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New five-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton kept his cool in a incident-filled final Grand Prix of the season on Sunday to claim his 11th win of the campaign in Abu Dhabi. The 33-year-old Briton, who started from his 83rd pole position, came home 2.5 seconds ahead of his main title rival, four-time champion Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari, on the day Fernando Alonso bade farewell to F1. Retirement-bound Alonso finished just outside the points positions for McLaren as the two-time champion taking 11th in his 311th and final GP. Hamilton’s win came after a race that began with a horrific…

Violence against women and girls is not only a fundamental human rights issue but also a “moral affront” against them and a “mark of shame” on all societies, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has said, calling greater action by everyone around the world to root out the scourge. In a message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Mr. Guterres also underscored that such violence and abuse is a major obstacle to inclusive, equitable and sustainable development. “Not until the half of our population represented by women and girls can live free from fear, violence and…

The Akwa Ibom Christmas Carols Festival 2018 arrayed in artistes of international and local mix will set Uyo, the state capital with unusual gospel performances in a blaze of glory. An official message from the website of the festival says “The Akwa Ibom Christmas Carols Festival is an annual evening celebration of songs and dance with thousands of voices raised in worship to God. This festival brings together a host of worshippers and features a large assembly of carol singers and some of the best local and international gospel artistes of our time. “Today, the Akwa Ibom Christmas Carols Festival…

A man who discovered $7.5 million (N2.7 billion) in a second-hand storage unit auctioned to him was astonished by the huge amount. A treasure hunter bought a second-hand storage unit at an auction and found £5.8 million (N2.7 billion) cash inside, according to The Sun UK. The shocking revelation was made by auctioneer Dan Dotson who hosts US television show Storage Wars. Last weekend, a woman approached the TV star at a charity event in California who told him that one of these buyers had found the incredible fortune inside a storage unit. In a video clip posted on Twitter,…

A High Court in Akwa Ibom has sentenced a man to death by hanging for killing his father after a quarrel over bush meat. Justice Edem Akpan presiding over the Akwa Ibom High Court, Itu judicial division, had heard how one Utibe Daniel Etim hacked his father, Daniel Etim, to death with an axe following a disagreement over a portion of bush rabbit was given to him. Etim, a bone specialist, who sustained injuries in the head after his son hit him with an axe was said to have died in an undisclosed hospital in Uyo. Utibe was arrested and…

The Akwa Ibom state government has renamed the Ibom International Airport: Victor Attah International Airport. Mr Attah, widely revered as the “father of modern Akwa Ibom”, conceived and began the airport when he was governor from 1999 to 2007. Construction work of the aiport began in 2006 but was completed by Godswill Akpabio, the third democratically elected governor of the state, in 2009. The airport was officially inaugurated on September 23, 2009, and the first scheduled passenger service commenced on December 2, 2009, when Arik Air offered flights to Abuja and Lagos. The airport, built and owned by the state…

Tottenham inflicted Maurizio Sarri’s first competitive defeat as Chelsea boss to leapfrog their London rivals into third in the Premier League with a 3-1 win at Wembley that barely reflected Spurs’ dominance. Dele Alli and Harry Kane put the hosts 2-0 in front inside 16 minutes and Son Heung-min’s brilliant individual run and finish early in the second-half hauled Mauricio Pochettino’s side back to within five points of league leaders Manchester City. Meanwhile, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has accused his players of not showing “enough heart” after they limped to a goalless draw at home to Crystal Palace. At…

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen continued their onslaught by kidnapping 15 girls overnight in a village near Toumour, southeastern Niger, the local mayor said on Saturday The Vanguard reports that Boukar Mani Orthe, the mayor of the town in Niger’s Diffa region near the border with Nigeria, said about 50 unidentified armed men seized the girls in a village about nine kilometres from the town centre. On Thursday suspected Boko Haram fighters killed eight people working at French drilling company Foraco’s water well site in Toumour. Boko Haram has been waging an insurrection since 2009 aimed at establishing an Islamic state…

The Super Falcons of Nigeria zoomed into the semi-finals of the 2018 African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) by mauling the Nzalang Nacional of Equatorial Guinea 6-0 win at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium on Saturday, reports Completesportsnigeria.com. The defending champions finished second in Group B with six points behind the Banyana Banyana of South Africa who top the group with seven points from three games. The Super Falcons will face Cameroon in the semi-final on Tuesday at the Accra Sports Stadium. Reigning African women’s footballer of the year, Asisat Oshoala scored a hat trick in the game to lay…

Scientists are just beginning to recognize the connection between food and our brain. Eat these nutrients for a wave of calming feelings that keep worry away. Omega-3 fatty acids make your brain happy Yulia Furman/Shutterstock Doctors often know how to calm anxiety, or treat it, with therapy and medications, but the answer to calming the condition could be hiding in plain sight: the foods we eat. Doctors and nutritionists are starting to understand more about how certain nutrients, or lack of them, affect the brain. “Our brain has very high energy and nutrient requirements,” says clinical nutritionist and health coach…