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One feared dead as JTF, militants clash in Delta

January 5, 2018January 5, 2018 Admin

The Joint Task Force on Thursday gunned down a suspected armed Isaba militant, with others seriously injured. The militants were said to have allegedly attacked their camp with sophisticated weapons with the intention to overrun same and attack Aladja Community. It was learnt that the militants, who came in their numbers stormed Aladja Community from the Isaba end allegedly with sophisticated weapons and engaged the JTF in an intense exchange of gun fire for about thirty minutes at about 6pm. In the process, one of them was shot dead, while…

Winner of Big Brother Naija to get N45m

January 5, 2018 Admin

Winner of the 2018 edition of the Big Brother Naija will go home with N45m. The third season of the reality show will start on Sunday, January 28. According to a report, it will premiere with a special two-hour episode on DStv channel 198 and GOtv channel 29. “Ebuka Obi-Uchendu was in December announced as the host of the new season, returning for a second time. The previous edition, which saw Efe Ejemba emerging as the star prize winner, was one of the most successful reality shows not just in…

Mo Salah wins African Player of the Year

January 5, 2018 Admin

Mohamed Salah has won the African Player of the Year award. The Liverpool star has enjoyed an excellent campaign since moving to Anfield in a £36m deal. Salah has scored 22 times already this term and also secured Egypt’s place at this summer’s World Cup. He jetted out to Ghana with teammate Sadio Mane just 24 hours before the FA Cup clash with Everton, pipping him to the award with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in third. But Salah, who also won the BBC African Player of the Year, won’t be involved at…

Father Mbaka and the Voice of God

January 5, 2018 Admin

By Reuben Abati “I do not believe in my mind that the way things are in Nigeria, any Catholic priest has the mandate to decide which of the political contestants should be voted for…I don’t believe a priest should be doing that…If he was in my archdiocese, I will have sanctioned him long ago for the kind of utterances he makes.” – John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Catholic Bishop of Abuja Metropolitan See on Fr. Ejike Mbaka (2015) Prophecies and predictions by Christian pastors often mark the end of a year and the…

FG targets tech-based economy by 2030- Minister

January 5, 2018 Admin

The Federal Government says it is fully committed to revamping the nation’s economy from a resource-base to a science and technology- based economy by 2030. Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, gave the assurance at the South-South Sensitisation to the National Science, Technology and Innovation Roadmap (NSTIR) 2030 on Friday in Port Harcourt. He said that NSTIR, when fully implemented, would enable Nigeria to become a major exporting nation rather than its dependence on importation of raw materials and finished products. According to him, the Buhari-led administration is…

North, South Korea in peace talks next week

January 5, 2018 Admin

As their face-off rages, North and South Korea have agreed to hold talks to broker peace on 9 January , the first in two years. The truce talk was agreed by the two neighbours , hours after Seoul and Washington decided to defer joint military exercises which always infuriated Pyongyang until after the Winter Olympics. The meeting, the first since December 2015, will take place in Panmunjom, the truce village in the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula. Tensions have been high after the North carried out multiple…

Mike Tyson set to open 40-acre Marijuana farm

January 5, 2018 Admin

Former boxing champion Mike Tyson has broken new ground as he is set to open a marijuana ranch in southern California. The U.S state legalized the sale of non-medical marijuana on the first day of 2018. According to The Blast, a U.S. media outlet focusing on celebrities and entertainment news, the former boxer broke ground in California City, about 96 km southwest of Death Valley National Park, for the “Tyson Ranch.” While half of the 40-acre (about 16.2-hectare) ranch is dedicated to producing high-quality marijuana, the rest of the resort…

Nishikori out, Djokovic and Murray doubtful for Aussie Open

January 4, 2018 Admin

Injured Japanese star Kei Nishikori pulled out of the Australian Open on Thursday, while Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, both former world number one, are doubtful. Djokovic says he will test his problem elbow at an exhibition before deciding whether to play. Andy Murray, is also struggling and withdrew from this week’s Brisbane International as he works to overcome a right hip injury which has sidelined him since Wimbledon. The Scot raised the prospect this week of surgery, but holds out hope of playing in Melbourne, saying he will decide…

2019: Omokri attacks Buhari for reportedly appointing Amaechi campaign DG

January 4, 2018 Admin

Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari for reportedly appointing Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation as his 2019 campaign Director General. The former Special Adviser on New Media to Jonathan said rather than appoint Amaechi, Buhari should appoint a general to head “task force to stop killings of Nigerians by herdsmen.” Omokri, a United States, US-based Pastor asked Buhari to reciprocate the love Nigerians showed his family during the accident of his son by ensuring herdsmen who attacked Benue people were brought to justice. The…

WHO approves new typhoid vaccine with longer-lasting immunity

January 4, 2018 Admin

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has prequalified the first conjugate vaccine for typhoid, which makes it eligible for procurement by United Nations agencies. In a statement released on the agency’s website, WHO said the vaccine meets acceptable standards of quality and safety “At the end of December 2017, WHO prequalified the first conjugate vaccine for typhoid, Bharat Biotech’s Typbar-TCV®. “Typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs) are innovative products that have longer-lasting immunity than older vaccines, require fewer doses, and can be given to young children through routine childhood immunisation programs.…