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Nigeria Super Eagles and Changchun Yatai FC striker, Odion Jude Ighalo supported five young girls by offering them full scholarship. He paid offered the full scholarship under FAME Foundation Africa’s #1girl1pen awareness campaign for the girl-child education in Africa. Appreciating the gesture towards the girls, Award Winning Investigative Journalist and Founder of FAME Foundation Africa, Aderonke Bello thanked Ighalo for helping the girls. Read Also Buhari meets security chiefs in Abuja “Uneducated girls are prone to early child marriage which could lead to VVF and many other negative things; we are thanking Ighalo for extending his support to pay for…

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says no fewer than 184 persons died from an outbreak of cholera in eight states across the country this year. Ms. Nanpring Williams, the Surveillance Focal Person of NCDC, said this at the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector Meeting, organised by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in Abuja on Tuesday She said that the affected states were Zamfara, Kwara, Borno, Lagos, Oyo, Kebbi, Kaduna and Kano. Williams said that the National Cholera Situation Report indicated that there were 8,241 suspected cases of the disease in parts of the country. She said…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with security chiefs, Minister of Defence, retired Brig. Mansur Dan-Ali and the National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Major General Babagana Monguno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting, presided over by President Buhari, was still ongoing as at the time of filing the report. READ: Unions threaten to shut down aviation industry over concession Other security chiefs who were in attendance were the Director General of the State Security Services (SSS), Lawal Daura, the acting Director of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Arab Yadam, and the representative…

Three aviation unions on Tuesday gave the Federal Government 15 days ultimatum to halt its planned concession of the four viable airports in the country. The unions, which gave the ultimatum at a joint news briefing in Lagos, threatened to shut down the aviation industry if government failed to accede to their demands. The unions are: Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and its ally, the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government had initiated moves to concession the Lagos,…

A Senior Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Tuesday remanded five men in prison over alleged kidnap and stoning 70-year-old Usman Danbuba to death. The accused were Wada Mohammed, 30, Ya’u Muhammad, 22, Musa Inusa, 35, Sale Buba, 27, and Sule Garba, 45. They are facing a five-count charge of criminal conspiracy, hostage taking, armed robbery, culpable homicide and being in possession of firearms The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Danbuba was kidnapped on May 18 in Doguwa Local Government Area of Kano. READ: Ambode puts Lagos infrastructure deficit at over $50b The Senior Magistrate, Aminu Fagge, ordered…

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday said Lagos has an infrastructure deficit of $50 billion. The figure, he clarified, excluded the Housing and Education sectors infrastructure deficit. He made the disclosure at the Lagos Infrastructure Roundtable, pointing out that the present infrastructure deficit of the state could only be imagined. He added that the situation was worsened by the increasing population of Lagos State, estimated at 24 million people and still counting, he said, was equal to the population of some 30 African countries put together. “By 2050, Lagos is on track to be a city of 36 million people…

About 21,780 out of 33,000 teachers failed the primary four test administered to test their competence by the Kaduna State government. The state is therefore shopping for 25,000 new teachers as one of the plans to restore dignity and quality to education. Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State unveiled the planned recruitment when he received a World Bank’s delegation in Kaduna on Monday. “We tested our 33,000 primary school teachers, we gave them primary four examination and required they must get at least 75 per cent but I am sad to announce that 66 per cent of them failed to…

No fewer than 10 people have been killed in a spate of wildfires fanned by strong winds in northern California’s wine country. The wildfires which started Sunday also destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses and chased some 20,000 people from their dwellings. Thousands of firefighters battled wind gusts in excess of 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) that rapidly spread 15 separate wildfires across some 73,000 acres, according to CalFire spokesman Daniel Berlant. About 1,500 homes and commercial buildings have been destroyed throughout the region, Ken Pimlott, director of CalFire, said at a news conference. Two hospitals were forced to…

FIFA and Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) have launched an investigation into the behaviour of the Copper Bullets fans during Nigeria’s 1-0 win over Zambia on Saturday evening, reports ghanasoccernet.com. Photographs show the Zambia fans displaying a banner,’H.E. E.C. LUNGU GOD BLESS YOU’ in the stands at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, in support of ‘unpopular’ Zambian president, Edgar Chagwa Lungu. FIFA does not allow political messages during games, which means that Zambia could be fined by football’s governing body as a result at the end of the inquiry. “However, keeping in mind that the rules need to be applied…

Peter Crouch has scored a remarkable 51 Premier League goals with his head and believes traditional centre-forward play is a dying art. The Stoke striker will enter the Guinness World Records 2018 for his achievement but thinks predatory instincts from front-men are not what they once were. Crouch said: ‘I see centre-forwards hanging around outside the box and it blows my mind, I just can’t get my head around it. ‘I believe, if you are a forward, you should be in the box, ready for the ball. That’s the way I have always played my game and that will never…