UK university lets students play Pokémon Go as part of their degree

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Students at Salford University in the UK may soon have to capture Pokémon as part of their degree.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghunmC8mt1kW-OlMi5BlaG6yRKg_2e68z_aJBHwKSKSWeSJrman653FuXSQblfV1vCiIVYqKEzuPAgAZ-eyro-6DzpYHuUS1z6I5C8j_eMNZUoUgoTmCpnWCOnv55R2xL3BUDI4EWINEi/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghunmC8mt1kW-OlMi5BlaG6yRKg_2e68z_aJBHwKSKSWeSJrman653FuXSQblfV1vCiIVYqKEzuPAgAZ-eyro-6DzpYHuUS1z6I5C8j_eMNZUoUgoTmCpnWCOnv55R2xL3BUDI4EWINEi/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>According to the Daily Mail, those studying the Business Information Technology course at an undergraduate level will have to play Pokémon Go.<br/> <br/> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7NGBhmeNECwC_6S1slvCKCIwsZsJuc_-lEZeDrQPIE4762yd56ZrqkXo2q5hxFWQymtnfFKaRE9tv1SJL_aNQAk4Uvt0Q1Mmx1BaH6HXY6FoEFVo8o8loIxyECtnKFFQ94vGJif7KQ4-/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7NGBhmeNECwC_6S1slvCKCIwsZsJuc_-lEZeDrQPIE4762yd56ZrqkXo2q5hxFWQymtnfFKaRE9tv1SJL_aNQAk4Uvt0Q1Mmx1BaH6HXY6FoEFVo8o8loIxyECtnKFFQ94vGJif7KQ4-/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a><br/> How the app relates to the course isn’t immediately clear. However, Salford University lecturer Dr David Kreps says that it will make the course more accessible, and easier to grasp. Pokémon Go, he says, fits perfectly with that.<br/> <br/> “It uses various information systems that are accessed over the internet, a digital camera and a GPS location sensor.”<br/> <br/> Kreps also emphasized that while the course requires students to play Pokémon Go, it will get “a little more complicated” than just catching endless amounts of Rattata.<br/> <br/> This isn’t the first time Pokémon Go has been used in an academic setting. The University of Idaho offers a class called Pop Culture Games, where playing Pokémon Go is a requirement to pass.<br/> <br/> Course instructor Steven Bird says “This app does more than let you shoot a Pokéball. You get to adventure around, seeing different things, being active, seeing the sun. It allows you to move in large groups and a team. You get not only physical activity, but you also get team-building and leadership.”<br/> <br/> <br/> Source: Daily Mail</div>

UK university lets students play Pokémon Go as part of their degree

Students at Salford University in the UK may soon have to capture Pokémon as part of their degree. According to the Daily Mail, those studyi...

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UK Pledges £80M, US $41M To Assist Nigeria In The Fight Against Boko Haram

<div style="text-align: center; padding: 5px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpL9CotAvmQ5qX_5Tmx3EDQ_zsRv-ORef2SnYbLgghW8kbI-hDdNZPsGoUDdHrDv5WJtK5PdFY0Am8e6HTsk8aPo6Dgh9EyY74PCl-wAu7-6dD5fzExTy5pBkxwuB19PrDFM7jP7Fh7Qn/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpL9CotAvmQ5qX_5Tmx3EDQ_zsRv-ORef2SnYbLgghW8kbI-hDdNZPsGoUDdHrDv5WJtK5PdFY0Am8e6HTsk8aPo6Dgh9EyY74PCl-wAu7-6dD5fzExTy5pBkxwuB19PrDFM7jP7Fh7Qn/ cursor: pointer;" style="border: 1px solid; border-radius: 2px;padding: 5px; max-width: 320px " width="320px" /></a></div><div class="blogaway-section"><p>The governments of the United Kingdom and the United States have yielded to President Muhammadu Buhari’s cry for more assistance to Boko Haram’s victim, as they pledged additional funds in support of those affected by Boko Haram in Lake Chad Basin.<br/> <br/>While the UK pledged additional 80 million pounds, the U.S pledged 41 million dollars, NAN reported.<br/> <br/>The pledge was made at the high level side event on humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin, at the 71st UN General Assembly in New York.<br/> <br/>According to Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry on Saturday in Abuja, Tobias ELLwood, UK Minister for Africa, says “this is in addition to the 90 million pounds of humanitarian assistance we have already delivered in the region.’’<br/> <br/>“50 million pounds will go toward meeting the needs of work in the affected communities in Nigeria, including food assistance and access to essential household items and services.<br/><br/> <br/>“And 30 million pounds to support those affected by the spread of Boko Haram into Cameroun, Chad and Niger.’’<br/> <br/>He said the UK was proud of its humanitarian contributions, but call on international partners to do the same.<br/> <br/>“It is imperative that the international community and governments in the affected region redouble the efforts,’’ ELLwood said.<br/> <br/>“Our message to those millions affected by Boko Haram brutality is the same with our message to the Chibok girls and many others taken by the Boko Haram and their families. </p></div><br/><div style="text-align: center; padding: 5px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWj8SP754KMiO3g6OMQHqkVHwBcJETuq2kbHwfS53Jl7dupQCVGhAPII72L5VSFn0VK1_co7u8At-eP4hBIY8ocn2D6Y2CscPi4zBtb_7qsK6-CKUfcBCvgAIVb8djJzMyGJhPjslkuLuF/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWj8SP754KMiO3g6OMQHqkVHwBcJETuq2kbHwfS53Jl7dupQCVGhAPII72L5VSFn0VK1_co7u8At-eP4hBIY8ocn2D6Y2CscPi4zBtb_7qsK6-CKUfcBCvgAIVb8djJzMyGJhPjslkuLuF/ cursor: pointer;" style="border: 1px solid; border-radius: 2px;padding: 5px; max-width: 320px " width="320px" /></a></div><div class="blogaway-section"><p>“The world has not forgotten you ,we are doing what we can to help. UK support for the region is unwavering, ” he said.<br/> <br/>Ms Samantha Power, U. S Ambassador to the UN, announced an additional $41million in humanitarian assistance to the region.<br/> <br/>She said the U.S. Government has provided more than $380 million in humanitarian aid in the region since 2015, and “we would continue to do our part and we recognise that we have to do more”.<br/> <br/>“The region is desperately in need of support, the citizens and governments of the region cannot do it alone as they made it clear today , we need to dramatically increase the international assistance we are dedicating to this.<br/> <br/>Power quoted the UN as saying that it needed $542 million to meet the unilateral needs of the people in the region just between September and December 2016. She noted that the amount was more than three times what countries had given so far, this year.<br/> <br/>“To give a sense of the human stance according to the UN, in Nigeria’s Borno alone, an estimated 134 children will die every day of severe acute malnutrition unless they are treated.<br/> <br/>“At that rate over the course of this meeting, 12 boys and girls will die and that is just a slipper of the consequences when we come up short.<br/> <br/>She, therefore, called on every government here to find ways to step up the support.<br/> <br/>President Muhammadu Buhari had to the international community to help relieve the growing humanitarian disaster triggered by the Boko Haram insurgency in a plea for aid at the UN General Assembly.<br/> <br/>Warnings about food shortages caused by the conflict in the country’s northeast and the broader Lake Chad region have intensified in recent months, with humanitarian organisations cautioning of a looming famine.<br/> <br/>Speaking in New York, Buhari said that the devastation wrought by Boko Haram had been compounded by climate change.<br/> <br/>“We are renewing the call for re-dedicated international action to end the humanitarian needs of victims and address the root causes of terrorism itself,” Buhari said.<br/> <br/>“(The) complexities and severity of humanitarian crises across the world have increased in recent times, resulting in devastating repercussions.<br/> <br/>“The dual impact of climate change and terrorism-cum-insurgency has created deeper implications for peace and security.”<br/> <br/>Lake Chad, straddling the borders of Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon in West Africa, is shrinking, leaving surrounding communities without freshwater.</p></div><br/><div style="text-align: center; padding: 5px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSIi-4cJtS8_dRo6nJ2Vb0Kc5lage7HV-nhvNZ2kvZ0PDHRtiJ05at_55jdaHIcmX_1bZFJgjoE1hTcC7kHfPMKX9HRqKHwPvAkvitwPmVMbOjFCH2iS78C6q7KaPT_0rAwhRscjuRZM_/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSIi-4cJtS8_dRo6nJ2Vb0Kc5lage7HV-nhvNZ2kvZ0PDHRtiJ05at_55jdaHIcmX_1bZFJgjoE1hTcC7kHfPMKX9HRqKHwPvAkvitwPmVMbOjFCH2iS78C6q7KaPT_0rAwhRscjuRZM_/ cursor: pointer;" style="border: 1px solid; border-radius: 2px;padding: 5px; max-width: 320px " width="320px" /></a></div><div class="blogaway-section"><p><b>Nigerian Tribune</b><br/> </p></div><br/>

UK Pledges £80M, US $41M To Assist Nigeria In The Fight Against Boko Haram

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Biafra: ...You’ve lost focus, US, UK members reply IPOB

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGg3djsDDDviwGhhYafkVWFAAYBlKqonAckVR_Z7IG_I10maL8J_AKloIsVysmqyKo5IFow43vFz82NkeW4l3-NQFISm99v2UGFIkWFm6yLuz9jmQAGZzmRHZDTzzDlC7s2babUcn-q93j/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGg3djsDDDviwGhhYafkVWFAAYBlKqonAckVR_Z7IG_I10maL8J_AKloIsVysmqyKo5IFow43vFz82NkeW4l3-NQFISm99v2UGFIkWFm6yLuz9jmQAGZzmRHZDTzzDlC7s2babUcn-q93j/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>THE crisis in the Indig­enous People of Biafra (IPOB) degenerated yes­terday, as, its Government/ Media Representative, Chinedu Asuzu berated two of the organisation’s chief­tains- Mr Clifford Iroanya and Emma Mmezu, accus­ing them of having lost the organisation’s traditional values and as such should be disregarded.<br/> <br/> Chinedu was reacting to a statement credited to the duo resident in the United States of America and the United Kingdom respec­tively. The two had report­edly accused the Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of Elders of Indig­enous People of Biafra, Dr Dozie Ikedife, as a ‘stooge’ of the ruling APC govern­ment under President Mu­hammadu Buhari.<br/> <br/> But, the group’s spokes­man said the statement was unfortunate and lacked logic. His words: “Ours is a respected and responsible group. Dr Ikedife is among the courageous elders in Igboland that was instru­mental to the Biafra legal suit against Nigerian Gov­ernment .This is verifiable with Suit<br/> <br/> No FHC/OW/ CS/192/2013.It is also on record that Clifford Iroanya and his cohorts wrote Nige­rian Government to discon­tinue this celebrated court case as they believe in vio­lence to achieve Biafra. But that is not possible.<br/> <br/> On the issue of Nnamdi Kanu-led IPOB being a global giant, Chinedu ex­plained that the IPOB is not a group, but a people scattered all over the world demanding a separate exis­tence from Nigeria. He told the press that the Nigerian Government knew the real people behind the Biafran struggle were men of prov­en integrity.<br/> <br/> In the same vein, the Chief Editor of Biafra Voice International, UK, Com­rade Nnabuike Nnadede, said that the Biafran agita­tors were lucky to have a leader such as Dr Ikedife, Ikenga Nnewi. The media chief advised all Biafrans to come under the author­ity of the Supreme Coun­cil of Elders of Indigenous People of Biafra, to be taken serious by the international community, “rather than join noise makers and peo­ple who are frustrated, de­jected and jobless, seeking relevance…”<br/> <br/> Meanwhile, an octoge­narian and pro-Biafra ac­tivist, Sir R.O.Okereke, has made a fresh call for an­other dimension to actual­ize the self-determination dream of the more than 15 states in Nigeria to be known as the United States of Biafra.<br/> <br/> Okereke, who spoke in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Lo­cal Government Area of Anambra State, said that the general elections of 2015 in which the All Pro­gressives Congress (APC) won in 20 and a half states and the Peoples Demo­cratic Party (PDP), 15 and a half clearly indicated that those in the PDP states should come together by way of diplomacy and present to the United Na­tions, European Union and African Union their choice of government and interim officers for early approval and take off period.</div>

Biafra: ...You’ve lost focus, US, UK members reply IPOB

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Nigerian Man Removed From UK Flight Over 'prayer' Message On His Phone

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxPKEx6lT-upQJJDrl9E-tSPzSI3jvA8dUo6Mt33dAZWkbVrEKacP71FlfpLztsmAnadqopPRg_8wAiCDcjW96Md4hV7ed8LPDcZfND70oBHnRlmts24huhMAb9Y07NORdP6LH2CuLJ-j/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxPKEx6lT-upQJJDrl9E-tSPzSI3jvA8dUo6Mt33dAZWkbVrEKacP71FlfpLztsmAnadqopPRg_8wAiCDcjW96Md4hV7ed8LPDcZfND70oBHnRlmts24huhMAb9Y07NORdP6LH2CuLJ-j/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>A British-born Nigerian was removed from an Easyjet flight at Luton airport after a fellow passenger read a message that mentions 'prayer' on his mobile phone and alerted cabin crew, who raised alarm with the police.<br/> <br/> Laolu Opebiyi was using WhatsApp to arrange a conference call prayer session with friends, as the Amsterdam-bound flight was waiting to take off at Luton airport on Thursday February 25 when a passenger next to him questioned him about message that included the word 'prayer' asking "What do you mean by prayer?" <br/> <br/> The 40-year-old Nigerian-born business analyst from London explained to the passenger that he was preparing to pray with friends. Few minutes later, he was pulled off the flight by two firearms officers. It is thought the man misread the name of Mr Opebiyi's prayer group “ISI men” – which stands for "iron sharpens iron” from a Bible quote – as Isis.<br/> <br/> Mr Opebiyi said: "That guy doesn’t know me and within two minutes he’s judging me. Even if I was a Muslim, it was pretty unfair the way I was treated. If we keep on giving into this kind of bigotry and irrational fear, I dare say that the terrorists will have achieved their aim."<br/> <br/> Mr Opebiyi was taken into questioning by police and quizzed about his Christian faith and where he attends church. He was forced to hand over his phone and password so officers could check his communication. He was eventually freed and allowed to catch another flight about three hours later.<br/> <br/> Seven other passengers reportedly got off the flight fearing a terror threat and also took the next plane, Guardian reports.<br/> <br/> A spokeswoman for Bedfordshire Police said: "Officers attended and a passenger was removed from the flight as part of the enquiries. Officers notified easyJet that they were satisfied that there was no concern around the passenger travelling."<br/> <br/> A spokeswoman for easyJet who apologised over the incident said: "Easyjet can confirm that following concerns raised by passengers, the captain of flight EZY2151 from Luton to Amsterdam requested the assistance of the authorities who took the decision to disembark and question the passenger. The safety and security of its passengers and crew is our highest priority which means that is a security concern is raised we will always investigate it as a precautionary measure. After questioning by the authorities, the passenger was cleared to complete his journey so easyJet arranged a later easyJet flight for him. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused to the passenger"<br/> <br/> The officers cleared Mr Opebiyi for flight but the pilot refused to let him on and he was made to wait a further three hours to board the next flight to Amsterdam. He said that he is aftraind that he is on a terrorist watchlist.<br/> <br/> "I stand in uncertainty about my freedom of movement in the UK" he said.</div>

Nigerian Man Removed From UK Flight Over 'prayer' Message On His Phone

A British-born Nigerian was removed from an Easyjet flight at Luton airport after a fellow passenger read a message that mentions 'praye...

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