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In an age when individual awards are given ever greater importance, tonight’s Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool -- and Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah -- could determine the winner of the next Ballon d’Or. After all, Ronaldo has won the prestigious prize on the back of helping Madrid to each of their recent European Cup triumphs, in 2014, 2016 and again last year. It is reductionist in the extreme to bring Saturday’s final down to just two players, given the strength in depth available -- especially in attack -- to Madrid and Liverpool. But this is the era of the individual, at a time when Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have dominated the Ballon d’Or for a decade. The status of each is such that the annual prize for the world’s best player generates ever fiercer debate. Ronaldo has won the last two, but can he really win it again, having recently turned 33? In a World Cup year, what happens in Russia will play a big part too -- i...

Online journalism is the way of the future and needs to be acknowledged by anyone who is seriously considering pursuing a career in this field. Many traditional newspapers are having a hard time maintaining their circulation due to the fact that people can get their news right on the internet, and much quicker than they could if they waited for the latest edition of the paper. We are gradually moving towards the internet for the latest news and the traditional newspapers are being left in the dust. This does not mean that there is not a calling for print media and those who want to work for a paper or a magazine. Despite the fact that people can get news quicker on the internet than they can with a paper, people still like to have something tangible to hold. Magazines are not suffering as much as newspapers when it comes to circulation. There is one way that you can take advantage of the fact that many newspapers are dropping their full time staff an that is to become a freelance jo...

A team of surgeons led by the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola, Professor Auwal Abubakar, has successfully separated four-month-old conjoined female twins. Professor Auwal disclosed the development to journalists at a news conference in Yola yesterday. “We have a successful separation of conjoined female twins (Omphilopagus),”he said, adding that the development was recorded following a team work by different medical units. He said the surgery was conducted on May 14, adding that the chances of survival of the twins were excellent. The director said it took his team four hours to perform the operation which was the second of its kind in the hospital. He noted that Nigeria had medical personnel that could compete with their counterparts in developed countries. The father of the twins, Muhammad Ramat from KasuwanShanu in Maiduguri, thanked the management of the hospital for paying the bills for the surgery.

There appear to be trouble in paradise after a certain northern couple separated just a week after their lavish wedding ceremony. According to relationship blogger, Untanglee, the groom caught his wife cheating and sent her back to her parents house with a plan to destroy her chances of settling down with another man. Social media users have been called to play judge over a recently divorced couple who got it wrong a week after throwing a lavish wedding and exchanging marital vows in the presence of family and friends. According to reports, the groom, Abdul (name replaced) married Karima (name replaced) and found out she was still in love with her ex-boyfriend, Bala (name replaced). Abdul's reality was shattered when he read their messages in which his newly wed bride promised to not get pregnant so she can leave him in a year when Bala promised he will be ready to take her as his bride. Relationship blogger, Utanglee shared the story on Instagram, revealing that the groom, Abd...

England announce 23-man squad... Goalkeepers: Jack Butland, Jordan Pickford, Nick Pope. Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Gary Cahill, Fabian Delph, Phil Jones, Harry Maguire, Danny Rose, John Stones, Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker, Ashley Young. Midfielders: Dele Alli, Eric Dier, Jordan Henderson, Jesse Lingard, Ruben Loftus-Cheek. Forwards: Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford, Raheem Sterling, Jamie Vardy, Danny Welbeck. Stand-by: Tom Heaton, James Tarkowski, Lewis Cook, Jake Livemore and Adam Lallana. Who misses out... So, who is missing out from this squad and the stand-by list? Here are those who may have thought they had a chance or had been called up recently. Goalkeepers: Joe Hart. Defenders: Alfie Mawson (injured), Jamaal Lascelles, Michael Keane, Chris Smalling, Ryan Bertrand, Luke Shaw, Joe Gomez (injured). Midfielders: Jonjo Shelvey, Michail Antonio, Jack Wilshere, Ryan Sessegnon. Forwards: Theo Walcott.

Sam Allardyce has left his position as Everton boss, the club have announced. The 63-year-old has been axed by the Merseysiders after just six months in charge.

Media Trust Limited (publishers of Daily Trust titles, Aminiya, Kilimanjaro, Tambari, and others) has launched a petition website (petition.dailytrust.com) to enable Nigerians advocate for actions to be taken as part of their constitutional rights on any issue or cause that bother them. The petition website is a social action platform that empowers people to initiate campaigns, mobilize supporters, and work with decision makers to drive solutions. “We are creating a platform for social change, empowering citizens to, not only demand for action, but drive solutions with decision makers,” noted Abiodun Alade, the Online Editor of Media Trust. Alade explained that petition.dailytrust.com is an online activism platform that helps citizens to go beyond posting comments on the social media about policies and actions of government, corporate organistaions and individuals in authority. “We need to take our dissatisfaction beyond the social media, public demonstration and ...

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has cancelled last Saturday’s inconclusive governorship primary election in Ekiti State and rescheduled another one for Friday, May 11. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, confirmed this yesterday while briefing journalists on the outcome of the National Working Committee (NWC) meeting on the issue. Abdullahi said the Nasarawa State Governor Tanko Al-Makura-led primary election committee would still conduct the exercise. He, however, said the secretary of the team had been replaced following allegations that he had an intimate relationship with one of the 33 governorship aspirants. The APC NWC, which condemned the disruption of the primary of May 5, resolved that all those found culpable, directly or indirectly would be punished in accordance with the relevant provisions of the party constitution. He said, “All identified unruly agents that participated in the suspended primary election of May 5, 2018 are disquali...

Mr Yusuf Alabi, Vice Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, has blamed private motorists for most road accidents in the territory. Alabi made the allegation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. He asserted that drivers of commercial vehicles were more responsible and professional on the highways because of their training and the checks on them by various unions such as the NURTW. “Our drivers are disciplined and when we notice any of them engaging in illicit drug abuse or even alcohol, we do not even allow such driver to take off. “We impound the vehicle and suspend the driver until he is mentally stable. The driver would further be interrogated and if found guilty, he would be sanctioned, ” he said.

The United States Country Report on Human Rights Practices in 2017 for Nigeria, released last week, was uncomplimentary in many senses. It spoke of worsening abuses of the rights of Nigerians. The 48-page report summarily said civilian authorities and the political leadership have failed to effectively bring under control armed state and non-state actors accused of perpetrating human rights abuses. In its Executive Summary the report said, “The most significant human rights issues included extrajudicial and arbitrary killings; disappearances and arbitrary detentions; torture, particularly in detention facilities, including sexual exploitation and abuse; use of children by some security elements; looting and destruction of property; civilian detentions in military facilities, often based on flimsy evidence; denial of fair public trial; executive influence on the judiciary; infringement on citizens’ privacy rights; restrictions on freedoms of speech, press, assembly and movement; officia...

Nigerian Army The Nigerian Army says it has rescued more than 1,000 persons held hostage by Boko Haram insurgents in some villages in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. Mr Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri on Monday. Chukwu, a brigadier general, said the rescue operation was conducted by troops of 22 Brigade of Operation Lafiya Dole in conjunction with allies of Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF). He listed the villages to include Malamkari, Amchaka, Walasa and Gora villages of Bama Local Government Area of Borno. He added that the hostages were mainly women, children and young men who were forced to become Boko Haram fighters. He said, “Nigerian Army wishes to remind the public of its resolve to rout out Boko Haram and rescue all hostages. “The public is also advised to report any suspicious character to the appropriate authority for prompt action.” The director noted that the victims wer...

Nigeria’s elections are among the most expensive in the world, with the cost soaring from a little above N1 billion in 1999 to over N100 billion in 2015, investigations by Daily Trust have shown. The country’s huge cost of elections has surpassed that of the world’s largest democracy, India, with a population six times bigger than Nigeria’s. Nigeria, with 67 million registered voters, spent $625 million during the 2015 elections, translating into $9.33 per voter, according to data prepared by the National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS) in 2015. This figure is higher than the $600 million the Electoral Commission of India (ECI) said it spent during the 2014 general elections in which 553.8 million people voted out of 815 million registered voters. Nigeria’s $625 million was spent in funding expenditure that included information technology systems and infrastructure; maps and voter lists preparation; training for returning officers and field an...

At least about 45 corpses have been recovered after the attack by bandits on Gwaska village in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State.... Kaduna State Police Commissioner Austin Iwar told Reuters that “Yesterday (Saturday) we recovered 12 corpses and today (Sunday) we retrieved 33.”  A source who participated in the evacuation of dead bodies told Daily Trust that the bandits, believed to be from the Zamfara State, also burnt down the village, forcing survivors mostly women to take refuge at Doka district in the area. “The gunmen spent over three hours attacking the area. Many injured persons have been taken to Birini Gwari hospital,” the source added. “At the time we got to the village, houses were still up in flames, as we filled four Hilux vehicles with dead bodies,” the source, who does not want to be named, said. He said more bodies may be found in the bush. Members of the local government under the umbrella of the Birnin Gw...

Arsene Wenger waved goodbye to the Emirates after Arsenal's 5-0 win against Burnley. Arsene Wenger spoke for world football on Sunday when he delivered a heartfelt message of good wishes and support to Sir Alex Ferguson following news that his friend and great rival is seriously ill in intensive care following a brain haemorrhage. Ferguson underwent emergency surgery on Saturday and, in beginning his farewell speech as Arsenal manager on the pitch at The Emirates Stadium yesterday, Wenger received rapturous applause for his words about the former Manchester United manager. “I just want to say: ‘we care’,” he said. “I would like to wish my fellow manager, Alex Ferguson, well very quickly.” Promoted Stories How To Play The U.S.A Lotteries Online? www.24lottos.com Become A Successful Investor- It's Easy Ontega Ferguson had written a message in the Arsenal matchday programme in which he paid tribute to Wenger’s career and described their r...

Government’s clamping of a ban last week on the production and importation of cough syrups containing codeine as active ingredient is welcome, even though it was long in coming and millions of Nigerian lives have been wasted already by codeine addiction. Minister of Health Professor Isaac Adewole said on Wednesday that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control [NAFDAC] was directed to stop the production as well as importation of codeine containing syrups in this country. Adewole directed NAFDAC to “ban with immediate effect further issuance of permits for the importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough preparations.” The minister said the directive became necessary following the gross abuse of codeine use in the country. Indeed, copious newspaper, radio and social media reports over the years have told stories of the widespread abuse of codeine syrups and other substances in this country. In recent years it reached alarming proportions e...

Six people were killed in an attack by Boko Haram jihadists on a Chadian army checkpoint on an island in Lake Chad, a military source told AFP Sunday. Accoding to AFP, the people killed included four government officials and a soldier. The overnight killings, which cost the life of a civilian along with two customs officials, two forestry agents and a soldier occurred when “Boko Haram elements attacked an advanced post of the Chad army” in Gabalami in the country’s far west, the source said. Details later.

No fewer than five people were killed and many others sustained various degrees of injuries by windstorm in Jalingo, Taraba State on Saturday morning. The windstorm also destroyed several houses, offices, schools, police officers Mess, worship places among others. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state ASP David Misal confirmed the incident to our reporters in Jalingo. “Yes we can confirm that four people died opposite the Specialist Hospital, Jalingo when a mast fell on them due to the rain storm, ” he said. He said with the level of destruction, it is possible that more people might be affected. Dr Dashe Dasogot, Chairman Medical Advisory Committee of the Taraba Specialist Hospital, Jalingo told our reporter that five corpses were brought to the morgue of the hospital after the rainstorm. Dasogot, who showed our reporter the affected buildings and trees in the hospital, added that two persons with various degrees of injuries were receiving treatment at the...

The Director-General of the National Youth Sevice Corps, Brigadier General Zakari Kazaure, while assuring Corps Members posted to serve in Taraba State of adequate security has warned then against evangelism. He insisted that the concern of the body members should be to serve and not to go and indoctrinate the host communities Kazaure said these on Wednesday in Jalingo when he visited Corps members currently undergoing orientation race at the NYSC camp, Siber, near Jalingo. Represented by the Director of Administration and Management, Alhaji Habibu Kurawa, the DG said the NYSC management was aware that elections were around the corner and had put in place measures to ensure the safety of each body member posted to the state. "I can assure you that we do not wait until the election before working for the security of Corps members. "We have put in place measures to ensure that your accommodations are well guarded and officials on the ground have instructions to collaborat...

   A Nigerian Nigerian citizen, Hajiya Fadila Sani Tilo, responded in a statement to President Muhammadu Buhari, who said most Nigerian youths were living in poverty and said the youth was not living. Hajiya Fadila Sani Tilo, who spoke during a conversation with LEADERSHIP Today, should be commended to the young people in the north because of their commitment to self-reliance for all the people and the messages of the teenagers. get up and look for ways to survive their dignity. According to her current in northern Nigeria, wherever you go, young people will be pushing for some of Bola's family members of the water tanker and other types of robbery tools and what will be the youth will be called to say they live. The presence of the president Muhammadu Buhari may have been the case of a minority observer who has been regarded as a skepticist in the pursuit of politicians who will not be lost in the political part of the state. He has said these statements against them if s...

The Senate on Wednesday called on its committees on Drugs and Narcotics, and that of Heath to ensure full compliance with the ban on use of codeine in cough syrup announced by the Federal Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government on Tuesday banned the production and importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough syrup preparations. NAN also reports that the ban was aimed at checking the abuse of the substance among Nigerians, especially the youths. Wednesday’s resolution of the upper chamber was sequel to a point-of-order moved by Senate Leader Ahmad Lawan, at plenary. Lawan said that “The senate debated and took resolutions on a motion specifically dealing with abuse of drugs, particularly codeine syrup in northern Nigeria and the country at large. “The report was that between Jigawa and Kano states, over three million bottles of codeine are consumed on a daily basis. “Seventy per cent of codeine that ...

A governorship aspirant in Taraba State on the platform of the APC, Professor Sani Yahaya, has emphasised the need for the state executive of the party to provide a level playing ground for all members during the governorship primaries. Professor Sani who is the immediate past vice chancellor of Taraba State University, made the call at the state secretariat of the party in Jalingo while declaring his intention to contest for the governorship seat of the state. He said his declaration was informed by numerous calls from across the state urging him to go for the contest. Professor Sani, who was accompanied by thousands of his supporters, told the party executive that as leaders, they are supposed to treat each and every member of the part equally. He also urged APC supporters in the state to vote for President Buhari in 2019 again so that he could continue with the good programmes he initiated. In his remarks, the deputy state chairman of the party, Mr John Maigari, assured that they wo...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr. Joseph Nwobike, was yesterday jailed for one month without option of fine for perverting the course of justice. In her judgment, Justice Raliat Adebiyi of the Lagos High court, Ikeja said the level of culpability of the defendant over a period of time was high, hence the sentence. She said, “The message to the society is that no one is above the law. The court however grants a light sentence. He is hereby sentenced to one month of 30 days.” Earlier, she had said Nwobike perverted the course of justice by offering gratification to a public officer and by sending text message to a judicial official with instruction to influence the assignment of several cases to the said officer. In his defence at the trial, Nwobike admitted to giving N750,000 to Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court but said the money was to assist in the treatment of the judge’s mother who had kidney disease.