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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, Saturday, petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari administration to United Nations to end the deadlocked negotiations with Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and reach amicable settlement for speedy reopening of the nation’s universities. The urgent petition dated December 28, 2018 and signed by SERAP senior legal adviser Bamisope Adeyanju also sought increased funding and improved investments in infrastructure and innovation for public universities. In the petition sent through two UN special rapporteurs, the organisation also stressed the need to invest the most in those whose access to education is the most hampered and to declare education…

N’Golo Kante gave Chelsea head coach Maurizio Sarri encouragement that his transformation might not be an illusion. As much through necessity as choice, with Pedro, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Bayern Munich target Callum Hudson-Odoi injured, Sarri moved Hazard back to his preferred position on the left for the trip to face Crystal Palace. He may have even less choice over the coming games, as Olivier Giroud left Selhurst Park on crutches after being forced off late on with an ankle injury, while Sarri revealed Cesc Fabregas and Danny Drinkwater suffered injuries the day before this game. But it seems there will…

There is no perfect marriage. People work hard to make it succeessful. Like organism, a man must provide spiritual and physical food to nourish his marriage to grow and survive. In fact, the success of every marriage depends on the ability of the husband and the wife to manage inadequacies of one another. If you are about to get married, you have to acknowledge to stay mentally prepared for what the future holds. If you are already married, you probably already know that marriage is indeed hard work. Here are seven principles that you must always hold on to for…

The Jigawa State Government spent more than N93 million in sponsoring and conducting the wedding of 270 selected girls who are orphans in the state. Malam Mustapha Saleh, Special Adviser to Jigawa governor, Muhammad Badaru, stated this on Saturday in Dutse during the exercise in Dutse. Saleh said that 10 orphans were selected from each of the 27 local government areas of the state. “Ten beneficiaries were selected from each of the 27 wards of the state by the committee shouldered with the responsibilities of selecting and screening the eligible beneficiaries. “And they selected based on merit, not political affiliation…

Lionel Messi has overtaken Cristiano Ronaldo in the number of goals he scored before the end of this year. The Argentine scored 51 goals against 49 of the Portuguese player. Recall that the CR7 scored, this Saturday, two goals in Juve’s triumph over Sampdoria. Cristiano Ronaldo needed only two minutes to score his 13th goal this season in Serie A and set another record in his career. Meanwhile, Ronaldo became the first Portuguese player with the most goals scored in a single season of the Italian league. He beat Rui Barros, current FC Porto B coach, who scored 12 goals in 29…

Not less than eight persons have been reportedly died as two speeding vehicles plunged into the Ekpan River near Chevron Nigeria Limited along the NPA Expressway in Uvwie local government area of Delta State. The PUNCH gathered the incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. when a Sports Utility Vehicle rammed into a commercial mini-bus that had just dropped passengers along the expressway. The two vehicles were both coming from Warri and heading towards the popular Effurun Roundabouts when the accident occurred. The vehicles were both carrying passengers. Although, some witnesses claimed that only the SUV that plunged into the river, others said…

The soccer upset continues as Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to an imposing nine points with a devastating attacking dismissal of Arsenal at Anfield – with hat-trick hero Roberto Firmino the inspiration. Arsenal took the lead after only 11 minutes when Ainsley Maitland-Niles slid in at the far post to score from Alex Iwobi’s cross – but it was a false dawn for Unai Emery’s side. Liverpool, lifted after title rivals Tottenham’s home defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier, responded with an explosive display that saw them 4-1 up by the interval and on their…

Former first lady Michelle Obama was voted the woman most admired by Americans this year, knocking Hillary Clinton from the top spot on the list for the first time in 17 years, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday. When asked by Gallup in an open-ended question to name the woman they admire most, 15% of Americans mentioned Obama, who has been touring the United States promoting her best-selling memoir “Becoming.” Oprah Winfrey finished second in the Gallup poll, followed by Clinton and current first lady Melania Trump. Clinton has appeared in the top ten 27 times, finishing as the…

As police laid siege, Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West in the National Assembly dramatically hiding in a room in his residence tweeted for public intervention to evade arrest and detention over what police called “attempted homicide case.” While a detachment of the police paced the crannies of his compound along Mississippi Maitama, Abuja, Melaye holed himself in an undisclosed room sending minute-by-minute tweets on the police action to the public. The force spokesman, acting DCP Moshood Jimoh, alleged in a statement on December 28 that the embattled Senator and his armed thugs shot and injured one Sgt Danjuma Saliu,…

Condolence messages have continued to pour into the family of the departed elder statesman, Alhaji Shehu Shagari who passed onto eternity on Friday, December 28. Shagari, the second republic president from 1979 to 1983, died at the National Hospital, Abuja at the age of 93. His grandson, Bello Shagari, who confirmed this tweeted “I regret announcing the death of my grandfather, H.E Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who died right now after brief illness at the National Hospital, Abuja.” Among prominent Nigerians who commiserated with the bereaved family was President Muhammadu Buhari, the man who once overthrew Shagari’s government in 1983. “On…