January 15, 2020

AC Milan Cruise Into Italian Cup Last Eight

January 15, 2020 4:43 pm

Even with Zlatan Ibrahimovic resting on the bench, AC Milan cruised past SPAL 3-0 on Wednesday to reach the last eight of the Italian Cup.

Later, Juventus took on Udinese without Cristiano Ronaldo who the club tweeted shortly before kick off was suffering from sinusitis.

In Florence, Pol Lirola shot 10-man Fiorentina past Atalanta 2-1 to set up a quarter-final against Inter Milan.

In Milan, Krzysztof Piatek, who is reportedly on the verge of a move to Tottenham Hotspur, outpaced the sluggish SPAL offside trap to give the home team the lead after 20 minutes.

Samuel Castillejo curled a …

Federer, Nadal Lead Stars For Bushfire Relief

January 15, 2020 4:42 pm

Tennis superstars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal jointly donated Aus$250,000 (US$172,000) for Australian bushfire relief at a charity fundraiser in smoggy Melbourne on Wednesday.

The two tennis legends, with 39 Grand Slam singles titles between them, were at the Rod Laver Arena in a bid to swell the vast sums already donated to help victims of the devastating disaster.

They were joined by a who’s who of the tennis world, including Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, Novak Djokovic, Naomi Osaka, Petra Kvitova, Dominic Thiem, Coco Gauff, Nick Kyrgios, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev.

“Twenty years this has been my home and …

Arteta Challenge Arsenal Players To Fill Aubameyang’s Boots

January 15, 2020 4:41 pm

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has called on his players to “step up” and fill the goalscoring void left by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s absence after the forward’s three-match ban was upheld.

The Gabon international, who opened the scoring in Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace, was booked for a tackle on Max Meyer but the video assistant referee upgraded the punishment to a red card.

Arsenal appealed against Aubameyang’s dismissal but the punishment stands.

The former Borussia Dortmund player, 30, has scored 14 of Arsenal’s 29 Premier League goals this season.

“Players have to step up,” Arteta said on Wednesday when asked …

War

50 Years After The Civil War

January 15, 2020 3:52 pm

 

A wound can heal, but the scar it leaves on our bodies will be a constant reminder of what caused the wound. It’s been 50 years after the end of the Civil war, but nothing has changed.
Everything that caused the war are still in place today, and they are even worse than they were.

 

One of the greatest wrongs Nigeria did as a country is to hide its past and practically blocked every discussion about the civil war.
That was a war that took the lives of over 3 million people, mostly children.

I read the …

Iran Minister Hints On New Deal With World Powers

January 15, 2020 2:20 pm
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, said on Wednesday that an existing nuclear deal the country struck with world powers was not dead

He said he was unsure if any new pact agreed by U.S. President Donald Trump would last.

“The United States didn’t implement (the existing deal’s) …commitments, now it has withdrawn.

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“I had a U.S. deal and the U.S. broke it.

“If I have a Trump deal, how long will it last?’’ Mohammad Javad Zarif said at a security conference in New Delhi.

Zarif added that Iran is

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Gov. Wike Knocked For Attacking Traditional Rulers

January 15, 2020 2:19 pm

The recent actions of Governor Nyesom Wike against traditional stools in Rivers State have received mixed reactions from Nigerians on social media.

Governor Wike was seen in a viral video criticising traditional rulers and threatening to depose them over very flimsy reasons. He also called one of the monarchs a ‘trouble maker’.

His accusations have generated mixed reactions from Nigerians on social media.

While others hailed him for having the courage to caution the traditional rulers’ others chided him, describing his action as disrespectful.

NAN was on twitter to cull some of the reactions trailing Wike’s viral video

@M_Wizzo “This …

Remembrance Day: Buhari, Osinbajo, Honours Fallen Heroes

January 15, 2020 2:19 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday led other top government functionaries, including service chiefs and members of the diplomatic corps to honour the nation’s fallen and living heroes.

The event, which involved the laying of wreaths at the National Arcade, was one of the highlights lined up to celebrate the 2020 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration (AFRDC).

First to lay the wreath was the President, followed by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the Senate President, Speaker, House of Representatives and Chief Justice of Nigeria, NAN reports.

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In another

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Killing Of Christians: HURIWA Takes Case To Pope, Trump

January 15, 2020 2:18 pm
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, said it has resolved to petition the head of the Catholic Church in the Vatican and the President of the United States of America on the spate of what it called well-coordinated armed invasions of churches and Christian dormitories by suspected armed Islamists and bandits that have made Kaduna state the epicenter of these extensively coordinated attacks against Christians.

HURIWA has urged the two global leaders to compel President Muhammadu Buhari and governor Malam Nassir El’ Rufai of Kaduna state, to stop the siege and systematic genocidal killings of Christians in

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Amotekun: Akeredolu Reacts As Govt Declares Outfit ‘Illegal

January 15, 2020 2:18 pm
Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu has reacted to the statement by the federal government describing south-west security outfit ‘Operation Amotekun’ as illegal.

In a statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Dr Umar Gwandu, the government said the establishment of Amotekun is not backed by any known law in the land.

“The setting up of the paramilitary organization called “Amotekun” is illegal and runs contrary to the provisions of the Nigerian law.

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Remembrance Day: Oby Ezekwesili, Fani-Kayode Send Message

January 15, 2020 2:12 pm

A former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili has insisted that Nigeria lacks ‘shared humanity’.

Ezekwesili said this while felicitating with fallen soldiers in celebration of Armed Forces Remembrance Day.

Every January 15th, Nigeria marks the Armed Forces Remembrance Day, a day set aside to appreciate and celebrate fallen heroes and men and women in the military, who work round the clock to keep the nation safe.

Ezekwesil in her message on her official Twitter page wrote: “I was four when that brutal war started in 1967 and the suffering forced me to grow up overnight, seeing children like me die

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Iran Vs US: Russia Finally Speaks, Warns Of World War III

January 15, 2020 2:09 pm
Russian President Vladmir Putin has warned that a full-scale war in the Middle East would be a “catastrophe for the whole world.”

Putin issued the warning in the wake of rising tensions between the US and Iran and the potential of World War 3.

For Putin, any large-scale militarisation of the Middle East between opposing forces is setting the stage for a global disaster.

Putin noted that “large-scale military conflicts” would be a “catastrophe not only for the region, the Middle East, but for the whole world” that would ultimately lead to “new flows of migrants” to Europe and other

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FRSC, Oyo Command Apprehends 1,775 Traffic Offenders

January 15, 2020 2:09 pm
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Oyo State says it has arrested 1,775 traffic offenders since the commencement of the on-going “Operation Zero Tolerance” in the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that “Operation Zero Tolerance” started in Dec. 16, 2019 and would end on Jan.19.

The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mrs Uche Chukwurah, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Ibadan.

Chukwurah said that out of those arraigned before a mobile court at Apata, Ibadan, 37 were convicted and six others cautioned and discharged.

She said that the exercise was to

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