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http://ift.tt/2bLm3YY Chelsea’s Nigeria forward Victor Moses on Thursday praised club manager Antonio Conte for resurrecting his career and giving him the “confidence to enjoy his football’’. The 26-year-old Moses joined the Blues from Wigan for nine million pounds in 2012 but was loaned out to Liverpool, Stoke and West Ham by former club manager Jose Mourinho. But he played 34 times this term in the role of wing-back as Chelsea claimed the English Premier League title with a record 30 wins. “I am more focused now than ever. I am enjoying my football again,’’ he said. The Nigeria international played 43 games in his first season with the Blues, scoring 10 goals on the way. He was part of the 2013 Europa League-winning squad under interim manager Rafael Benitez. But the forward failed to play under Mourinho in the Portuguese manager’s second spell at Stamford Bridge, being given temporary moves to three top-flight clubs. This season, he was handed a new defensive role as he reju...

http://ift.tt/2qcX3C2 By: Kingsley Omonobi Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force said on Wednesday, it has commenced investigation into the alleged fracas involving men of the force and students of the Osun State University, Ipetu Ijesha campus. This came as PREMIUM TIMES  has reported another  attack on students of the Osun State University on Tuesday, brutalizing many with gun butts, knives and sticks, hours after a similar attack left several students and staff of the institution hospitalised, .   Nigerian Air Force noted that if its personnel are found wanting in the matter, disciplinary actions will be meted out to those involved.   A statement signed by Air Commodore Olatokumbo Adesanya, Director of Airforce Public Relations said, “The attention of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has been drawn to reports of some of its personnel being involved in a fracas on the campus of the University of Osun State at Ipetu Ijesha. “While the NAF highly regrets the ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Chioma Obinna It is no longer news that the world has witnessed improved access to malaria interventions especially in Sub-Saharan Africa ranging from diagnostic testing for children as well as preventive treatment for pregnant women. This can be substantiated with the 2016 World Malaria Report released by the World Health Organization, WHO, which showed that number of malaria cases declined by 88 percent while death rates declined by 90 percent in Africa between 2000 and 2015. However, despite this heart-warming news, the scourge has not by abated as it still poses a threat to global health. For instance, it is currently threatening the achievement of the WHO Global Technical Strategy, GTS, for Malaria 2016–2030 targets of reducing cases and mortality by 90 percent by 2030. Malaria has continued to cause the world not only lives also resources. A WHO report in 2015 revealed that an estimated $2.9 billion was spent on malaria control and elimination alone, ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Chairman of the committee, screening councillorship and chairmanship aspirants on the platform of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Prof. Tunde Samuel, is facing criticism from some party members. Ahead of the councils primaries of APC in the state tentatively scheduled for Saturday and next Thursday, crisis looms in Agege and Orile-Agege chapters of the party as some stakeholders are alleging that Prof. Samuel, former Special Adviser on education to ex-Lagos governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is colluding with some leaders of the party in the areas to perpetrate electoral fraud. Financial Secretary of the party (Agege Chapter), Alh. Haruna Yusuf aka Ilerika, and Alh. Logunleko, an LG officer of the party in Orile-Agege, accused Hon. Taofiq Adaranijo, who represents Agege Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, former Commissioner for Transport, Kayode Opeifa, ex-Agege LG Chairman, Alh. Jubri...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J *charges school girls to study ICT By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA- THE Economic Commission for Africa, ECA, has lamented few number of women in the field of Information and communication Technology, therefore charged school girls to study ICT in order to be at par with their male counterparts. This was stated by Gender Section Director, ECA, Keiso Matashane-Marite, who led the ECA team to the ITU’s Girls in ICT Day held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which organised by the International Telecommunication Union, ITU, United Nations, UN Women, the ECA, African Union Commission, AUC, United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, Ethiotelecomm, Huawei and others. Matashane-Marite said the ECA, while happy with the increasing number of girls and women using new technologies in Africa, expressed concern over few women and girls using these technologies, and few of them as leaders in science, technology and the innovation space. ITU’s Girls in ICT Day is a global initiative aimed ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J I HEAR shock across the country; I  hear  a sigh across the country!”, declared Richard Quest, the CNN domiciled on air personality and business analyst who continues to make waves long after his visit to Nigeria ended last week. This was after the worst diplomatic faux pas of the decade took place and our own Information Minister scored an own goal against us. It is not entirely clear what Quest’s rather boisterous visit to Nigeria was about. While an international source had put it down to a cyber security forum held by a transnational in Lagos, he has been up to anything but. National importance Nor does it matter anymore as Quest has stirred the hornet ‘s nest on a matter of far greater importance: Jollof rice. Once considered an issue bordering on the ridiculous, it is suddenly a matter of pressing national importance to conclude the Jollof wars once and for all – and who better to moderate the finale than  a fellow who ambles roun...