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Talks are at advanced stage between Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker for a bumper unification fight in Cardiff on March 31, according to The Sun. New Zealander Parker, the WBO heavy world champion, is set to meet the British boxing star and WBA and IBF title holder, Joshua at the Principality Stadium in the Welsh capital. Speaking to ESPN, the 25-year-old Parker said, “I think the Joshua fight can go ahead early next year when both teams are locked in and happy. “When we can find a free date, a time in March, then we can definitely make it happen.…

Breast cancer awareness is at an all-time high, and most women are keenly aware of the potential threat that they’ll develop it. Breast cancer screening programmes are readily available and are credited, along with the increased awareness, for five-year breast cancer survival rates have risen from about 75 peer cent in 1980 to over 90 per cent today. However, while many women are aware of the most common self-screening technique of checking their breasts for cancerous lumps, there are several other signs that go ignored. We’ll shed some light on those 7 Often Ignored Signs of Breast Cancer in this…

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange, JSE, on Thursday suspended trading in the shares of Nigerian oil company, Oando. The suspension came after an order by Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, prompted the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), to suspend the embattled company on Wednesday. According to a notice by the JSE seen by PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday, the suspension was effected based on a correspondence between the Nigerian bourse and JSE. “The Company has received communication from its primary listing, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have issued a directive to immediately suspend the trading…

International Kidnapping Expert, Olav Ofstad has written a new book dealing with all aspects of surviving kidnappers’ and here he tells us how to protect our children Thousands of children are abducted each year. Even parents living in comparatively safe environments may devote a lot of energy to ensure their children’s safety. Driving them to school, to friends and to sports activities, they rarely let them out of sight. However, we cannot always be there to guard our children, and part of growing up is to relate more and more to the outside world. So how to protect children as…

The serene environment at the Cemetery in Use Offot, Uyo Local Government Area became agitated as friends, siblings and colleagues of slain police officer, Odudu Monday Davis wailed and mourned uncontrollably when his remains were lowered into the re-dug grave. The 34-year-old Corporal Davis was killed on May 30, 2017 at Akim Police Station, Calabar in Cross River State while on official during an altercation between members of Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Navy. Before his remains were buried at the cemetery, members of the Nigeria Police Force, Calabar command had mounted a guard of honour and fired 21…

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On Sunday, October 1, 2017, Nigeria, the self-acclaimed giant of Africa turns 57 as an independent country having gained political independence from Britain in a colourful ceremony which witnessed a peaceful transfer of power in the morning of October 1, 1960, at the Race Course, Ikoyi, Lagos. The journey to the independent nation of Nigeria actually started in 1914 when the Northern and Southern Protectorates of the Lower Niger were merged for purely administrative convenience under the superintendency of Sir Frederick Lord Lugard. It was Lugard’s girlfriend, Flora Shaw, who encouraged him to name the new territory- Nigeria- her own…

The irrepressible demeanor and the inflexible can-do spirit of the Akwa Ibom person manifested during the struggle for the creation of the state 30 years ago. The sustained battle irresistibly waged from all fronts by people of ethnic minority groups was an aftershock of years of continued marginalization, deprivation and neglect by some majority tribes. And they began agitation for the creation of Calabar-Ogoja-Rivers (COR) state. The creation of the defunct South Eastern State as one of the 12-state structure in Nigeria did not in any way assuage the thirst of the people in the pursuit for the creation of…

Head coach of the Zambia national team, Wedson Nyirenda, has named a 20-man provisional squad for the 2018 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria next month. The Chipolopolo are three points behind the Super Eagles, following their back-to-back victories over Algeria. A victory in Uyo would put them in pole position to qualify for their first-ever World Cup. Nigeria, however, needs just a point to qualify and Nyirenda has already lined up his preliminary squad for the show-down on October 7. Zambia provisional squad in full: Goalkeepers: Toaster Nsabata (Zanaco) , Kelvin Malunga (Nkana) Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot…