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As the 2019 general elections draw near, a concerned caller in a privately owned radio station in Akwa Ibom State has lent his voice in calling for appointment of experts to conduct physical and mental health tests for candidates contesting for governorship, state and National Assemblies’ positions in the country. This is as Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) said President Muhammadu Buhari; former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and all other candidates contesting the 2019 presidential election should be subjected to mental health test. The caller, one Inemesit Akpan who spoke during Peoples Parliament programme hosted by Planet 101.1 FM, Uyo,…

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has warned Nigerian youths to shun money rituals. Oba Ewuare gave the warning, Sunday, during a thanksgiving service at the Holy Aruosa Cathedral in Benin to round off the 2018 annual Igue Festival Celebrations. This is as more Yahoo boys now caught confess to using girls’ pants and fetish items to make rituals to defraud unsuspecting and naive people in the internet of their hard-earned money. Ewuare 11 said youths who cling to the illusion that they could become wealthy by killing people or stealing female underwears for ritual purposes would, no doubt,…

Bayelsa State governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson has said that only God and the popular votes of the people of the state will determine the choice of his successor as governor. According to him, power only comes from the Almighty God. Dickson declared that though he will engage in special prayers and seek divine intervention on who succeed him after he complete his tenure, the choice of his successor will happen with the electoral stamp of the people and it will be a defining moment in the history of the state. The governor spoke in Yenagoa, weekend, after the end-of-year activity…

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has denied that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was in alliance with any political party in the state ahead of the 2019 general elections. The governor stated this, weekend, during the inauguration of the PDP Ughelli North Ward and Local Government Area Campaign committee held at Oteri in Ughelli. The 27-man committee for the council which is headed by Terry Noah has the Ughelli North council chairman, Godwin Adode as secretary while Emmanuel Omadevuae is to serve as coordinator. Addressing members of the party at the event, Governor Okowa who was represented by Mr…

Independent National Electoral commission, INEC, in Cross River State has achieved 70 percent distribution of Permanent Voters Card, PVC, to registered voters and efforts are being made for all the cards to be distributed before the end of January 2019. Dr. Frankland Briyai, Resident Electoral Commissioner REC, for the state told Vanguard, Sunday in Calabar that the commission had to participate in the 2018 Carnival Calabar to carry out enlightenment campaign to educate voters on the need to collect their PVCs and also how to vote in the 2019 elections. “This is the third time INEC is participating in the…

Nigerian Navy has said it would sustain its anti-crude oil theft operations that resulted in destruction of countless illegal refineries in the Niger Delta region and arrest of several oil thieves in the out-going year. Flag Officer Commanding Central Naval Command, Rear Admiral Suleiman Garba gave the assurance weekend at the ceremonial sunset at the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS, Warri, Delta State. Suleiman said the security body will also consolidate the choke points regime as a “force multiplier in support of our operations.” He said “The command has ensured the improved use of marine domain awareness facilities in monitoring illegal…

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…