October 1 and the torment of memory

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Forget the rose-scented official statistics, the sweet words of the establishment. There can be no procedure to tracking Nigeria’s progress graph more efficiently, more intimately than a gesture as ordinary as dusting up old copies of newspapers or journals to find just how much of yesterday’s promises were eventually delivered and the gradient to which current lamentations in the land bear resonance with the cry of yester-years. The first likely surprise on that excursion into the past: Not a few of yesterday’s heroes would have dramatically morphed into today’s villains,…

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Bayern appoints Jupp Heynckes as new head coach

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Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich has named Jupp Heynckes as head coach until the end of the 2017/18 season following the sack of Carlo Ancelotti last week. The German champion made the announcement on their website, on Thursday. The 72-year-old retired from football following the 2012/13 season, in which he led the Bavarians to an unprecedented treble of Bundesliga, DFB Cup and UEFA Champions League titles. Heynckes also bagged the FIFA World Coach of the Year award in 2013. Ancelotti was relieved of his duties in the wake of Bayern’s disappointing…

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Australia introduces tracker for terror suspects

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Australian police will create a national photo database using existing identification records held by state authorities to identify terror suspects, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday, fanning privacy concerns among rights groups. Turnbull said the database was intended to accelerate the process of identifying potential terror suspects, replacing a time-consuming system that could take up to a week when national authorities requested information from their state counterparts. “It shouldn’t take seven days to be able to verify someone’s identity or seek to match the photo of someone, who is…

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Chinese scientists make breakthrough in replacing WiFi with LiFi

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Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in creating full-color emissive carbon dots (F-CDs), which brings them one step closer to developing a faster wireless communication channel that could be available in just six years. Light Fidelity, known as LiFi, uses visible light from LED bulbs to transfer data much faster than radio wave-based WiFi. While most current research uses rare earth materials to provide the light for LiFi to transmit data, a team of Chinese scientists have created an alternative — F-CDs, a fluorescent carbon nanomaterial that proves to be…

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FG recovers $3bn unpaid oil monies- NEITI

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The total amount of unpaid oil and gas monies that Nigeria’s government has recovered using audit reports of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has hit $3billion, the Executive Secretary of NEITI, Mr. Waziri Adio has disclosed. Adio stated in a presentation he made at the 2017 edition of the annual lecture series of the Dauda Adegbenro Foundation held at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, that through the instrumentality of NEITI’s audit reports, the various agencies of government relevant in this regard have reclaimed $3 billion of the…

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Stars pay tribute to rock legend Tom Petty

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Fellow music icons paid tribute to Tom Petty following the singer’s death on Monday. Petty passed away Monday at 66 after suffering from cardiac arrest and a brief time on life support. “I’m shocked and saddened by the news of Tom’s passing, he’s such a huge part of our musical history, there’ll never be another like him,” Eric Clapton told the Associated Press in a statement. Guns n’ Roses guitarist Slash wrote on Instagram, “Devastating news about #TomPetty A profound loss. Sad sad day today. RIP.” “RIP @tompetty you will be missed. A music legend #GoneButNeverForgotten,” Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer tweeted. Def…

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Senate demands scrap of post-UTME

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The Senate has urged the Federal Ministry of Education to scrap post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in its entirety. It has also urged the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to develop a strategy to ensure the efficiency and integrity in the conduct of the pre-university examination. he decision of the Senate, followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by Umaru Kurfi, on Tuesday. The Upper Chamber said the introduction of the post-UME examination has to a large extent, failed to remedy the problems associated with JAMB and as such,…

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People skipping breakfast risk heart attack

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People who skip breakfast or eat poorly to start the day are twice as likely to develop hardened arteries, which can lead to deadly heart disease, researchers said Monday. The study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology uncovered signs of damage to the arteries long before symptoms or disease developed. Researchers said their findings could offer an important tool in the fight against cardiovascular disease, the world’s top killer, which took 17.7 million lives in 2015, according to the World Health Organization. “People who regularly skip breakfast…

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Germany’s first gay couple kiss publicly

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Two German men have made history by saying “I do” and becoming the first gay couple to marry after decades of struggle. And they sealed their marital vows with a passionate kiss, publicly. Wedding bells also rang out in Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover and other German cities where local authorities opened their doors on a Sunday, allowing weddings on the day the law comes into effect. Bodo Mende, 60, and partner Karl Kreile, 59, exchanged their vows at a desk decked out with white flowers and rainbow flags. Then, they turned…

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Army shuns opposition, set for Operation Crocodile Smile II in Niger Delta

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Nigerian Army has announced date for commencement of Operation Crocodile Smile II in the Niger Delta, despite opposition by the Pan Niger Delta Forum, and the Ijaw Youth Council. This is contained in a statement on Monday by Colonel Aminu Iliyasu, Deputy Director Army Public Relations. It said troops of 6 Division Nigerian Army Port Harcourt including its affiliated Formations and Units located within its entire Area of Responsibility (AOR) which covers the core Niger Delta States of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States will participate in the exercise…

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