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Akwa Ibom teenager has become an instant hit after bashing notable national and international athletes at the 19th ongoing National Sports Festival (NSF) in Abuja, Nigeria. This was even as Akwa Ibom State won eight gold, nine silver and 14 bronze on Wednesday. Miss Imaobong Nse, who was a revelation at the 2nd Akwa Ibom Youth Sports Festival held in Uyo, broke a new national record time of 52:35 secs. Nse, an indigene of Etinan but schooling in Ibeno, Thursday won gold in the Women’s 400m final, thus setting an unprecedented record ever attained by a 14-year-old in the National…

After surviving a car accident, Donnie McClurkin, the multi-talented and popular American gospel singer, has confessed that “two human angels followed my swerving car with their emergency blinkers onto stop traffic.” Recuperating McClurkin took to his Facebook account to narrate how he survived the ghastly car accident on Thursday. The 59-year-old who had featured in Akwa Ibom Christmas Carols Festival up to two times said he lost his consciousness while driving “but two human angels followed my swerving car with their emergency blinkers onto stop traffic ….drove behind me until my car crashed into the middle concrete island.” He was…

 Kim Kardashian has played the role of a supportive wife in defending her rapper husband, Kanye West whom she described as a ‘genius’ over Drake’s tirade. Married to West in 2014, Kardashian accused Drake of threatening her family as she defended her “genius” husband Kanye West in the wake of his furious Twitter tantrum about the Canadian rapper. West, 38, reignited his feud with Drake, accusing him of threatening his family in an eight-hour-long rant and claiming he targets people suffering with mental health issues. Kardashian, 38,  praised West for ‘changing the world’ and reiterated her husband’s claim that he “made” Drake. She…

Seventy one members of Nigerian House of Representatives are sponsoring a bill to change the presidential system of government to parliamentary. Nigeria practised the British-styled “Westminster” parliamentary system until the collapse of the First Republic on January 15, 1966 when the military took power. Already, the bill to amend the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria to re-introduce a parliamentary system of government has passed first reading in the House of Representatives. In a presidential system, the president is directly voted into power by the people while in a parliamentary system, the legislature is supreme and elects a prime minister from among…

The Super Sand Eagles of Nigeria beat Egypt 7-6 in their semifinal fixture of the 2018 Africa  Beach Cup of Nations played on Wednesday, December 12. The Super Sand Eagles qualified to the knock out stage of the competition second in group B. After a 2-0 loss on penalties to rivals Senegal in their opening group game, they bounced back with a 6-3 win over Libya. The Super Sand Eagles then sealed their qualification from the group stage with a 2-0 win over Tanzania. By progressing second in group B the Super Sand Eagles were handed a match up against…

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, said Wednesday that it has engaged relevant government agencies to investigate and prosecute erstwhile directors and management of the defunct Skye Bank Plc. The Managing Director of the NDIC, Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim,  who stated this in a keynote address he delivered at the opening session of a Sensitization Seminar for Court of Appeal Justices, said the essence of the investigation was to determine the culpability or otherwise of the Directors in the failure of the bank. He maintained that those found culpable would be prosecuted to serve as deterrent to others. Besides, the NDIC…

The Senate, Wednesday, confirmed the Director, Communications, Buhari Campaign Organisation, BCO, Festus Keyamo, SAN, as a member, Governing Board of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC. Also, the Senate confirmed Mrs. Ronke Sokefun from Ogun State, South West, as Chairman, with Garba Bello from Sokoto State, North West;  Brigadier General Josef Okoloagu, Enugu State, South East; Mustapha Adewale Mudashiru, Kwara, North Central and Adewale Adeleke, Ondo, South West as members of the corporation. One of the nominees, Garba Buba, Bauchi, North East, was, however, not confirmed because he did not show up for screening. The confirmation of the six persons and rejection…

UEFA Champions League tables after Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s group matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points) Group A Borussia Dortmund    6 4 1 1 10  2 13 – Qualified Atletico Madrid           6 4 1 1  9  6 13 –  Qualified Club Brugge               6 1 3 2  6  5  5 Monaco                     6 0 1 5  2 14  1 Group B Barcelona                  6 4 2 0 14  5 14 – Qualified Tottenham                 6 2 2 2  9 10  8 – Qualified Inter Milan                 6 2 2 2  6  7…

The Defence Minister, Mansur Dan-Ali, has charged the military to remain apolitical and be loyal to constituted authority in the course of their duty to the nation. Dan-Ali gave the charge Wednesday at the graduation of 67 graduates of Course 2/2018 at Army war College. The minister, who was represented by General Gabriel Olonisakin, the Chief of Defence Staff, further urged the participants to put all they had learned into use wherever they found themselves in order to justify the enormous resources deployed to give them such a world- class training. He hoped the training at the college would ultimately…

Strong indications have emerged that the global oil market would be relatively stable, and by extension, revenue of nations, including Nigeria in 2019, as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has predicted demand to rise by 1.29 mb/d during the period. In its monthly report sent to Vanguard Wednesday, OPEC stated: “Total oil demand is now pegged at 98.79 mb/d. In 2019, world oil demand is anticipated to rise by 1.29 mb/d, similar to last month’s projections. “As a result, total world oil demand is anticipated to reach 100.08 mb/d. Oil demand growth is projected to originate from other…