Day: January 29, 2018

Make community policing your watchword, Delta NYCN boss, Comr. Okorie advises youths in the state

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By Victor Bieni ASABA – Delta State chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria, Comrade Kenneth Okorie has advised youth in the state to be security conscious and make community policing the hallmark of their living. Comrade Kenneth Okorie spoke to newsmen today in his office at Asaba on the occasion of the presentation letter of commendation to him on crime prevention by the leadership of National Community Policing campaign, (NCPC), Delta State chapter. Comrade Okorie stated that the current security situation in Nigeria demands that all youths in their various…

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Celtic in search of Hearts revenge

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Revenge is on the mind of Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers as the Scottish champions prepare to welcome Hearts to Parkhead on Tuesday. The former Liverpool boss has had things mostly his own way in the Scottish domestic scene since he took charge of the Glasgow giants in May 2016. Under his guidance the Hoops have claimed all four trophies on offer and currently have an 11-point lead over Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premiership. However, it is Hearts who remain the only blot on Rodgers’ otherwise flawless record…

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Liverpool look to shore up defence

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Joel Matip accepts Liverpool must quickly resolve the defensive problems that sparked their FA Cup exit ahead of a Premier League visit to Huddersfield Town on Tuesday. Reds manager Jurgen Klopp acknowledged his side were guilty of making mistakes for each of West Browmich Albion’s goals in the visitors’ 3-2 cup win at Anfield that ended Liverpool’s lengthy unbeaten home run. Defeat came on the back of Liverpool’s shock 1-0 reverse at Premier League basement club Swansea City. Now, two weeks after the Merseysiders enjoyed the high of becoming the…

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Half of health searches on Google return cancer diagnosis – study

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Half of all attempts to self diagnose an illness using Google could leave people fearing they have cancer, a study reveals. Some 47 per cent of searches for an illness — such as headache — returned at least one result for the disease on the first page. Doctors warn that information online can be ­unreliable and increase anxiety. Researchers from medical firm, Bupa, found half of the search results for constipation and one in three for sore throat suggested cancer. Brits google cancer-related words, including tumour, 1.5 million times a…

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Herdsmen: States should make anti-grazing laws – Senator Ekweremadu

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The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has said the best way to end the crisis between herdsmen and farmers is to dump open grazing for ranching. He urged the states to make laws to end open grazing, describing it as “archaic, anachronistic and out of tune with modern society.” Ekweremadu stated this at the House of Commons, Parliament of the United Kingdom, where he delivered a lecture titled, ‘African Politics: The Dynamics and Lessons.’ A statement on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, quoted Ekweremadu…

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We’ll resist creation of cattle colonies in Igboland – MASSOB

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The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra on Sunday said it will do everything within its power to frustrate any attempt to establish cattle colonies in any part of the South East and Biafran land in general. MASSOB, in a statement, said the move to establish cattle colonies is a devious way of imposing Islam and ceding Biafra land to people with sharp difference in their way of living with those of Biafrans. In the statement signed by its National Director of Information, Comrade Samuel Edeson,…

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Alex Ekwueme an epitome of integrity – VP Osinbajo

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday described late former Vice President Alex Ekwueme as fearless and an epitome of integrity. He said this in his remarks at the Service of Songs and Night of Tribute in Abuja for the late Second Republic Vice President who died in a London Hospital on Nov. 19, 2017 at 85. Osinbajo noted that Ekwueme was the most remarkable person to serve the nation and believed in its indivisibility. He said that while alive, the late octogenarian possessed profound humility that came from the understanding…

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Kogi youths move against cattle colonies

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A non-partisan interest group, Kogi Youths Round-Table (KYRT), on Sunday warned Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State not to cede any part of the state land to the Federal Government for the establishment of cattle colony. The group in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Ajogwu Jerry, called on stakeholders, civil societies and relevant legal advisory bodies to work with Bello to find better ways of addressing the incessant herdsmen attacks. The statement read in part, “Kogi State is not a cattle republic and the idea of the state…

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NSE implements new kobo-based pricing rules

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The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) will today begin the implementation of its amendments to the pricing methodology and par value rules, which remove the stopgap that has supported stocks at their nominal value and will allow shares of quoted companies to trade as low as one kobo. After a long-drawn stakeholders’ engagement and training including a week-long hands-on training for stockbrokers, financial journalists and other analysts, which was rounded off at the weekend, the Exchange will this morning open trading with the revised pricing rules. Under the new pricing rules,…

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Archbishop urges governors to resist proposed cattle colonies

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A retired Archbishop of Methodist Church Nigeria, Ayo Ladigbolu, has described the proposed creation of cattle colonies for Fulani herdsmen as an attempt to seize land in other parts of the country for cattle rearers. Ladigbolu, who is also the vice chairman of the Yoruba Unity Forum, advised governors in the South-West to resist the attempt. Speaking in an interview with newsmen in Osogbo on Sunday on the sidelines of the 10th anniversary of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Osogbo, the retired archbishop said, “We cannot be re-colonised. Whether…

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