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FIFA have released the slogans for all the 32 teams that will participate at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The Super Eagles of Nigeria who will compete in Group D along with two- time world champions Argentina, Croatia and debutants, Iceland have the ‘Wings of African Pride’ as their slogan for the competition. The slogan for Argentina, who will be led by Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi, who will be hoping to win his first major title with the Albiceleste in Russia is ‘Together for a Dream’. For Croatia, it is ‘Small country, big dreams’, while for Iceland, it is ‘Let’s make our dream come true’. Gernot Rohr’s men will take on Croatia in their opening fixture in Russia on June 16 in Kaliningrad. THE SLOGANS Argentina: Together for a dream Australia: BE BRAVE, BE BOLD, SOCCEROOS IN GREEN AND GOLD Belgium: RED DEVILS ON A MISSION Brazil:More than 5 stars, 200 million hearts) Colombia: Here goes 1 dream, 3 colors and 50 million hearts Costa Rica: Nothing is ...

Mohammed Salah has won FWA Footballer of the Year award after his superb debut season at Liverpool. The Egyptian has scored 43 times in all competitions this season, with Liverpool football club currently the third in the premier league table and also preparing for a champions league semi-final second clash with Roma. Aggregate score stands at 5-2, with Salah finding the net twice against his former club. Salah won the football writers’ footballer of the year, beating Manchester city’s Kevin De Bruyne to the prize and Tottenham striker Harry Kane. Salah leading with 20 votes, a total of 400 journalists voted for the FWA award, with salad and de Bruyne polling more than 80 percent of member votes.   Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante won the FWA footballer of the year award last year, Salah will be honoured on the 10th of May.

The Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, has said the institution may involve the police to verify a telephone conversation involving Prof. Richard Akindele and the student of the institution. The spokesperson of the university, Abiodun Olanrewaju, said the vice-chancellor and the team will look into the report and come up with an official pronouncement. We will make an official pronouncement either on Thursday (today) or Friday. Bear with us.” The panel set up by the management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) last week Wednesday ( The committee’s one week will elapse by Wednesday ) to look into the sex-for-mark scandal involving a lecturer of the department of Accounting, Richard Akindele, and a female student of the university. It was gathered that only the embattled lecturer honoured the invitation of the panel while the lady neither showed up before the panel to defend her case nor wrote a formal complaint to the institution to de...

Barbara Bush, former US first lady and literacy campaigner, has died aged 92. A statement from the office of her husband, former president George HW Bush, described her as a "relentless proponent of family literacy". Mrs Bush, the only woman to have seen her husband and son sworn in as US president, had been in failing health for some time and had declined further medical treatment. She said she wanted to spend her last days in "comfort care" with her family. Her husband, at 93, is the longest-lived US president. Their son, George W Bush, was elected president in 2000 and served two terms as the nation's 43rd president. He said in a statement: "My dear mother has passed on at age 92. Laura, Barbara, Jenna, and I are sad, but our souls are settled because we know hers was. Barbara Bush was a fabulous First Lady and a woman unlike any other who brought levity, love, and literacy to millions."

The world’s first electrified road that recharges the batteries of cars and trucks driving on it has been opened in Sweden. About 2km (1.2 miles) of electric rail has been embedded in a public road near Stockholm, but the government’s roads agency has already drafted a national map for future expansion. Sweden’s target of achieving independence from fossil fuel by 2030 requires a 70% reduction in the transport sector. Energy is transferred from two tracks of rail in the road via a movable arm attached to the bottom of a vehicle. The design is not dissimilar to that of a Scalextric track, although should the vehicle overtake, the arm is automatically disconnected. The electrified road is divided into 50m sections, with an individual section powered only when a vehicle is above it. When a vehicle stops, the current is disconnected. The system is able to calculate the vehicle’s energy consumption, which enables electricity costs to be debited per vehicle and user...

Kastina Senator (Kastina North Central District) Mustapha Bukar is dead The senator also known as Madawakin Daura, reportedly dead less than a week, after the death of Senator Uman Buba Jubril. The senate is again griefing as a senior lawmaker, Mustapha Bukar, has died, the late senator’s personal assistant Ahmed Daura, posted the news on his Facebook page early Wednesday morning. He died after brief illness at the age of 58, until his death he was a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC)  

The 2018 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony has commenced in Gold coast, the 21st edition of the event and the fifth time Australia has played host. More than 4,500 athletes from 71 nations will compete for 275 gold medals at the commonwealth games. This is the first major multi sport event which we have the same number of men’s and women’s medal events. The games will continue for 12 days in Australia, with Para-athletes also included in the same schedule. This will be the most expensive Commonwealth Games ever put together, with spending estimated to finish at AUS$2bn.   Hundred of commonwealth Games opening ceremony ticketholders were stranded at a major Gold Coast bus interchange for up to two hours as the city’s public transport system plunged into mayhem.

Senator Ali Wakili (Bauchi South) yesterday slumped and died in his Gwarinpa Abuja residence, the 58-year-old reportedly died of suspected heart attack around 11am. He was said to have been confirmed dead at a hospital he was rushed to for medical attention. The lawmaker was one of the nine senators who vehemently opposed the controversial Electoral Act amendment 2018. Led by Senator Abdullahi Adamu, Waliki was one of the senators who stormed out of the chamber to register opposition to adoption of the conference report of the two chambers on the sequence of elections. Senate President Bukola Saraki, his deputy Ike Ekeremadu and Speaker of The House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara expressed sadness over his demise. President Buhari described his death as “an incalculable loss to Nigeria’s democracy whose dedication to duty was remarkable and worthy of emulation.”The President said that the death of the senator came as a great shock to him, adding his dedication to duty wou...

British boxer Anthony Joshua on Saturday night, March 31, defeated Joseph Parker in the heavyweight boxing fight decided at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. The Nigerian born professional boxer defeated Joseph Parker at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium in the heavyweight unification bout with a unanimous point’s verdict. But the 28-year-old had to win by unanimous decision of the three refs after round 12 of the tough boxing fight. Joshua who was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, to Nigerian parents, Yeta ,  and Robert Joshua added the WBO belt to the WBA and IBF belts he already holds, but he took the distance for the first time in his professional career. It was his 21st straight career victory. Joshua and his opponent from New Zealand went into this fight unbeaten, but the British overcame Parker who has never been down according to the commentator of the fight. Before this fight in Cardiff, Anthony Joshua has WBA Super and IBF titles, and his victory over...

Leicester City expect Kelechi Iheanacho to be available on Saturday against Brighton despite breaking his hand. The forward suffered the injury while on international duty with Nigeria and he was not named among the substitutes for their 2-0 defeat to Serbia in Barnet on Tuesday. He fractured the first metacarpal in his right hand and will be further assessed by Leicester's medical staff before returning to training on Thursday. The 21-year-old joined the Foxes from Manchester City in August 2017 on a five-year deal. Since then he has made 15 Premier League appearances scoring one but has managed four goals in five FA cup matches.

Romelu Lukaku scored twice in the first half to match the Belgium all-time goals record in a 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia. The Manchester United striker put Belgium 2-0 up within the opening 39 minutes and then added an assist to let Kevin De Bruyne score the final goal in the 79th minute, one minute after Michy Batshuayi netted the third. Lukaku equalled Bernard Voorhoof and Paul van Himst's 30 goals for Belgium. He had three international goals scratched out early in his career after Belgium made too many substitutes in a game in which Lukaku scored a hat trick, leading some outlets to report he had previously broken the record.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has left Manchester United after the club agreed to terminate his contract early. Ibrahimivic, 36, scored 29 goals in 53 appearances for the Red Devils but has played only seven times since damaging cruciate ligaments in April. He is yet to announce his plans but there has been intense speculation recently that he will join Major League Soccer outfit LA Galaxy. The former Sweden striker’s contract was due to expire in the summer.  It has been suggested he could come out of international retirement for this summer’s World Cup. Everyone at the club would like to thank Zlatan for his contribution to the team since his arrival and wishes him well for the future, United said in a statement

The Presidency on Wednesday confirmed the release of students of Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State who were abducted by the Boko Haram sect on February 19. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this in an interview. About 110 female students of Government Girls Secondary School at Dapchi town in Bursari local government area of Yobe state who were recently kidnapped by Boko Haram has been released. The girls’ release came exactly one week after President Muhammadu Buhari visited the school where they were kidnapped. Buhari had during the visit last Wednesday reassured parents of the abducted schoolgirls that the Federal Government will not rest on its oars, until their wards are safely brought back home.

The former footballer who was in his fifties moved to brazil, where he met his tragic death According to reports, Anyabola aka Changa or Chassis, was duped of goods worth several millions of dollars, by his associates identified as Daniel and Ezenwa, from Nnewi The goods were supplied to Anyabolu by other business partners. When the ex-footballer failed to remit profits made from the transactions, his business partner started threatening to arrest him if by March 16th he fails to pay back their money or return goods supplied top him. Disturbed by the threats, Anyabolu was forced to start searching the whole of Brazil for the criminal duo of Daniel and Ezenwa. After some weeks, he got information that one of them, Ezenwa, was sighted in a building in the city centre. The deceased then invited the police who joined him to apprehend him. Ezenwa, was arrested in one of the top floors of the building. But while being taken to the police vehicle, he escaped and jumped throug...

Microsoft founder, Mr. Bill Gates, is full of praise for Nigerian businessman, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, for what the American philanthropist describes as his generous contribution to global health. Bill Gates says he is amazed by Dangote’s generosity with his resources and time. Speaking ahead of the release of the 2018 Bill and Melinda Gates Annual Letter to a group of journalists from different African countries in a telephone conference, Bill Gates said: “I am always amazed how generous he has been both with his resources and his time. Just last month, he and I spent six hours on video conferences with six of the northern states where we, twice a year, check in with them and look at their primary healthcare quality in terms of the staff, the location, the supply chain and the results they are getting in terms of vaccination and other interventions. Asked what he would say to convince billionaires in Nigeria to consider the commonwealth in their country instead of acquiring ...

Video assistant referee technology (VAR) will make its debut at Russia this summer despite lingering opposition from within and outside football, said FIFA president on Friday We are going to have in 2018 for the first time, a World Cup with VAR, said Infantino after a meeting of the FIFA council which, as expected, rubber stamped the go-ahead given by the rule-making International Football Association Board (IFAB) in Zurich two weeks ago. This has been approved and we are really happy with this decision. The 2018 World Cup takes place in Russia from June 14 to July 15

Puberty can be akward time for anybody , but space a thought for the Guevodec children of the Dominican Republic, who literally appear to change their sex when they hit adolescence . As covere by Michael Mosley in thw 2015 BBc series , countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You, the remarkable case of the Guevedoces is a condition that affects just over 1 percent of the boys born in Salinas, a remote village lying in the southwest of the Dominican Republic Guevedoces :literal translation "penis at 12" , who are also called "machihembras", meaning "first a woman, then a man" - appear to be completely female at birth and are brought up to be little girls. "When they're born, they look like girls with no testes and what appears to be a vagina," wrote Mosley for The Telegraph back in 2015. "It is only when they near puberty that the penis grows and testicles descend." After the developments of puberty, Guevedoces grow ...

As confirmed by JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin that the board has released results of the ongoing 2018 UTME. According to him results will be released in batches, He urged the candidates to visit the website and check their results. To check your 2018 UTME results: With your registered profile on JAMB’s website (jamb.org.ng) all you need is (1)     Your JAMB registration number (2)     Your phone number (3)     Your email address and (4)     Your log in details on JAMB’s website Click on the “check results” and input your details, and there you have your result.

Lionel Messi   strike in each half as Barcelona dumped Chelsea out of the competition with a 3-0 win at Camp Nou. The sides were locked together at 1-1 after Messi's equaliser in the first leg of the last-16 tie at Stamford Bridge and Antonio Conte's men held their own for long periods once again, only to be undermined by uncharacteristic defensive errors.Messi scored the earliest goal of his professional career in the third minute, with Ousmane Dembele opening his Barcelona account in style to ground an encouraging Chelsea response. Thibaut Courtois was tamely beaten in the first instance and Barca's ruthless qualities on the break were in full view as Dembele clattered into the top corner and Messi secured his latest landmark after the hour. Lionel Messi scored his 100th Champions League goal in Barcelona's last-16 second leg against Chelsea, joining Cristiano Ronaldo as the only players to hit that illustrious milestone.The Argentine star scored his 99th go...

The Senate has summoned the ‎Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, to explain the circumstances surrounding the abduction of 110 students of Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, by Boko Haram on February 19. The invitation followed the adoption of a motion moved by Senator Binta Masi Garba, to commemorate the 2018 International Women’s Day.The motion had Senators Stella Oduah, Oluremi Tinubu, Biodun Olujimi, Monsurat Sumonu, Fatima Raji-Rasaki, Rose Oko, John Enoh and Yele Omogunwa ‎as co-sponsors. Unanimously granting prayers of the motion, the lawmakers resolved to “felicitate with Nigerian women and girls on this year’s International Women’s Day Celebration.” They also mandated the Senate Joint Committees on Police Affairs; and Security and Intelligence “to summon the Inspector-General of Police and the Chief of Army Staff to brief the Senate on the actual situation of things regardi...

  The U.S Secretary, Mr Rex W. Tillerson, has been taking a dig at china and its investment in Africa in the past few days, He said African government to be wary of Chinese government and its loan facilities. Although, he had been roundly condemned by Russian foreign minister Sergi Lavrov, who also visited Zimbabwe on Thursday. The U.S. diplomat is also seeking smooth relations with African countries after President Donald Trump reportedly dismissed some African nations as “shithole countries” in January, a comment he later denied. The Chinese government has pumped billions into infrastructure projects across the continent. “We are not in any way attempting to keep Chinese “dollars” from Africa,“ he said, it is important that African countries carefully consider the terms of those agreements and not forfeit their sovereignty” Mr. Rex W. Tillerson, a former Exxon chief executive said that Chinese investments “do not bring significant job creation locally” and criticized ...

Manchester City's incredible unbeaten run at the Etihad Stadium came to an end in shock fashion as Pep Guardiola's men were downed by Basel on Wednesday. City, 4-0 up from the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie in Switzerland, took the lead after just eight minutes with Gabriel Jesus marking his first start of 2018 with a goal. The hosts must have thought that another routine home win was imminent - but Basel had other ideas. Mohamed Elyounoussi levelled the game less than 10 minutes after Jesus' opener, before Michael Lang swooped in the second half to send Basel home with a memorable win. The Citizens nevertheless march into the quarter finals with a 5-2 aggregate win, but the loss ends an incredible run of form in front of their own fans since Pep took over

Philomina Chieshe, the official of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), who claimed that the board’s N36 million was swallowed by a snake, has made a U- turn. Chieshe, who works as a clerk at the JAMB office in Markurdi, Benue state, had told top officials of the examination body that a “mysterious snake” swallowed the money derived from the sale of JAMB scratch cards. But when she appeared before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), she confessed that the money was collected by one Samuel Umoru, her superior. According to The Nation, the EFCC has interrogated Chieshe on several occasions since she made the ridiculous statement in February. “The interesting aspect of the disclosure is that Chieshe’s statement (on snake swallowing the money) was obtained long before the snake and naira swallowing testimony became public knowledge,” an EFCC official was quoted as saying. “In all her statements before the EFCC, there was no mention ...

Eight companies which got N4.478 billion to supply 104 Unity Colleges Science Kits disappeared with the cash. The Universal Basi c Education Commission (UBEC) has written the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to admit that the kits were not supplied. The anti-graft agency is probing top UBEC. Officials for alleged diversion of a huge chunk of the N20 billion voted for contracts. One of the contracts is the supply of science and technical equipment and books. The movement of about eight suspects has been restricted to the country following the seizure of their passports. UBEC conducted an audit of the items supplied by the eight companies. In a March 1, 2018 letter to the EFCC, signed by an Assistant Director for Procurement, Benjamin A. Smart, UBEC confirmed that there was fraud in the contracts. The letter said: “The total cost of items not delivered by the eight companies is N4,478,683, 300”. The worth of the undelivered items and the companies allege...

Amazon chief Jeff Bezos is now the world’s richest person, having snatched the top spot from Microsoft founder Bill Gates who slips to second place, according to Forbes magazine’s annual billionaires list published Tuesday. US President Donald Trump’s ranking on the list fell to 766th place from 544th in the last edition, his wealth now being estimated at $3.1 billion, $400 million less than a year ago. Thanks to a 59-percent rise in Amazon shares over the past 12 months, Bezos almost doubled his fortune, taking it to $120 billion, way ahead of Gates’s $90 billion — the biggest gap ever between the number one and two spots, Forbes said. Legendary investor Warren Buffett held on to his number three ranking, followed by French industrialist Bernard Arnault, who jumped to fourth-richest person from his previous number 11 spot, mostly thanks to euro strength against the dollar, the magazine said. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg was fifth on the list. Two Chinese billionaires rose to be amo...

The Portuguese netted twice in the first leg and popped up again with a key header on Tuesday as Zinedine Zidane's side advanced at the expense of PSG Real Madrid rarely looked in trouble. Los Blancos beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu on February 14 and at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday, the European champions finished the job. Once again it was Cristiano Ronaldo who punished PSG. The Portuguese had netted nine times in the Champions League group stages and added two more in the last-16 first leg at home to Unai Emery's side to take his tally to 11. That victory also saw Zinedine Zidane's side travel to Paris with an advantage that had seldom seemed possible in the teams' meeting at the Bernabeu, which was swung very much in Madrid's favour by goals in the 83rd and 86th minutes

Nigeria is really giving me a concern. Tunde Bakare, the serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), says he cannot comprehend what President Muhammadu Buhari and 22 state governors were doing at the Kano wedding, while 110 Dapchi schoolgirls are still in captivity. On Saturday, at least 22 governors convereged on Kano, to celebrate the wedding of Idris Ajimobi and Fatima Ganduje, offsprings of Abiola Ajimobi, and Ibrahim Ganduje, governors of Oyo and Kano states, respectively. Also in attendance was the president, and high-ranking members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), including Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state. Bakare says the wedding, which came two days after Boko Haram killed some UN aid workers in Rann, and two weeks after the abduction of the Dapchi school girls in Yobe, shows the insensitivity of Nigerian leaders. “Forgive my ill-mannerism, but I could not comprehend why a governor will celebrate the ...

Italian authorities have confirmed that they have opened manslaughter proceedings into the death of Fiorentina captain Davide Astori. The 31-year-old Italy international centre-back died on the night of Saturday into Sunday, on the eve of his team’s Serie A trip to Udinese, which was subsequently postponed. Police are now set to investigate the death, the cause of which is currently unknown, it has been confirmed. “We have opened criminal proceedings over the hypothesis of manslaughter,” Antonio De Nicolo, Udine chief prosecutor, told Radio Rai.

UTME candidates are instructed to start printing their examination notification slip from Tuesday, March 6. They are also advised to print their slips are printed before Friday, March 9. Candidates are equally warned not to go to their respective centres with prohibited items such as telephones, wristwatches, pens, and other devices.                                                                The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates for the 2018 UTME to start printing their examination notification slip from Tuesday, March 6. The board’s head of media and information department, Fabian Benjamin, said in Lagos on Sunday, March 4, that arrangements had been concluded for the successful conduct of the exam scheduled to hold from March 9 to March 17, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi struck a remarkable 600th professional goal for club and country on Sunday by scoring the opener in his side’s Liga clash at home to nearest challengers Atletico Madrid. The Argentine slammed a free kick right into the near top corner in the 26th minute to break the deadlock in the top-of-the-table clash and put league leaders Barca 1-0 up at halftime, scoring from a set piece for the third game running. Messi is the leading scorer in La Liga this season with 24 goals and is also the all-time top marksman in Spain’s top flight. He is also the top scorer in the history of Barcelona and Argentina. The Argentine, 30, has scored 539 goals for Barca in all competitions and 61 for his country.

Fiorentina have confirmed that club captain Davide Astori passed away suddenly on the eve of his side's trip to face Udinese in Serie A. The 31-year-old centre-back had been capped 14 times by Italy and had enjoyed a professional career spanning 12 years. “Fiorentina are profoundly shaken and forced to announce that their captain Davide Astori has died,” a statement posted on the clubs official website reads. “For this terrible and delicate situation, and above all out of respect for his family, we appeal to the sensitivity of the media.” He started out at AC Milan, where he never played a Serie A match, before moving to Cagliari, the club where he made his big breakthrough. He turned out 174 times for the Sardinians in a six-year spell, during which he made his national team debut. Udinese have confirmed that the fixture they were scheduled to play against Fiorentina on Sunday has been postponed as a consequence.

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency has arrested two suspects in possession of hard drugs, valued at N50m at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano State. Parading the suspects at the airport on Thursday, the NDLEA commandant at the airport, Mr. Ambrose Umoru, said the suspects – a man and a woman – were nabbed on February 17 by the operatives of the command during a routine inward screening of passengers on board Ethiopian Airline, flight number ET 941, with the substances suspected to be narcotic drugs.According to Umoru, one of the suspects, Nweke Emmanuel, 49, a native of Ire in the Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was caught with 2.180kg of ingested heroin, adding that the quantity is the single largest drug ingestion seizure recorded in the country in recent times. Umoru said, “Emmanuel was a businessman and barber, who is based in Kinshasha, Democratic Republic of Congo. The suspect travelled to Bujumbura, Burundi, where he ingested a ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Thursday, released the results of the just-conducted Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.According to him, candidates are to check their results on line by visiting www.jamb .org.ng with their registration numbers. Benjamin described the conduct of the examination nationwide as hitch-free. NAN reports that a total of 245,753 candidates registered for the mock examination which took place on Monday.Mock UTME is optional for UTME candidates. The main UTME is expected to hold from March 9 to March 17

Mario Balotelli is worth €100 million and set to return to Italy or England, according to his agent Mino Raiola. The 27-year-old forward is out of contract at Nice at the end of the season, having scored 21 goals in 29 games in all competitions this campaign. Balotelli has enjoyed two strong seasons at the Ligue 1 club, but appears set to return to the Serie A or the Premier League. Raiola claimed he had spoken to several clubs about Balotelli, but he ruled out a return to AC Milan for the 33-time Italy international. "Mario is ready to come back to Italy. He is one of the 10 best strikers in the world, and the number one in Italy," he told RAI. "He is worth €100m, but he is a free agent so he is a bargain. "I'm already negotiating with many teams in England and Italy. I talked with Juventus, Roma, Napoli, Inter."

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday cautioned Nigerians to be wary of investments in crypto currencies, stating that virtual currencies were not legal tender in the country. The apex bank said in a statement issued in Abuja that crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, Ripples, Monero, Litecoin, Dogecoin and Onecoin, and exchanges such as NairaEx, were not licensed or regulated by it. The statement signed by the bank’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor, explained that dealers and investors in any kind of crypto currency in the country were not protected by law. It added that since they were not protected by law, such investors might not be able to seek legal redress in the event of failure or collapse of the business. The apex bank warned Nigerians against investing in crypto currencies as doing so would be at their own risk. The bank had on January 12, 2017, issued a circular to banks and other financial institutions on virtual currency operations in Nige...

Seventy-two people have died of Lassa fever since January 1, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said yesterday. The development is contained in the centre’s situation report on the virus. According to the report, dated February 25, 1,081 suspected cases were reported in 18 states. The states are: Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Anambra, Benue, Kogi, Imo, Plateau, Lagos, Taraba, Delta, Osun, Rivers, FCT, Gombe and Ekiti. Of the suspected cases, 317 are said to be confirmed and 72 deaths were also confirmed, eight of which are probable. Edo remains the worst as 43 per cent of all confirmed cases are from the state. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it is the worst outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria. “Lassa fever has never reached this case count in Nigeria before,” said Wondimagegnehu Alemu, WHO representative to Nigeria. “The ability to rapidly detect cases of infection in the community and refer them early for treatment improves patients’ chances of survival a...

Senator Dino Melaye, the law maker representing the Kogi West in the senate is enjoying massive support of some of his colleague and citizen of Nigeria, as dozens of placard carrying protesters thronged an Abuja court on Thursday March 1, to declare their support for him. Senator Dino Melaye is being charged for allegedly providing false information of an assassination attempt. Some senator including Ben Murray-Bruce were also in court in solidarity with the Kogi senator

The Air Force has deployed 100 fighter jets in the search for the 110 schoolgirls abducted on February 19, the Federal Government said yesterday. The students of the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State were abducted from their hostels by terrorists. Twenty of the jets have flown 200 hours as at Monday evening, according to a fact sheet on the search released by Minister of Information, Culture and National Orientation Lai Mohammed. Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar relocated yesterday to Yobe State “to personally superintend the search for the girls”, the minister said. He also released the details of the missing girls. Eight are in JSS1, 17 in JSS2, 12 in JSS3, 40 in SS1, 19 in SS2 and 14 in SS3. The girls’ ages range from 11 to 19 years. “The list, which also contains the contact address and phone number of each missing girl, was verified by a 26-member Screening Committee that include the Executive Secretary,...

50 cent admitted that he did not, in fact, make $8 million bitcoin by accepting the crypto currency as a form of payment for his album Animal Ambition back in 2104. In frriday court document obtained by the Blast, the rapper admits that he has never owned bitcoin, and only went along with the initial report from TMZ because “so long as a press story is not irreparably damaging to my image or brand, I usually do not feel the need to publicly deny the reporting” He added, “This is particular true when I feel the press report in question is favorable to my image or brand.” It did make 50 Cent actually a baller when, at the height of bitcoin’s value, he appeared to be $8 million deep in crypto currency. But, to prove that he is bankrupt, he ultimately had to reveal that he does nit own any bitcoin. Its unclear whether 50 Cent is ying to bankruptcy court or earlier on social media. His reps did not immediately respond to comment. Previously, 50 cent bragged ab...