Neymar becomes second highest-paid footballer in the world [See top 10]

Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar, is now the second-highest paid player in the world.

The 25-year-old completed his world-record move to Ligue 1 on Thursday, after PSG activated his £200m release clause.

Neymar has penned a five-year deal with he French club, which will see him pick up £515,000 a week at the Parc des Princes.

He is already the highest-paid footballer in Europe, but only second to Shanghai Shenhua’s Carlos Tevez in the world.

Here’s the current top 10.

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1. Carlos Tevez (Shanghai Shenua) £615,000-per-week

2. Neymar Jnr. (Paris Saint-Germain) £515,000-per-week

3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) £500,000-per-week

4. Oscar (Shanghai SIPG) £400,000-per-week

5. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) £365,000-per-week

6. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) £350,000-per-week

7. Hulk (Shanghai SIPG) £320,000-per-week

8. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) £290,000-per-week

9. Graziano Pelle (Shandong Luneng) £290,000-per-week

10. Wayne Rooney (Everton) £260,000-per-week

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Unilorin, Origin Group Partner On Honey Production

The University of Ilorin, Ilorin, and a Lagos-based Company, Origin Group Nigeria Ltd., have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for commercial production of honey through the university’s Apiary Unit.

The university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, who spoke at the MoU signing ceremony on Wednesday in Ilorin, commended Origin Group for being the first company to invest in the Apiary Unit of the university.

He also thanked the company for donating a tractor to the institution.

Ambali assured the company of a regular supply of good-quality honey, adding that the arrangement would also contribute to teaching, research and entrepreneurial training in the university.

He said that the relationship between the university and the company would be viable and beneficial, adding that it would also add value to the services rendered by the University because its multiplier effects would be great.

In his remarks, the Director of Origin Group, Mr Sesan Ayeni, said that his company’s relationship with the university was not only for business.

He said that it would also serve as a platform to create job opportunities and add value to the work of bee farmers.

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Former Chelsea boss Ancelotti sends serious warning to Conte

Antonio Conte has been warned by former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti he must sign players if he hopes to turn the Blues to Champions League contenders.

Former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has warned Antonio Conte he still faces a big task of rebuilding at the club, despite winning the Premier League on his first attempt last season.

The Blues won the Premier League title in Conte’s first season in charge, even though they didn’t have to contend with European football, as they had finished 10th the season before.

But as they return to Europe’s premier club competition next season, Ancelotti, who also won the Premier League title on his first season, as warned his compatriot he has a big job to turn his Premier League kings into Champions League contenders.

The Bayern Munich boss said: “Conte will be forced to change something, as he won the Premier League using practically the same players all the time.

“In the Champions League, he’ll need to buy a lot and buy well.”

Chelsea finally kicked off their summer spending on Sunday with the £35million capture of defender Antonio Rudiger from Roma, but Conte remains sore after watching Romelu Lukaku slip through their grasp and join Manchester United instead.

Monaco midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko is expected to follow for a similar fee but rumours are that United have also entered the race for the France international, and could snatch him away like they did with Lukaku.

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Mourinho set to snatch another Chelsea target

Jose Mourinho is reportedly on the verge of snatching another Chelsea transfer target under their nose.

The Red Devils won the race for Romelu Lukaku and latest reports suggest that the Red Devils have stolen a march over Chelsea in their Tiemoue Bakayoko pursuit after ‘agreeing a fee’ with Monaco.

The defensive midfielder is on shop list of the Blues and a deal is believed to be in the works but the Express now claim that United have
agreed a £35million deal to beat Chelsea in the race for Bakayoko’s signature.

With the announcement of Lukaku’s arrival, Mourinho has now turned his attention to the France international.

If the Blues do miss out on the midfielder, Conte will be angered considerably more after he also missed out on top target Lukaku.

Conte is yet to commit his future to Chelsea after he snubbed a new deal earlier this summer and continuous misses on transfer targets could see him leaving the London club earlier than imagined.

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UNILAG generates N5m from waste recycling

Mrs Sade Nubi, Senior Environmental Engineer, University of Lagos (UNILAG), said the institution through its recycling initiative realised about N5 million from waste generated by the university community.

Nubi disclosed that this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Cape Coast, Ghana at the ongoing Africa Cleanup conference.

She said that the university generates about 32.2 tons of wastes monthly from its 97,000 population including visitors.

“We try to make sure that the school environment is clean, we make sure that we sensitise people to know that we can create wealth from waste.

“For UNILAG, despite the initial challenges of funding and negative attitude towards the initiative, we still moved ahead beyond the challenge to push forward and achieve our goal.

“We have been able to recycle as much as 23 tons of waste every month. We have recycling companies as partners who come to buy our waste.

“We have been able to create income for the institution as well as employment,” she said.

Nubi advised other institutions in the country to key into the recycling project and add value to their community.

“For other universities it is important for us not to just dump our waste at dump site or landfill, let’s put value to it by getting people to sort it and recycle.

“We also carry out research work. We can now categorise our waste which includes more of plastic bottles.

“We have been able to raise between N4 and N5 million for the institution since the inception of the initiative and employ about 50 workers at the sorting centre in the institution.’’

Nubi said UNILAG was ready to collaborate with other institutions on the recycling project, so as to generate funds, create employment and add value to the education sector.

NAN reports that the institution’s string and recycling centre was established in 2015.

NAN

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