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http://ift.tt/2r4zOXt (FILES) This file photo taken on February 12, 2012 shows Glen Campbell performing at the Staples Center during the 54th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California. His mind debilitated as he enters the final stages of Alzheimer's disease, country music legend Glen Campbell finds a still strong inner voice to bid farewell to the world on a final album — entitled "Adios."<br />ROBYN BECK / AFP His mind succumbing to Alzheimer’s disease, country legend Glen Campbell can still summon strength through his voice and he has seized on it to bid farewell to the world. A fixture on country music charts since the 1960s, the 81-year-old on Friday released what with near certainty will be his final album, aptly entitled “Adios.” With Campbell’s memory fading, he turns to music to rekindle a life’s worth of souvenirs on songs such as “Arkansas Farmboy,” which recalls his hardscrabble youth as one of 12 children of a sharecropper in the southern state. ...

http://ift.tt/2suhFDw PHOTO:AFP • Umahi wants perpetrators of attack prosecuted Charles Otu, an Ebonyi-based journalist was at the weekend assaulted in Abakaliki, the state capital, over a controversial Facebook post.Otu, who is the publisher of Conscience, a local newspaper had used his newspaper and Facebook to “expose the failures of a state government in many sectors and critically analyze its programmes and projects.” “I was asked by the group to write a statement that I was rescued by the Ekubaraoha Youth Assembly from a mob that was attacking me. The thugs who accosted me at the Vanco Junction arrived in a 16-seater Toyota bus with the inscription of Ekubaraoha Youth Assembly. “They accused me of being a threat to a state government and threatened to silence me unless I signed a written undertaking never to write anything against the state government. I collapsed at the police station having lost consciousness due to the severe beating they gave me but I was revived at th...

http://ift.tt/2sG9weq Kylian Mbappe Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger is prepared to make a statement in this summer’s transfer window as he plans a renewed attempt to sign AS Monaco hotshot Kylian Mbappe, reports arsenalfever.com. This follows the revelation that Wenger had the opportunity to sign the boy for £230, 000 when he was out of contract last year, but the Monaco star rejected the move. The France international had a standout campaign with the Principality club last term as they won the Ligue 1 crown in grand fashion while also reaching the last four of the Champions League. Mbappe bagged an overall tally of 26 goals during the 2016/17 season, but it should be noted that most of his goals came only after the turn of the year.According to The Express, Wenger is prepared to shatter the club’s transfer record by a huge margin as he looks to lure his fellow countrymen to the Emirates this summer. The long-standing manager has been often reluctant to spend big money on h...

http://ift.tt/2pV6khp David Umahi of Ebonyi State. A prominent Delta Lawyer, Chief Mudi Ehrenede, has expressed surprise at the level of infrastructure development in Ebonyi State within the past two years, saying that “Governor David Umahi has redefined Ebonyi with projects.” Speaking to The Guardian against the background of two years of the administration in Ebonyi, Ehrenede, who practices law in Afikpo, noted that although he had initial misgivings that the governor could deliver on the mandate, “I must say I am surprised at the level of development in the past two years.” The lawyer, who was legal adviser to Dr. Sam Egwu, explained that since 1999, he had not witnessed the kind of coordinated approach to development, pointing out that Umahi had been able to marshal a new governance paradigm through human and material development. “I must give you an honest assessment, Governor Umahi has been able through quiet diplomacy resolved inter and intra-clan squabbles and built...

http://ift.tt/2oBxdpj Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole disclosed this, yesterday, at the midterm review meeting held at Government House, Maiduguri. The Federal Government, in collaboration with Borno State government, has launched the Health and Nutrition Emergency Response (HNER) project to reduce “morbidity and mortality” by providing life-saving services to persons affected by insurgency in the state and North-East. Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole disclosed this, yesterday, at the midterm review meeting held at Government House, Maiduguri. He said the six-month implementation is to be strictly based on leadership; governance, accountability and coordination to achieve targeted emergency health responses in insurgency-affected states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. He explained that the project is to achieve the objectives of assessing affected population to an essential package of primary and secondary life-saving health services, as well as strengthen capaci...

http://ift.tt/2sCUIgM Journalists for Democratic Rights (JODER) will tomorrow in Lagos, hold a one-day diversity training programme for Nigerian journalists. No fewer than 30 journalists drawn from electronic, print and social media will attend the programme. Journalists for Democratic Rights (JODER) will tomorrow in Lagos, hold a one-day diversity training programme for Nigerian journalists. No fewer than 30 journalists drawn from electronic, print and social media will attend the programme. A statement by the JODER Executive Director, Mr Adewale Adeoye said the training would improve the quality of media coverage of diversity in Nigeria. The training is with the support of the New York based Institute for International Education as facilitated by the Ford Foundation, West Africa Regional Office. JODER said “Nigeria is a rainbow nation with a lot of diversity in culture, minority issues, religion, ethnicity and values. These breed a conflict of interests with far-reachi...

http://ift.tt/2rF4vWl The Federal University, Dutsinma, Katsina State, has been shut following tension over reinstatement of its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Haruna Kaita, who was fired by the university’s management over alleged financial misappropriation. The Federal University, Dutsinma, Katsina State, has been shut following tension over reinstatement of its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Haruna Kaita, who was fired by the university’s management over alleged financial misappropriation, but recently reinstated by a court order. His attempt to resume office last Friday led to a build up of tension between his sympathisers and those in support of his ousting. An eyewitness said some of the students on Friday showed their disapproval of the VC’s reinstatement by shouting slogans to kick against his recall, while those in support of the his return tried to confront them. It was learnt that the situation led to division of students and staff along religious lines. Vía Nigeria News, Headli...

http://ift.tt/2pfoO9f Umar Danbatta, who disclosed this, while giving a report on the sector in Lagos, yesterday, added that since the liberalisation of the industry, it has added about N15 trillion to the economy. * Adds N15tr to economy since liberalisation * NCC to review MNOs KPIs on service quality Nigeria’s telecommunications sector contributed about nine per cent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in quarter one of 2017. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, who disclosed this, while giving a report on the sector in Lagos, yesterday, added that since the liberalisation of the industry, it has added about N15 trillion to the economy. Danbatta, who explained that the sector’s contribution to the country’s GDP increased from eight per cent in Q4 of 2016 to nine per cent in the New Year, noted that since his assumption of office as the EVC about 18 months ago, the industry has been adding between N1....

http://ift.tt/2rkrUsy Kemi DaSilva-Ibru Startled by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) report released last year that over 60 per cent of Nigerian children suffer sexual, physical and other forms of abuse in society and one in four girls experience sexual violence in the country, the Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF) in conjunction with The Guardian is poised to tackle sexual violence in Nigeria. To this end, a four-week enlightenment campaign against gender-based violence will commence on May 31 in select public schools in Lagos District 4, comprising secondary school pupils from Yaba, Surulere and Apapa areas of the state. During a facility tour of the WARIF Centre by The Guardian, a Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) located at Yaba, which opened to the public on December 1, 2016, founder and visionary of WARIF, Dr. Kemi DaSilva-Ibru, said the pilot scheme was in response to series of sexual assaults, rape and human trafficking involving children, young ...

http://ift.tt/2oGW73g US President Donald Trump / AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN Embattled US President Donald Trump faced explosive allegations that he divulged top secret intelligence to Russian diplomats in the Oval Office, a charge the White House scrambled to rebut Monday. The Washington Post reported that Trump revealed highly classified information on the Islamic State group during a meeting last week with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Moscow’s man in Washington Sergey Kislyak. In a shock twist, the intelligence reportedly came from a US ally who did not authorize Washington to share it with Moscow. That development that could shatter trust that is essential to intelligence and counterterrorism cooperation. National Security Advisor HR McMaster denied the president had revealed “intelligence sources or methods,” but acknowledged that Trump and Lavrov “reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries, including threats to civil aviation.” The Post, citin...

http://ift.tt/2qHtjNu Amukoko… One of Lagos slum areas A fresh funding to the tune of $11million has been secured for the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme to empower African, Caribbean and Pacific countries transform the living conditions of slum dwellers. The programme is an initiative of the Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, funded by the European Commission and implemented by UN-Habitat. UN-Habitat estimates that an alarming one billion people living in slums worldwide, and if no action is taken – the number of people living in inadequate housing is estimated to grow to more than three billion by 2030. Nigeria was part of the second phase of the programme, which strengthened community, city and national key stakeholders’ capacities in participatory slum upgrading in Nigeria, particularly in the selected cities/towns of Lagos, Onitsha, Lafia/ Doma and Karu, thus adding value to the development of policy, institutional, legislative, a...