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Cristiano Ronaldo, conspicuously-absent from the FIFA Best Awards at the La Scala Opera house in Milan, on Tuesday took to Instagram to express his feelings in philosophical terms. Ronaldo missed out as Lionel Messi was named FIFA Best Player of the Year for the sixth time on Monday. The Juventus superstar was conspicuous by his absence in Milan at FIFA’s glitzy ceremony on Monday night. BREAKING: Messi wins FIFA men’s player of the year Messi took the award ahead of his long-time rival and Liverpool’s defensive rock Virgil van Dijk. The FC Barcelona superstar who won La Liga last season…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has denied claims by a political activist, Timi Frank that the agency supported the All Progressives Congress by giving Vice President Yemi Osinbajo N90 billion. In a statement titled, “RE-Osinbajo in trouble over N90 billion FIRS election fund – Timi Frank” the agency urged Nigerians to ignore the report, stressing that, it will pursue libel actions against him. The agency said it did not spend and could not have spent taxpayers money for political ends, noting that, Mr. Frank is seeking cheap popularity and relevance. READ THE STATEMENT BELOW: The attention of the Federal…

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi won the best men’s player at the Best Fifa Football Awards in Milan as Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk missed out on the top prize. It is the sixth time Messi has been voted the world’s best, after wins in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015. The 32-year-old Argentine helped Barcelona win La Liga and reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was named men’s coach of the year. Klopp was nominated for the award along with two other Premier League bosses – Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola and Tottenham’s Mauricio…

…Confers Prestigious Social Innovation award on Special Adviser …It demonstrates the commitment of the Nigerian Government towards reducing poverty… Mrs Uwais Efforts by the President Buhari Administration to reduce poverty in Nigeria through its various Social Investment Programmes have continued to receive thumbs up from well-meaning individuals and organizations within and outside the shores of the country. The latest is coming from Schwab Foundation, a sister organization of the World Economic Forum WEF, following its conferment of the prestigious Public Social Intrapreneur award on Mrs Maryam Uwais MFR, the Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments. Mrs Uwais joins…

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a call to nations around the world to end religious persecution on Monday as he began three days of diplomatic events at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The president made a surprise but brief visit to a UN climate summit before heading off to host an event on religious freedoms. The majority of his day is due to be spent in a rapid series of bilateral meetings with world leaders. “Today, with one clear voice, the United States of America calls on nations of the world to end religious persecution. “Our rights do not…

The Benue State Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Dr. Sunday Ongbabo has confirmed the outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state and the death of a patient in Makurdi the state capital. Report of the outbreak was contained in an alert issued yesterday by the Commissioner in Makurdi warning residence of the implication of contacting the virus. According to Dr. Ongbabo, “there is an outbreak of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (Lassa) in the neighboring states and Benue has confirmed one index case as of September 14, 2019, with one death. Falana tells FG to seek Cuba’s assistance to halt malaria…

Human Rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, on Monday urged the Nigerian Government to seek the assistance of Cuba to halt malaria epidemic in the country. Falana made the call on the sidelines of the 6th Nigeria Movement of Solidarity with Cuba Meeting in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there has been solidarity by African countries, against the United States blockade of Cuba and for the Cuban people’s right to self-determination and sovereignty. Falana said Nigeria ought to draw lessons from Cuba as it had abolished malaria since 1967, eliminating the death burden of the scourge. “The…

Ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Kogi state, the candidate of the Allied Peoples’ Movement, APM, Yusuf Dantalle has raised alarm over what he called a threat to his life because of his refusal to quit the race. Dantalle who doubles as the national chairman of the party also accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of working in sync with the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC to prevent thirteen political parties from participating in the election. Briefing newsmen at the party’s national secretariat yesterday, Dantalle said INEC officials deliberately left their duty posts on Monday to stop…

Unknown armed men yesterday attacked Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftains including state officials of the party on Zaki Biam- Katsina/Ala road and took one of them, Ben Kiregh hostage leaving other with serious gunshot wounds. Vanguard gathered from an eyewitness that the victims were on their way from Zaki Biam to Katsina Ala town for a PDP zonal meeting called by Senator Gabriel Suswam to discuss the security situation in the area when they were ambushed on the way. According to the witness, “they were travelling in the car of the State PDP Legal Adviser to Katsina/Ala town for a…

The Insights by Lateef Adewole This government can be considered to be a “cheetah” when it comes to adding more financial burdens and inflicting pains on already dying Nigerians and their businesses, while they suddenly become “snail” when it comes to delivering good governance to the same citizens. In the past few weeks, the government and its agencies have been introducing one form of taxation or another. Firstly, it was the proposed introduction of charges on online transactions, then the resuscitation of the previously suspended charges on cash deposits by individuals and corporate organisations into their bank accounts. Again, there…