Day: February 15, 2018

Nothing is impossible – Neymar

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Neymar insisted that Paris Saint-Germain can still qualify for the Champions League quarterfinals despite losing 3-1 to Real Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Wednesday. “My analysis is that we committed errors at certain moments. We were not mature enough at the end of the match,” the world’s most expensive player told Brazilian media after PSG squandered the lead at the Santiago Bernabeu. Adrien Rabiot had put the French side ahead, but Cristiano Ronaldo’s double strike and a Marcelo goal turned the game on its head…

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Malnutrition of children under five years worsens – UNICEF

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Despite budgetary allocations towards tackling the menace of malnutrition and the constant on-going enlightenment on the need for proper nutrition in the early stages of a child’s life, the spate of malnutrition has continued to increase. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) specialist on monitoring and evaluation, Ms. Maureen Zubie-Okolo, revealed this in Enugu, during a two-day media dialogue on data-driven reporting. The research is in collaboration with the National Bureau of Statistics in the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2017 in which 33,901 households and 2,239 enumeration areas across the…

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Don’t use ZTE, Huawei phones – US intelligence chiefs

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The heads of six major US intelligence agencies have warned that American citizens shouldn’t use products and services made by Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE. According to a report from CNBC, the intelligence chiefs made the recommendation during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday. The group included the heads of the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, and the director of national intelligence. During his testimony, FBI Director Chris Wray said the the government was “deeply concerned about the risks of allowing any company or entity that is beholden…

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Ronaldo double as Real defeat PSG

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Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid came from behind to stun Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in the first leg of their heavyweight Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday. Ronaldo scored his 100th Champions League goal for title-holders Real from the penalty spot late in the first half to cancel out Adrien Rabiot’s opener for the French side at the Santiago Bernabeu, set up by Neymar. The Portuguese star then turned the ball home from close range with seven minutes left before Marcelo secured what could turn out to be a…

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Rex Tillerson demands Iran-backed militias out of Syria

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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday called for Iranian-backed militias to withdraw from Syria after meeting with opposition negotiators from the war-torn nation during a visit to Jordan. Washington’s lead diplomat said the US was “quite concerned” by a recent confrontation that saw ally Israel bomb what it described as Iranian targets in Syria. “This again illustrates why Iran’s presence in Syria is only destabilising to the region,” Tillerson said at a press conference with his Jordanian counterpart. “We think Iran needs to withdraw its military, its militia…

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‘Mahrez performing better than ever’

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Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez is performing better than ever since ending his 10-day absence from the club, manager Claude Puel said on Wednesday. Mahrez, 26, returned to training last week for the first time since handing in a transfer request last month, with local media reporting he was absent because he was “depressed” after Leicester rejected Manchester City’s deadline day bid to sign him. The Algerian, however, described assumptions about his absence from the club as “completely untrue”. He appeared as a second-half substitute in Leicester’s 5-1 Premier League…

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Public servants to be barred from medical tourism?

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A Bill for an Act to amend the National Health Act to regulate and prohibit medical trip abroad by public servants has passed through second reading at the House of Representatives on Wednesday. Sponsor of the bill, Rep. Sergius Ogun (Edo-PDP), while leading the debate, said the amendment seeks to curb the huge foreign exchange loss to medical tourism. This is by facilitating the development of effective healthcare facilities as well as strengthening existing public and private health institutions for efficient service delivery. Ogun stated that over 5,000 Nigerians fly…

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NNPC chief urges marketers to stick to N145 petrol pump price

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), has urged petroleum products marketers to stick to the N145 per litre approved pump price for petrol in order to make life easy for Nigerians. According to a statement in Abuja, Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr. Maikanti Baru, gave this charge in Abuja while presenting a commendation letter to the Managing Director of BOVAS and Company Limited, an Ibadan-based petroleum marketing company, for consistently selling petrol at the approved price of N145 per litre. He said NNPC was fully convinced that it…

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Star Kerry sends Uzo birthday wishes in Igbo language

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Social media was abuuz on Tuesday with Hollywood actress Kerry Washington’s birthday wishes to her Nigerian colleague, Uzo Aduba, in Igbo language. Igbo is one of the three major languages in Nigeria; others are Hausa and Yoruba. The scandal star, who is married to an Igbo man, Nnamdi Asomugha, took to her twitter handle @kerrywashington to send her wishes. American actress Kerry Washington and Hubby, Nigerian-born Nnamdi Asomugha She wrote:”@Uzoaduba, Ncheta Ubochi omumu gi. Ekele diri Chineke.” (Happy Birthday. Glory be to God.) Uzo, who stars in ‘Orange is the…

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Nigerian Air Force military school commences sale of entrance exam scratch card

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The Lagos State Government on Wednesday informed interested indigenes of the State of the commencement of the sale of scratch cards for Common Entrance Examination into the JSS 1 class of the Air Force Military School, Jos, Plateau State for the 2018/2019 academic session. A statement issued from the Office of the Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Tunji Bello, informed all interested candidates that the scratch cards and past question booklets are available at the Cabinet Office, Block One, Alausa, Ikeja at the cost of N1,500 and N500 respectively.…

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