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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Solomon Nwoke Nigerian female wrestlers have emerged the overall champions at the just concluded 2017 Senior African Wrestling championships in Marrakech, Morocco. The wrestling Amazons won six gold and two silver to clinch a total of eight medals. The gold medalist are Mercy Genesis 48 kg, Odunayo Adekuoroye 55kg, Aminat Adeniyi 58kg, Blessing Oborududu 63kg, Kemeasuodei Dressman 69kg and Gofit Winnie 75kg. The silver medalists are Bose Samuel 53kg and Bisola Makanjuola 60kg. Daniel Igali, the President, Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF)said yesterday in a telephone chat that “he is impressed with the day one results”. Igali said that the result by Winnie the 75kg gold medalist had been rated as the “Fantastic result overall”. He added that though the country’s only Greco Roman representative unfortunately didn’t win a medal. “Tochukwu Okeke 75 kg did not win a medal, but put up appreciable effort,” the Olympian said.   The post Nigerian female wr...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J PROFITS at Google parent Alphabet increased 28 percentyear-on-year to $5.4 billion, boosted by advertising on mobile phones and the popular YouTube video service. Amazon profits climbed more than 40 percent, to $724 million. It was its eighth quarter in a row of profit. Microsoft also had a strong quarter, with profits up nearly 28 percent, while chipmaker Intel’s profits rose 45 percent. Amazon said its growth was propelled by sales for web services and retail subscriptions, such as Amazon Prime. The firm highlighted its international activity, noting expansion in India, Mexico and the UK. But executives told investors that more spending on content, products and warehouses for distribution lies ahead. “Although Amazon’s sales advanced by a respectable 23 percent over the quarter, the pace of growth at the online behemoth remains much slower than it was over most of the prior fiscal year,” said Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail. “Some of th...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Prisca Sam-Duru   E ze Goes to School,  co-authored by Onuora Nzekwu and Micheal Crowder remains one of those classical master pieces by pioneer African writers that may never outlive their relevance in the society. The legendary work according to Nzekwu before his last days on earth, was born out of the dire need to write a book that focused on the education of children. It’s clear that Onuora Nzekwu’s generation sincerely imagined a society enhanced by education which is in sharp contrast of what is obtainable today. The positive impact of the book has never waned which is reason till date it’s one of the recommended text books in the secondary school. Interestingly, 60 years after the book was written, millions  of children in West Africa have read the book and would identify with the protagonist, Eze. Surprisingly and sadly too, the obstacles he went through in an effort to get education are still being experienced by some children in th...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Borno State Police Command said, yesterday, that it had arrested a firewood vendor and driver, Malam Modu Mustapha, suspected to be purchasing fuel and food items for Boko Haram insurgents. Mr. Damian Chukwu, the Commissioner of Police in the state, who disclosed this in Maiduguri, said that the suspect was arrested after a tip-off by members of the public. His words: “Police have received information that one Modu Mustapha of Jumptilo village was a terrorists’ collaborator, who buys fuel and food for them, at Alagarno and other hideouts. “The Police descended on the suspect, who has confessed to the crime.” Chukwu alleged that the driver usually fetched firewood in the bush, from where he was suspected to have met the terrorists. He said: “He said that he had been buying things for the insurgent group. We recovered N10,000 from the suspect, which the terrorists gave him to buy bicycle spare parts for them.” The Commissioner said the suspect also named 15 o...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Perez Brisibe UGHELLI—FOUR persons, weekend, lost their lives while two others sustained life-threatening injuries in a head-on collision between two commercial motorcycles, Okada , along the Edjekota-Ogor Road in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. Eyewitnesses told Vanguard that both motorcycles, which had two passengers each, excluding the riders, were heading to and from a funeral reception taking place in the area, when the accident occurred. One of the eyewitnesses identified one of the okadamen as Oyibo, an indigene of Uwheru and Ewu-Urhobo, both in Ughelli North and South council areas. It was a gory sight when Vanguard got to the scene, as the mangled remains of the victims were seen on the ground.   The post 4 die in okada accident appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2pvjz5u

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J An Indian state minister has given hundreds of wooden bats to newly-wed brides, urging them to use the paddle as a weapon if their husbands turn alcoholic or abusive. Gopal Bhargava gave the bats — which are used to get dirt out of clothes in traditional laundries — to nearly 700 brides at a mass wedding organised by the government of central Madhya Pradesh state on Saturday. The nearly foot-long paddles are emblazoned with messages that read: “For beating drunkards” and “Police won’t intervene”. Bhargava told the brides to reason with their husbands first, adding that they should “let the wooden paddles do the talking” if their spouses refuse to listen. Bhargava told AFP he wanted to draw attention to the plight of rural women who face domestic abuse from their alcoholic husbands. “Women say whenever their husbands get drunk they become violent. Their savings are taken away and splurged on liquor,” he said. “There is no intent to provoke women or instigate ...

http://ift.tt/2pA4386 Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara PHOTO: TWITTER/DOGARA The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has reiterated the commitment of the National Assembly to passing a new minimum wage bill. In a statement to mark the 2017 Workers’ Day, Dogara said the parliament had resolved to enact new minimum wage bill for Nigerian workers. The speaker said that increasing workers’ salary had become necessary in view of the current inflation, naira devaluation and rising cost of living in the country. He added that “I wish to congratulate the entire Nigerian workers as they join their counterparts all over the world in commemorating the International Workers’ Day. “While commending you for your sacrifice and commitment to the service and building of the nation, I wish to assure you that the National Assembly and in particular, the 8th House of Representatives remains committed to the passage of the National Minimum Wage Bill when ...

http://ift.tt/2pxCsaj (FILES) This file photo taken on January 17, 2017 shows French Front National (National Front – FN) far-right party's President, European MP and presidential candidate for the 2017 election Marine Le Pen.<br />FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP With a week to go before France’s presidential election runoff, far-right candidate Marine Le Pen stayed on the offensive against frontrunner Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, trying to close a 19-point gap in the polls. After a surprise visit to a controversial aluminium plant in the southern town of Gardanne, the 48-year-old Le Pen went on to lay a wreath at a World War II monument in the nearby port of Marseille. Hours later, Macron, who if elected would become France’s youngest president at 39, paid his respects at Paris’s Holocaust memorial, where he was greeted by France’s grand rabbi, Haim Korsia. “What happened is unforgettable and unforgivable,” Macron said after pausing before the wall bearing the names of 76,0...