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Roger Federer lifted the 101st title of his remarkable career on Sunday, beating ATP Miami Open defending champion John Isner 6-1, 6-4 in just 63 minutes. Federer has been the form player in South Florida and his performance against big-serving Isner proved it as the 33-year-old home-nation hero was overwhelmed by the Swiss star’s incredible consistency. An opening break sapped Isner’s confidence and allowed 37-year-old Federer to gain control of a match which he never looked like losing, especially after Isner was injured near the end of the second set. “Getting a break so early was like a dream start.…

For the second time in this football season, El Kanemi Warriors, Sunday, showed disrepect by humbling the visiting Akwa United 4-1 in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. At the start of match one, El kanemi Warriors defeated Akwa United 1-0 at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo. In the first half of the match played on March 31, Balogun Kabir opened the score for the host- El Kanemi at the 32nd minute. Sani Abbani increased the tally for El Kanemi at the 69th minute of the game while Godspower Aniefiok slotted in one for Akwa United to reduce the tally to 2-1…

Ashleigh Barty’s transformation is complete after the Australian defeated Czech seventh seed Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (7/1) 6-3 on Saturday to win the biggest singles title of her career at the WTA Miami Open. The 22-year-old Aussie quit tennis five years ago after finding the mental grind of the tour too much to bear, turning to professional cricket in a bid to find sporting happiness. Barty, however, knew she had the tennis skills to compete at the very top and after returning in February 2016, has taken her career to an elite level, culminating in her first-ever WTA Premier Mandatory title…

Nigeria occupies sixth position among the 10 miserable countries in the world, Steve Hanke, an economist from John Hopkins University in Baltimore, United States, listed in his recently published report. Venezuela, Iran and Brazil are among other countries listed by the economist. Reacting to the report, Hanke said, “Venezuela holds the inglorious title of the most miserable country in the world in 2018, as it did in 2017, 2016, and 2015.” However, Argentina jumped to the No. 2 spot after yet another peso crisis. Since its founding, Argentina has been burdened with numerous economic crises. Most can be laid at…

The Federal Government has issued 21 licences for hydropower generation and water-related activities with other pending applications. The Federal Executive Council had in 2017 approved the Water Use and Licence Regulation, which had been gazetted and became operational nationwide. Reuben Habu, the executive director of Nigeria Integrated Water Resources Management Commission, who stated this on Friday, sadi the commission has issued licences to Nestle Water and Winners Power Gardens companies for water supply and hydropower construction respectively. Habu noted that the issuance of licences to prospective applicants was another landmark, having met the conditions required by law. He said in…

Guaranty Trust Bank says the judgment of the Supreme Court mandating it to pay N2.4 billion to Innoson with a 22 percent interest, per annum until the final liquidation of the judgment is in respect of Garnishee Proceedings against the account of the Nigerian Customs Service Board domiciled with the bank and not against the bank as an entity. The bank issued the statement in reaction to the action of Innosen Motors and his supporters who sealed branches of the bank on Friday with plans to seal more. The bank said that it is a law abiding corporate citizen and…

Nearly a quarter of maternal deaths in low and middle income countries were among women who had a cesarean delivery, a systematic review and meta-analysis found. An examination of 196 studies from 67 low and middle income countries found that in 72 studies, 23.8% of maternal deaths (95% CI 21.0-26.7) in low and middle income countries were women who had undergone a cesarean section, reported Shakila Thangaratinam, MD, of Queen Mary University of London, England, and colleagues.  The overall risk of maternal death from cesarean section in these countries was 7.6 per 1,000 procedures (95% CI 6.6-8.6), with the highest…

Theresa May has suffered a parliamentary defeat on a third attempt to pass her Brexit deal through the UK House of Commons, leading the prime minister to warn that parliament was “reaching its limits” in finding an agreed exit from the EU. May had sought approval for her deal on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on what had long been scheduled to be Brexit day. Instead MPs voted by 286 to 344 against the EU divorce treaty, which if passed would have opened the way to Britain leaving the EU on a revised date of May 22. Speaking after…

Since the inauguration of the 8th Senate headed by Dr. Bukola Saraki, President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to 31 bills. Buhari had on March 20, declined assent to five bills that were passed by the National Assembly and forwarded to him to sign into law. In separate letters addressed to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and which will be read when Senate resumes plenary next week, President Buhari listed the latest rejected Bills as the National Institute of Credit Administration Bill, 2018; Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency Bill, 2018; Ajaokuta Steel Company Completion Fund Bill, 2018; the National…

Election observer groups have asked the National Assembly to immediately convene public hearing on the 2019 elections, saying that the conducts and subsequent outcomes were questionable. The accredited local and international observers, speaking at a post election assessment forum, Thursday, in Abuja, lamented how rampant vote-buying and inducement of voters were, demanding complete audit of the general exercise. The observers, under the aegis of Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, WARDC, Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, HEDA, and Election Observation Platforms, insisted that the 2019 general election cannot pass integrity test. In their various reports presented…