Senate okays electronic voting, card reader for INEC

In a fresh amendment to the Electoral Act, the Senate has introduced the use of electronic voting in elections.Section 52 (2) of the amendment passed by the Senate yesterday reads: “The commission shall adopt electronic voting in all elections or any other method of voting as may be determined by the commission from time to time.”

Rohr urges NFF to clear Chelsea’s Ola Aina for Super Eagles

Super Eagles’ Coach, Gernot Rohr has asked the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to ensure that Chelsea’s Ola Aina is ready to play for the country in the Cameroon 2019 African Nations Cup qualifier against South Africa in June.

Nigeria will take on South Africa in June in the AFCON 2019 qualifiers, before playing back-to-back games against Cameroon when the World Cup 2018 qualifiers resumes in August, and Rohr is hoping Aina would have been cleared before the games, reports owngoalnigeria.com.

Ex-Super Eagles coach, Paul Hamilton, is dead

The death of a former Super Eagles Coach, Paul Hamilton, has been confirmed.

The 75-year-old coach died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, on Thursday.

The Nigeria Football Federation has paid glowing tributes to the former Nigeria player and coach, who died after a protracted illness.

Premier League Brexit: How Britain's EU departure will alter England's top flight

Until now, Leicester City’s title triumph was without doubt the most remarkable thing to happen in English football’s top tier in recent times.

Seasons passed, the worst teams were relegated from the Premier League, the top four splashed the cash. And repeat. That was the custom.

But last night, Theresa May ‘put pen to paper’ on Britain’s letter of departure from the European Union, which is set to plunge the nation into uncertainty.

Body of missing Indonesian man found inside giant python

An Indonesian man, who had not been seen since the weekend, was found inside a 23ft (7m)-long python. Villagers on the island of West Sulawesi had the horrific task of cutting open the giant snake's stomach to retrieve the body.

Akbar was last seen on Sunday (26 March) before he left to harvest palm oil in the remote village. When his friends and neighbours realised he did not return home by the end of the day, they began searching for him.

Herdsmen invade Prison Farm Centre in Benue, kill inmate

The Benue Prisons Service on Monday confirmed that herdsmen invaded its Jato-Aka Farm Centre and killed an inmate, one Tersoo Agidi.

ASP Stephen Nwanchor, Public Relations Officer, Benue Prisons Service, said  in Makurdi that the incident took place, on Saturday, at the farm centre.

Boko Haram raids stoke fear of fresh attacks

Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Boko Haram Islamists raided a village in northeast Nigeria, in the latest rampage to steal food and medical supplies, as fears grew of more attacks, locals and security personnel said on Sunday.

Scores of fighters loyal to the faction headed by Abu Musab Al-Barnawi stormed Sabon Garin Kimba, some 140 kilometres (88 miles) southwest of the Borno state capital Maiduguri.

Firm complains to Senate about Customs theft

Motor Vehicle Network International, an automobile security engineering firm, has taken a matter of theft against the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to the Senate.

The firm which is demanding N5 billion compensation, claimed that the Vehicle Registration System of the NCS is “an adulterated version” of its intellectual property it tagged “Vehicle Duty Smart Card (VDC) and Vin data revalidation programme”.

Group Managing Director of the firm, Mohammed Kabir Usman, in the petition obtained by Daily Sun, said the proposed platforms were first submitted to the management of NCS and the Federal Ministry of Finance in 2005/2006 and re-submitted to the Col. Hameed Ali-led NCS on S‎eptember 2, 2015.

10-Month-Old Girl Born with Four Legs and 2 Spines Survives Risky Surgery

A baby girl born with four legs and two spines is thriving after reconstructive surgery at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois, saved her life.

Dominique, a 10-month-old from the Ivory Coast of Africa, was born with what is known as a parasitic twin, where the bottom half of her twin’s not-fully-developed body - including waist, legs and feet - protruded from her neck and back, according to the hospital.

Doctor commits suicide, jumps off Third Mainland Bridge

Vanguard gathered that the medical practitioner, who was without a life-jacket, jumped into the lagoon at about 4: 30 pm. When our correspondent visited the scene of the tragedy, it was gathered that the victim jumped into the lagoon between Adekunle and Adeniji end of the Third Mainland Bridge.

Arsene Wenger ‘Determined’ to Stay at Arsenal: Report

Arsene Wenger will resist pressure to leave Arsenal and will remain at the club for the duration of another contract, according to reports.

The 67-year-old said after Arsenal’s 3-1 defeat to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday that he would reveal his plans for the future “soon,” with Arsenal now facing a struggle to qualify for UEFA Champions League football next season.

African football can’t be managed by bandits, says new CAF president

Issa Hayatou’s 29-year reign as head of the Confederation of African Football came to an end Thursday, after Madagascar’s Ahmad Ahmad beat him in CAF’s presidential election.

Mr. Ahmad picked up 34 votes while Mr. Hayatou polled 20.

“I’m not a candidate who will serve his personal interests,” Ahmad said in a statement before the voting at a congress in Ethiopia took place, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. “African football cannot be managed by bandits,”

Nigeria’s Pinnick wins CAF seat

The president of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has won a seat into the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football.

Mr. Pinnick defeated incumbent Moucharafou Anjorin of Benin Republic by 32 to 17 votes at the CAF elective congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

China Military Power: World's Largest Army to Expand from Asia to Africa

The world's biggest military is about to grow. Beijing announced last week it would increase military spending by about 7 percent, totaling about $147 billion. Beijing also plans to increase its marine corps by 400 percent in a bid to expand the nation's economic and military influence across Asia and into Africa, according to News Corp. Australian Network. With 2,3 million soldiers, Chinese leaders already command the largest standing army on the planet.  

Wenger laughs off Bellerin to Barcelona rumours

Arsene Wenger has once again brushed off suggestions that Hector Bellerin could leave Arsenal for Barcelona at the end of the season.

The Catalans have long been linked with a move for the right-back - who signed a contract renewal until 2023 in November - and recent reports suggested they are ready to table a formal offer for the 21-year-old.

Bundles of banknotes seized at Nigeria's Kaduna airport

Large sacks containing bundles of "crispy" banknotes worth a total of $155,000 (£130,000) have been seized at a Nigerian airport, officials say.

The cash, in the local naira currency, was found near Kaduna airport's check-in and was still in sealed packs.

FA Cup semi-final draw

London rivals Chelsea and Tottenham have been drawn against each other in the FA Cup semi-finals.

Arsenal, who will play in a record 29th FA Cup semi-final, face Manchester City in the other last-four tie.

Ooni of Ife and wife meet British royalty, Prince Charles and wife Camilla

Father Who Killed Twin Daughters In Murder-Suicide Told Wife: I Want You to Live and Suffer Like I Did

Police have released disturbing audio from a pair of 911 calls made Friday evening from the Illinois homewhere a 48-year-old man fatally shot his twin teenage daughters before killing himself.

“Oh my God! My husband shot my kids!,”Anjum Coffland, the estranged wife of shooter Randall Coffland, criesto dispatchers following the killings of her 16-year-old daughters, Brittany and Tiffany Coffland. “He shot me my girls are dead, my girls oh my God!”

Chelsea defeated Manchester United in an FA cup quarter final

Chelsea capitalised on Ander Herrera's sending-off to win a hard-fought FA Cup quarter-final with holders Manchester United and maintain their pursuit of a domestic Double.

Herrera's dismissal for two fouls on Eden Hazard gave the advantage to the Blues midway through the first half.

My future at Arsenal is not dependent on Wenger’s, says Ozil

Arsenal and German midfielder Mesut Ozil has said it was wrong to conclude that his future at the London club is dependent on Arsene Wenger’s.

Wenger has been under intense pressure to quit the club after strings of woefully displays that saw exit the UEFA Champions League and drop out of the top four in the English Premier League. There were speculations that 67-year old 20-year reign at Arsenal will come to a halt at the end of the season.

Nigerian Jailed 20 Years In South Africa

A Nigerian has been handed a 20-year jail sentence for human trafficking and running a prostitution ring.

Eke Ogochukwu, 30, was arrested in 2015 for allegedly using a 15-year-old girl for prostitution in Rossetenville, a Johannesburg suburb where the recent flare up of anti-foreigner violence began in February.

Scottish independence: Nicola Sturgeon to seek second referendum

Scotland will begin the process next week for making a request to the British government to hold a new independence referendum between late 2018 and early 2019, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Monday.

Her announcement came as British Prime Minister Theresa May was set this week to trigger the process of leaving the European Union after last year's Brexit vote.

FG directs NFF to back Hayatou for CAF post

Nigeria’s government has ordered the head of the country’s football association to back current CAF president Issa Hayatou of Cameroon in his re-election bid, a senior official said Monday.

The decree from on high came despite Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick having publicly come out in support of Hayatou’s main challenger, Ahmad Ahmad.

Pinnick’s backing for Madagascar’s Ahmad has put him at loggerheads with the NFF, the country’s sports minister Solomon Dalung, and Nigerian members of CAF’s executive committee.

South Africa, Nigeria to form xenophobia-busting monitor

South Africa and Nigeria on Monday said they would launch a jointly run “early warning” system to track and deter xenophobic attacks against Nigerian migrants.

South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane met her Nigerian counterpart Geoffrey Onyeama in Pretoria in a bid to diffuse soaring tensions over a recent string of attacks on migrants living in the rainbow nation.

Scientists grow potato under Mars-like conditions in Peru

Potatoes on Mars? Scientists are reporting promising results growing the tuber under conditions that mimic the Red Planet in an experiment in Peru linked to US space agency NASA.

“Preliminary results are positive,” the International Potato Center (CIP) said this week after a potato grew under simulated Mars atmospheric conditions in an experiment in Lima.

The CIP, in a report, said a potato was planted in a specially constructed CubeSat contained environment built by engineers from the University of Engineering and Technology in Lima.

California gives green light to self-driving car tests

The US state of California is easing its rules for autonomous car testing, by allowing testing of vehicles in which there is no human driver.

The new rules have yet to be submitted for public consultation, with a final version expected by the end of the year, according to its Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) .

“These rules expand our existing autonomous vehicle testing program to include testing vehicles where no driver is present,” said DMV Director Jean Shiomoto.

“This is the next step in eventually allowing driverless autonomous vehicles on California roadways.”

Osinbajo remains Acting President, says Buhari

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he will not resume power immediately and instead leave his deputy in charge after returning from nearly two months’ medical leave in Britain.

A Nigerian Air Force jet carrying the 74-year-old landed at the airport in the northern city of Kaduna at about 7:40 am (0640 GMT). He was then flown by helicopter to Abuja.

In the capital, the head of state, looking gaunt in a billowing black kaftan, stepped off the helicopter and walked across the tarmac to be greeted by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

Ex-Governor of Bendel State, Samuel Ogbemudia dead

Former Military Governor of defunct Bendel State (now Edo and Delta states), Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia is dead.

He passed away Friday morning in Benin, the Edo State capital. Ogbemudia was aged 85.

The retired officer, politician and sports promoter had been ill, and was said to be unable to stand on his feet.

Dr. Ogbemudia was born September 17 1932.

Arsenal manager,Arsene Wenger admits Arsenal fan protests may force him out of club

Arsene Wenger admits an ongoing revolt among Arsenal fans will have an influence over his decision whether to leave the club at the end of the season.

Wenger's position at the club came under renewed pressure on Wednesday (7 March) after a humiliating 5-1 home defeat to Bayern Munich. The 10-2 aggregate defeat saw them eliminated at the last-16 stage for the seventh consecutive season.

Who should Arsenal offload? Charlie Nicholas demands 10 exits after Champions League humiliation

Arsenal should conduct a mass overhaul of their squad during the summer transfer window and sell as many as 10 players, according to former striker Charlie Nicholas. The Gunners suffered the worst ever two-legged Champions League defeat by an English club as they crashed to a 10-2 aggregate loss to Bayern Munich in a humiliating night at the Emirates Stadium.

The second 5-1 reverse to Bayern in the space of three weeks was also their worst home loss in all competitions since 1998 and leaves Arsene Wenger's future at the club riddled by uncertainty. The club crashed out of the last 16 for a seventh campaign in a row and only victory in the FA Cup can prevent the north Londoners ending the campaign empty-handed for the 10^th time in 12 seasons.

Immigration Reform 2017: Trump Suspends H-1B Visa Program Premium Processing For High-Skilled Foreign Workers, Hurting Businesses

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials announced Friday the government would suspend the premium processing route for its H-1B visa program, which allows companies to speed up the approval of temporary legal residency for skilled foreign hires. The change starts April 3 and will last for “up to six months,” officials said.

PDP ready to pay sympathy visit to Buhari, says BOT chairman

The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees [BOT], Senator Walid Jubril, says the party leaders are ready to visit and sympathise with President Muhammadu Buhari in London.

Jubril, who denied that the party promoted the rumoured death of the President, said that the PDP was rather praying fervently for Buhari’s safe return to Nigeria.

Nigerian governor guilty of corruption get 5 years' jail

A Nigerian High Court on Monday convicted and jailed a former state governor for corruption.

Bala James Ngilari of northeastern Adamawa state was found guilty of improperly awarding a 167 million-naira ($1 billion) contract to buy vehicles during his seven-month stint as governor that ended in 2015.

Robert Pires wants Antoine Griezmann to snub Manchester United for Arsenal: He'd learn a lot with Arsene Wenger

Arsenal great Robert Pires believes Antoine Griezmann would fit the mould at the Emirates were the Gunners to make a move for the French international.

Griezmann is a target for a host of Europe’s top clubs, including Arsenal, but widespread reports over recent months have hinted that the Atletico Madrid striker, a close friend of Paul Pogba, is likely to join Manchester United this summer.

Goodluck Jonathan Denies Turning Down Chibok Girls Rescue Offer

Nigeria’s former president Goodluck Jonathan has denied allegations that he rejected a British offer to rescue almost 300 schoolgirls kidnapped from their school in Chibok in 2014.

A report published in British newspaper the Observer over the weekend claimed that Jonathan, who was defeated by Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria’s 2015 election, insisted that the solution to the kidnapping must come from Nigeria and rebuffed several offers of U.K. and international assistance.

Alexis Sanchez sums up everything lifeless and disinterested Arsenal are not in Liverpool defeat

High, high, high up in the Kop grandstand Granit Xhaka’s volley landed, bouncing depressingly into one of the central gangways before it was retrieved.

Arsenal had been behind for 20 minutes by then and the game was half an hour old. Xhaka twitched with his shorts, fixed his socks – as if he’d prefer people to believe the shot had been someone else’s responsibility, but Anfield was already whistling. It was Arsenal’s first effort on Simon Mignolet’s goal and their only one of the first half.

Cardiologists Set the Record Straight on Eggs, Coconut Oil, Gluten, and More

While the big pillars of a heart-healthy diet haven’t changed much over time, it can be difficult to keep track of those smaller details that seem to always be in flux: Is coconut oil actually good for you? What about eggs? Juice? Gluten? Vitamins?

A report published this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology aims to set the record straight about these and other health topics that have been “mired by hype,” debunking commonly believed myths and providing clear guidance about what to eat to reduce the risk of heart disease.

Soccer-Moses extends contract with league leaders Chelsea

Chelsea's Victor Moses has signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him at the club until 2021, the Premier League leaders said on Wednesday.

The 26-year-old, who started out as a midfielder, has become a key player for Chelsea this season, excelling in a wing-back role since manager Antonio Conte switched to a 3-4-3 formation in October.

NIGERIA: EX-CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CALLS FOR RELEASE OF BIAFRA SEPARATIST NNAMDI KANU

A former governor of Nigeria’s central bank has led renewed calls for the Nigerian government to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of a pro-Biafra separatist group.

Charles Soludo, who led the Central Bank of Nigeria from 2004-09, made the call at a press conference in the Nigerian capital Abuja Tuesday, Nigeria’s Premium Times reported.

“We demand the urgent release of Nnamdi Kanu, his colleagues and all prisoners of conscience, as part of the process of the search for national cohesion and building a new Nigeria,” said Soludo.