg
I knew simy wen he was in Portugal,were he scored a lot of goals but since he came to Italy he hasn’t got much goals,he is good,though I don’t think he will get a call up.umar and other attackers have more chances of making the team than he does.
The Super Eagles will confront South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in their last 2015 AFCON qualifier at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium Uyo today.
Stephen Keshi’s team did their hardest job in the qualifying games by defeating Congo 2-0 in Pointe Noire on Saturday.
A victory will guarantees Nigeria a qualification ticket to Equatorial Guinea while a draw could be dicey depending on the outcome of the Sudan versus Congo game also happening simultaneously today.
what is on your mind about this decisive match? What is your expectation from the Super Eagles? What are your fears concerning this match, if any? How do you wish Stephen Keshi and his boys should confront this Bafana Bafana challenge?
Every things in life is about determination an comitment,let super eagle go out there an show the African they are the best as an African champion,with God grace they ‘ll surely victorious.
Everything is intact. The match is won already. Nigeria is flying with a 3-1 defeat against Bafana Bafana of South Africa.
I think and hope Super Eagles will qualify but it is not the best for a football playing nation to always fall short in qualifiers. We are always hoping other teams do us favor to qualify with all the arrays of stars within and outside the Country.
I somuch belif my super eagle so I have no fear at all, they are brutugo by 2-0 southafrican have known to be our wife and they remain our wife.
Friday mape Ade Lawrence my frendo go and eat yo foodoo and watch Bafana holding trophy high. How com champions be easily taken out. We will eat yooo my frendooòo
Former Super Eagles coach Adegboye Onigbinde believes Nigeria’s chances of qualifying for the 2015 African Cup of Nations could be dead in the water after Saturday’s 1-0 defeat against Sudan in Khartourm.
The team presently handled on temporary basis by Stephen Keshi conceded a 40th minute goal and never seemed to have the cutting edge to score throughout the duration of the game.
Onigbinde while speaking with Completesportsnigeria.com, is cautiously optimistic of the disappointing African champions reaching Morocco 2015 to defend their 2013 AFCON title.
“We (Nigeria) still have three matches to go. The team have just one point out of a possible nine. Zero point is something in football anyway.
“But seriously, the chances of the Eagles qualifying for the Nations Cup is becoming slimmer by the day,” Onigbinde states.
“I was thinking that if we win the two home matches remaining and one away and indeed other results helping us, we could be back in it but with the result on Saturday and South Africa’s win over Congo away, that is going to be very difficult because they now have seven points.”
Onigbinde however calls for some backing for the Eagles ahead of Wednesday’s reverse fixture against the Falcons of Jediane.
“I’ve been virtually removed from Nigerian football, so I’m not close to Stephen Keshi’s team. I don’t know the phyche of the team after these dismal results, but they may win at home come Wednesday which may be a turning point for the team in their remaining qualifying games.
“I understand the fans’ frustrations at this time, but let’s give the team one more chance. They have to start winning now,” Onigbinde who was in charge of the Green Eagles at the 1984 African Nations Cup in Cote d’ Ivoire concludes.
The Eagles are now condemned to win ALL their remaining three games (home and away) while one of South Africa or Congo drop more points before the end of the qualifying games in November to make it to Morocco 2015 in January.
Rivers United defender, Yaovi Joseph Douhadji, has expressed happiness after being named in Togo’s provisional squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.
The 22-year-old defender told the 2015/2016 Nigeria Professional Football League runners-up's official website that his aim is to make Togo's final squad for the tournament.
“To be named among the best 25 players in my country is an extremely important thing," Douhadji told RiversUnitedFC.com.
“To represent my country at the AAFCON will be a thing of great pride and I want to work hard to see that it happens.”
Building a single, global, culture is no easy task, especially at the sprawling, modern company that spans language, cultural, and political differences. During a panel discussion at the Compliance Week West conference compliance executives from Dell, Intel, and LRN exchanged ideas on developing a global corporate culture based on leadership, communication, and integrity. A summary of their discussion is inside.
An increase in regulatory enforcement actions and attention to corporate governance issues is driving closer interaction between general counsels and board members. Recently, a panel of GCs discussed some practical ways to keep directors informed and offered a checklist of questions every board member should consider. More details inside.
The Ethics and Compliance Officer Association (ECOA) has elected Andrea Bonime-Blanc and Jacqueline Brevard as its new board of directors' chair and vice-chair, respectively. Their two-year terms begin July 1.Bonime-Blanc and Brevard succeed James Berg and Jack Radke, respectively. Bonime-Blanc is general counsel, chief compliance officer, and corporate secretary for...
Although the principle that a corporation’s lawyer represents the company rather than the individuals who own or run the company is well-established, lawyers for small, closely held companies sometimes face challenges in determining whether they also have any fiduciary obligations to shareholders.
Serving as an audit committee member of a corporate board is among the most challenging roles in today’s business environment. Responsibilities have expanded, market expectations have heightened, and stress levels have intensified. Ever since The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was enacted—and related SEC regulations and stock exchange listing standards were codified—audit committee members have been struggling with their elevated roles. Even experienced directors, some of whom initially surmised there would be little change in their corporate behavior, have wrestled with issues of process and scope for their audit committees’ activities.
Environmental issues continue to make inroads into the mainstream of the activist governance set. In fact, in a new survey just released by Mercer Investment Consulting, 73 percent of 190 regional investment management organizations predict that the incorporation of social and/or environmental corporate performance indictors will become mainstream within 10 years and 65 percent predict that positive or negative screening will be mainstream within 10 years.
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A group of young German inventors are poised to carry flight tests of the world’s first winged jetpack that can take off from the ground. Fritz Unger and his friends from Hanover in Germany have spent over five years creating their one-man jet propelled wing.
To keep the costs down the team built the original Skyflash out of aviation plywood, although future versions will be made with carbon fibre composite materials, once finished the backpack mounted aircraft will be the smallest twin-engined aeroplane ever built reaching speeds of more than 200mph, with a flight ceiling of 26,000ft, easily steered by the movement of the pilot’s body.
The wings on the Skyflash are composed of three units that separate for more surface area to provide lift on take off then contract in flight for greater speed and stability. Technology is already being used on a much larger scale in modern jet airliners. Skyflash is powered by dual microturbine diesel jet engines built into the WingBody backpack section, which also holds the flight computer and control electronics.
Before take-off the pilot puts on the WingBody like a backpack and fastens it to himself, across the front sits the landing gear, which has four 10in off-road tires the Skyflash team claim is ‘able to cope with potholed grass runways’.
In February of this year, Project Skyflash took all four wheels into the air for the first time. The pilot´s camera and the brand new underwing camera give a great impression of the speed and the movements of the pilot.
Samsungs, Sonys, LGs and HTCs have surfed onto shelves and into our hearts, every toting a bigger display screen than final yr’s model.
Not solely that however these Androids have gotten greater and higher in each different means too. BIGGER cameras! FASTER processors! LONGER-lasting batteries!
In the meantime Apple has stubbornly refused to enter the smartphone arms race, hopping from a 3.5in display to the 4in iPhone 5 and staying there for the 5s. Till now.
Enter the iPhone 6 with its 4.7in display screen, A8 mind, iOS 8, NFC and bigger battery. Lastly, Apple has an iPhone to compete on specs. And manufacturer design. And apps. And also the ecosystem.
It guarantees to be the perfect iPhone ever. So let’s discover out if the reality lives as much as the dream.
Predicting Apple could be a risky business, however to date it’s followed a regular strategy to design updates: we have had them each two years from the iPhone 3G onwards.
So, after final yr’s iPhone 5s, we anticipated getting one thing wholly totally different this time round. And totally different is what we bought.
Clearly the increased display measurement is the primary change, nevertheless, it’s removed from the one visible distinction. Just like the HTC One (M8), the iPhone 6 has all-metal again with curved edges back and front somewhat than the flat, 90-degree edges on the 5s. The result’s a phone that’s super-clean within the hand with the joins between the shiny display screen and matte again virtually unnoticeable as you maintain it.
The curves make it beautifully comfortable in use regardless of its elevated measurement, whereas its skinny profile additionally helps; it’s just 6.9mm thick.
On the downside, the camera lens does now protrude from the phone’s case, which can not please everybody, whereas the distinctive mild-colored strains on the again at high and backside will not be to all tastes both. The latter, not less than, are current for sensible in addition to aesthetic causes: with a metallic-backed phone it’s laborious to scoot the signal out and in, and the flush rubberised lines sort this. Definitely, name high quality on the iPhone 6 is powerful and reliable.
Total, it is a superbly built little bit of package. The place the Samsung Galaxy S5 and LG G3 must make do with plastic shells – albeit metallic-style plastic within the case of the latter – the iPhone 6 feels wholly premium. Only the M8 acturuns it shut, and that is a far larger handset. Each iPhone because the 4 has been a factor of beauty, and the 6 is not any exception.
The iPhone 6’s headline function is its 4.7in display. And with good reason: Apple had only ever upped its display size once earlier than, and that from 3.5in to 4in. However let’s not get carried away right here – by anybody else’s requirements, 4.7in will not be a huge screen. The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact – be aware the word ‘Compact’ – is just a smidgeon smaller at 4.6in. In comparison with the Samsung Galaxy S5, LG G3, and Sony Xperia Z3, the iPhone stays a pixie in a land of Android ogres.
For many individuals, 4.7in would be the very best size: sufficiently big to supply a greater viewing and gaming experience, without being so huge which you can’t use it correctly. After all none of that issues if the standard is not there too.
The iPhone 6 isn’t any match in display decision terms when in comparison with the G3 (534 pixels per inch) and Galaxy S5 (432ppi). Apple’s display has simply 326ppi, the same because of the iPhone 5s. However, stats aren’t the entire story and one glance on the iPhone 6 confirms this.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 has arguably one of the best screen available on the market: rich, vibrant and unbelievably detailed, though the LG G3 runs it very shut because of the additional pixels on its 2K show. And the iPhone 6 deserves to sit in that exalted company.
It’s lower-resolution than its rivals, however greater than dense sufficient to look wonderful. It additionally lacks the often over-saturated look of the S5; the Samsung show, although unequivocally stunning, can still are inclined to the garish. So far as the LG goes, these further pixels solely really make themselves identified whenever you’re studying the tiniest of writing.
However, we would be mendacity if we stated that we hadn’t hoped for more. The iPhone 6 Plus has a full HD 1080p display screen, as does virtually each one of many iPhone 6’s major rivals. Whereas the 6’s show is well among the finest 720p efforts we have used, the differences between it and a full HD display screen are seen if you search for them.
However, for day-to-day use, there’s a restrict to what you’ll be able to see – or a minimum of to what issues. And in these terms, the iPhone 6 is pretty much as good as its keenest rivals. Plus, it’s excellent there: the show appears so pressed up in opposition to the glass it’s such as you’re making direct contact with the pixels.
Because the millions of sepia-toned hipster-meals-photos posted hourly to Instagram show, the camera is without doubt one of the essential issues on any phone. So that you might need to be anticipated Apple to wish to match the 16MP sensor of the Galaxy S5 or the 20.7MP on Sony’s Xperia Z2 and Z3. However no, it’s caught with eight megapixels.
Luckily for Apple, the mix of a great lens, superior picture processing and sublimely easy camera controls in earlier iPhones has served it very properly. Plus, there’s extra to an excellent camera than a number of pixels – after all, the HTC One (M8) takes nice photographs with a mere 4MP sensor.
A part of the M8’s success is that though it makes use of fewer pixels, they’re individually greater than these on most rivals at around 2 microns. The iPhone can’t match that, however, at 1.5 microns, the Apple pixels are larger than these on the Samsung Galaxy S5 (1.12 microns).
Improvements this time round include Focus Pixels. These are referred to as part detection pixels by different manufacturers and a few rival handsets share this characteristic, notably the Galaxy S5. Section detection is quicker than the extra generally used contrast detection and means nippier autofocus – which in turn ought to mean snappier snaps with larger sharpness. Final year’s iPhone 5s took photos with no discernible delay anyway, however, the iPhone 6 positive is quick. High quality-wise, there’s not an enormous amount of distinction from the 5s – which suggests it is nonetheless one of the best on the market.
The place Apple’s camera is constantly higher than rivals is in its fantastically easy ease of use. No white stability to adjust, no additional granular controls to fiddle with. Now, although, you possibly can intentionally over- or below-expose photographs. However, do not fret that that’ll be an unwelcome distraction from the purpose and shoot ethos. In truth, it’s wholly intuitive: press on the display screen till the yellow publicity field appears. Next to it’s a little sun icon with a line via it. As you draw your finger up and down it exhibits you the way dark or mild the ultimate pic will probably be. Simple as pie.
Video recording can also be improved, with HD filming at 60 frames per second and enhanced slo-mo (now double the body fee of 240 per second). However, there’s no 4K video as discovered on some rivals. Apple’s ability has hardly ever been to be first, so we’re not exactly stunned as its absence. Nonetheless, it could have been a pleasant thing to have. High quality-wise, the footage is clean and appears striking.
Performance is at all times a tough thing to judge on iPhones. Take a look at the stats alone and most excessive-finish Androids go away it within the dust. However use one, and it will typically really feel just like the quickest thing since Usain Bolt’s sliced bread. The iPhone 6 is not any completely different.
The brand new iPhone has an improved processor, particularly the A8, and whizzes via tasks without the slightest of pauses. The earlier A7 was shockingly quick thanks partially to the brand new 64-bit architecture that arrived on that chip, and that is clearly retained right here. And whereas the brand new model doesn’t really feel any sooner, it has extra pixels to move around and is in all probability doing extra within the background in addition.
There’s additionally a brand new movement co-processor, the M8, to not be confused with HTC’s flagship. The co-processor now measures altitude due to a built-in barometer, so it may well monitor if you end up climbing or descending stairs. Well being apps will make a lot of this and Apple’s personal Health app has a dashboard to record your steps, biking and extra, made potential by the brand new hardware.
Reality: most smartphones have terrible battery life. Simply try leaving home within the morning without having charged up in a single day. And the extra you utilize your phone, the extra quickly the battery drains.
It is a recipe for disaster and one from which earlier iPhones have hardly been immune. The iPhone 5s lasted a Normal Smartphone Day (SSD) – by which we imply you possibly can nearly get away with only having to charge it nightly, as long as you did not actually hammer it in the course of the day. In any other case, you will have needed that spare charger at work.
Fortunately, the iPhone 6 just goes on and on. In common use, the phone carried out for a full day and properly right into a second – a leap ahead compared to the iPhone 5s. Moreover, iOS 8 offers you useful warnings about apps that are always making knowledge connections, so you may turn the beggars off.
We’ll be doing a full battery run-down take a look at quickly, at which level we’ll evaluate it to flagship Androids such because the LG G3, however, for now, we’ll simply say that it lasts longer than another iPhone.
The brand new hardware is quicker and extra highly effective, a few of it to service the larger display screen and up to date iOS eight working software. Finally, it can result in extra sparkly video games, sooner and extra highly effective apps. Already, Apple has added its personal Well being the app, of which extra beneath.
Sadly, a few of the latest, spangliest of options on the iPhone can’t be reviewed but within the UK. One of the crucial hanging is Apple Pay, which makes use of a combo of the Touch ID fingerprint sensor and a newly arrived NFC chip within the phone to turn the handset right into a contactless credit card. Demonstrations we noticed last week in Cupertino were certainly seamless and speedy, so assuming Apple is ready to do the offers with UK banks and credit card firms that it’s carried out within the States, this could possibly be a really huge deal.
After all, Android phones have had related features for a while. EE clients have the Money On Faucet app on varied phones, together with the S5, which turns the phone right into a digital Oyster card, for example. However, NFC hasn’t actually taken off but. Apple Pay might change this.
Other smartphones have fingerprint sensors, too, however the Apple model is excellent not least as a result of it’s effort to be free. By resting your thumb or finger on the home button as you’ll to wake the phone, the Touch ID function is invoked. The Samsung Galaxy S5, in contrast, requires a swiping movement to make it work – definitely rather less intuitive.
Equally, there’s VoLTE – that’s Voice over LTE – which promises to deliver voice calls by means of 4G information; helpful in case your 2G sign is weak at home, say. It wants each handset to be on VoLTE and for networks to play ball. EE is involved however the service hasn’t been rolled out but. The characteristic is partly made doable by a quicker LTE chip which might ship as much as 150Mbps downloads speed when the networks can match this.
The iPhone 6 arrives working Apple’s new iOS 8, available from right now on all iPhones from the 4s onwards along with various iPads and iPod touch models.
It seems principally like final year’s radically restyled iOS 7, but when 7 was all about design adjustments, 8 is all about openness, customization, and communication.
There are speedy advantages to apps similar to Messages, which can now allow you to simply send voice information, images, and movies on the contact of a button within the textual content area. And below that, you will discover the all-new predictive keyboard, which goals to guess which phrase you’re about to sort earlier than you’ve keyed within the first letter. That is splendid and works properly. Third-party companies similar to the wonderful Swiftkey are additionally now in a position to produce their very own keyboards for the iPhone – one thing Apple hadn’t permitted till now.
Greater improvements nonetheless embrace Handoff, which allows you to begin tapping an e-mail out in your iPhone keyboard after which carry it on seamlessly on a Mac utilizing the newest Yosemite software program. This additionally signifies that when a phone name is available in you’ll be able to reply it in your Mac or on one other Apple device – helpful in case your phone is snuggling on the windowsill the place the mobile phone sign is strongest whilst you’re ensconced next to the TV within the different room. We weren’t capable of taking a look at these options, as Yosemite continues to be in beta launch mode, however, we’ll replace this overview as quickly as we’re in a position.
Most significantly of all, there’s the brand new Health app, which permits different apps to contribute to the health monitoring that Well being collates. That is one other feature that’s in its early phases and it’s going to be interesting to see what occurs you probably have a number of health units which report totally different step counts, for instance. Apple stresses that every app solely takes half if you happen to give it permission.
Nonetheless, the fundamental app seems fairly neat, with the restrained, classy styling you’d anticipate, although Samsung’s S Wellbeing app appears to be like spiffy, too and each is outclassed by the LifeLog software on Sony’s phones.
And eventually, there’s iCloud Drive, which brings Apple updated with the doc-sharing capabilities different platforms already boast. Simply as with iCloud, which syncs your contacts, calendars and extra throughout a number of devices, iCloud Drive saves paperwork throughout all your Apple devices and on icloud.com.
It isn’t a mega-screened wannabe phablet. It is not a 2K-show-packing pixel king. It isn’t probably the most powerful phone ever, it is not essentially the most megapixel phone ever, it isn’t even the longest-lastingest phone ever. The most effective Androids still beat it on all these counts.
It is an actual looker, with an amazingly slim and deeply engaging build. It feels pretty within the hand, regardless of the additional size. It has one of the best display screens of any iPhone – sufficiently big to be helpful, with beautiful colors. It is probably the most highly effective iPhone ever, even when in use all you may know is that it feels very quick. It has the very best battery of any iPhone ever, lasting properly right into a second day. And it additionally packs a few of Apple’s largest software program innovations in years, though we’ll have to attend for the likes of Apple Pay to make their means over right here.
The iPhone 5s, for all its qualities, did not do sufficient to put Apple again on high. It simply lagged too far behind its Android rivals in key areas.
However, the iPhone 6, with its combination of recent new kind factor, the upcoming links to the desktop by way of Yosemite and the promise of Apple Pay, may simply do the trick.