Day: April 13, 2018

Spurs out to expose City’s frailties

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It may be too late to stop Manchester City’s march to the Premier League title, but Tottenham Hotspur can further delay the title party and further embolden challengers next season by inflicting a fourth straight defeat on Pep Guardiola’s men on Saturday. City have suffered their worst week since Guardiola took charge with three successive defeats for the first time under the Catalan coach. Liverpool romped into the Champions League semifinals 5-1 on aggregate win by winning both legs of their quarter-final, whilst City also blew a two-goal lead and…

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2019: Governor Umahi threatens INEC over voters’ registration

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The chairman of the south east governors’ forum and governor of Ebonyi state, Chief David Umahi, on Thursday has threatened to confront the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over the ongoing voters’ registration exercise. Umahi made this known in Abakaliki while addressing thousands of prominent stakeholders/political appointees of the state during a one-day voters registration sensitization exercise that took place at the Abakaliki Township Stadium. The governor also declared his preparedness to make sure that the exercise was successful in Ebonyi but threatened to deal physically with any person that…

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Facebook to offer reward for reporting data abuse

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Social media platform, Facebook, will reward people who report any misuse of data by app developers. The platform announced this, Tuesday, after launching the Data Abuse Bounty, targeted at rewarding any misuse. Facebook said is committed to launching this programme as part of its efforts to quickly uncover potential abuse of people’s information. The Data Abuse Bounty, inspired by the existing bug bounty programme, which Facebook uses to uncover and address security issues, will help the company identify violations of its policies. The Head, Product Security, Facebook, Collin Greene, said:…

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Juventus set to unleash fury on seventh straight title bid

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Massimiliano Allegri warned that Juventus will unleash fury in their quest for a seventh straight Serie A title after another shattered Champions League dream. “We start again with our heads high, even very high,” said coach Allegri after the bitter disappointment of winning 3-1 on the night at Real Madrid only to lose their quarter-final 4-3 on aggregate, after Cristiano Ronaldo’s 97th-minute penalty. “There’s no use crying about it. We’re disappointed but we need to get that out of our system because we’re back in league action on Sunday “Now…

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FG commits to assist 36 states without bias

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said government would continue to assist the 36 states irrespective of their party affiliation and also commit to the people’s welfare, especially the poor and vulnerable. He said the gesture was a clear departure from the primordial practice, where past administrations at the centre limited their assistance to states ruled by the party at the centre. Osinbajo made the commitment on Thursday in Umuahia at the inauguration of the state’s Tele-health initiative, – “Dial-a-doctor – which he described as commendable effort in the healthcare delivery…

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Aisha Buhari takes fight against child death to private sector

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The Wife of Nigerian President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has taken the battle against scourge of maternal and child death to the private sector. She wants stakeholders in the private sector to support the fight through massive investment in health. She sought for shift of attention to the fight at a private sector meeting for investment in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition in Nigeria (RMNCAH and N) at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday night. The event was organised by the Future Assured initiative…

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Real reason Senator Omo-Agege was suspended – Saraki

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The President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki has said that the Senate’s decision to suspend one of its members, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege was because he took the legislative house to court. Omo-Agege had sued the Senate to stop his appearance before the committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions over comments made on the amendment of the Electoral Act, 2018. A letter addressed to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, also copied the Ethic Committee, said the subject matter for which Omo-Agege was to appear before the committee was already in court.…

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UBA Plc, Access, Lafarge join NSE’s elite Premium Board

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The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) said it will be migrating from Monday 16 April Access Bank Plc, Lafarge Africa Plc, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc and United Bank for Africa Plc to its Premium Board. In a statement, NSE said the four companies qualified for migration after they met the Exchange’s listing requirements for the elite board. The four companies will be joining Dangote Cement Plc, FBN Holdings Plc, and Zenith International Bank Plc, who were migrated to the Premium Board in 2015. From Monday, there will now be seven…

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Election result: Sierra Leone opposition party heads to court

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Main challenger in the just concluded election, Samura Kamara of the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the presidential run-off election result. Kamara filed the petition together with the APC vice chairman, Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray and the national Secretary General, Osman Foday Yansaneh. They filed the petition on Thursday against the chairperson of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Mohamed Conteh, NEC, and President Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). The APC alleged that they were deprived of victory in the election for…

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One night of bad sleep can lead to Alzheimer ‘s Disease: Scientists

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New research suggests that a single night of sleep deprivation can increase levels of beta-amyloid protein involved in the making of Alzheimer’s disease. The discovery was made by scientists from the American National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Beta-amyloid — also known as amyloid beta — is a sticky protein that can accumulate between brain cells and form “plaques.” These plaques disrupt brain cell communication, and this is believed to play a key role in Alzheimer’s disease. Study co-author Nora D. Volkow, of the Laboratory of Neuroimaging at…

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