Month: June 2018

Fred: Nemanja Matic will be ‘great teammate’

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Brazil midfielder Fred thanked Manchester United teammate Nemanja Matic for welcoming to the club after the Selecao’s 2-0 World Cup victory over Serbia on Wednesday and reckoned the towering midfielder will be a “great teammate” once the two join forces at Old Trafford next season. Fred, 25, signed a five-year contract with the Premier League club after moving from Shakhtar Donetsk for a reported fee of €55 million last week. The Brazil reserve has yet to feature at this summer’s World Cup. However, he found time to exchange shirts and…

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Federal government launches HIV/AIDS indicator, impact survey

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The Federal Government, on Thursday, launched the Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS), which, they believe, would end the era of ‘guess work’ in terms of the burden of HIV disease in Nigeria. The survey would be conducted by experts from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, in the United States of America, in at least 170, 000 households in Nigeria and would be supervised by the Federal Ministry of Health and National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA). It would, undoubtedly, bequeath NACA and other stakeholders with good…

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Plateau killings: Attacks targeting civilians violate global humanitarian law – UN

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The UN on Friday voiced concerns over the violent conflicts between herdsmen and farmers in West and Central Africa, with particular mention of the recent killings in Plateau, Nigeria, saying they contravened global humanitarian law. It, therefore, called for deliberate action to end the conflicts. In a statement by its spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, the UN expressed regret over the killings, saying: “more than 80 people in central Nigeria were killed in land disputes between the two sides this week. “The Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, stresses that all attacks targeting civilians violated…

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Plateau killings: Northern CAN demands arrest of Miyetti Allah chair

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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory has called for the arrest of North Central chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Danladi Ciroma, over his statement in the wake of attacks and Killings of innocent villagers in Gashishi District of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. Ciroma has severally been quoted as saying that the killings were a reprisal following the alleged killing and stealing of over 300 cattles belonging to the Fulanis by Berom cattle rustlers. Rev…

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Google invests $22 million in the OS powering Nokia feature phones

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Google is investing $22 million into KaiOS, the feature phone operating system that has risen from the ashes of Mozilla’s Firefox OS. While Google rules the smartphone world with Android, KaiOS is slowly emerging as a popular choice for feature phones, particularly in emerging markets. KaiOS started last year as a forked version of Firefox OS, and the operating system ships on some Nokia-branded feature phones like the Nokia 8110. Devices from TCL and Micromax are also powered by KaiOS. Google’s investment might seem odd given its Android dominance, and its efforts with…

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London to New York in 2 hours: Boeing hints of Hypersonic jets

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U.S. aerospace leader Boeing has unveiled its plans for what could be the world’s first hypersonic airliner, capable of flying at five times the speed of sound. With top speeds exceeding 3,800 miles per hour, the proposed hypersonic jet could shuttle passengers from New York to London in just two hours. Currently, the trip takes seven to eight hours. The Chicago-based aviation giant revealed the renderings of the aircraft concept Tuesday at the annual American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics conference in Atlanta. “Humankind has always wanted to go fast…

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Compound in red wine anti-cancer: Scientists

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A new study shows that Resveratrol, a compound in red wine can stop a mutated protein, which is present in more than half of all breast cancer cases, from aggregating. The compound which can be found in grapes and red wine, may restore our body’s natural ability to fight off cancer. Resveratrol is a bioactive compound that can be found in the skin of grapes, red wine, peanuts, blueberries, and cranberries, among others. Recently, research has been paying increasing attention to this fascinating compound, as its unexpected health benefits are…

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Speaker Dogara: Youths should be appointed ministers of state from 2019

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The speaker of the house of representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has advocated for the setting aside ministers of state positions for the youth. Dogora made the call on Thursday while speaking at the Not-Too-Young-To-Run conference to celebrate President Mohammadu Buhari’s assent to the bill. He said the history of democracy globally had been about constant struggle between the included and the excluded. “I don’t think we will be asking for too much after the 2019 elections if we insist on a situation where we can appoint youth as ministers of state,”…

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Ethiopia starts test crude oil extraction

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Ethiopia on Thursday started test production of the first barrel of crude oil, the first for the East African country, raising hopes of economic transformation for its estimated 100 million population. The test oil production was undertaken by Chinese firm Poly-GCL Petroleum Group Holdings Limited (Poly-GCL). Speaking during a ceremony to officially launch the test crude oil production in Ethiopia’s Somali regional state, Meles Alemu, Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas, said the production of crude oil heralds a success after 100 years of trying in vain to find…

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Convention: PDP ignorant of electoral rules – APC

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s call on INEC to cancel its just concluded National Convention showed that it is ignorant of electoral rules and internal party operations. Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party’s National Publicity Secretary made the call in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. ”We read with dismay, but without surprise PDP’s statement calling on INEC to annul the results of the highly successful National Convention of our party held last Saturday” he said. The PDP had said that the emergence of Comrade…

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