* 9th Senate: Battle for principal positions reaches fever pitch * Nigeria ready for 5G, says NCC

JUNE 17, 2019 9th Senate: Battle for principal positions reaches fever pitch Senate President Ahmad Lawan and House of Representatives Speaker Femi [Forward](  [Like](  [Tweet](  [Pin](  [+1](  [in](  [1st News.com](  JUNE 17, 2019 [***] 9th Senate: Battle for principal positions reaches fever pitch [NASS]( Senate President Ahmad Lawan and House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila will witness their first litmus test as some of their closest associates will be slugging it out to fill the remaining principal offices in the National Assembly. The positions in contention are the positions of Senate Majority Leader, Senate Deputy Majority Leader, Chief Whip, and Deputy Chief Whip. [Read more]( [***] [Adeleke-and-Oyetola]( Adeleke vs Oyetola: Supreme Court adjourns judgement till July 5 The Supreme Court on Monday, June 17 adjourned the judgement for the appeal filed by Ademola Adeleke against the election of Osun State governor Gboyega Oyetola till July 5. Adeleke who is the People Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Osun State September 2018 election, is asking the apex court to set aside the decision of the Court of Appeal in favour of Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC). [Read more]( [***] [Gbajabiamila]( Gbajabiamila inaugurates 3 adhoc committees for take off of proceedings The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday, June 17 in Abuja, inaugurated three committees entrusted with the responsibility of ensuring the smooth take-off of proceedings in the House. The committees, constituted on June 13, are the Selection Committee headed by the Speaker, and ad-hoc committees on Welfare and Media chaired by Wale Raji (APC-Lagos) and Khadijat Abbah-Ibrahim (APC-Yobe), [Read more]( [***] [Yakubu-Dogara]( Dogara in line for Minority Leader position As the race for appointment into principal posts in the 9th Senate heats up, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been reported to be considering Yakubu Dogara to fill the minority leader position. The NWC also mandated its members in the House of Representatives to select their principal officers and inform the party of their decision on Monday, June 17. [Read more]( [***] [Sanwo-Olu]( Tribunal dismisses AD, LP’s petition challenging Sanwo-Olu’s victory An Ikeja Election Petitions Tribunal on Monday, June 17 dismissed a petition filed by the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and the Labour Party (LP), challenging the victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice T. T. Asua, in a ruling, dismissed the petitions, due to the inability of the petitioners to file applications for pre-hearing conference after the close of pleadings within seven days as prescribed by law. [Read more]( [***] [INEC]( We lack power to deregister parties, says INEC The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it lacked the constitutional power to deregister any of the existing 91 political parties in the country. The INEC Federal Commissioner in charge of Nasarawa, Kogi and Kwara States, Malam Muhammed Haruna, made this known on Monday, June 17 in Lokoja while declaring open a post-election review meeting on the last general elections. [Read more]( [***] [triple-bombing]( How triple Boko Haram bombing killed 30 in Borno Gory details have emerged of how Boko Haram militants launched a triple bombing attack in northeast Nigeria, killing a multitude of people in Borno State on Monday. Local emergency services workers reported on Monday that 30 people had died in the triple blasts in the town of Konduga, 25 kilometers from the state capital Maiduguri. They said three bombers detonated their explosives outside a location where football fans were watching a match on TV on Sunday evening. [Read more]( [***] [ITEC]( [***] [Secretary-of-State-Mike-Pompeo]( America will consider military response against Iran over tanker hullabaloo U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo has disclosed that a military response will be considered after two oil tankers were crippled in attacks in the Gulf of Oman last week. In a first show of strength, the Royal Saudi Air Force reportedly flew in joint formation with U.S. F-15 fighter jets over the Gulf Arab region on Sunday. [Read more]( [***] [media-blackout]( Media blackout: How China is handling Hong Kong's extradition bill protests The Chinese media seems to be covering the Hong Kong protests differently. The scale of the Hong Kong protests can most accurately be captured from above. Videos and photographs of the millions of people marching through the streets of the former British colony on Sunday show the massive swell of people packed in between skyscrapers. [Read more]( [***] [Technology]( [***] Nigeria ready for 5G, says NCC [NCC]( The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said the country is ready for the 5G bandwidth network for faster and efficient internet services. This was contained in a statement issued by the commission's Executive Commissioner for Stakeholder Management, Sunday Dare, said this in Abuja on Sunday, June 17 at an interactive session with newsmen. [Read more]( [***] [instagram-username-grabbers]( Instagram wants to make it easier to retrieve accounts overtaken by hackers Instagram is testing new features that could make it harder for hackers to steal accounts and hold them for ransom. Hackers have been targeting high-profile Instagram accounts owned by influencers, and threatening to delete them unless victims pay up. First reported by Motherboard, victims had to pay more than $100 to retrieve their accounts, some of which had more than 50,000 followers before it was taken over. [Read more]( [***] [airbus-A321]( Airbus launches new A321 jet, Boeing still healing Airbus launches new jet as US plane maker Boeing struggles to reassure customers and suppliers about the plane's future following the 737 MAX crisis. Safety concerns, trade wars and growing security tensions in the Gulf are dampening spirits at the world's largest plane makers as they arrive at this week's Paris airshow with little to celebrate despite bulging order books. [Read more]( [***] [Sport]( [***] [Nnadozie]( Women’s World Cup: Goalkeeper Nnadozie in confident mood ahead of France showdown Chiamaka Nnadozie believes Nigeria will not lose to France in Monday’s Women’s World Cup clash.After a stuttering start to the competition against Norway, the Super Falcons bounced back with a 2-0 triumph over South Korea. And they must now avoid defeat against Les Bleues to qualify from Group A. Valerie Gauvin scored a hat-trick for France as an experimental Nigerian side suffered an 8-0 obliteration in a friendly played in April 2018. [Read more]( [***] [Freddie-Ljungberg]( Arsenal name former star Ljungberg as Emery’s new assistant Former Arsenal midfielder Freddie Ljungberg has been appointed as Unai Emery’s new assistant in the London club’s first team, the English Premier League club announced on Monday. His appointment is part of a change in the club’s coaching staff. Ljungberg, who returned to Arsenal to coach the under-23 side last year, was part of “The Invincibles” side which won the north London club’s last league title in 2004. [Read more]( [***] [KIDS CURVED]( [***] [Health]( [***] [nutrition]( Foods with similar nutrition content affect gut differently Foods with similar nutrition labels can have very different effects on gut microbiomes, research finds. A recent study, the results of which feature in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, looked at participants' diets and stool samples over the course of 17 days to examine the discrepancies between how different foods influence the gut microbiome, even when they seem to be nutritionally similar. [Read more]( [***] [stroke-and-diabetes]( Higher risk of stroke can follow midlife type 2 diabetes New research on thousands of twins in Sweden has uncovered a significant link between type 2 diabetes in midlife and the risk of stroke and blocked brain arteries later in life. However, the link did not apply to brain bleeds, which can also cause strokes. Strokes are serious attacks in the brain that deprive nerve cells of oxygen by cutting off their blood supply. Without oxygen, cells soon begin to die. [Read more]( [***] [Mouse study finds enzyme that prolongs life]( Mouse study finds enzyme that prolongs life New research in mice uncovers a previously unknown “pathway toward healthy aging.” A circulating protein from the blood of young mice led to health improvements and visible signs of rejuvenation when researchers gave it to aging mice. As well as hair loss, wrinkles, and lessening mobility, less visible, underlying bodily changes also characterize the aging process. One of these changes is the loss of a kind of “fuel” that keeps the body healthy — the so-called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD). 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