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Liverpool suffered back-to-back defeats and another hammer blow in their title defence as Manchester City bashed them 4-1 at Anfield. The Reds had lost at Brighton in midweek to  stay fourth but are now 10 points off the top after woeful outing Sunday evening. Manchester City extended their lead at the Premier League summit to five points with a thumping 10th consecutive win against Liverpool. Reds goalkeeper Alisson endured a nightmare second half on Merseyside, while Ilkay Gundogan scored twice after an earlier penalty miss, Raheem Sterling notched a header and the excellent Phil Foden netted a sensational late goal…

The Pipelines Product Marketing Company (PPMC)- a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), generated N2.015 trillion from the sales of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from November 2019 to November 2020. Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru stated this in a statement on Sunday. Obateru said the sale of petrol contributed about 99.9 per cent of the sale of total white products of N2.034 trillion. He said: “Total revenues generated from the sales of white products for the period November 2019 to November 2020 stood at ₦2.034 trillion, where PMS contributed about 99.09 per cent…

For sometime now, many countries see vaccines as the biggest hope in getting out of the coronavirus and returning to normality. However, in Israel, Professor Nadri Aber has invented a miracle inhaler that can cure COVID-19 in five days. His inhaler has an efficacy of 96 percent, with 29 of the 30 patients who trialled it at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre recovering rapidly from the virus and leaving the hospital between three and five days. Only one inhalation was enough to fight off the virus, even with more serious cases. Nadir himself described it as an “unprecedented invention”…

World Bank has come under pressure to release archival records and documents relating to spending on all approved funds to improve access to electricity in Nigeria from 1999 to 2020. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, also demanded it to show the bank’s role in the implementation of any funded electricity projects, identify and name any executed projects, and Nigerian officials, ministries, departments and agencies involved in the execution of such projects. The World Bank Board of Directors had last week approved $500 million to help boost access to electricity in Nigeria and improve the performance of the electricity distribution…

The common saying that every disappointment is a blessing in disguise holds water for the 11-year-old boy allegedly abused in Deeper Life High School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The despicable case of Don-Davis N. Archibong was brought to the public domain by his distraught mother who broke the ugly news on via live Facebook video. In the video, Deborah Okezie (his mother) explained how his son who went to the boarding school as a chubby boy, returned home almost a skeleton as a result of abuse and other ill treatments meted to him by some of the school’s senior students,…

Apostle Johnson Suleman, General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, has begged for forgiveness over the viral audio clip in which he responded angrily to the caller. A former Pastor in his church, Mike Davids has accused him of sleeping with his wife as claimed from their telephone conversation. Suleman admitted that he reacted angrily and the audio clip was from a conversation with a lady who he was telling to stop calling him, and not from a phone conversation with Davids. He recalled that the incident happened three years ago, and he has changed from who he was at that…

Nigeria, Saturday, recorded 1,588 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths in 24 hours, declared Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Of the confirmed cases reported from 19 states including Federal Capital Territory, Lagos is leading with 535 followed by Anambra (218), Oyo (155), FCT (150), and Kano (124). Others are ”Gombe (60), Kaduna (49), Ebonyi (48), Plateau (46), Akwa Ibom (39), Niger (37), Edo (33), Katsina (23), Rivers (18), Taraba (15), Nasarawa (14), Ogun (11), Delta (9), Ekiti (2), and Jigawa (2).’’ NCDC tweeted on Saturday, February 6, 2021 ”Till date, 139242 cases have been confirmed, 112557 cases have been discharged…

Ollie Watkins’ second-minute goal proved the winner as Aston Villa’s 1-0 victory condemned Arsenal to a second league defeat in five days. Watkins made the most of some lax defending between Cedric Soares and Gabriel, which allowed Bertrand Traore to steal in before teeing up his team-mate for a close-range finish with only 74 seconds on the clock. Debutant Mat Ryan had by far the busier afternoon of the two goalkeepers, denying Traore before half-time and keeping out strong Watkins, John McGinn and Jack Grealish efforts after the break. Nicolas Pepe shot wide when played through in that second period…

The less busy Ikot Nya, Nsit Ibom Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State was, Saturday, turned to a small mecca as dignitaries from various walks of life paid their last respect to the former Military Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (retired). The funeral service which was conducted by Qua Iboe Church of Nigeria, had in attendance Governor Udom Emmanuel and wife, Martha; and Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri. Representatives from the Nigerian Air Force, serving and former political office holders, captains of industry, service commanders in the state, and several other stakeholders paid…

Some prominent indigenes of Ukanafun Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom have been appointed into Ukanafun Economic Development Committee (UKEDC), to develop a new template for the meaningful development of the area. The pan-Ukanafun  team is a development think-tank mandated to partner the incumbent administration in marshaling out long-term development blueprint and seeing through its full implementation, among others. For more than two years, the area created in 1976 was embroiled in cult war that resulted in countless deaths, rapes and kidnapping of many. Among the strategic thinkers, development master planners and executors  include Assistant Inspector General of Police, Nkereuwem…