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NNAMDI COLLINS; A 16 YEAR OLD NIGERIAN DEFENDER TRAINING AT BORUSSIA

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Nnamdi Collins, Nigeria-eligible central defender has been called up to Borrusia Dortmund first team as they start preparations for the upcoming season.  Collins at the age of 16 was among the 31 Dortmund players, including Jadon Sancho, Manuel Akanji and Erling Haaland, that arrived in Bad Ragaz, where they are holding their summer training camp for the tenth time, as informed at the  official website of Borussia Dortmund . Collins wasn't the only youth-teamer named in the traveling squad, with Youssoufa Moukoko, 15,  and Ansgar Knauff, 18, also part of the group. The Düsseldorf-born youngster took part in Dortmund's first training session on Monday afternoon upon their arrival in Switzerland . Collins being selected by first team manager Lucien Favre for the pre-season training camp is a testament to the progress he has made in his career over the last one year as he has yet to make his competitive debut for the U19 team. Last season, the Germany U16 ca

ASUU PRESIDENT STATED; IPPIS IS A BUSINESS VENTURE OF SOME INTEREST GROUP IN NIGERIA

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    Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU president anncounced that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has on Monday reveal the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) as a business venture of some interest groups .  He stated this in a letter directed to zonal leaders of the union. ASUU has been on strike to get unfulfilled agreements signed with the federal government implemented. The union in disagreement  kicked against the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).  ASUU president in the letter, include that arrangements are now underway by the union to make an initial presentation of its University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) to the Federal Government. Ogunyemi express IPPIS as “a business venture of some interest groups” in Nigeria. He added that “their profit margin increases by the increasing number of University staff they are able to capture” and admonished members of the Union not to hesitate i