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Popular US gospel singer and producer Kirk Franklin has taken a swipe at a request by Pastor Jessie Duplantis for donations to buy his fourth air plane at the cost of $54 million. Duplantis is an Evangelical Charismatic Christian Minister based in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, and the founder of Jesse Duplantis Ministries. The “Thank you’’ hit maker took to his Instagram @kirkfranklin to express his sadness with the picture of 68-year old Duplantis. “This is Jessie Duplantis, a televangelist who has four planes, and is now telling us that “Jesus’’ wants us to buy him another one. “I’m posting…

Everton have appointed former Sporting Lisbon and Olympiakos boss Marco Silva as their new manager on a three-year deal. The 40-year-old replaces Sam Allardyce, who was sacked at the end of the season after six months in charge. He will be joined by his backroom staff – assistant manager João Pedro, goalkeeping coach Hugo Olivera, technical scout Antonis Lemonakis and fitness coach Pedro Conceição. Silva revealed his pride at being appointed Everton manager and his resolve to build a winning side with a winning style and a deep connection between the team and Evertonians, the club website said. The 40-year-old…

Anti-slavery activists Alternativa says there are plans by human traffickers plan to sell Nigerian women for sex during the World Cup in Russia. Officials in Nigeria said they had intelligence showing plans were well underway to traffic local women into Russia for the football tournament, exploiting a move by Moscow to let spectators enter the country with just a ticket and a fan pass. “This is a real present for traffickers,” said Julia Siluyanova of Russian anti-slavery group Alternativa. She said Russia’s strict visa process had typically made trafficking people into the nation time-consuming and costly and the eased visa…

Peru captain Paolo Guerrero can play at this summer’s World Cup after a Swiss tribunal ruled on his drug ban. The court agreed on Thursday to temporarily lift a 14-month suspension, imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), while it considered the 34-year-old striker’s appeal. The captains of Peru’s Group C rivals Australia, Denmark and France wrote to FIFA asking them to lift the ban. Guerrero tested positive for prohibited substance cocaine in October. READ: Chelsea FC put new stadium project on hold The sample was taken after Peru’s World Cup qualifier against Argentina and Guerrero was initially…

The World No Tobacco Day is an annual occasion marked on the 31st of May. It is the initiative of the World Health Organisation (WHO), with the intention to draw the attention of the global community to the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocate for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. ‘Tobacco and Cardiovascular Diseases,’ which is the theme of the 2018 World No Tobacco Day, highlights the link between cardiovascular diseases and unhealthy diet, obesity, smoking and lack of exercise. Over the years, WHO and multilateral health agencies have encouraged global tobacco regulations and advocacy on the…

Mr Jameel Zakari, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, says some butchers in the state have been selling meat of sick and dead animals to customers. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lafia that his ministry had discovered the unwholesome practice and therefore vowed to deal squarely with any butcher caught in the act. “The ministry of agriculture is working with security agencies to ensure that all those perpetrating this act are arrested and brought to Justice in order to safeguard the health of the people. READ: Butchers in Nasarawa are selling meat…

Chelsea Football Club have announced today that it has put its new stadium project on hold citing unfavourable investment climate as the reason for the recent development. “No further pre-construction design and planning work will occur,” a statement on the club website read. The club also noted that there is no specific time for such talks to resume. “The club does not have a time frame set for reconsideration of its decision. “The decision was made due to the current unfavourable investment climate.” Chelsea’s stadium is Stamford Bridge and its located in Fulham, South-West London. The stadium is within the…

Zinedine Zidane says he is stepping down as Real Madrid boss, five days after leading them to a third straight Champions League triumph, claiming the club needs “a different voice”. Zidane told a news conference that “everything changes” and “that’s why I took this decision”. He leaves having guided the Spanish club to three successive Champions League titles and one La Liga success since taking over in January 2016. “I love this club,” he added. READ: Frank Lampard appointed manager of Derby County “What I think is that this team needs to continue winning but I think it needs a…

Mr Isaac Okoroafor, the acting Director, Corporate Communications, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the apex bank resisted suggestions to float the naira with the country was battling with economic recession. Okoroafor spoke at the Capital Chapter Congress/Dinner of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), FCT chapter, on Wednesday in Abuja. Delivering a lecture titled, “Managing Public Confidence in a Period of Economic Challenge -The Role of Public Relations”, the CBN spokesman said the bank was vindicated afterwards for rejecting the suggestion. A floating exchange rate is a regime where the currency price is set by the forex market…

Scientists have found that certain ingredients in toothpaste and hand soaps could could health problems for users after a research in US and China. The scientists found that an antimicrobial ingredient commonly used in hand soaps and toothpastes could have adverse effects on colonic inflammation and colon cancer by altering gut microbiota, the microbes found in people’s intestines. A study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine revealed that short-time treatment with low-dose triclosan led to low-grade colonic inflammation, and exaggerated disease development of colitis and colitis-associated colon cancer in mice. “These results, for the first time, suggest that triclosan…