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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…

Defending champion Rafael Nadal powered past Roger Federer in the French Open semi-finals on Friday, to move within one victory of a record-extending 12th Roland Garros title after handing his oldest rival his worst Grand Slam defeat in 11 years. The 33-year-old produced a masterful performance to get past Federer 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the last four on Court Philippe Chatrier and set up a final clash with either world number one Novak Djokovic or Austrian fourth seed Dominic Thiem on Sunday. It will be Nadal’s 12th appearance in the championship match, which he has never lost before. “It’s incredible…

By Akanimo Sampson The massive violence going on all over Northern Nigeria and currently spreading southwards is an alleged attempt by the Global Islamic Caliphate led by ISIS, to capture Nigeria, Lower Niger Congress (LNC) raised the alarm. The group, a pro-restructuring group, galvanised by Tony Nnadi, a lawyer said the entire plan is aimed at seizing and confiscating the West African Sub-Region with the Nigerian State that is being tormented by Boko Haram as its Strategic Operational Base, a mission ISIS could not accomplish in Iraq and Syria. LNC is arguing that if the global community, particularly the United…

A Federal High Court in Abuja, Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a certificate of return to the immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. Justice Okon Abang on Friday ruled that the having been declared by the Returning Officer as the winner of the February 23 senatorial election for Imo West Senatorial District (Orlu Zone), INEC has no reason not to issue him certificate of return. Justice Abang overruled the submission by candidates of the PDP, Jones Onyeriri and APGA, Osita Izunaso that the matter ought to be taken to the election petitions tribunal…