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Arsenal fought back from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 draw against Tottenham in a pulsating north London derby on Sunday which both sides will feel they should have won. Spurs preyed on the Gunners’ vacant midfield early on as Christian Eriksen tapped home at the end of a flowing counter-attack before Harry Kane’s penalty doubled the Champions League finalists’ lead. However, Arsenal were always a threat going forward and, after Alexandre Lacazette reduced the arrears in first-half stoppage time, were well worthy of a point after the break. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang got the equaliser 19 minutes from time and…

By Akanimo Sampson Inflow of refugees and returnees from the Central African Republic to Chad has increased pressure on host communities, now leading to clashes over access to limited livelihood resources. From March to July 2019, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) identified 69,343 returnees in the provinces of Logone Oriental and Moyen-Chari, in Southern Chad. To address this issue, IOM Chad, in conjunction with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has implemented the Emergency Food and Livestock Crisis Response project (PURCAE II) which aims to increase social cohesion, peaceful co-habitation and intercommunity dialogue between refugees, returnees and host…

By Akanimo Sampson The migration agency of the United Nations has initiated a programme aimed at containing the tide of irregular migration in The Gambia where job opportunities for young people is a big challenge. The lack of access to employment opportunities among Gambian youth is widely cited as a major contributing factor to irregular migration. According to the 2018 Gambia Labour Force Survey, 95 per cent of Gambian irregular migrants surveyed cited “lack of work” as their primary reason for migrating. In response to this, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has launched a vocational training programme aimed at equipping Gambian youth with the skills…

The new Executive Director, Finance and Administration, EDFA, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr Maxwell Oko has been charged to be wary of fraudsters who are bent on destroying the commission. The founding chairman, Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers, King W.S. Igbugburu said he was confident that Oko would deliver, if he refuses to be hoodwinked by fraudsters whom he said, were killing the commission. Igbugburu, who was full of praises for the president, Muhammadu Buhari for identifying Oko for the appointment said having known him during his days as commissioner in Bayelsa, counselled to maintain his…

By Akanimo Sampson A successful artificial memory has been created, one of the latest Rael-Science posts quoted Robert Martone, a research scientist with expertise in neuro-degeneration, who spends his free time kayaking and translating renaissance Italian literature. Martone’s testimony: We learn from our personal interaction with the world, and our memories of those experiences help guide our behaviors. Experience and memory are inexorably linked, or at least they seemed to be before a recent report on the formation of completely artificial memories. Using laboratory animals, investigators reverse engineered a specific natural memory by mapped the brain circuits underlying its formation.…

By Akanimo Sampson A global rights group, Human Rights Watch says survivors of human trafficking in Nigeria are facing uncertain future. The group is therefore, pressing for the government to help them by providing support on their path towards healing and rehabilitation According to Human Rights Watch, Adaura C.’s life has allegedly never been easy. She has dealt with abandonment, neglect, forced abortion, and kidnapping by ISIS. She managed to escape after being trafficked to Libya, where she was repeatedly raped and exploited. Now, back in Nigeria, she is anxious about her uncertain future, but still wants to chart a…

To boost the socio-economic activities of Akwa Ibom and beyond, the state government is said to have commenced the construction of the long-neglected Atabong Road in Okobo local government area. The road which has become a campaign stunt by some past administrations leads to the popular beach market where crayfish and other seafood products are sold and transported to various parts of the country. Akan Okon, the Commissioner for Economic Development told executive members of Okobo Women Association, Uyo led by their president, Mrs. Eme Atakpo who were in the ministry to congratulate their son, the permanent Secretary, Mr. Effiong…

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC Executive Director, Finance and Administration has sought prayers of his kinsmen to enable him succeed in the new office. Mr Maxwell Oko had merely visited his Otuesegha village in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State to see the progress of work at his massive farm when the villagers besieged the place as a show of solidarity. The aged men and women along with youths who thronged his farm praised President Muhammadu Buhari for hosting appointment and pledged their continued support to him. Deputy Chief to the Otuesegha traditional ruler, Chief God bless Dorgu who…

By Akanimo Sampson Spurred by the projection that Africa’s agribusinesses are pressing ahead to create a market worth $1 trillion, around N360 trillion in Nigeria’s local currency, some concerned organisations and institutions are currently considering the agricultural sector as the magic bullet for arresting the zooming youth unemployment in the continent. Already, on the sidelines of the ongoing seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7), some agencies of the United Nations and the African Union (AU) have unveiled an initiative aimed at crushing the worrisome youth unemployment in the continent. Africa is said to have the youngest population in…

Few days after the sack of Prof Nelson Brambaifa as acting managing director of the NDDC, a chieftain of APC in Bayelsa State has tasked the EFCC to bring him to book to account for his activities while in the office. Chief Richard Kpodoh told journalists in Yenagoa on Friday that the NDDC under Brambaifa underperformed because of the in-fighting and greed on the part of those with the responsibility to run the commission. Kpodoh said rather than serve the people, the people were serving themselves while Brambaifa did virtually nothing to stop the malfeasance in the commission. He insisted…