The draw of the UEFA championship league has tied Liverpool v Roma and Bayern Munich v Real madrid,  Making it teams from England, Italy, Germany and Spain remaining in the competition respectively.

Mohammed Salah would face  his former team where he scored 34goals in 83appearances, having scored 39goals in 44 appearances for Liverpool. Any team that qualifies between the both teams, would play in the final of the competition, Liverpool, arguably, having upper hand than Roma.

The match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid would be one of the toughest and Interesting Matches of the competition, as both teams are fantastic and sharp in terms of counter attack.

However, Zinadane Zidane's men seems to be the favourite to qualify for the final, As Bayern Munich, having narrowly booked a space in the semis.

Afoguarantor,

UCJ, UNILORIN.

By: Habeebatullahi Yunusa,

University of Ilorin debate team, has bagged the regional debate championship for the North Central in Nigeria.

According to the university debate coach, Mr. Ejim David, the competition themed; "BOUNCE CORRUPTION INTEGRITY DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP," was organised by the MacArthur Foundation based in Washington D C and YIAGA, an NGO responsible for the NotTooYoung to run campaign.

According to him, the competition has been to other region where in South West, Unilag emerged champion, in South South, Uniben won, in North East, University of Maiduguri won, for South East, Federal University of Technology, Owerri emerged the champion.

He said, "in the North Central, we are the champion."

He further stated that University of Jos were second, University of Abuja were third and Kogi state University were fourth in the North Central championship.

He reported that, as champions of the North Central region, the university team will be competing with other regional champions later on in the year at the national competition, where the overall champion will emerge.

UCJ, UNILORIN.

WE WISH THEM ALL THE BEST.

By: Chima Osuji

The Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin, in conjunction with the Student Union, is set to mark its 10th anniversary since its establishment in 2008.

As part of the activity designed to commemorate the annual event, the organizers have set aside April 11th and 12th as the preliminary stage for student-software developers to showcase their works of which, the top five sofewares will be shortlisted for exhibition at the forthcoming International Conference of the faculty on 18th April, 2018.

The information was made known to members of the university community by the Student Union in its Press Release of 6th April titled, "Software Exhibition To Earmark Faculty of CIS 10th Year Anniversary".

Interested participants have been enjoined to send their details such as name, department, faculty, and phone number to topureay1@gmail.com for registration. In addition, the window for registration will close April 10th, 2018.

According to the organizers, successful developers stand a chance of winning mouth-watery prizes.

The General Secretary, Communication and International Science Students' Association (CISSA), University of Ilorin, Oladejo Qazeem, disclosed to our correspondent that the Honourable Minister of Communication, Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu, local and international acdemics, are among the dignitaries expected to grace the occasion scheduled to hold from 18th to 20th April.

Three Unilorites coveted the winning prizes has emerged winners at the just concluded beauty contest last sunday tagged "Miss Asa Kwara 2018" where.

The event which took place at the Kwara state banquet hall as organized by Unfolding Trends Corporation featured many royalties from different parts of Kwara in attendance where Miss Omolewa Akinseye of faculty of Law, University of Ilorin  emerged as the Miss Asa Kwara 2018.

The first and second runners up were Miss Onu Joy Ene and Oluwadasolami Elugoke both of the Faculty of Arts and Vetinary Medicine respectively.

The event saw a performance by Orezi, a popular Nigerian hip hop artiste who entertained the audience with his thrilling musical performance.

Also, Mr. Bolaji Amusan, a popular Yoruba Nollywood actor known as Mr. Latin, kept the audience entertained as he comically anchored the event in company of "Opebe" and Omidan Olayinka a popular radio presenter in Kwara.

While explaining the rationale behind the contest and why it is culture ("Asa") centric, the convener and CEO of Unfolding Trends Mr. Afolabi Qudus said "Miss Asa Kwara 2018 aims at creating social solidarity and cohesion, fostering social inclusion, community empowerment, and capacity building."

The contest on the whole had 13 contestants from different parts and institutions within the state. Some of the royal fathers that were in attendance the Olusin of isanlu- isin, Oba Agbeku, Oloreke of Oreke, Alamodu of Amodu, Alamoyo of amoyo and the Olojoku of ojoku.

M.B Almubajal Reporting for UCJ

By Chima Osuji

CAMPUS journalists under the aegis of National Union of Campus Journalists (NUCJ) are set to storm the University of Abuja for the Union's annual convention which is scheduled to hold from 11th - 15th April, 2018.

The five-day programme will feature a lot of activity such as: seminar on leadership and good governance, special journalists' clinic, dinner and award ceremony, election, and the national convention sitting by the new leadership.

UCJ UNILORIN also gathered that veteran journalists and notable facilitators have been confirmed to attend the event. They include: Oluseun Onigbinde, Co-founder, BudgIT; Joshua Olufemi, Knowledge and Information Lead, Premium Times; and Tajudeen Suleiman, Programme Director, International Centre for Investigative Reporting, Nigeria.

Others include: Adesola Komolafe, CEO OAK TV; Yushau Shuaib, CEO Image Merchant Promotion; David Ajikobi, Nigeria Editor, Africa Check; and Blaize Itodo Eche, Creative Director, Photochaffeour.

In a chat with one of our correspondents, the Chairperson, Convention Planning Committee, Miss Aisha Shittu, shares her thoughts on her expectation and what campus journalists should be looking forward to.

In her words:

"...We have all hands on deck to ensure that all delegates get nothing but the best at the upcoming convention. We have training courses on topics bordering round Journalism, we have panelists all warmed up to tackle questions on journalism and the theme for this year's convention ceremony. 

"Everyone should look forward to having better relationships with other campus journalists from other institutions, getting more insight into how things are run there and a better NUCJ overall", she said.

Manchester United came from two goals behind to claim a remarkable victory against Guardiola's Manchester City.

Mourinho’s men becomes the first team to defeat City at Etihad stadium in the last sixteen months, after a defeat by Chelsea last season.

An header from City captain and a goal from Ikay Gundogan gave Pep Guadiola’s men first-half lead in a match that victory for the runaway leaders would have handed them the league.

At the resumption of the match, United scored two goals in three minutes courtesy if their talisman, Paul Pogba.

At 72nd minutes, United won a free kick, taken by Alexis Sanchez and scored by Chris Smalling completed a remarkable comeback for United.

City worked hard to get an equaliser but Sergio Aguero’s late effort was denied by brilliant David De Gea while Raheem Sterling hit the woodwork.

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Cambridge Analytica sought to influence the Nigerian presidential election in 2015 by using graphically violent imagery to portray a candidate as a supporter of sharia law who would brutally suppress dissenters and negotiate with militant Islamists, a video passed to British MPs reveals.

The Guardian has obtained the video, which has graphic scenes of violence from Nigeria’s past. In testimony to the digital, culture, media and sport (DCMS) select committee last week, the whistleblower Christopher Wylie told MPs: “[The video was distributed] in Nigeria with the sole intent of intimidating voters. It included content where people were being dismembered, where people were having their throats cut and bled to death in a ditch. They were being burned alive. There was incredibly anti-Islamic, threatening messages portraying Muslims as violent.”

Wylie also said Cambridge Analytica directed AggregateIQ (AIQ), the Canadian digital services firm that worked for Vote Leave during Britain’s EU referendum, to target voters with the video during the Nigerian presidential campaign.

Wylie, a former Cambridge Analytica employee, has now handed the material to MPs. Giving testimony last week, he said: “Cambridge Analytica sent AggregateIQ the video after they [CA] got banned from several online ad networks because the graphic nature of the content violated the terms of service. AIQ was quite freaked out about it. It’s a very disturbing video. They told Cambridge Analytica that. They called it ‘the murder video’.”

In his testimony Wylie said: “AIQ is the firm that’s right at the heart of the official Vote Leave campaign – one-third of all leave spending went through it – and this shows them working closely with Cambridge Analytica to distribute violent, divisive Islamophobic material that should be nowhere near an election campaign.” There is no suggestion that AIQ was involved in the production of the video.

Cambridge Analytica was hired by a Nigerian billionaire to run a campaign in support of Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian, and the video was targeted at his Muslim opponent, Muhammadu Buhari, who went on to win the election. There is no suggestion that Jonathan was aware of the campaign.

The anti-Buhari video imagines a future in which he is president and sharia law has been imposed. “Coming to Nigeria on February 15th 2015,” the voiceover says in the manner of a trailer for a Hollywood movie. “Dark. Scary. And very uncertain. Sharia for all.” It poses the question: “What would Nigeria look like if sharia were imposed by Buhari?” It suggests he would strike a deal with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram that would be “a pact with the devil”. The video also suggests “Buhari will punish all who speak against the regime” and that “women will be veiled”. It ends by saying: “You can stop this movie becoming real.”

Another former Cambridge Analytica employee who worked on the campaign said: “It was voter suppression of the most crude and basic kind. It was targeted at Buhari voters in Buhari regions to basically scare the shit out of them and stop them from voting. People were working on it in Cambridge Analytica’s office. They’d be sitting there eating their lunch and editing this incredibly graphic and disturbing material.”The video will be seen as further evidence of dirty tricks that Cambridge Analytica employed in the campaign. Last month the Guardian revealed that during the Nigerian election campaign Cambridge Analytica was offered material from Israeli hackers who had accessed private email accounts of two politicians there.

Former Cambridge Analytica employees described how the hackers passed a thumb drive of hacked material relating to Buhari to them in Cambridge Analytica’s offices and they were directed by Alexander Nix, its chief executive, and Brittany Kaiser, a senior director, to search Buhari’s personal emails for compromising material that could be used to smear him. The material included private medical information that employees say was leaked to the press.

The video separately demonstrates the ties between Cambridge Analytica and AggregateIQ, the firm that its parent company SCL Elections employed. Last week the DCMS committee published documents that link Cambridge Analytica and SCL Elections with AIQ, including a contract, a service agreement and an intellectual property agreement that was first revealed in the Observer a year ago.

AggregateIQ is part of a current Electoral Commission investigation into a donation of £625,000 that Vote Leave made to a youth outreach group, BeLeave, which was paid directly to the Canadian firm and it is the focus of allegations made by a second whistleblower, Shahmir Sanni.
AggregateIQ did not respond to previous Guardian inquiries about the video, but said: “AIQ provides digital advertising, web and software development services to third parties. It is completely independent of Mr Wylie, CA and SCL.”

It added: “AIQ is and has always been 100% Canadian owned and operated … the services it provided to Vote Leave were in accordance with instructions given by Vote Leave.” There is no suggestion that AggregateIQ unethically coordinated with Cambridge Analytica on the EU referendum campaign.

A Cambridge Analytica spokesman said: “You are referring to Chris Wylie’s comments before a select committee which included speculation and a serious misrepresentation of the facts. We are, however, taking all allegations about possible unethical practices in the past very seriously and will investigate.”

Source: Guardian UK.