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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Soni Daniel, Abuja With effect from today, Nigerians and other nationals outside the United Kingdom are to pay a new fee of £5.48 before they can make any form of British visa enquiry through electronic mail. Similarly, all visa enquiries outside the United Kingdom will be handled by a new contractor, Sitel UK. These new developments are contained in a terse statement made available on Thursday to Vanguard by the Media and Public Affairs Officer of the British High Commission in Abuja, Mr. Joe Abuku. The statement said, “From 1 June, all customer enquiries will be handled by a new commercial partner Sitel UK. The new contract will see a number of changes for customers. “These changes help the government reduce costs and ensure those who benefit directly from the UK immigration system make an appropriate contribution. “The main changes for customers applying from outside the UK are: all phone numbers and opening hours will change, the number of languages o...

http://ift.tt/2rBIB34 The Police Command in Borno has confirmed the killing of a suspected suicide bomber after a failed attack at the University of Maiduguri on Saturday. Mr Victor Isuku the spokesman of the command stated this in a statement in Maiduguri. “Today at about 10:00hours, a lone male suicide bomber detonated explosive strapped to his body. “The bomber had taken cover in a ditch within the neighbourhood of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) Children Secondary School, at the eastern end of the campus”. “The bomber sighted security personnel coming towards the direction of his hiding place and hurriedly detonated his explosive, killing him only,” Isuku said. He said that the police had already cordoned off the place and rendered it safe. “Police anti bomb team were promptly dispatched to the scene to sanitize and render the area safe. Normalcy has since been restored,” he said. Three male suspected suicide-bombers died after a failed attack at the university’...

http://ift.tt/2qraigY There are certain misleading myths about hangovers that have become beliefs or truths a lot of people adhere to and advise others to adhere to. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, helps to dispel some of these misleading myths about hangovers. The following are the 6 misleading myths about hangovers. Hangovers Are No Big Deal They are a big deal. Heavy drinking significantly affects the central nervous system, it ‘tinkers’ with the brain chemicals (hence the headaches, dizziness, and nausea) and sends you to the bathroom often, leaving you dehydrated. The morning-after price to pay is a pounding headache, fatigue, cotton mouth, a queasy stomach, and a weakened immune system. Hangovers Affect Women and Men in the Same Way Hangovers are not gender blind, they affect men and women differently, and unfortunately the more significant effect is on the women. If a man and woman drink the same amount of alcohol, the woman is more likely to feel the effec...

http://ift.tt/2r8omgA Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho (CL), Liverpool's English midfielder Adam Lallana (CR) and teammates celebrate their third goal during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Liverpool at The London Stadium, in east London on May 14, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool’s 4-0 rout of West Ham proves they can cope with the pressure of fighting for Champions League qualification, but he warned his stars to guard against complacency. Liverpool’s destiny is in their own hands after a dominant display at the London Stadium and victory over relegated Middlesbrough next Sunday will secure a top four finish in the Premier League. If Arsenal drop points against Sunderland on Tuesday, Liverpool will make it back into Europe’s elite club competition before the last weekend of the season. “Part of our life is to handle pressure, to ignore the bad part of pressure and to us...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Olympic officials began their first day inspecting the Paris 2024 bid with a visit to the Eiffel Tower, the iconic backdrop to the triathlon start should the French capital be chosen to host the Games. The IOC’s 11-member evaluation commission, who examined rival bidders Los Angeles last week, had a bird’s eye view from the Tower of many proposed venues including the Champs-Elysees and Grand Palais, and Saint-Denis to the north-east of the city where the Olympic village will be situated. The compact nature of Paris’ Olympic venues is offered as one of the bid’s main selling points with over 80 percent of venues covering 22 sports within a radius of 10 kilometres (8 miles) making “Paris an Olympic park”. The bid inspectors, led by Switzerland’s Patrick Baumann, were then greeted at the Stade de France by Lilian Thuram who won the 1998 World Cup at the national stadium. “We have to seduce them with emotion, that it would be fantastic if it was Paris, but also sh...

http://ift.tt/2ps3qBl PHOTO:GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP Usain Bolt’s imminent retirement is a blow for athletics, but a new generation of Jamaican sprinters is ready to try to fill his golden shoes, Olympic champions Elaine Thompson and Omar McLeod said Friday. Thompson, the Olympic women’s 100m and 200m champion, and 110m hurdles gold medallist McLeod will be among the marquee performers in Saturday’s Shanghai Diamond League competition, which will feature rematches of key Rio Games battles. Bolt, the greatest sprinter in history with eight Olympic golds, 11 world titles and three world records, will retire from international competition after the world championships in August. “It’s saddening that he’s retiring, but there is nothing we can do to change his mind,” McLeod said wistfully in Shanghai. “But what we can do, as young emerging Jamaican athletes, is shine our own lights and try our very best to keep the flag flying high.” Thompson added: “He’s a legend. He’s done so muc...