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Nigerians have been warned against consumption of ‘suya and boli’. The President, Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Nigeria President, Prof Musa Borodo, gave this warning at a press briefing commemorating the 10th Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting of the association in Ado Ekiti. Borodo warned that diseases such as colorectal and liver cancer, helicobacter pyloris and other infections that occur in the gastrointestinal tract were usually not easy to detect when looking out for signs and symptoms. He added that when the symptoms were obvious, they were often too late to treat. According to him, about 10 percent…

Manchester United are close to signing Serbia midfielder Nemanja Matic from Chelsea for £40m. Matic, 28, would be United’s third summer buy – following £31m defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica and £75m striker Romelu Lukaku from Everton. It will be the second time United manager Jose Mourinho has bought Matic, having signed him for Chelsea. Mourinho spent £21m in January 2014 to buy the player from Benfica for a second spell at Stamford Bridge. Matic had been valued at less than £5m in January 2011 when he left Chelsea as a makeweight in the deal for defender David Luiz. The…

The 54-year-old was convicted following his involvement in a dishonest multi-million naira land deal. John Fashanu who committed fraud by acting as fixer in a land scam was left in Abuja jail, according to United Kingdom publication, The Mirror. Going by the report, the former English international was locked up for two days after he was arrested at his home on the Sun City Estate, Abuja – as officers probed claims that he hatched the plan to sell lands that were not for sale. Fashanu was said to have received £23,000 from a friend interested in buying land, but it…

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe on Saturday said he would neither step down nor dying, saying there was no one with his political stature who could immediately take over from him. The 93-year-old leader has been in charge in the former British colony since independence in 1980. His health is closely watched by Zimbabweans, who fear the country could face chaos if he dies without anointing a successor. Mugabe told tens of thousands of supporters at a rally in the town of Chinhoyi, in his home province, that doctors were recently surprised by his “strong bone system”. He has traveled…

Saturday Punch is reporting that No fewer than 42 men allegedly involved in homosexuals acts have been arrested by the Lagos police. According to reports, the suspects were caught and rounded up at a hotel at Weigh Bridge in Owode Onirin area of Lagos State on Saturday. The hotel already identified as Vincent Hotel, where the Homosexuals were caught in the act, have been sealed off. A resident of the area, who gave his name only as Tunji, said policemen from the Owode Onirin Division swooped on the suspects around 3.30 pm. He said, “There have been reports that the…

The Chairman of Springtime Development Foundation, Dr. Deji Adeleke, has said the foundation has concluded plans to secure jobs for some ex-convicts in order to properly integrate them back into the society. Adeleke, who is the father of the musical star, Davido said this on Friday evening when his foundation visited Ile Ife Prison to donate 300 mattresses and the same number of pillows to the inmates and to offset the medical bills of the sick ones among them. The Chief Executive Officer, Dr Samuel Oyalabu, who said this on behalf of the chairman said this would reduce the propensity…

The father of the schoolgirl killed in her bedroom has opened up about how his daughter was allegedly raped to death by unidentified persons in their home. The father and elder brother of 14-year-old schoolgirl, Obiamaka Orakwue, allegedly raped to death by unidentified persons in her home in Abule Ado area of Lagos share their grief with TOLUWANI ENIOLA Please introduce yourself. I am Chinedu, father of the late Obiamaka Orakwue. I am a businessman from Anambra State. I moved into this area (Abule Ado) in 2013. You described as untrue the story on social media of how your daughter…

The Nigeria Army has confirmed the recovery of 21 more bodies, victims of the July 25 ambush on oil workers in Borno state by Boko Haram insurgents. The victims who were ambush by Boko Haram insurgents, also included staff members of the University of Maiduguri. According to the Nigerian Army, aside the 21 more bodies of those on the team recovered, some persons were still missing. “So far the search and rescue team has recovered additional bodies of 5 soldiers, 11 Civilian JTF and 5 members of the exploration team,” the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Usman, said…

Neymar’s father asked PSG to delay formal negotiations with Barcelona over a £450m deal for his son until after 31 July – that is the day when he earns a £23.3m commission for his part in persuading the forward to sign a new contract with the Nou Camp club last October. (Sunday Times – subscription required) Barcelona will report Paris St-Germain for a breach of Uefa’s financial fair play rules if the French side meet Neymar’s 220m euros (£197m) buyout clause. (ESPN) If Brazil forward Neymar, 25, does leave to join PSG, Barcelona could target Atletico Madrid and France striker…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to three UN Special Rapporteurs urging them to “put meaningful pressure on the leadership of the National Assembly in Nigeria. SERAP asked that pressure be particularly put on the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr Yakubu Dogara to immediately withdraw the repressive bill to establish a commission that would monitor, supervise, de-register, and pre-approve all activities by civil society, labour, community based organizations, and the media, in the country.” The urgent appeal dated 28 July 2017 was sent to Ms Annalisa Ciampi, Special Rapporteur on the rights to…