Tuesday 31 July 2018

ARTS: PROFILE OF THE BEST FINE ARTIST IN THE UNIVERSITY OF UYO 2018

An insight into the lifestyle of just awarded University Of Uyo best fine art students of the year 2018 in the just concluded Uniuyo talent and creative award event.


Dan, Uduak-obong Tony by name, socially known as Diyen Dan is a University Of Uyo final year student from the prestigeous department of fine and industrial art, Faculty of Environmental studies; University of Uyo.
Diyen Dan was born on the 2nd of May 1994 in Ini local government area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. He began to hone his talent for art at the age of 12 years old.
Early piece of his work includes portrait of: Tiwasavage, Chineduikedieze (Aki), Dprincemavin and Emmyjeffrey e.t.c.
Apart from Gallery and Exhibition work, Diyen Dan create portraiture work for client and art lovers. An insight into the e of just awarded University Of Uyo best fine art students of the year 2018 in the just concluded Uniuyo talent and creative award event.
Diyen as popularly called is a gentle but smart young artist who is really creative in terms in terms of drawings and paintings which is actually his area of specialisation in the fine and industrial art department.
As a results of his hard work in the university,he was nominated for the honour of the best student fine artist in the school of which he deservingly won’t without much contest.
He is gracefully working on his projects as he just finishes his final exams,and as a culture in the school,all final year students are normally baptized (as in when celebrating birthdays) with a lot of water in their final day of exams and seriously,you need to see how he was celebrated by lots of friends and believe me,he was really soaked with water!
He is so good in drawing and even more amazing in paintings! He is just so in love with painting as he spends most of his hours in the department’s art studio department. Most of his recent painting/drawings are actually in stock for department’s exhibition scheduled to hold anytime soon
Apart from Gallery and Exhibition work, Diyen Dan also creates portraiture work for client and art lovers. Because of his great works, clients who loves their pictures to be painted or drawn has most atimes approach him to draw their pictures; be it a family photo,personal stand- alone pictures and trust me, he has been delivering the jobs so perfectly
Some of the his current lovely landscape paintings are extremely amazing
Diyen Dan’s project layers was featured on the 2017 calabar carnival and exhibited at the cultural center Calabar in Nigeria. His recent project Adorned was recently exhibited at the Akpoke’s gallery of art Calabar.
CONNECT WITH HIM VIA:
• https://www.facebook.com/diyen.dan
• WhatsApp 08068776987
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Thursday 26 July 2018

CONOR MCGREGOR AVOIDS JAIL SENTENCE WITH GUILTY PLEA

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UFC fighter Conor McGregor has pleaded guilty to disorderly  Jo in a deal with prosecutors to avoid jail time.
McGregor had faced multiple criminal charges stemming from an altercation in April with other fighters. As part of his deal he is required to undergo anger management treatment. The plea will not affect his US work visa. In a statement outside the New York City courthouse, the 30-year-old thanked the judge and prosecutors "for allowing me to move forward".




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He will also be required to fulfil five days of community service and, in exchange, will be cleared of criminal charges. McGregor had been facing 12 criminal charges related to the incident at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on 5 April.
The charges against McGregor had included menacing, assault resulting in injury, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief. The most serious charges carried a maximum sentence of seven years.




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In a twfo-sentence statement outside the courthouse, he said: "I just want to say I'm thankful to the DA [District Attorney] and the judge for allowing me to move forward."
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Image captionMcGregor and Vladimir Putin were photographced together at the World Cup final

Wednesday 25 July 2018

AC MILAN APPOINTS FORMER BRAZILIAN FORWARD LEONARDO AS THEIR NEW GENERAL MANAGER


Former Brazil forward Leonardo has returned to AC Milan as general manager.
The 48-year-old, who won 55 caps for Brazil, played for the Italian Serie A side from 1997 to 2001, winning the league title and Coppa Italia.He returned to the club in 2009 as manager, replacing Carlo Ancelotti, but lasted only one season.
AC Milan said Leonardo's appointment will help achieve "greater success on the field".
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Leonardo (front row, second left) played in a legendary AC Milan team which also featured Andriy Shevchenko, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta, Demetrio Albertini and Gennaro Gattuso
Under current manager Gennaro Gattuso, they finished sixth in the league last season to qualify for the Europa League and had their one-year ban from European football overturned on appeal.
They were recently taken over by hedge fund Elliot Management, after former owner Li Yonghong failed to repay a debt to the American company.

Saturday 21 July 2018

TODAY'S FOOTBALL GOSSIP

Sunday's Star

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is still keen on Leicester defender Harry Maguire and could offer £65m for the 25-year-old England international - but would first need to get rid of Marcos Rojo, Eric Bailly or Chris Smalling. (Mail)

Roma are considering a move for Gunners keeper Petr Cech, 36, to replace Liverpool's new signing Alisson. (Sun)
Atletico Madrid have approached Chelseaover the possibility of taking French striker Olivier Giroud, 31, on loan. (Sky Sports)
Leicester will accept offers of around £18m for record signing Islam Slimani. The 30-year-old Algerian striker has been linked with a move to Sporting Lisbon(Leicester Mercury)
Claude Puel insists Leicester have not received any offers for 31-year-old Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. (Sky Sports)
Brazilian midfielder Andreas Pereira, 22, has told United manager Mourinho he is willing to play wherever he is required. (Manchester Evening News)
Arsenal are in advanced talks to sign Borussia Monchengladbach's Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer, 29. (Express)
Chelsea have told Real Madrid that they will not be bullied into selling 27-year-old Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard - even for £170m. (Mirror)
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has warned his former manager Maurizio Sarri, who is now in charge at Chelsea, that there will be no further deals between the two clubs. (Goal)
United are ready to trigger Anthony Martial's contract extension clause which will the 22-year-old French forward with them until 2020. (Mirror)
Manchester City are yet to decide whether midfielders Douglas Luiz, the 20-year-old Brazilian, and Brahim Diaz, the 19-year-old Spaniard, will be with the squad for the coming season. (Manchester Evening News)
Tottenham remain strong frontrunners to land Aston Villa's Jack Grealish - despite lining up an offer worth only half of the 22-year-old midfielder's £20m valuation. (Sun)
Everton are expected to finalise the £40m signing of 21-year-old Brazilian forward Richarlison from Watford on Monday. (Liverpool Echo)
Manager Steve Bruce has reaffirmed his commitment to Aston Villa despite reports that Thierry Henry could be set to replace him. (Birmingham Mail)
New Liverpool signing Naby Keita was so impressed by manager Jurgen Klopp that the Guinean midfielder, 23, rejected moves to Bayern Munich and Barcelona(Independent)
The Anfield club's Belgian goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, 30, has emerged as a target for Barcelona as a replacement for back-up Jasper Cillessen. (Marca)