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Few foods can be both tasty and healthy at the same time. Such food comes in a selected group, in this group, mango is truly the king. Many times, you get so carried away by its sweet, heavenly taste that you forget how healthy it is. It’s summer, and there is no better excuse to enrich your diet with some mangoes.They aren’t considered “king of the fruits” for nothing. The surprising fact is that there are over one thousand different varieties of mangoes. They are available in all shapes, sizes, and levels of sweetness. Everyone can find himself an ideal…

Manchester United and Manchester City reportedly battling to sign the £40m rated Fulham wonder kid Ryan Sessegnon. According to the Daily Mirror, the Citizens are the latest club to show interest in the in form teenager, with the Sun claiming Sessegnon is valued around £40m by his club. Sessegnon has been making the headlines for scoring this season, and 2018 in particular, he has managed an astonishing eight league goals from left-back, with only Sergio Aguero outscoring him in English football’s top four tiers in that space of time. The soccer star is now ahead on goals above Tottenham’s Harry…

The entire Italian football fraternity were Sunday morning, March 4 thrown into deep mourning following the untimely death of Fiorentina defender Davide Astori. Astori was said to have been found dead in his room inside the hotel where he was with Fiorentina ahead of their Sunday’s clash with Udinese. Fiorentina have also confirmed the tragic demise of their captain Davide Astori who passed away suddenly on the eve of his side’s trip to face Udinese in Serie A. The 31-year-old center-back had been capped 14 times by Italy and had enjoyed a professional career spanning 12 years. ”Fiorentina are profoundly…

Residents are reported to be fleeing the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta enclave in Syria as the situation there was described as “beyond critical”. Syria’s military appears to be increasing pressure on several fronts to try to retake the enclave just to the east of the capital, Damascus. Government forces have taken 10 per cent of the area, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitors say. A UN aid convoy planned for Sunday has not been able to enter the enclave. A UN statement said it had failed to obtain permission from Syrian officials for 40 trucks carrying humanitarian supplies for the key…

“I saw cars that park by themselves; cars that are powered by solar energy and lots of incredible machines,” Ime Bishop Umoh, popularly known as Okon Lagos, Nigerian actor, shared fond memories of his trip to Germany. Okon who shared his memories with The Punch correspondent in Lagos also said “I went for a car exhibition where I saw car technologies that will function in the future. I also saw cars that run on water. I saw an electric car for the first time in Germany. “I went to the Nigerian consulate and I did a lot of shopping in…

The 2019 general elections in the country are raising the body temperature of politicians of all hues. The craving to capture political offices tops their agenda. Scheming, spins, intrigues and subterfuge are massed by different players and gladiators for the forthcoming “war.” The usual soapbox gerrymandering is mastered by political office seekers. Parties’ manifestoes, rehearsed. Slogans recited like nursery school rhyme.Then consultations are in high gear. Old alliances that spell failure are let go and new ones forged. Political “marriages” are struck. The stage is set for the big party- victory. Of the 68 political parties registered by the Independent…

The cisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is yet to abate as three former ministers are leading an exodus of top members of the party after efforts to heal the wounds of the last national convention of the party hit the rocks. They accused Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state of hijacking the party. The Nation reports that Jerry Gana, the ex-information minister; Tunde Adeniran, former education minister, and Godsday Orubebe, ex-Niger Delta minister are moving to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) which is merging with the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Peoples Salvation Party (PSP) to form a…

Total, a French transnational oil corporation that is also very active in the Niger Delta, Nigeria’s gold pot, has acquired Marathon Oil Libya Limited which holds a 16,33per cent stake in the Waha Concessions in the North African country. This acquisition will give Total access to reserves and resources in excess of 500 million barrels of oil equivalent, with immediate production of around 50.000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) and a significant exploration potential across the area of 53.000 square kilometers covered by the Concessions in the prolific Sirte Basin. The consideration payment for the transaction is 450 million…

Obio ekpo (land of death) is his nickname. In official circle, he is known as Peter. But his late father’s name remains Itim. An indigene of Anua in Uyo local government area of Akwa Ibom State, he is publicity shy. He hates seeing his picture in the mass media. We assured that his picture would not be used before he granted the interview. Peter served Akwa Ibom government for 35 years and retired as a senior mortuary attendant from the civil service in 2016. He bares his mind on a dreaded job- embalment of corpses. Odyssey in Work:  I started…

Isine Ibanga Two senior staff, Nana Mustapha and Akingbade Olufemi, whose names appeared in two separate training vouchers in the sum of N35 million and N21 million respectively, said they had no idea of the vouchers being raised in their names. The head of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Usman Yusuf, who was recently reinstated by President Muhammadu Buhari after being suspended for alleged corruption, misused nearly N1billion of public funds within 90 days of taking office, and committed serial violations of federal procurement laws, NEXT EDITION can authoritatively report today. The staggering amount could have helped save sick…