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Brigadier General Paul Boroh (rtd), Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta/Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Office, says beneficiaries on the offshore programme have been paid their school fees, upkeep and other allowances. Boroh disclosed this in a statement by the Director of Information, Amnesty Office, Mr Charles Dafe, on Saturday in Abuja. While debunking the allegations that the Nigerian Government owed some amnesty beneficiaries abroad their entitlements, he said that 90 per cent of the beneficiaries would graduate in December. The coordinator also disclosed that the office would be left with only 10 per cent of the beneficiaries on scholarship…

Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool comfortably beat West Ham 4-1 to increase the pressure on Hammers boss Slaven Bilic. Salah put his side ahead in the first half, firing beyond keeper Joe Hart after the Hammers were caught out by a quick counter-attack. The Reds doubled their lead soon after when Joel Matip slotted home from a corner. Manuel Lanzini’s deft finish briefly gave the hosts hope but Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s first Premier League goal for Liverpool restored their two-goal advantage before Salah’s powerful finish sealed the win. Liverpool’s fifth Premier League win of the season keeps Jurgen Klopp’s side…

Peter Crouch came off the substitute bench to help Stoke City come from behind to claim a point against Leicester City in a thrilling Premier League game at Bet365 Stadium. The result maintained Claude Puel’s unbeaten start as Leicester boss after the Frenchman’s new side beat Everton in his first game in charge. Switzerland playmaker Xherdan Shaqiri was involved in both of the home side’s goals, curling in the first equaliser at the far post before providing the corner for substitute Peter Crouch’s thumping header. Leicester went ahead when Vicente Iborra lashed home from a corner and the Spaniard could…

Celtic broke their own 100-year-old British record of 62 domestic games without defeat with a convincing win over dogged but toothless St Johnstone. Brendan Rodgers’ side dominated possession before Scott Sinclair side-footed home Stuart Armstrong’s low corner just before the half hour. It was one-way traffic thereafter in Perth and Moussa Dembele fired in from close range with 18 minutes remaining. Steven Anderson’s own goal and Olivier Ntcham’s strike completed a famous day. St Johnstone, who started the day sixth in the table, were the last Scottish team to defeat the Premiership leaders and drew 1-1 in their most recent…

Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three persons in connection with minor explosion which occurred on Saturday, about 400 metres away from a polling station at Coal Camp, in the Enugu metropolis. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the polling station was one of the designated centres for Saturday’s Enugu State Local Government Election. The command’s spokesperson, SP Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the development in an interview with NAN in Enugu on Saturday, said that two persons were wounded. READ: Fidel Castro loved arguing but found a match in me – Soyinka Amaraizu also said…

Femi Adesina, media adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that his principal personally rejected the motion to endorse him for 2019 during the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in an article he release on Friday titled, ‘PMB: Just like the mills of the gods’. Adesina lamented how the media made it look as though Buhari was embarrassed at the meeting. He insisted that it was Buhari himself who signalled to those in attendance that the meeting should not talk about his 2019 ambition. Adesina wrote: “I was there (APC NEC…

The EFCC on Friday, November 3, 2017 arraigned the duo of Idakwoji Cyril Ameh and Oboma Chisom before Justice Adamu Turaki Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on a twelve- count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery, uttering and stealing to the tune of Thirty Six Million, One Hundred and Eighty Six Thousand, Twelve Naira only (N36, 186, 012, 00) The defendants pleaded not guilty.In view of their plea, prosecution counsel, N.T Iko prayed the court to grant him a date for the commencement of trial and also prayed that the defendants be remanded in…

Health practitioners in Nigeria must tap the benefits of information technology in order to change the face of medical practice in the country and avoid being left out of global trends. Medical experts gave this advice on Friday at a conference organised by a group, Nigeria Health, in Abuja. The “Future of Health Conference 2017”, with theme: The Business of Health, attracted many health experts, medical practitioners, health partners and new business enterprises in the medical world. Speaking on the sub-theme “Breaking Down Barriers: Delivering Quality and Improving Access to Healthcare”, Olaokun Soyinka, who is project director of Independent Verification…

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has revealed that he once argued with Fidel Castro over the dangers of cigarette smoking and how he matched Castro during their argument. Soyinka who disclosed the he used to smoke hard cigarettes argued with Castro over the medical evidence that smoking was dangerous to health. It was the shocking response by the 83 year-old professor of literature and political activist to a question by the Financial Times of London, on how long he intends to live. READ: EFCC arraigns RCCG Pastor, accomplice for N36m fraud “I had an argument with Fidel Castro about it.…

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has revealed that he used to smoke hard cigarettes, noting that, he is lucky to be alive because he does not observe medical rules. It was the shocking response by the 83 year-old professor of literature and political activist to a question by the Financial Times of London, on how long he intends to live. “By all logic I should not be alive right now because of my lifestyle,” he replied. “I flout everything they teach at medical school, including the fact that I don’t drink water. READ: Asiwaju Tinubu pens moving tribute for late…