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Emmanuel Amuneke, former Nigeria international is named by FIFA, World football governing body as a member of their technical study group for the Russia 2018 World Cup. The 1996 Olympic Games soccer gold winner in Atlanta assisted Manu Garba in 2013 to win the FIFA U17 World Cup in Dubai. In 2015, the former Zamalek of Egypt star headed the U17 Golden Eaglets coaching crew to retain the global silverware in Chile, drawing the attention of FIFA with Eaglets extraordinary scintillating play. “I’ve been notified. We’re filing the papers and I must commend FIFA for recognising me with such responsibility,”…

In what appeared like a departure from its hard stance on Christianity, Saudi Arabia, a top Islamic country in the world, has agreed with Vatican City to build churches for her Christian citizens, Breitbart reports. Already, Saudi Arabia has reportedly entered into a joint agreement with the Vatican to build churches for Christians living in the officially Muslim nation. Reports say the agreement was signed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdel Karim Al-Issa, the secretary general of the Muslim World League and Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue in the Vatican. Breitbart, quoting Egypt Independent newspaper,…

The National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) is growing in leaps daily feeding about 7.6 million school children in 22 states across the country, Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President has said. Osinbajo stated this Friday in Akure during an interactive session with beneficiaries of the NHGSFP and inspection of the N-Power Programme at Alagbaka Estate Primary School, Akure. He said the purpose of NHGSFP was to ensure that children in public primary schools across the country have at least one good meal daily. Meanwhile, the vice president, who had lunch with the pupils, maintained that the meal would improve the…

Story at-a-glance Pumpkin seeds are nutritional powerhouses wrapped up in a very small package, with a wide variety of nutrients ranging from magnesium and manganese to copper, protein and zinc. They contain a wide array of beneficial plant compounds known as phytosterols and free-radical scavenging antioxidants, which can give your health an added boost. Pumpkin seeds may benefit your heart, liver and immune system, help fight diabetes, and offer unique benefits for men’s prostate health and women’s relief of menopause symptoms as well. If you’re in the mood for a chewy snack that doubles as a phenomenal health food, look…

A senior lecturer in the Nigerian public university has emphasized that the existence of free and independent press is sine qua non for a free society. Dr. Nsikak Idiong, a senior lecturer in the Department of Communication Arts, University of Uyo, who stated this Friday, May 4 at the celebration of this year’s World Press Freedom Day, said “Those who wish to see a free and prosperous socity but do not wish to see a free press are like those aquaphobes who like to dive into a swimming pool but do not want to get wet.” Idiong, while presenting a…

What comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘bell pepper’? It has shape like papaya and has various types in colour and the taste is a bit spicy. Bell peppers are usually used as an ingredient in cooking. Well, many people are still mistaken if bell pepper is a vegetable, but you know it is actually a fruit. Bell pepper has many types, such as red, green, orange, yellow, and purple peppers. Bell pepper, also known as sweet pepper, is a cultivar group of the species Capsicum annuum. It has many benefits for health but the most phenomenal…

Two caskets with the remains of two brothers were offloaded into a waiting ambulance. In a convoy of cars, the ambulance moved gently blaring siren to clear the busy Uyo-Nwaniba Road. It disembarked at the premises of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Ifiayong Usuk, Central Uruan Parish, Uyo Diocese in Akwa Ibom State. Pall bearers wearing black came out and pulled out the caskets into the church for a funeral service in honour of the deceased. This was the scene at the funeral service organised for Ubong Ekpe Asuquo and Francis Ekpe Asuquo from Ifiayong Usuk in Uruan local government area…

As Nigerian journalists join their counterparts May 3 in marking World Press Freedom Day, a one-time international editor of the year has called on journalists in the country to embrace truthful and factual reportage. Ray Ekpu, who spoke with Straightnews reporter in a telephone interview Thursday said, “In spite of what is happening in the social media, people who create social or mainstream media should know that the essence of communication is to convey information. Let there be pursuit of facts otherwise we will damage the whole process of conversation. Journalists are not supposed to relay falsehood.” Ekpu, who was…

As debates and agitations for increased New Minimum Wage for public servants are raging in the country, analysts of Nigerian television station are unanimous in calling for the review and implementation of a new minimum wage, cautioning that states be allowed to negotiate the exact amount they could pay their workers. At the moment, a junior staff in the lowest rung of civil service collects N18,000, but Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is agitating for payment of N66,500 to the junior in the lowest cadre of the service. The analysts who talked Wednesday in TVC NEWS, Lagos under the programme, ‘Journalists…

University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, the nation’s premier ivory tower, established in 1962, has become a trailblazer to produce four First Class graduates in Chinese Language in its 56 years of existence. Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution,  who announced this at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos, said the university will, for the first time, produce four out of the 14 graduates bagging first class division in Chinese. Ogundipe said activities lined-up for the three-day ceremonies would begin on May 8, explaining that 62 of the entire first class graduating students are from the Faculty of…