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The United States of America recognition of Golan Heights as an occupied territory of Israel Monday sparked global condemnations and criticisms. President Donald Trump, Monday, officially recognised Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967, in a move hailed as “historic” by Israel’s prime minister. Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an election next month, was by Mr Trump’s side as he signed the proclamation. Israel annexed the Golan Heights in 1981, in a move that is not recognised internationally. A spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday he was “clear that the status of…

Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel and Moses Ekpo, the deputy governor on Thursday, March 28, received Certificates of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The duo who were re-elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP during the March 9 Governorship election collected their certificates from Mike Igini, the Akwa Ibom resident electoral commissioner at INEC headquarters along Udo Udoma Avenue, Uyo. Emmanuel and Ekpo were earlier elected in 2015 for a four-year mandate which will expire on May 28, 2019. In addition, the 25 members-elect of the yet-to-be inaugurated seventh Akwa Ibom State House of…

Bayern Munich have signed Atletico Madrid defender, Lucas Hernandez on a five-year deal worth a club record 80m euros (£68 million). The 23-year-old, who won the 2018 World Cup with France, will join the Bundesliga leaders on July 1. During his medical at Bayern, doctors discovered Hernandez had damaged a ligament in his right knee and he subsequently had surgery on Wednesday. “This is a really important day in my footballing career,” Hernandez said. “Bayern Munich is one of the best clubs in Europe and the world. I’m proud to be able to fight for all possible titles with Bayern.”…

“Those that are not satisfied with their buttocks must beware. Vanity upon vanity!” is an alarm Femi Fani-Kayode is raising over tragedy befalling celebrities and young girls who go for buttock enlargement. According to abnews247, Onwuzuligbo Nneka Miriam, winner of the 2013 Face of Democracy Transformation, was confirmed dead on February 3, 2019 after unsuccessful buttocks enlargement surgery. It was alleged that one Dr. Anu, an American Surgeon based in Lagos, had carried out buttocks enlargement surgery on Miriam who slumped into a coma from December 30, 2018. In his Twitter handle on Wednesday, Fani-Kayode, a one-time Minister of Aviation…

Manchester United has appointed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as its new permanent manager after a successful spell as temporary boss. The club legend had initially taken over until the summer, replacing Jose Mourinho in December after a series of poor results and uninspiring performances. But with the Norwegian at the helm, United has experienced an upturn in form. Solskjaer was unbeaten in his first 11 games in charge and his side produced a historic display to beat Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League Round of 16. In his 19 games in charge, United has won 14, drawn two and lost…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, Wednesday, ordered substituted service of the petition challenging the outcome of the February 23 presidential election, on President Muhammadu Buhari. The tribunal ordered that copies of all the legal processes should be served on Buhari through any senior officer at the national headquarters of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abuja. The order followed an ex-parte application by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Atiku and the PDP had applied to be allowed to serve the petition on Buhari via substituted means, decrying that…

Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has alleged that some influential people working closely with the Federal Government are mounting serious pressure on its leadership to pay a congratulatory visit to President Muhammadu Buhari, following the outcome of the last month’s presidential election. A source in CAN’s national executive body, who confided in Vanguard, said that the pressure has now assumed the form of a subtle blackmail against its leaders. He said, “We have seen how they are polarising the Church so that it cannot act as a body. The Bible says the house divided against itself cannot stand. This is…

The Federal Government, Wednesday, set up a committee to harmonise oil and gas revenue and production data, government earnings from all sectors of the economy, among other critical data, across all the ministries, departments and agencies of government. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the committee, tagged the ‘Nigerian Petroleum Fiscal Consistency Network,’ Mr. Tim Okon, Technical Adviser to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources on Petroleum Fiscal Strategy, said the committee is saddled with the responsibility of ensuring that policy makers have access to consistent set of data to reach enlightened decision. Okon said the petroleum fiscal consistency…

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, Wednesday, approved N1.4 billion contract for the design of a 12-floor building for the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, stated this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, Okechukwu Enelamah-Minister of Trade and Investment Kachikwu said, “FEC approved N1.4 billion for the design of DPR Head office in Abuja. The contract was awarded to Messers Arteck Practice Limited to design a 12 floor building in the land that is…

Fashion is a popular style, especially in clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle and body. Fashion is a distinctive and often constant trend in the style in which people present themselves. A fashion becomes prevailing style in behaviour or manifest the newest creations of designers, technologists, engineers, and design managers. Although some aspects of fashion in clothing can be feminine or masculine even unisex, some fashions are androgynous and trendy. Fashion keeps changing and fashionistas benefit the more. High-flying trendsetters in fashion can aspire to the label haute couture. But if one disapproves of a fashion, one can attempt to…