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Barcelona will have their eyes on a big three points against visitors R. Valladolid on Saturay night, coming into the game on the back two successive draws in LaLiga Santander. e game at the Camp Nou will also be extra special for Ronaldo Nazario, now president of Valladolid, who won LaLiga’s pichichi topscorer award during his stint at Barcelona in 1996/97. Real Madrid, meanwhile, are going for a sixth consecutive LaLiga victory at home when they face Girona on Sunday lunchtime with key players including Vinicius Junior and Karim Benzema bang in form. Santi Solari’s side moved second in the table following last weekend’s 3-1 derby victory at Atletico de Madrid, while an out-of-form Girona have fallen to just one point above the drop zone. Atletico, who dropped into third, make the short trip across the Spanish capital to Rayo Vallecano on Saturday afternoon for a second city derby, with both teams looking to get back on track after defeats in their last two league outings. T

update by Sahara Reporters To reach its conclusions, the report examined a string of issues, including the timeline of the President's international travels alongside medical assessment, the travel patterns. President Muhammadu Buhari is suffering from a combination of prostate cancer, sickle cell anaemia, Crohn’s disease and dementia, a confidential study on his health made available to SaharaReporters has revealed. The report also revealed that the prostate cancer afflicting the President “may have become incurable”. To reach its conclusions, the report examined a string of issues, including the timeline of the President’s international travels alongside medical assessment, the travel patterns, information from sources in independent private hospitals and a list of doctors considered the best in the UK for the treatment of prostate cancer. A detailed review of data as part of the study revealed that Buhari sought medical treatment abroad (mainly in the UK) multiple

A bomb hidden on a corpse dressed in military uniform has killed two soldiers in Burkina Faso, the military said Friday. The booby-trapped male body had been left just outside the northern town of Djibo, near the border with Mali, and a team was sent to investigate, a statement from the armed forces general staff said. “The body, which turned out to be a trap, exploded when it was handled, killing two soldiers and wounding six, three of them seriously,” it said. A security source told AFP that the corpse exploded on Thursday when soldiers tried to turn it over, killing an army doctor on the spot, and wounding others. Burkina Faso, in the heart of Africa’s vast Sahel region, is struggling with a bloody Islamist insurgency as well as bouts of social unrest. More than 300 people have been killed in Burkina Faso in four years of jihadist attacks, according to an AFP count. Last week there were three attacks, one of which killed five members of the security forces on the same

Everything you need to live well We always regard Europe as the perfect destination for a romantic city break. Once a romantic getaway comes to mind, the first place we think about are Paris-the city of eternal love, or Prague, or even Venice where everyone becomes a passionate lover, but there are romantic places you should think of right in Africa. Discover Mother Africa romantically. Celebrate Valentine’s Day, a wedding anniversary, a birthday present, a honeymoon trip, a wedding or a romantic getaway with your beloved right in Africa. Namib Desert, Namibia Think romance, think Namibia. In the desert oasis. just two of you, in a hot air balloon, seeing one of the oldest deserts in the world from above. The Namib Desert offers a romantic African honeymoon in the perfect picture scenery. Namibia is a haven in which to cement those special romantic occasions. Be it a honeymoon, a special anniversary or birthday, or just for romantic indulgence. Victoria Falls, Zimbabw

It was a day of joy in Bayelsa State Thursday as the first airplane marked 5N-BUV, touched down at the newly-built Bayelsa International airport in Amassoma, Southern Ijaw, the heartland of the Ijaw nation. A second flight operated by Air Peace Airline also landed at the airport, which has a 3.5 – kilometre runway, said to be the longest in the country, where a jubilant crowd eagerly waited to receive Governor Seriake Dickson. Also accompanying the governor on the flight was his wife, Dr. Rachel Dickson; Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral John Jonah (rtd); Chairman of the state Traditional Rulers Council, King Alfred Diete Spiff, among others. Speaking at the event, Dickson described the airport as one of the best in the country, noting that it would serve as a free trade zone not only in the Niger Delta but also for the Gulf of Guinea. He said the airport was executed in fulfillment of his promise of bringing the world to Bayelsa and vice versa. Dickson said under his leader

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday, February 14, 2019, sentenced Festus Ojomola, an internet fraudster to one year imprisonment with hard labour for possessing fraudulent documents and engaging in dating scam. Ojomola was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, in May 2018 following intelligence report the Commission received on the activities of some persons alleged to be involved in love scam. He was arraigned on February 13, 2019 on an amended two-count charge. The first count reads: “that you, Festus Olaoluwa Ojomola (a.k.a Lizzy Miller), on or about the 29th June, 2018, in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, had in your possession hang-out chats wherein you presented yourself as Lizzy Miller to David Waters, a representation you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 318 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.” The second count r

•Protest, highest level of rascality —PDP •Arrest, prosecute electoral offenders – MAJI tells police •‘We’re pleased with INEC’s move to relist our candidates’ •Police deploy 15,544 personnel for polls By Egufe Yafugborhi & Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT :—Candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2019 elections in Rivers State have said they will not allow elections to hold in the state if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, does not relist them in the ballot for the general election. APC Missing oil revenue: Court fixed April 30 for FG’s suit against Oil Companies The candidates made the disclosure in Port Harcourt, yesterday, when they took thousands of their supporters on protest to INEC’s office in Port Harcourt. However, men of the police dispersed the protesters with teargas, after the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Obo Effangha, had addressed them and left the scene with party big wigs. Speaking, former

Mosquito *Scientists discover reducing vectors’ appetite stops them sucking blood Although mosquitoes do not need to watch their weight, giving the pests diet pills could combat the spread of malaria, Zika and dengue fever. Researchers found the insects given drugs containing NPY-like receptors were less likely to suck blood when they were presented with a human arm. These receptors regulate appetite in everything from roundworms to humans, and are even used in experimental anti-obesity medication to curb our desire for food.Scientists believe if female mosquitoes could be coaxed into receiving these drugs, it may help control deadly diseases with limited treatment options. The research was carried out by The Rockefeller University in New York and led by Professor Leslie Vosshall, from the laboratory of neurogenetics and behavior. Female mosquitoes suck human blood to help their eggs mature, with each insect having several blood-sucking and egg-laying cycles in her life. T

Managing Director, ExxonMobil Nigeria, Paul McGrath (left); Managing Director, Nigeria Agip Oil Company, Lorenzo Fiorillo; Managing Director, Shell Petroleum Development Company/Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor; Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, Bayo Ojulari; Chief Operating Officer, Upstream, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Bello Rabiu; Chief Operating Officer, Gas and Power, Saidu Muhammad; Managing Director, Total Exploration and Production Nigeria, Nicholas Terraz, and Group General Manager, Corporate Planning and Strategy, NNPC, Bala Wunti, during the execution of the heads of terms for Bonga South West Aparo deepwater oil and gas field in Abuja. Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), has announced the release of Invitation to Tender (ITT), to contractors for the development of the Bonga South West Aparo (BSWA) oil field. This comes a day after the execution of the Heads of Terms

The Europa League enters its round of 32 this Thursday. Arsenal travel to Belarus to face BATE Borisov, while Celtic host Valencia. Galatasaray clash with Benfica at home and Chelsea travel to Malmo. Some fixtures will kick off at 6.55pm West African time, while the rest begin 9pm later in the evening. Thursday, February 14 FT: BATE Borisov 1 vs Arsenal 0 FT: FC Krasnodar 0 vs Bayer Leverkusen 0 FT: Galatasaray 1 vs Benfica 2 FT: Lazio 0 vs Sevilla 1 FT: Olympiacos 2 vs Dynamo Kyiv 2 FT: Rapid Wien 0 vs Inter 1 FT: Rennes 3 vs Real Betis 3 FT: Slavia Prague 0 vs Genk 0 FT: Celtic 0 vs Valencia 2 FT: Club Brugge 2 vs Salzburg 1 FT: FC Zuerich 1 vs Napoli 3 FT: Malmoe FF 1 vs Chelsea 2 FT: Shakhtar Donetsk 2 vs Eintracht Frankfurt 2 FT: Sporting CP 0 vs Villarreal 1 FT: Viktoria Plzen 2 vs Dinamo Zagreb 1 Source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/02/livescore-latest-europa-league-round-of.html

U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Stuart Symington Once again, it is the season of messages to Nigerians and its leadership on the need for civilized electoral behaviour. And since those who run the affairs of Nigeria have failed to grow the country to maturity and adulthood, a community of nations (not unlike a village collectively raising a child in typical African fashion) will continue to act as its guardian and join hands in raising her up, otherwise she continues to remain an infant needing to be repeatedly given knocks on its head to behave properly. Former American president, Barrack Obama, was one such village elder, who berated Nigeria in a message he delivered specifically to Nigerians shortly before the 2015 general elections when former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan contested against incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari. That message is believed to have changed the fortunes of that electoral outcome. Jonathan has since alleged in his book My Transition Hour that O

By Ediri Ejoh & Elizabeth Adegbesan The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), yesterday, said the average prices paid by consumers for kerosene and diesel increased in January 2019. fuel-pump The price of kerosene increased month-on-month (MoM) by 5.35 percent to N306.28 per litre last month from N290.74 in December 2018 while the price of diesel rose MoM by  1.59 percent to N225.09 from N221.56. However, the average price consumers paid for petrol also known as premium motor spirit (PMS) decreased marginally by 0.1 percent MoM to N145.70 in January from N145.80 while the price of cooking gas declined by 0.63 percent MoM to N2,039.82 in January 2019 from N2,052.79 in December 2018. NBS stated: “Average price per litre paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene increased by 5.35 percent month-on- month to N306.28 in January 2019 from N290.74 in December 2018. “States with the highest average price per litre of kerosene were Abuja (N350.57), Enugu (N344.58), and J

Challenges facing the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), have led to the wastage of about 42,160.87 mega watts (MW) of electricity out of the 88,566.43MW generated by power generation companies (GenCOs) last year.  Although the current administration had vowed to address the barriers limiting power supply to consumers, statistics made available to The Guardian yesterday, in Abuja by the Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC) revealed that almost half of Nigeria’s generated power was stranded. Indeed, only about 46,405.56MW was used across the country due to weak distribution capacity and transmission infrastructure, including the national grid.     The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), had said the country’s national grid never transmitted power above 5,375MW, while the average power generated, transmitted and distributed by the grid, which collapses habitually stands at about 3,700MW.Executive Secretary of APGC, Dr. Joy Ogaji, said the prevailing situati

Seriake Dickson I’ve delivered on another ambitious project, says Dicksom Thousands of enthusiastic Bayelsans, yesterday, celebrated the landing of Governor Seriake Dickson and other guests, in the first airplane at the Bayelsa International Airport in Ammasoma, Southern Ijaw Council. Youths, children and men thronged out in their numbers to celebrate the project undertaken by the Dickson administration.A Boeing 737 operated by Air Peace Airline also touched down on the 3.5-kilometre runway (the longest in Nigeria) about 1pm, minutes after the governor arrived the airport in a private aircraft to a rousing welcome from elated Bayelsans. The jubilant crowd received the governor and his wife, Dr. Rachel Dickson; deputy governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha Jonah (rtd.); chairman of the Traditional Rulers Council, King Alfred Diete-Spiff; among others.Governor Dickson described the airport as one of the best in the country, noting that it would serve as a free trade zone (FTZ), not

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra State has said it has taken delivery of all sensitive materials needed for the smooth conduct of the Feb. 16 Presidential and National elections. Dr Nkwachukwu Orji, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) made the disclosure while briefing journalists at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Awka on Thursday. He said that the materials for the 21 Local Government Areas had been sorted out and would be escorted to the council areas by securities operatives deployed for INEC elections. The REC said that all the 21 Divisional Police Officers in the state were on ground to collect the batch allocated to their various council areas. Orji promised that all materials would be deposited in their council areas on or before 6pm. He said: “the commission has received full replacement of all election materials gutted by fire in our storage on Feb. 12. We are ready to conduct smooth elections come Feb. 16 and March 2,” h

Streets will be deserted on election days Election days in Nigeria come with restrictions of movement. But a few days to the 2019 general elections, motorists, operators and other stakeholders are already feeling the pinch. WOLE OYEBADE and SULAIMON SALAU write. The dark-blue Toyota Camry cab edged slightly in the long line of cars just like it. “Airport, air-port, a-i-r-p-o-r-t”, the driver called-out for the umpteenth time. Except for the sun that shone brighter at the NAHCO garage, a stone throw from the Lagos International Airport, Ikeja; it was an unusual afternoon for the cab operators. The driver, in his 60s, dabbed his forehead as sweat of frustration broke. An hour had rolled by since he joined the queue. He would have made two trips on normal days. Not today. He leaned on the half-opened door, with an arm on the roof top, not minding the settled brown and white dust stains. “Airport. Airport. International Air… Biko, what is happening?” he inquired of another driver.

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Nigerians are surely such very well gifted, intelligent and most talented people! Everywhere that Nigerians are found around the world, AT LEAST FOR THOSE WHO HAD LEFT THE COUNTRY NORMALLY, they perform very excellently! However, as soon as they set their feet in this country, their story changes quite entirely! They begin to say such unintelligent things and behave so stupidly – socially, politically, morally and spiritually – that you begin to get properly convinced that there must be evil spirits habiting this country! It must be these evil spirits that enter and possess these people, one after the other, once they set their feet inside this place! What a pity! And nobody has tried to really find out why this is the case! Surely, God permitting us, we will explore that fact in not too long from now! It has even been reported that more wicked evil spirits live in our most dear Aso Rock Villa; no wonder the evils they do there is by far larger and more horrible than can be done els

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai “Do not let us speak of darker days; let us speak rather of sterner days. These are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.” Winston Churchill.WITH these quote from Churchill, different thoughts flashed through my subconscious regarding the essence of our trip to the crude oil rich city of Port-Harcourt when I followed a three-member delegation to the Garden City precisely for a capacity building workshop. The workshop, which was scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on building a seamless synergy between media; civil society practitioners and the military on evolving responsible security reporting.As soon as we settled down in the flight that was unusually boarded as and when due, one of the team members kick started a conversation around the issue of the best global practices in reporting security issues particularly as much of the North East of Nigeria are engulfed i