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The 49ers had a big win on Sunday against the Bears, but 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel did not have a big game. Samuel was held to two catches for 22 yards, continuing a disappointing season in which he’s averaging career-lows in catches per game and yards per game. But Samuel took to social media on Monday afternoon to say nothing is wrong. “Not struggling at all just not getting the ball!!!!!!!” Samuel wrote . A comment like that could be portrayed as a complaint that Samuel has been surpassed in the 49ers’ wide receiver pecking order by Jauan Jennings, who has more targets, more catches, more yards and more touchdowns than Samuel this season. But Samuel quickly added in another post that he’s not in any way criticizing his teammates. “Just cause I voice my opinions mean I’m hating on any of my teammates!! Be Fr,” Samuel wrote . It’s been a disappointing season in San Francisco, both for the 49ers and for Samuel individually. And there’s little doubt that Samuel is disappointed he’s not getting the ball more.
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Maupay also had a dig at Everton when he departed on loan to Marseille in the summer and his latest taunt has further angered the Premier League club’s supporters. The 28-year-old said on X after Sean Dyche’s side had lost 2-0 to Nottingham Forest at Goodison Park on Sunday: “Whenever I’m having a bad day I just check the Everton score and smile.” Whenever I’m having a bad day I just check the Everton score and smile 🙂 — Neal Maupay (@nealmaupay_) Former boxer Tony Bellew was among the Toffees’ supporters who responded to Maupay, with the ex-world cruiserweight champion replying on X with: “P****!” Maupay endured a miserable spell at Everton, scoring just one league goal in 29 appearances after being signed by the Merseysiders for an undisclosed fee in 2022. He departed on a season-long loan to his former club Brentford for the 2023-24 season and left Goodison for a second time in August when Marseille signed him on loan with an obligation to make the deal permanent. After leaving Everton in the summer, Maupay outraged their fans by posting on social media a scene from the film Shawshank Redemption, famous for depicting the main character’s long fight for freedom.Michail Antonio spoke to his West Ham team-mates via a video call from his hospital bed before they beat Wolves 2-1 on Monday night. Jarrod Bowen held Antonio’s number nine shirt aloft after scoring the winner in support of the Hammers striker, who is recovering after a horror car crash on Saturday. Boss Julen Lopetegui said: “He is not in his best moment but he kept his humour. It was a special moment for us. “I think we have a lot of reason to win matches but this was one reason more. He’s alive so we are happy.” MA9 ❤️ — West Ham United (@WestHam) West Ham players wore ‘Antonio 9′ shirts while warming up and walking out before kick-off. The shirts will be signed by the players, including Antonio, and auctioned off with the proceeds going to the NHS and Air Ambulances UK. Tomas Soucek headed West Ham into the lead and held up nine fingers to a TV camera. The Czech midfielder told Sky Sports: “He’s been here since I came here. He is really my favourite. I said it would be tough for me to play without him. "He was here since I came and he's really my favourite" Tomáš Souček on dedicating his goal to Michail Antonio ❤️ — Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) “I was so scared what was going to happen. It was a really tough week for him, his family and us.” Matt Doherty equalised for Wolves, and boss Gary O’Neil felt they should have had two penalties for fouls on Goncalo Guedes and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, both of which were checked by VAR. But Bowen’s winner – O’Neil believed there was a foul in the build-up – condemned Wolves to a 10th defeat of the season and a third in a row. While under-pressure Lopetegui may have earned a stay of execution, O’Neil’s future as Wolves manager is now in serious doubt. “A lot of things went against us but ultimately we have not found a way to turn the game in our favour,” he said. “But the players showed they are still fighting for me, for the fans and the group. “Where does this leave me? In the same place I was. I’m aware of the noise. But if anyone expected this to be easy – I’m happy to be judged on results but it should be done in context. “Whenever this journey ends with Wolves I’ll be proud of it.” There was an acrimonious end to the match as captains Bowen and Mario Lemina scuffled after the final whistle, with the Wolves midfielder angrily shoving people including one of his own coaches, Shaun Derry. “I just went to shake his hand after the game,” Bowen said. “He didn’t want to shake my hand, two captains together just to say ‘well done’ after the game. “I know it’s difficult when you lose. I’ve been on the end of that situation.” O’Neil added: “Mario is calm now. He’s a passionate guy and something was said that upset him. “The instinct of the staff was to make sure he didn’t get into trouble, but he took some calming down.”
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FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, MAKURDI (FUAM) NOW KNOWN AS JOSEPH SARWUAN TARKA UNIVERSITY, MAKURDI (JOSTUM) CENTER FOR INNOVATION IN PROCUREMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL STANDARDS (CIPESS) CALL FOR APPLICATIONS INTO NEW REGULAR AND EXECUTIVE SHORT COURSES (TRACK A) Applications are invited from interested candidates for admission into Regular and Executive short courses in the fields of Procurement Standards, Environmental Standards and Social Standards (PES) at the Center for Innovation in Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards (CIPESS), Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM) now known as Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi (JOSTUM). About us: Centre for Innovation in Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards (CIPESS) is a World Bank sponsored Center of excellence established at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi now Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi (JOSTUM), Benue State. CIPESS is funded by the World Bank for a 5-year period in the first instance under the Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) project of the Federal Government of Nigeria. The SPESSE project is aimed at enhancing sustainable human capacity development in Procurement, Environmental and Social standards in public and private sectors in Nigeria and the sub-region in order to support good governance, increase transparency, competition, equal opportunity and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery as well as improve value for money in public expenditure. This will be done through training, professionalization and research in procurement, environmental and social standards. Leveraging on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the Center will collaborate with national and international partners to train students in short executive short courses, advanced certificate courses, post-graduate diplomas, bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees. VISION To be a dynamic regional hub for expert training and research in public procurement, environmental and social standards based on global best practices. MISSION To produce a critical mass of highly skilled and fit-for-purpose professionals in the areas of Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards for sustainable development. WHO CAN APPLY Applications are open to the Unemployed, Professionals, Civil Servants, Public Servants, Experts, Graduates, Entrepreneurs, and other interested individuals seeking to advance knowledge and skills in procurement, environmental and social standards. NEW COURSES AVAILABLE HOW TO APPLY Candidates are kindly advised to visit CIPESS website; www.cipessfuam.edu.ng and fill the online application form to register for their preferred courses. WHEN TO APPLY Application is continuous. Interested candidates can apply for the Center’s short courses in Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards at any time as candidates will be routinely shortlisted and trained in batches. MODE OF DELIVERY LOCATIONS DURATION The duration of the short courses is 5 working days per course for the onsite mode. PARTICIPANTS’ CHARGES Candidates for the regular short courses in Nigeria would be required to pay the highly subsidized charges of One Hundred and Eighty thousand naira (N180,000) only per course. Charges for Executive Short Courses would be fixed based on prevailing conditions. CONTACT US Address: CIPESS building, Engineering Complex, Middle Core, JOSTUM Website: www.cipessfuam.edu.ng Email: [email protected] Call: 08066321522, 08024562933, 08038288040, 080339260253 Follow us: (Facebook) @cipessuam (X) @cipess_fuam (Instagram) @cipessfuam123 (YouTube) @cipess_fuam Signed Professor L.A. Nnamonu Center Leader & Director, Center for Innovation in Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University Makurdi.Customs dissolves JBPT, unveils new enforcement strategy for 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Tickets for the Indiana vs. Notre Dame College Football Playoff game are a hot commodity. Notre Dame’s football stadium has 77,622 seats. At minimum, 3,500 of those seats will be filled with cream and crimson because that’s the number of tickets Indiana University’s athletic department has to sell. Out of the 3,500 tickets, IU has 25% of them are already spoken for. “Members of the band as well as the relatives of the players themselves,” said Jeremy Gray, a spokesman for IU Athletics . The rest of the tickets for the Dec. 20 game will be put into a lottery. Some students will have better odds in the lottery than others. “We actually have the scan-in rate of every student season ticket holder, so the more you’ve actually shown at games over the course of your Indiana experience the better your chance in the lottery,” Gray said. Attendance rates for alumni ticket holders will also matter in that lottery, but so will financial contributions to the school. “My guess is if your name is on a building here, you’re probably going to get tickets to the IU-Notre Dame football game,” Gray said. People who don’t get tickets through the lottery will have to go to the secondary ticket market, and the sticker shock is real. On Stubhub , the get-in-the-door price is $914 for one ticket for the nose bleeds, uncharted territory for IU football fans. “I’ve never seen that,” Gray said. The IU-Notre Dame game is the most expensive tickets for any of the first round games of the College Football Playoff. Tennessee at Ohio State is $306. SMU at Penn State is $97. Clemson at Texas is $296. Those tickets might be cheaper, though, because all of those stadiums can hold 100,000 people while Notre Dame can only hold 77,622. “I think that’s a driving factor. I think another driving factor is the novelty of Indiana making it. You’ve got a lot of alums and people interested in those programs within driving distance of the stadium, so I really think those three factors are really driving up the price,” Gray said. At 8 p.m. Dec. 20, when the first overhead crowd shot is visible, we’ll find out how many Hoosier fans ponied up major cash to see the Hoosiers taken on the Irish.
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The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) is set to introduce from January 15 a new facial recognition feature at its centres nationwide and within its mobile app to assist citizens who are unable to undergo biometric verification through fingerprints. Stakeholders from various sectors came together at the NADRA headquarters in a consultative conference on Friday to discuss ways to enhance the biometric and identity verification system. According to a NADRA spokesperson, the conference, where participants included regulators and officials from relevant institutions, focused on the challenges of identity verification and the steps the authority has taken to improve service delivery for both regulators and citizens. The NADRA chairman provided an overview of the difficulties faced by various sectors in the current identity verification system. The discussion highlighted the challenges posed by blurred fingerprints, particularly for pensioners and senior citizens. To address this, NADRA announced the launch of a facial recognition authentication facility, which will be available on the PakID mobile app and at NADRA registration centres starting Jan 15, 2025. The participants welcomed this initiative, expressing confidence that it would streamline citizens' access to services and reduce unnecessary delays. The conference also explored the potential of eye-tracking technology for identity verification, discussing its benefits as well as the challenges it might present for both citizens and institutions. The attendees were briefed on two key initiatives: the 'National Registration and Biometric Policy Framework' and the 'Digital Economy Enhancement Project (DEEP),' aimed at fostering the digital economy in Pakistan. They stressed the importance of collaboration across various institutions to implement these projects and improve the biometric verification system. Attendees at the conference included officials from the State Bank of Pakistan, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan Telecommuni-cation Authority, Pakistan Banks Association, Federal Investigation Agency, Directorate General of Immigration and Passports, FBR and others. COMMENTS Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive. For more information, please see our
