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Manchester City’s Premier League title defence suffered another huge blow in a shock 2-0 defeat to Wolves, while Manchester United endured another miserable day in a 1-0 loss to Newcastle on Sunday. City now trail runaway leaders Liverpool by eight points after just eight games as Adama Traore punished a sloppy performance by the champions with two goals in the final 10 minutes at the Etihad. “Today we were not at our level,” admitted City boss Pep Guardiola. “We had problems to make our game. We have faced many teams defending deep and found a solution, but not this time.”…

The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has asked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to be unfazed by the snares of those unhappy with his rising profile, saying God who destined him to be part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration will sustain him. Adeboye spoke Sunday at a special service to mark the 20th anniversary of RCCG Province 7 headquarters (Faith Chapel), Gwarinpa, Abuja. Taking his text from1 Samuel 9: 18 and 19, the clergyman likened the story of Osinbajo’s emergence as vice president to that of Saul who became king of Israel without…

The Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, lamented the low level of compliance with the declaration of assets by public office holders in the country, saying it was not encouraging. Chairman of the Bureau, Prof. Mohammed Isah, who stated this when he featured on News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja, said though there was an improvement from what it used to be in time past, there was need for all public officers to know that they were duty bound to declare their assets. “What we met that used to be the level of compliance has now risen to a certain level,…

The rift between the Police Service Commission, PSC, and Police Management Team over recruitment of 10,000 policemen to help in the fight against the prevailing insecurity in the country as directed by President Muhammed Buhari has deepened as it has affected police activities connected with the commission. Areas most affected include recruitment, training, retirement and discipline of men of the force. The situation took a worsening dimension last week after police authorities reportedly directed the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG, from Police Academy, POLACK, Wudil, Kano, who was attending a crucial stakeholder’s meeting at the commissions’ office involving the PSC,…

The 26-year-old video vixen Mercy Eke has emerged as the winner of Big Brother Naija season four. After 99 entertaining days, Mercy was announced as the winner by Ebuka Obi Uchendu during the Live Finale show, which held on Sunday, October 6. Mercy defeated fellow housemates, Mike, Frodd, Omashola and Seyi to emerge the winner of the whooping 60 Million grand prize. This win makes her the first woman to win the Big Brother Naija reality show since inception. Mercy remains one of the most talked-about housemate of Big Brother Naija season four.. Popularly referred to as “Lamborghini”,  Mercy and…

Organised Labour weekend rejected the proposed plan by the Federal Government to re-introduce toll gates on federal highways. Labour spoke as the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, Sunday, called on the Federal Government to put in place an efficient policy before panned return of toll gates. While the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, said the toll gates would worsen people’s misery and raise the poverty level in the country, the United Labour Congress, ULC, said the only condition for Nigerians to accept a return of toll gates on federal roads is a drastic reduction in pump prices of petroleum products. It…

Many of Pope Francis’ new cardinals have defended the commitment to fighting populism and supported the inclusion of gay Catholics. Pope Francis has appointed 13 new cardinals during a ceremony at the Vatican on Saturday, many of whom symbolize his priorities for the Catholic Church during his papacy and ultimately, his legacy. The Pontiff’s new cardinals have defended the commitment to fighting populism, supported the inclusion of gay Catholics, sought to improve inter-religious dialogue with Muslim communities, and expressed concern with the environment and youth issues, according to their biographies. The appointments come from such countries as Democratic Republic of…

Worried by what it described as flagrant abuse of environment by International Oil Companies (IOCs), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) committed to environmental justice and climate change issues in Niger Delta, has threatened to sue ExxonMobil and Frontier Oil. The National President of the Network Advancement Programme for Poverty and Disaster Risk Reduction (NAPDDRR), Alhaji Al mustapher Edoho, who stated this in an interview in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital at the weekend explained that “the action became necessary following decades of gas flaring, oil spillages and environmental degradation caused by oil and gas exploration and exploitation activities by the…

By Akanimo Sampson Former President Goodluck Jonathan has taken on a former British Prime Minister, David Cameron, on his damaging allegations against him and his administration on the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls by terrorists in Borno State. In his new book, For the Record, Cameron accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration under Jonathan’s watch of “sleeping on the wheel’’ while Boko Haram terrorists were abducting the Chibok schoolgirls. The former United Kingdom prime minister also accused Jonathan of preventing British forces from engaging in rescue efforts, claiming he seemed to see the incident as cheap politics. Returning the salvo in…

By Akanimo Sampson The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr. Natalia Kanem, has said that hundreds of thousands of women continue to die each year from preventable causes. According to the UN agency, data from 2017 show that approximately 810 women die each day of preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. This is a roughly 38 per cent decline in the global maternal mortality ratio between 2000 and 2017, going by a new report by UNFPA and its partner UN agencies. “We are pleased to see a reduction in maternal deaths, but the decline is…