* Senate Presidency: I have no ill feelings towards Ndume, Goje – Lawan * Facebook rejects co-founder’s call to break its monopoly by separating it into multiple firms

MAY 10, 2019 Senate Presidency: I have no ill feelings towards Ndume, Goje – Lawan The Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, says he has no ill feelings towar [Forward](  [Like](  [Tweet](  [Pin](  [+1](  [in](  [1st News.com](  [ipower]( [***] MAY 10, 2019 [***] [lawan]( Senate Presidency: I have no ill feelings towards Ndume, Goje – Lawan The Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, says he has no ill feelings towards Sen. Ali Ndume or Sen. Danjuma Goje over who becomes the next Senate President in the ninth assembly. Lawan, an All Progressives Congress (APC) senator, representing Yobe-North, made the remark in Abuja on Thursday, May 9. The APC had zoned the senate president’s slot to the northeast where the trio of Lawan, Ndume and Goje hailed from. [Read more]( [***] [Gov.-Abiola-Ajimobi]( 'I am ready for probe' – Ajimobi Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State says he is ready for a probe of his administration. He spoke on Thursday, May 9 at a Public lecture and Fellowship Investiture organised by Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP) at the Subomi Balogun Conference Centre, University of Ibadan. The event was attended by members of the State Executive Council and some heads of security agencies. [Read more]( [***] [NBC-DG-Ishaq-Modibbo-Kawu]( Alleged N2.5bn fraud: Court adjourns NBC boss’s case until May 27 The Federal High Court Abuja, on Thursday, May 9 adjourned the trial of the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), Ishaq Modibbo until May 27 for the continuation of trial. Modibbo is standing trial alongside Lucky Omoluwa, Chairman of Pinnacle Communications Ltd, and Dipo Onifade, the Chief Operating Officer of the company. [Read more]( [***] [TETFUND]( Reps rejects inclusion of private universities into TETFUND The House of Representatives has rejected a bill that sought to include private universities in the country onto the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). The House Committee on Tertiary Institution in its report on the bill for an act to amend the Tertiary Education Trust Fund recommended the rejection of such inclusion. [Read more]( [***] [angola-president]( Nigeria, Angola to strengthen sub-regional security Nigeria and Republic of Angola have agreed to work together to enhance peace, stability and security in Africa particularly in the West and Central Africa sub region. The two countries agreed on this in a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting between Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama and Angolan Minister of External Relations, Manuel Augusto, on Thursday in Abuja. [Read more]( [***] [itec banner]( [***] [Chelsea Manning]( Chelsea Manning: Wikileaks source released from jail after refusing to testify Former US intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been released from prison, despite refusing to testify before an investigation into Wikileaks. Manning, 31, was held for 62 days after a Virginia judge ordered her taken into custody in March. However, she will have to appear again before a grand jury on 16 May. [Read more]( [***] [libya]( Libya suspends operations of 40 foreign firms including Total Libya’s internationally recognised government has suspended the operations of 40 foreign companies including French oil multinational Total, a Libyan government official has said. The move is thought to have been prompted by the besieged Libyan government’s anger at the reluctance by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to offer the Libyan prime minister, Fayez al-Sarraj, more explicit support when they met this week in Paris. [Read more]( [***] [boxton red sox]( Boston Red Sox see racial divide over White House visit US baseball champions the Boston Red Sox have visited the White House to celebrate their 2018 victory - without nearly all their non-white teammates. At least 10 players and the World Series-winning team's manager, all non-white, declined the president's invitation. In contrast, the dozen players who were due to attend were all white, except one who is Cuban-American.US President Donald Trump celebrated the team on their "unstoppable" season. [Read more]( [***] [DR KNOW]( Are you a '40-seconds' man? - Emeka Nwolisa In the last one week or so, the ‘40-seconds’ drama has rented the air and trended heavily online. Social media users have been trolling the persons involved in the ’40-seconds’ drama with new meanings given to the word. For those who have been having laughs over the issue, continue, your reward is in heaven. And for those who are joining those laughing but are chronic erection riggers, also continue; we know where your reward lies. [Read more]( [***] [KIDS CURVED]( [***] [Technology]( [***] [facebook]( Facebook rejects co-founder’s call to break its monopoly by separating it into multiple firms Facebook on Thursday rejected an article in which its co-founder Chris Hughes called for the break-up of the company’s monopoly and greater government regulation on its work, The New York Times reported. The social media company accepted that with success comes accountability, but said “you don’t enforce accountability by calling for the breakup of a successful American company”. [Read more]( [***] [Bezos]( Jeff Bezos unveils Blue Moon lander in grand plan to return to lunar surface Earth’s nearest neighbor has been getting a whole lot of attention lately, and now Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos has joined the club with the grand unveiling on Thursday afternoon of the Blue Moon lunar lander. At a Washington Convention Center event less than a mile from a White House whose occupants also recently expressed a strong desire to return to the moon, Bezos pulled the wraps off a mock-up of Blue Moon, a spacecraft that he said will be able to land on the lunar surface by 2024. [Read more]( [***] [Sport]( [***] [Arsenal]( Aubameyang scores hattrick as Arsenal moves into Europa League final A hat-trick from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and an Alexandre Lacazette strike booked Arsenal's place in the Europa League final with a 4-2 win at Valencia to seal an emphatic 7-3 aggregate victory. In a week of improbable European comebacks, Valencia, trailing 3-1 from the first leg, were seeking to become the latest side to overturn a hefty deficit and made the perfect start as Kevin Gameiro slid in to convert Rodrigo's centre with 11 minutes played on Friday. [Read more]( [***] [Chelsea-Hazard]( Europa League: Chelsea edge Eintracht Frankfurt on penalties to set up all-London final The Europa League final will also be an all-England affair after Arsenal and Chelsea saw off the semi-final challenges of Valencia and Eintracht Frankfurt respectively. Chelsea needed a penalty shootout after being held 1-1 by the Germans to wrap up the tie at a 2-2 aggregate. The decisive penalty was rapped home by Eden Hazard with what may prove to have been his last kick at Stamford Bridge if he is off this summer, as speculation suggests, to Real Madrid.[Read more]( [***] [advert banner 2]( [***] [Health]( [***] [fitness]( Physical fitness might protect against lung and bowel cancers A recent study of a large and diverse group of people supports the idea that being physically fit can help protect against cancer. Working with the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, MI, researchers from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, saw how the fittest adults had the lowest risk of lung and colorectal cancer. [Read more]( [***] [Lifestyle / Entertainment]( [***] [Davido]( Davido reacts to uncle’s defeat at Appeal Court [Read more]( [***] [damilola]( Actress Damilola Adegbite responds to trolls who condemned her for being too beautiful [Read more]( [***] [ifu-enada]( BBN star, Ifu Enada reveals how Mercy Aigbe showed her how to make N1m in 24 hours [Read more]( [***] [Rabiu-Baba]( Kano-based praise singer Rabiu Baba is dead [Read more]( [***] [1st News]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter](  ©2019 1st News | Gbagada, Lagos [Web Version](  [Preferences](  [Forward](  [Unsubscribe](   [Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company]()