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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Sunday advised men not to treat women, especially their wives, as subordinate, saying women were created equal to men. The Vice President gave the advice while speaking to State House correspondents after celebrating this year’s Fathers’ Day at Aso Villa Chapel, Abuja. Prof. Osinbajo was joined at the service by his aged mother, Mrs. Olubisi Osinbajo; Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, among others. He said: “I think the responsibility of the father is incredible indeed and I think what is most important is to…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has decried the growing number of ‘commercial’ platforms masquerading as political parties in the country. Subsequently, INEC is proposing alterations to constitutional provisions regarding registration and de-registration of political parties in the country as well as timelines for filing some pre-election cases. This came on a day the runner-up in February’s 23 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has denied planning to lead a street protest over the controversy surrounding the election result. The electoral umpire also announced the registration of Nigeria’s 93rd political party, Boot Party, through the instrumentality of the court, having initially declined…

By  Ikora Ayungbe The Akwa Ibom State government has approached Court of Appeal, Calabar, Cross River State, challenging the judgment of Etinan High Court which in December 2017 ruled in favour of the 6,000 students who graduated from the defunct state College of Agriculture, Obio Akpa, and were not issued certificates on graduation. Recall that the students who graduated from the defunct Akwa Ibom College of Agriculture, Obio Akpa from 2000 to 2009, were not issued certificates on completion of their academic programmes, prompting the graduates to seek legal redress. The college which is owned by the state government admitted…

A 26-year-old woman parked her car on the Homestead Grays Bridge on Friday evening with her three children in the vehicle, jumped over the railing, and killed herself, the Pittsburgh police said. A city public safety spokesman repoirted that police, fire and EMS crews responded to a distressed call that a woman was seen at the outer railing of the bridge about 7:20 p.m., per reports from The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. By the time emergency responders arrived at the scene, the woman had jumped into the Monongahela River. The river rescue team recovered her body at about 9:15 p.m. and declared…

Ukraine recovered from the shock of falling behind to an early penalty as they beat South Korea 3-1 to win the under-20 World Cup final in Poland on Saturday. Vladyslav Supriaha was the star for Ukraine, the 19-year-old Dynamo Kiev player scoring twice as his country won the prestigious title for the first time, succeeding the England side who won in 2017. The Koreans had taken an early lead in Lodz in central Poland, with Valencia starlet Lee Kang-in converting a fifth-minute penalty awarded following a VAR review after Kim Se-yun had been fouled right on the edge of the…

Ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt Super Eagles of Nigeria dropped three places in the latest FIFA world ranking released on Thursday for June. According to FIFA official Twitter handle, the Gernot Rohr tutored-side, who are currently training in Ismailia, Egypt for the forthcoming AFCON 2019, dropped three places to land at 45th spot. Senegal’s Teranga Lions remain Africa’s highest ranked national team, after gaining one spot to land on 22nd spot. Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles are second as they are ranked 25 in the world; followed by the Super Eagles of Nigeria who are in the…

The Debt Management Office (DMO), Friday, listed its first Eurobonds on FMDQ Securities Exchange platform to fund the budget deficit and other financing needs of the Federal Government. The listing comprises dual-tranche 2.50 billion dollars and triple-tranche 2.86 billion dollars Eurobonds, News Agency of Nigeria reported. Speaking at the listing in Lagos, Ms Patience Oniha, DMO’s Director-General, said the bonds were raised to refinance the country’s domestic debt. Oniha said the proceeds of the Eurobonds would be used to fund the fiscal deficit as well as other financing needs of the country. She said the 2.50 billion dollars Eurobonds issued…

Hong Kong has indefinitely suspended a proposed legislation that would allow extradition to mainland China, after days of protests across the city. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who formerly rejected calls to withdraw the plan, announced the decision on Saturday, saying that the urgency felt to pass the bill before the legislative year ends “perhaps no longer exists.” “The bill has caused a lot of division in society,” she said. “I have to admit in terms of explanation and communication, there were inadequacies.” “We have to bear in mind the greatest interests of Hong Kong,” she said, which involved…

Juventus have reached an agreement in principle with Chelsea over a deal for manager Maurizio Sarri to join the Italian champions, Sky Italia and the BBC reported. There has been no official confirmation of the agreement from either clubs but Sarri is expected to sign a three-year contract. Juve manager Massimiliano Allegri left the Turin club at the end of the season but Premier League Chelsea wanted compensation for releasing Sarri to cover the final year of his contract. According to Sky and the BBC, the clubs agreed a five million pounds compensation settlement late on Thursday and Sarri could…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disbursed the sum of N30 billion to oil palm producers, with a view to ensuring massive production of the commodity in the country. The Governor of CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, stated this at a meeting with stakeholders in the industry, in Abuja, this afternoon. The CBN boss also disclosed that the apex bank had commenced investigations into the accounts of suspected palm oil smugglers, vowing to sanction culprits. According to him, he was under a strict presidential directive that palm oil importation must stop and that his team at the CBN were determined…