Day: September 27, 2017

PSquare going the way of Mo’Hits, KC Presh

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The rift between the members of the PSquare, Paul and Peter Okoye, which started two years ago, is threatening to break up the music group. Matters assumed a different dimension on Monday when Peter wrote a letter to their lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, and demanded the formal termination of the agreement binding him, his twin brother and their elder brother, Jude, as members of the group. In the letter, which went viral on social media, Peter gave reasons why he decided to quit. One of them is that Paul had…

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Amid cholera outbreak in north-east Nigeria, UN steps up aid, warns pregnant women most vulnerable

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Large-scale displacement and a health system in tatters as a result of persistent violence by the Boko Haram terrorist group have left many – most worryingly, pregnant women and their unborn babies – vulnerable to cholera in the wake of an outbreak in August, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned. “Studies show that cholera infections during pregnancy can lead to sudden loss of the foetus, premature delivery, stillbirth and an increased mortality and morbidity, both for the baby and the mother,” said Homsuk Swomen, a UNFPA reproductive health specialist in…

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Ronaldo, Bale lift Madrid by Dortmund; Liverpool held to draw as Man City win

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Cristiano Ronaldo added two goals after Gareth Bale’s opener to help Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund 3-1 in Champions League Group H on Tuesday. Dortmund should have been handed a penalty in the 14th minute when Maximilian Philipp’s was pushed off the line with the help of Sergio Ramos’ hands, but the defenders part in the clearance went unseen. And four minutes later, Bale had Madrid in front when he calmly met Dani Carvajal’s cross and volleyed it into the back of the net, leaving Dortmund keeper Roman Burki no chance. Bale then delivered a…

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U.S. to end Russian military flights over America

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U.S. officials are preparing to announce restrictions to Russian military flights over American territory under the Treaty on Open Skies in the latest sign of strain in U.S.-Russia relations. The treaty, part of a suite of arms-control, transparency and confidence-building agreements that proliferated in the late stages of the Cold War, permits its 34 ratified member states to conduct observation flights over each other’s territory while capturing aerial imagery of military personnel and materiel. Treaty-related tensions intensified over two days in August, when a Russian plane operating under Open Skies…

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CAC crashes cost of business registration

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The Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Mr. Bello Mahmud, said on Tuesday in Abuja that the cost of business registration in Nigeria was now cheaper and its process simplified to enable small entrepreneurs to register their businesses. Muhmud announced this in a statement by Head, Public Affairs, CAC, Mr Godfrey Ike. Muhmud disclosed this while addressing the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Clinic. He said that with the Company Registration Portal (CRP), any member of the public could now register businesses on-line at the comfort of their homes and…

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Saudi women can now drive cars

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Saudi women will now be allowed to drive cars, Saudi King Salman ordered on Tuesday. The order ended a conservative tradition seen by rights activists as an emblem of the Islamic kingdom’s repression of women. The kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, has been widely criticized for being the only country in the world that bans women from driving, despite gradual improvement on some women’s issues in recent years and ambitious government targets to increase their public role, especially in the workforce. Despite trying to cultivate a more modern image in recent…

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Senate, South East governors to meet Buhari over agitations

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Reports say that the leadership of the Senate and governors from South East are to meet President Muhammadu Buhari on ways to resolve the crises emanating from the series of ethnic agitations. The senators’ resolve to meet with the executive was reached on Tuesday at its resumption after eight-week recess. The meeting is to cement the agreement by South East and northern senators on their position on agitation for Biafra. Senate President Bukola Saraki read out the summary of the outcome of the meeting, stating that “At about 12.30 pm, we concluded…

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