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By Israel Umoh One of the mercurial personalities in the dissolved 8th National Assembly who weathered political storms and still won his senatorial seat to return to the Red Chambers is Ike Ekweremadu. In the 2015, many analysts did not give him any chance. Political mines were laid. Accusations were dangled to deter him. Many thought Ekweremadu from Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would not dare the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC’s moving train. He maintained his taciturnity in the face of intimidation and intrigues by many systemic gladiators and fellow tenants in the House. His political masterstoke was the mastery…

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the best man at German footballer, Mesut Ozil’s wedding on Friday. Ozil, who has Turkish roots, sparked a furore when he posed in photos with Mr Erdogan before the World Cup last year. He then quit international football, citing the “racism and disrespect” he’d experienced over the photos in Germany. The 30-year-old Arsenal midfielder married his fiancee, former Miss Turkey Amine Gulse, at a luxury hotel on the banks of the Bosphorus. The couple first started dating in 2017, and announced their engagement in June 2018. Ozil had announced in March this year that…

No fewer than 18 persons including pregnant women, were burnt beyond recognition in an auto crash Saturday at Oba-Ile, Akure North area of Ondo state. The accident occurred at about 3.30 a.m. when a lorry had a head-on collision with a passenger-filled Hummer commercial bus. The state police image maker, Femi Joseph said that 18 persons died in the crash without any survivor. According to him ” at about 330am on 8/6/19 immediately after the Akure Airport Junction at Oba- ile. ”There occurred a head on collision between one lorry marked GG 873XM LAGOS and 18 passenger vehicle Hummer bus…

As Nigeria leaves to battle for the continental soccer fiesta cup, the Super Eagles coach has dropped two prominent players as a 23-man team jetted to Egypt for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho and Rotherham United central defender Semi Ajayi are left out of the squad. Announcing this on Sunday, Nigeria’s Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr said John Obi Mikel is the Captain, Chelsea duo-Kenneth Omeruo and Ola Aina, Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi, goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa and 18 other players will be on the plane to Ismailia this afternoon. The Super Eagles players and officials…

President Donald Trump, Friday, ripped House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, slamming the top Democrat after she told her colleagues she’d like to see the Commander-in-Chief “in prison” rather than impeached. “Nervous Nancy Pelosi is a disgrace to herself and her family for having made such a disgusting statement, especially since I was with foreign leaders overseas. There is no evidence for such a thing to have been said. Nervous Nancy & Dems are getting Zero work done in Congress and have no intention of doing anything other than going on a fishing expedition to see if they can find anything on…

By Miranda Larbi Not getting enough fruit or vegetable is putting millions at risk of deadly heart attack and stroke, an alarming new study has warned. Around one in seven cardiovascular deaths are down to lack of fruit, while one in 12 is caused by not eating enough vegetables. The study says that low fruit intake accounted for nearly 1.8 million cardiovascular deaths in 2010, compared to a million vegetable-related deaths. According to scientists from Tufts University, the damage caused by lack of fruit was almost double that of not getting enough vegetable. “Fruits and vegetables are a modifiable component…

Austrian Dominic Thiem has beaten the world’s No. 1 player Novak Djokovic, halting Djokovic’s quest to once again claim all Grand Slam titles at the same time. The Paris match was previously halted due to wind and rain. The 25-year-old Thiem will now face reigning champion Rafael Nadal on Sunday. Thiem had already went against Nadal in last year’s final, but lost to the world’s second-best player. “If you reach the final here it’s always against Rafa,” Thiem said on court. “It was an amazing experience last year and I will try everything to be better this year.” Thiem claimed his victory…

The Kaduna State House of Assembly has passed a bill seeking to grant licence to religious preachers in the state. Though Governor Nasir El Rufai has not assented to it, the bill passed into law by the House three days ago seeks to regulate religious activities in the state. In a move likely to stoke further controversy in the state, the Bill seeks to ban open public preaching attracted opposition from both Christian and Muslim groups in the state. Its passage few minutes before the assembly was dissolved has raised further suspicion that members of the State House of Assembly…

By Victoria Orok The just-ended 8th International Conference/Workshop on Giant African Land Snails has advocated snail farming as a viable business to help in reducing unemployment rate in the society. Organised by Research Network on Giant African Land Snails (NetGALS), the three-day conference said snails were easy to farm because they are herbivorous and do not discriminate between living or dead plants. The conference with its theme “Sustainable Snail Production for Food and Wealth Creation in The Humid Forest Ecosystem” held at Onyema Ugochukwu Hall, University of Uyo Town Campus, Uyo, Nigeria, listed leaves, flowers, fruits, fungi, pawpaw, stems, barks,…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said Nigeria recorded a total trade volume of N8.24 trillion in the first quarter of 2019. The NBS said this in “Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics’’ for first quarter, 2019 posted on its website. The bureau said the figure (N8.24 trillion) was 2.50 per cent higher compared to fourth quarter, 2018 and 7.52 per cent higher relative to the corresponding quarter in 2018. It said the trade balance remained positive at N831.62 billion in the quarter under review, boosted by increase in both exports and imports. According to the report, total import in the…