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The Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Gambo Aliyu has stressed the need for people to share love not HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Aliyu said this in commemoration of the International Condom’s Day (ICD) celebration which is observed annually on February 13 to 14 through Valentine’s Day to promote safer sex awareness via the use of condoms. While briefing newsmen on disseminating results of a national poll on condom access and utilisation in Nigeria by an NGO, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF-Nigeria), Aliyu urged people to stay away from risks especially during the…

Paris St-Germain extended their unbeaten run to 22 matches in all competitions as they hammered Dijon to reach the French Cup semi-finals. Dijon held out for 47 seconds before Wesley Lautoa scored an own goal, though Mounir Chouiar did equalise. Edinson Cavani had a goal ruled out by VAR but Kylian Mbappe lashed home and Thiago Silva headed in a third. Pablo Sarabia scored from two Mbappe crosses and Senou Coulibaly scored another own goal in a thumping finale. Forward Neymar was missing as he recovers from a rib injury, with coach Thomas Tuchel admitting after the game that the…

Fabian Ruiz’s fine goal gave Napoli the edge in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final against Inter Milan. Ruiz curled a superb away goal from the edge of the area to send Antonio Conte’s Serie A leaders to only their second domestic defeat of the season. Former Chelsea boss Conte was booked during the second half as Inter failed to fashion any clear chances, and they must now win in Naples next month. AC Milan face Juventus on Thursday at the San Siro in the second semi-final. Inter came from 2-0 down to beat rivals AC at the weekend and…

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Slyva, said that about one billion Barrels of Crude oil have been discovered in Northeastern part of Nigeria. Sylva made the disclosure at a news Conference to end the 2020 Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS), in Abuja on Wednesday. “The figure we are getting, the jury is not totally out yet but from the evaluation results we are getting the reserve that has been discovered in the northeast is about a billion barrels. “Those are the kind of figures we are seeing and we are beginning to understand the geological structure…

Justice Okon Abang of Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned the trial of Gabriel Suswam, a former Benue State governor until February 25, 2020. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is prosecuting Suswam and the Commissioner for Finance in his administration, Omadachi Okolobia on money laundering charges to the tune of N3.1billion. They are alleged to have conspired to launder money, belonging to the state government through the engagement of Abubakar Umar, a bureau de change operator and owner of Fanffash Resources. At the resumed hearing on February 12, 2020, Umar, the fourth prosecution witness, PW4, under cross-examination by Paul…

The songs of welcome have changed in Maiduguri for President Muhammadu Buhari, from being friendly and warm to being obviously hostile following recent Boko Haram attacks. According to video published online on Wednesday, as the President’s convoy blitzed through the streets of the Boko Haram threatened city, the crowd that lined the streets, shouted “Bama so”, Bama so”, which means “We Don’t want you”. In the past, Buhari was received with chants of ‘Sai Buhari’. The chanters were said to be students of Ramat Polytechnic. The reason for the anger was because of recent attacks by the Boko Haram against…

Nigerian singer Burna Boy has claimed he is the ‘best’ musician in the country since Fela Anikulapo Kuti and has paved the way and brought Afrobeat genre to the mainstream in the world. Burna Boy who lost the 2020 Grammy Award for the Best World Music Album to Angelique Kidjo tweeted his new found acclaim on Wednesday to the derision of many. His tweet immediately drew comparison with other leading Nigerian musicians like Wizkid, Davido, 2Baba, DBanj, P-Square, etc. Others even made mention of Femi Kuti, son of legendary Fela Anikulapo Kuti. “FACT! I always knew I was and I…

Nigeria have appointed former captain Joseph Yobo as assistant coach of the senior national team, the Super Eagles. The 39-year-old will work with manager Gernot Rohr and replaces Imama Amapakabo in the technical crew, according to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). His country’s second most capped player, Yobo won the first of his 100 caps for Nigeria against Zambia in Chingola in 2001. Yobo, who represented his country at the 1999 Under-20 World Cup, skippered the Super Eagles to Africa Cup of Nations success in South Africa in 2013. The former Everton, Fenerbahce and Norwich City defender played in six…

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A former Russian prison service official has killed himself in court after he was sentenced to three years in jail, Russian media report