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28 JULY, 2019 Ganduje: States not obliged to implement RUGA Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, says states, where Fulani are not indigenes, will [Forward](  [Like](  [Tweet](  [Pin](  [+1](  [in](  [1st News.com](  [1stNews Quote]( 28 JULY, 2019 [***] Ganduje: States not obliged to implement RUGA [Abdullahi-Umar-Ganduje]( Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, says states, where Fulani are not indigenes, will not be required to implement the RUGA settlement initiative. Ganduje made the clarification shortly after attending the wedding ceremony of the son of Sen. Kabiru Gaya, Ibrahim Khalil in Sokoto on Saturday, July 27. The governor told newsmen that the RUGA settlement initiative was for states who could cater for the Fulanis, and was targeted at making herdsmanship a socio-economic investment, not a socio-cultural issue. [Read more]( [***] [boko-haram-funeral]( Boko Haram kills 23 mourners after Nigeria funeral Boko Haram gunmen on Saturday killed 23 mourners in Borno state in Nigeria’s restive northeast after they attended a funeral, local militia and residents said. At around 1030 GMT, the attackers on three motorbikes opened fire on a group of men as they walked back from a funeral in Nganzai district near the state capital Maiduguri, local militia leader Bunu Bukar Mustapha said. [Read more]( [***] [Ihedioha]( Ihedioha vows to make Imo cleanest in Nigeria Imo Governor, Emeka Ihedioha says his administration will sustain policies and programmes aimed at making the state the cleanest and healthiest in the country. Ihedioha who made the promise while leading sanitation exercise in Owerri on Saturday, July 27, urged residents of the state to sustain their commitment to the monthly event. A statement issued on the exercise by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Chibuike Onyeukwu, in Owerri. [Read more]( [***] [Audu-Ogbeh]( Ogbeh claims Buhari refused to give him another chance Former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, has slammed reports that he rejected a second slot to be appointed a ministerial nominee by President Muhammadu Buhari. He further confirmed he was not given a chance. Ogbeh spoke while addressing a delegation of the Idoma Development Forum led by Dr Jacob Okwori who paid him a visit on Friday, July 27 in Abuja. [Read more]( [***] [Sharibu]( CAN implores Buhari to rescue Leah Sharibu The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to without any further delay, secure the release of Miss Leah Sharibu and Grace Taku, a kidnapped aid worker. Taku, a worker with International aid agency, Action Against Hunger, and five of her colleagues, were abducted on Friday, July 26, in Borno State by members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). [Read more]( [***] [banner]( [***] [cummings]( Trump’s ‘rat-infested’ attack on lawmaker was racist - Pelosi Democratic House speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused US President Donald Trump of "racist attacks" in his tweets about an African-American lawmaker. Mr Trump attacked Democratic Rep Elijah Cummings and his Maryland district on Twitter. The president described Mr Cummings' majority-black district in Baltimore as a "rodent-infested mess". Mr Cummings was a "bully", Mr Trump wrote, for criticising the treatment of migrants at the US-Mexico border. [Read more]( [***] [rohingya-recognition]( Rohingya call for recognition as Myanmar holds fresh repatriation talks A top-level Myanmar government delegation began repatriation talks with Rohingya leaders in a Bangladesh refugee camp on Saturday, an official said, with many of the Muslim minority fearing for their safety if they return home. Some 740,000 Rohingya fled a 2017 crackdown by Myanmar’s military and are living in squalid conditions in camps in Bangladesh’s south-eastern border district of Cox’s Bazar. [Read more]( [***] [baltimore]( Outrage surges as Trump brands mostly black Baltimore 'infested mess' U.S. President Donald Trump was hit with new accusations of racism Saturday after he attacked a prominent African American lawmaker and branded the majority black city of Baltimore an “infested mess.” Trump’s outburst came in a series of sharply worded tweets aimed at Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings — a high-profile critic of Trump’s administration whose district covers much of Baltimore. [Read more]( [***] [Technology]( [***] [eu-flag-biometrics]( UK made illegal copies and mismanaged Schengen travelers database Authorities in the United Kingdom have made unauthorized copies of data stored inside a EU database for tracking undocumented migrants, missing people, stolen cars, or suspected criminals. Named the Schengen Information System (SIS), this is a EU-run database that stores information such as names, personal details, photographs, fingerprints, and arrest warrants for 500,000 non-EU citizens denied entry into Europe, over 100,000 missing people, and over 36,000 criminal suspects. [Read more]( [***] [google-waymo]( Google’s DeepMind is training Waymo’s self-driving cars like StarCraft II bots DeepMind is teaming up with Waymo, a fellow unit of Google parent Alphabet, to train self-driving cars, using the same method that was created to teach artificial intelligence bots how to play StarCraft II. Waymo’s self-driving vehicles utilize neural networks to carry out tasks such as detecting objects on the road, predicting how other cars will behave, and planning its next moves. Training the neural networks has required “weeks of fine-tuning and experimentation, as well as enormous amounts of computational power,” DeepMind said in the blog post where it announced the collaboration with Waymo. [Read more]( [***] [IMG 20190716 230126]( [***] [Sport]( [***] [Bruno-Fernandes]( Manchester United set to sign Bruno Fernandes after Sporting Lisbon accept £62m bid Manchester United look set to make Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes their third signing of the summer after the Red Devils had a £62m bid accepted for the Portuguese international. The 24-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to Old Trafford throughout the summer but United’s policy of dealing with one transfer at a time has led to severe delays. [Read more]( [***] [Health]( [***] [local-foods]( Could eating local foods reduce blood pressure and diabetes risk? A recent pilot study finds that consuming local foods with fewer additives might reduce abdominal fat; as well as blood pressure, and diabetes risk. The study is small-scale, but the findings are intriguing. The food that we eat has a huge effect on our overall health — that much is abundantly clear. People crave firm, actionable guidance on their diet. This need has manifested into a never-ending hunt for the perfect dietary intervention; also, a diet that will cure all ills, boost well-being, and increase lifespan. [Read more]( [***] [heart-bp]( Both blood pressure numbers may predict heart disease According to new research, both high systolic and high diastolic blood pressure can lead to heart attack and stroke. Heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death worldwide. In the United States, more than 600,000 people die of heart disease every year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly one-quarter of deaths due to cardiovascular disease are preventable. 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