Authorities at Real Madrid football club are said to have been
impressed by recent performances of Dani Ceballos
at Arsenal and want to bring him back to the Spanish capital.
The Spanish club had initially agreed to extend the player’s
loan deal with Arsenal but are now understood to be re-evaluating
their options as they see him as a key part of the team for next
season.
The most recent of his inspiring performances was the role he
played in Arsenal’s FA Cup win over Chelsea at the Wembley
Stadium.
The Madrid hierarchy is said to have been convinced about
Ceballos’s importance based on recent performances for the
Gunners.
It will be recalled that Ceballos initially arrived the Premier
League on loan at Arsenal and the Spaniard quickly established
himself at the club after overcoming some injury setbacks.
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Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta has openly expressed
the desire to keep Ceballos in London but according to Spanish
newspaper, AS, the Spaniard’s displays on the field have caught the
attention of his parent club who are not hoping to keep the
24-year-old midfielder for their pre-season campaign instead of
loaning him out again to the Gunners.
They are convinced that Ceballos can become a first-team regular
under Coach Zinedine Zidane at Santiago Bernabeu
next season.
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NITDA Sharpens ICT Skills of Creative Kids for
Self-Development
The Director General (DG) of the National Information Technology
Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, has advised
participants of the ‘Creative Kids Online Training Programme’ to
improve and sharpen their Information and Technology (IT)
skills.
According to him, doing so will tremendously contribute to the
socio-economic development of the country.
Mal. Inuwa, meanwhile, has assured all the trainees of the
Creative Kids online programme of the agency’s support, to further
develop their IT skills.
The DG, who was represented by Dr. Usman Gambo Abdullahi,
Director of IT Infrastructure Solutions, spoke at the graduation
ceremony of the online training.
He said what the children have learnt and accomplished in their
training shows what they can achieve in the nearest future,
especially in the field of global ICT.
He explained that there was a need for the children to keep
improving on the skills they have learnt, urging them to harness
such skills for the socio-economic development of the country.
“We have to ensure that our children learn. Because we cannot
afford, as a country, to be left behind in technology,” he
said.
Continuing, Inuwa added: “We have highly-talented individuals,
especially in the area of information technology. By showing
sustained interest in this field, you are not only going to be
improving yourself, you can also become problem solvers, inventors,
and innovators, who will create job opportunities and equally
contribute your quota in realizing a smarter Nigeria.
“The opportunities it offers are limitless. Look at the global
impact of Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, as
a result of their interest in technology. In Nigeria, we have
Mitchell Elegbe, Sim Shagaya, and Tayo Oviosu, to mention a few,
who are doing phenomenal things with technology”.
The NITDA Boss, while congratulating the organisers of the
training, appreciated 3logy for training the kids to acquire and
develop digital literacy skills, especially in emerging
technologies.
He said: “The federal government has made a strong policy
commitment to making Nigeria a ‘Smart Nigeria’ by the year 2030.
And one of the pillars to actualizing that is through the
acquisition of “digital literacy and skills”.
“As a nation, it is important that we have a younger generation
that is equipped with adequate digital skills, that will enable
them compete favorably in today’s digital age.”
Earlier, moderator of the ceremony, Mrs. Rahinat Muhammad, said
the children were full of potentials and needed to have memorable
experiences in acquiring requisite ICT skills, so as to become the
country’s future IT wizards.
Among the children participants were: Aliyu Bashir Gwandu, who
won the ‘Most Determined Participant’ award; Amina and Abubakar
Maida, received the ‘Most Punctual Participants’ award; while
Labeeb Muhammad won the ‘Most Well-Behaved Participant’ award.
In the four-week long training, the children were introduced to
robotics, the popular new Python programming for beginners, and
some other emerging information technologies.