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The Presidency has admitted that Boko Haram has not been defeated completely. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said this during his appearance on Channels Tv. Recall that the Nigerian military recently claimed that the sect had been completely defeated. Adesina maintained that though President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration had degraded the insurgents’ attack, they had not completed defeated. “If the operating word is ‘totally’, the answer is no obviously, but has Boko Haram been degraded? I will say yes, terribly so. “You can compare then and now, they have been terribly, terribly degraded but is the war over? No, it is not completely over. “Compare how Boko Haram was in 2015 when this administration came, they were virtually running riot everywhere. How many time was Kano bombed, how many time was Abuja bombed, how many time was Kogi bombed; Boko Haram was everywhere. “The terrorists must have found their way back to Yobe aft...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Aaron Ramsey will not be available for the Europa League second leg with Ostersunds. Aaron Ramsey’s last contribution for Arsenal was a hat-trick against Everton on February 3, but Ramsey has been out with a groin strain since that match. Wenger, who has confirmed that the 27-year-old is out for the clash with their Swedish opponents on Thursday, did not rule out Ramsey’s participation in the EFL Cup final on Sunday. “Ramsey is not in the squad for tomorrow,” the Frenchman told reporters at a press conference. “He had a good training session but he’s not available for tomorrow. “We will see how his evolution goes between now and Sunday. I don’t rule him out. It depends how well he can improve the intensity of training.”

So, I guess the million naira question is “what would you NOT do to see the iconic World Cup Trophy? Did you know that the trophy stands 14.5 inches tall, weighs 13.6 pounds of over 18-karat gold, all pure gold? Well, now you do! The World Cup trophy will arrive in Nigeria on a tour by March courtesy Coca-Cola. If you want to win a ticket to see the trophy as well, follow Coca-Cola on Facebook ( @CocaColanigeria ), Twitter ( @Coca-Cola_NG ), and Instagram ( @CocaCola_ng ) for a chance to win a ticket and see the trophy live. How far would you go to see the iconic FIFA World Cup™ Trophy? See how creative fellow Lagosians can be by watching the video below;

Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has said midfielder Mesut Ozil must ‘work hard’ in order to feature in Sunday’s League Cup final clash against Manchester City. The Germany international missed sessions on Monday and Tuesday due to ill-health. The Gunners will battle Ostersunds at the Emirates on Thursday and have a 3-0 aggregate lead going into the second leg of their last-32 Europa League clash. Wenger had planned on playing the German against Ostersunds but revealed the 29-year-old is struggling with illness. “Mesut was sick until today,” Wenger told reporters ahead of Thursdays Europa clash. “It was his first training session today. He was in bed on Monday and Tuesday with sickness. “I would certainly have played him but because he was sick he will have to work hard tomorrow and he will not be involved.”

The Barcelona talisman had not scored in his career against the Blues but finally broke his duck to tie up the score in the Champions League match It took him nine games, but Lionel Messi has finally broken through against Chelsea. The Barcelona talisman scored his first career goal against the Blues in a big moment, finding the net in the 75th minute to level the Champions League match 1-1 at Stamford Bridge and cancel out Willian's earlier strike.   He was the benefactor of a bad giveaway by Chelsea at the edge of their own area, which was pounced on by Andres Iniesta. The playmaker pulled it back for Messi who did not miss the opportunity and netted Barcelona a crucial away goal in the first leg of the last-16 tie. The game ultimately finished 1-1, with Barcelona having the opportunity to take advantage in the second leg at the Camp Nou on March 14.  Chelsea had been one of the 12 teams that the Barcelona star had faced in his ca...

President Donald Trump has been ranked as the worst U.S. President in history in a Presidents’ Day poll of political scientists that ranked all 44 of the people who have served as U.S. president. Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt respectively took the top four spots in the Boise State University “Presidential Greatness Survey.” While Donald Trump is the 45th President, one of his predecessors, Grover Cleveland, was elected two separate times, making him the 22nd and 24th President, who ranked as 24th on the survey. The experts were asked to rank each president on a scale from zero – worst – to 100 – best – based on their overall performance in office. Their rankings showed that Donald Trump came in last place with an average score of 12.34. Coming in first place, according to the survey, is Abraham Lincoln, who scored an average of 95.03 between both Democrats and Republicans surveyed while George Washington got a rating of 92....

Singer Banky W has revealed in a recent interview with Oliseh that he is currently working on an album titled, “The Bank Statement”. The singer made it known that he has commenced recording contents for the album. While speaking about his new single, “Love You Baby”, Banky W disclosed that he co-directed the video with his film school teacher in the UK. Meanwhile, Banky has also revealed his plan to take film directing business seriously as he is currently working on a short film which will be released before the end of this year. Now that “The Bank Statement Album” is currently underway, the singer revealed that he has no plans to quit music but rather explore other options like movies and perform excellently well with them.

A few hours a week of light exercise – walking the dog, puttering about in the garden – lower the risk of death in older men, even if workouts are brief, researchers said Tuesday. Their findings, reported in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, challenge two long-held assumptions about the benefits of physical activity for the elderly. To improve health and reduce the risk of dying, according to many national health authorities, workouts must be strenuous and more long-lasting. In Britain, for example, the elderly are advised to do moderate-to-intense exercise at least 150 minutes per week, divied up into segments of no less than 10 minutes. “UK and US physical activity guidelines don’t mention any benefits of light activity,” lead author Barbara Jefferis, an epidemiologist at University College London, told AFP. “When those guidelines were written there wasn’t enough evidence to make a recommendation.” The study, which tracked 1,200 men without heart disease in their...

Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has declared that he will emerge as Nigeria’s next President in 2019, despite moves by the presidency to derail his ambition. Lamido, who kicked off his presidential campaign on Satutrday at Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, declared that President Muhammed Buhari is a fake Fu;lani man from Katsina, stressing that he 2019 presidential election will be between him, who is the real Fulani and Buhari, who he called a fake Fulani man. He noted that he had traveled across Nigeria meeting leaders of the party to notify them of his intention to run for the presidency next year on the platform of the opposition People Democratic Party (PDP), adding that last Saturday’s rally was his official declaration for the number seat. Speaking before thousands of his supporters, he dared “whoever that person may be” in power to try to prevent his emergence as Nigeria’s next president, which he said is the will of God. “The 2019 presi...

It has been four years since the Ebola virus outbreak in the West African states of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone was first reported. Photographer Hugh Kinsella Cunningham has been back to document the people still living with the legacy of the disease. Image copyright HUGH KINSELLA CUNNINGHAM The outbreak in 2014 caused more deaths than all the others combined since the virus was discovered in 1976. The virus affected poverty-stricken areas such as Liberia's West Point, where for many, just coping and surviving are everyday victories. West Point is a densely populated township in Monrovia. When the government imposed a curfew and quarantined the area in a bid to halt the deadly outbreak there was unrest and rioting. Image copyright HUGH KINSELLA CUNNINGHAM Eva Nah's grandson was killed by police while he was protesting at the quarantine. "All he wanted was to play football and become a mechanic," she says. "His father and mother died so I was everyth...

President Muhammadu Buhari, has told Nigerians to get prepared to make sacrifice as a foundation for national growth and development. The President, who made the appeal in his country home in Daura, Katsina, State, when he met with senior citizens of the state, led by Governor Aminu Masari, said in the life of a country, there were occasions when citizens must forgo personal pleasures or pay the ultimate price for the progress and unity of the nation. President Buhari in a statement signed by his Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said: “The Nigeria of our time is in need of sacrifices by all citizens to free it from corruption, poverty, crime and underdevelopment.” While commending members of the forum for complementing his administration’s efforts at national development, Buhari assured them that the security of lives, property and prosperity of all Nigerians would continue to receive priority attention. In his remarks, Governor Masari said...

Uchechi Kanu, wife of Nnamdi, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB,) whose whereabouts has been unknown since some soldiers invaded the palace of his father during a military operation tagged Operation Python Dance on Monday. According to her, she said:- There will be no election in Nigeria if the Army refuses to produce her husband. Uchechi added that Nnamdi who disappeared in the tick of face-off between the members of IPOB, a secessionist group now designated a terrorist group by the Federal Government and officers of the Nigerian Army, on October 9, 2017 has been in the custody of the military. Watch the Video below:- https://youtu.be/a2U-uDCv2mo

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that the Federal Government under his leadership will sell all recovered looted national assets. Buhari said proceeds of the recovered assets will be paid to the nation’s treasury and utilized for developmental purposes. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement yesterday, said Buhari disclosed this when he received representatives of social groups in Daura Emirate. The President assured that his administration will continue to pursue a robust, effective and legitimate anti-corruption campaign that safeguards the treasury and commonwealth of all Nigerians. Buhari noted that many suspected looters of government’s resources had been denying ownership of their ill-gotten properties and assets across the country. He explained that he was not surprised by the increasing number of those denying ownership or disclaiming the properties traced to them by the various anti-corruption agencies. Th...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede was a guest on Ray Power fm’s political and current affairs programme, ‘Political Platform’ where he answered and discussed a wide range of questions. Speaking on the tendency of candidates to cheat despite reforms he has championed to curtail such, he explained : “Even when JAMB sets-up rogue centres (to catch cheats), you find that it is these same poor people that you are fighting for, that pay N200,000 and we disqualify such students.” The professor lamented the way parents facilitate cheating especially “mothers in particular (that are) determined to make graduates of their children at all cost”. He expressed displeasure at the sensationalism attached to the Snake swallowing N36 million story which he explained is purely criminal and should be treated as such. The JAMB Registrar also explained that the board is now checking accounts of fraudsters promising ‘miracle centres’ to identif...

The ongoing strike by members of the Non-academic Staff Union of Universities took another turn yesterday, as some members of the University of Uyo chapter took agitations to another level. According to Inside Uniuyo, the NASU members reportedly struck the Generator Houses and Diesel Dump. It is reported that visibly angry members, emptied the diesel into the gutters while some were poured into the ravine, with a view to disrupt activities. This is coming on the heels of the commencement of the University’s 1st semester examinations yesterday February 19th, 2018, even while the Union was on strike. The national leadership of NASU had embarked on a nationwide strike in November, 2017 over non-payment of earned allowances.

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday dismissed assertions that the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government has caused more job losses than any other past administration in the country. According to him, the Buhari administration is fully committed to creating new jobs in all sectors of the economy. He noted that government has added about seven millions of new jobs to the agriculture sector alone since the President took office in 2015. Mohammed said this in Port Harcourt at the sixth graduation ceremony of 100 male and female entrepreneurs trained by the Empowerment Support Initiative (ESI) and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). “Before this government came into power; the nation had 5 million rice growers but today 12.2 million rice growers have been added. “That is an extra of more than 7 million jobs in the agric sector alone; and this was collaborated by the Chairman of the Rice Growers Association few days ...