Christiano Ronaldo Wins FIFA Ballon d'or

Real Madrid attacker Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 2014 Fifa Ballon d'Or ahead of Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, scooping up the prestigious individual award for the third time in his career.

Ronaldo enjoyed a hugely successful 2014, in which he guided Madrid to Champions League glory by netting a record 17 goals in one campaign, and earned 37.66 per cent of the votes.

Additionally, the prolific attacker played an integral part in the Santiago Bernabeu side's Copa del Rey win by netting three goals in six appearances, even if he missed the final against Barcelona due to injury.

On an individual level, the 29-year-old won the Liga top scorer award by scoring 31 goals in 30 appearances, which also saw him crowned joint-winner of the European Golden Shoe together with Luis Suarez.

Ronaldo becomes the seventh player in history to successfully defend his Ballon d'Or title after Johan Cruyff, Kevin Keegan, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Michel Platini, Marco van Basten and Messi.

The Portugal international was first voted the world's best in 2008, when he pipped Messi and Fernando Torres to the coveted trophy. He then had to settle for second spot in 2009, 2011 and 2012 before winning the award a second time in 2013, this time ahead of Messi and Franck Ribery.

The former Manchester United star has moved level with Cruyff, Platini and Van Basten on three wins, with only Messi ahead of him on four Ballon d'Or trophies.

"I want to thank my mother, my family. I would like to thank all those who voted for me, my coach, my fellow players, the president of the club," Ronaldo commented while collecting the award.

"It has been an unforgettable year. To win this trophy, a trophy of this kind, is something unique, and like I say, I want to continue working as I have so far, trying to go on and win more titles both individually and as a team, for my mother, for my father who is up there looking at me, my son, and to become better.

"I would like to say to the Portuguese: I never thought I would win this trophy on three separate occasions. Of course it is something that is always with me - I want to become one of the greatest players of all time and I hope to get there. I want to thank you all," concluded the Madrid star before leaving the stage with a loud roar.

Messi, meanwhile, made it to the podium for the seventh time in succession after he was crowned all-time top goalscorer of La Liga and the Champions League in 2014, and amassed 15.76% of the final vote.

Neuer missed out on the chance to become the first goalkeeper to win the award since Lev Yashin in 1963 after guiding Germany to World Cup glory and winning the Bundesliga title and DFB-Pokal with Bayern. He earned 15.72% of the vote.


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18 Undergraduate Scholarships You Should Look Out For In 2015

As 2015 begin, as an undergraduate in Nigeria, it is very important to keep these scholarship opportunities in mind.

I have compiled a list of scholarship opportunities that you can apply for this year 2015.

1. MTN Foundation Scholarship For 200L
Worth N200,000

2. NAOC (Nigeria Agip Oil Company) Scholarship For 100L
Worth N100,000

3. Gani Fawehinmi Scholarship
WorthN100,000

4. NLNG Scholarship For 100L
N150,000

5. Exxon/Mobil Scholarship For 200L
Worth N150,000

6. SPDC (Shell) Scholarship For 100L
Worth N75,000

7. Agbami Medical & Engineering Scholarship For 100/200L
Worth: Medical awardees = N200, 000 , Engineering Students awards = N100,000

8. NNPC/Chevron Scholarship For 200L
Worth: N150,000

9. NNPC/Addax Scholarship for 100L
Worth N100,000

10. Total E & P Scholarship For 100L/200L
Worth N150,000
11. NWAG Scholarship
Worth N50,000

12. SNEPCo Scholarship For 100L

13. MUSTE Undergraduate Scholarships for Nigerian Students (All levels)

14. BAT Iseyin Agronomy (BATIA) Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme

15. PTDF Scholarship For 200L
Worth N150,000 Plus Laptop during first payment.

16. ABC Transport Scholarship For 100L
Worth N100,000

17. Federal Government Scholarship Award For 200/300/400L
Worth N150,000

18. Wells Mountain Foundation Scholarship (All Levels)
Worth Varies
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We will try our best to update you once applications for these scholarship offers commence! Just stay glued to OAU Peeps News Agency so as to get the latest!

Olori Releases Beautiful New Year Pictures

See the beautiful pictures posted by the Students' Union Vice President, Oladejo Funmi a.k.a Olori on her FB wall recently

Students' Union Finally Call For Congress

Just as the Students' Union President, Ibikunle Isaac mentioned earlier this week during his 'welcome back to campus' movement across Halls of Residence, a Congress of Great Ife students has finally been called. The Congress has been scheduled to hold between the hours of 2pm and 4pm on Wednesday, 14th January, 2015.

Though the agenda of the Congress has not been made public as at the time of filing this report but it is quite obvious that there are lot of issues to address ranging from the review of the struggle against the fee hike to the approaches employed at reinstating the suspended students.

Continuous and intensified clamour for Congresses was a popular demand during the last semester by many students who feel that is the only way the so called ongoing wrongs in the Students' Union can be addressed. The Save OAU Campaign group, Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Democratic Socialists Movement (DSM) among many other groups have raised their voices of call for a students' Congress.

The Union officers including the President have said all through last semester that Congresses will only be called at the appropriate time and not just a congress where only few students will come and stampede to favour their motives. While some students believe the Union officers are scared of calling a Congress that may possibly check their balances leading to their possible suspension and impeachment, others believe the Union officers have the right discretion to call a Congress as at when due.

2015 General Election: Some OAU Students May Not Be Able To Vote

With about 35 days to the start of the 2015 General Elections, many registered voters may not be able to vote if they relocate from the constituency where they registered as voters except their voter's registrations are transferred to their new locations. This may affect many Great Ife students who reside outside Ife and had their voters registration done on campus. 

Another important reason why you need to transfer your registration to the exact constituency where you will be residing during the election is the usual restriction of movement. Some people registered where they will have to transport themselves a very long distance to be able to vote. Movement restriction on those election days may not favour this.

Do you fall in any of these categories of registered voters, below are the simple steps to transfer your voters registration:

Step 1
- The person who intends to transfer his registration will write an application to INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner of the State where he is currently residing.

Step 2
- The applicant will attach his voters card to the application.

Step 3
- The applicant must apply to the Resident Electoral Commissioner not later than 30 days before the date of an election in the constituency where he is residing.

Step 4
- The Resident Electoral Commissioner will direct the Electoral Officer of the applicants Local Government Area to enter his name in the transferred voters list.

Step 5
- The Electoral Officer will assign the applicant to a polling unit in his constituency.
Step 6
- The Electoral Officer will issue the applicant with a new voters card

Step 7
- The Electoral officer will retrieve the applicants previous voters card

Step 8
- He will then send a copy of the entry to the Electoral officer of the constituency where the person whose name has been so entered was originally registered.

Step 9
- Upon receipt of this entry, that Electoral Officer shall delete the name from his voters list.


NB: Apart from State Headquarters Offices of INEC, applicants can also submit their applications at the INEC Office in their Local Government Areas. The applications will be forwarded to the Resident Electoral Commissioner for necessary action. Also note that application for transfer of Voter's Registration must be done 30 days prior to any election.

REMINDER: INEC Ad-Hoc Job Application Still Open

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to revalidate and upgrade its Ad-Hoc Staff Recruitment Databank in preparation for the forth-coming 2015 General Elections. The positions identified and the respective job descriptions are State Constituency Returning Officers, Senatorial District Constituency Returning Officers, Federal Constituency Returning Officers, State Assembly Constituency Returning Officers, Collation Officers, Supervisory Presiding Officers, Presiding Officers, Assistant Presiding Officers.

ELIGIBILITY

Outlined below are the various positions available and their requirements, Please make sure you read the instructions below before you begin your registration.

STATE CONSTITUENCY RETURNING OFFICER
Requirement: Must be a Serving Vice Chancellor of any University or Retired Justice/Judge of Federal High Court.

SENATORIAL/NATIONAL AND STATE CONSTITUENCY RETURNING OFFICER
Requirement: Must be a Serving Professor in any Federal Tertiary Institution or Retired Justice/Judge of Federal High Court.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA (LGA) COLLATION OFFICER
Requirement: Must be A Lecturer of Federal Tertiary Institution Or Member of the following Professional Associations (NMA, ANAN, PSN, NSE, NIA, NIQS)

SUPERVISORY PRESIDING OFFICER
Requirement: Must be an INEC Staff or Federal Public Servant (Ministries, Departments and Agencies) Grade Level 10-14 at State Level.
PRESIDING OFFICER
Requirement: Must be a serving NYSC Member.

ASSISTANT PRESIDING OFFICER
Requirement: Must be a serving NYSC Member , Student of penultimate year in Federal Tertiary Institutions, Former NYSC Member that participated in 2011-date Electoral activities or Federal Government Employee Grade Level 07-09 possessing minimum of National Diploma/equivalent at State Level.

Returning enrollees should enroll based on the appropriate category that currently applies to them.

If you wish to begin your registration now click here



For detailed job description of the positions identified, please goto information for Electoral Officials on the Home Page of the website.

Meaning Of Some Smartphone Features You May Not Know

Today, many of you see these features LTE, OTG, OTA, SNS and NFC on smartphones, without actually knowing what they stand for or do to your phones. Have you being wondering what these hi-tech features of smartphones and other mobile device mean and their functions in your phone? Now lets break them down for your understanding.

1. LTE - This stands for Long Term Evolution and a phone that has LTE simply means that that phone is 4G network enabled.

2. OTG - This stands for On The Go meaning that devices with OTG supports USB On The Go. In other words, with such devices, you can use USB devices like flashdrives and printers directly with the phone.

3. OTA -it means Over The Air and therefore devices that support OTA can receive device updates and can easily be updated without needing a PC..

4. SNS -it stands for Social Network Service. Devices with SNS simply mean that the device can easily establish social networks of people via notable social network mediums.

5. NFC -this stands for Near Field Communication. It works like bluetooth but at a very short range for sharing files. It is more secured to use and you don't need to pair or set up anything before making use of it. You can even use it to pay bills and as a travel ticket if your phone has NFC.


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