* Will Buhari heed advice from newly-constituted EAC? | BREAKING: Reps to recommend Air Peace boss for National Award | Andela: Companies scramble for 400 cast-off developers | ICPC seizes properties owned by NFF boss Pinnick, other officials

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 The Mugabe Legacy - Ray Ekpu Without any speck of doubt Mr. Robert Mugabe can be regarded as the icon of the liberation struggle [Forward](  [Like](  [Tweet](  [Pin](  [+1](  [in](  [1st News.com](  [banner]( SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 [***] The Mugabe Legacy - Ray Ekpu [rayekpu-MUGABE L]( Without any speck of doubt Mr. Robert Mugabe can be regarded as the icon of the liberation struggle of Zimbabwe. He was one man, among a few others, who rose to his full height when duty called. Armed with about half a dozen degrees, a bulky frame and a rough tongue, he carved the image of a man who was ready to lead his people to the land of freedom. The arguments for freedom against minority rule whether in South Africa or Southern Rhodesia or anywhere else are always unassailable at a universal level. But to get there has always been the difficult part. Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, had been under the clutch of white minority rule led by Mr. Ian Smith. [Read more]( [***] [Air-Peace]( Air Peace boss: Reps set to recommend Onyema for National Award The House of Reps is making moves to recommend the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, for a National Award in view of his contribution towards transporting Nigerians from South Africa in the aftermath of xenophobic attacks. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, however, slammed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Godfrey Onyeama over his refusal to honour the invitation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. [Read more]( [***] [Buhari]( Will Buhari heed advice from newly-constituted EAC? Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has named renowned economists, Chukwuma Soludo and Bismarck Rewane in an eight-man Economic Advisory Council (EAC). The EAC will advise the President on economic matters. This was disclosed in a statement released by the Presidency on Monday, September 16. Meanwhile, the newly-constituted Council will replace the current Economic Management team. [Read more]( [***] [Pastor-Fatoyinbo]( Pastor Fatoyinbo in fresh trouble over alleged abortion, manslaughter Pastor Abiodun Fatoyinbo has been reportedly charged to court for another scandalous case. Months after Busola Dakolo alleged that he raped her, the pastor is in trouble yet again. This time, the embattled pastor is caught in another controversial allegation. Equally important, Fatoyinbo is the Founder and Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA [Read more]( [***] [Muhammadu-Buhari]( Buhari meets members of Police Service Commission, resolves face-off within ranks President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, September 17, met with members of the Police Service Commission at the State House, Abuja. It was reported that the agenda of the meeting between the president and members of the commission would include the presentation of the 2018 Annual Report of the Police Commission. [Read more]( [***] [Gbajabiamila-1]( Gbajabiamila pledges to expedite Student Loan Bill as Reps resume plenary The House of Representatives resumed plenary on Tuesday, September 17, after an annual recess that lasted almost two months with the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila making some very important announcements regarding standing bills to be authorized by the Lower Chambers. Gbajabiamila requested all ad hoc committees to hand over to the standing committees whose chairmen and vice-chairmen he named at the last sitting on July 25, 2019, by September 30. [Read more]( [***] [Xenophobic-Attacks]( Xenophobic Attacks: South Africa frustrate evacuation of second batch of Nigerians The evacuation of the second batch of Nigerians from South Africa owing to ongoing xenophobic attacks suffered an interruption on Tuesday following the delay in granting landing permit to Air Peace. The airline has volunteered to evacuate Nigerians willing to return to the country following the recent xenophobic attacks against foreigners in the southern African country. [Read more]( [***] [bill-loses-spot]( Bill Gates criticizes FG over poor revenue generation, bad infrastructure American billionaire, Bill Gates, has lamented Nigeria's low domestic revenue which stands at six per cent of GDP compared to 15 per cent in some other countries. Bill Gates further revealed this is one of the reasons the Federal Government is struggling to provide basic health infrastructure to the citizenry. [Read more]( [***] [court-1]( Man in court for allegedly punching pregnant woman in the face A 35-year-old man, Olatunji Alebiosu, who allegedly punched a pregnant woman in the face, on Tuesday appeared in an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Alebiosu, whose address was not given, is charged with two counts of assault occasioning harm and threatening violence. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Donjour Perezi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Sept. 8 at about 4 p.m. at Animashaun Street, Off Church Street, Alapere in Ketu area of Lagos. [Read more]( [***] [Obinwanne-Okeke]( Obinwanne Okeke pleads not guilty in $11m fraud case Obinwanne Okeke, the 31-year-old Nigerian held by American authorities for alleged fraud, entered a plea of not guilty to two counts of wire and computer fraud at his first hearing on Monday, September 16. The presiding judge at the Newport News, Virginia, federal courthouse, declared the case as “complex." However, he said Obinwanne Okeke should be remanded in prison until February 18, 2020, when the trial would continue. [Read more]( [***] [IMG 20190716 230126]( [***] [kashmir-gates]( Gates Foundation to honor India's Modi despite protest not to over Kashmir Crisis The Gates Foundation is turning a deaf ear to protests not to recognize India's PM Modi over his part in the Kashmir Crisis. The protesters are citing human rights violations as grounds for the Gates Foundation to deny Modi the recognition earned by his sanitation initiative in India. A dozen people, wearing 'Free Kasmir' T-shirts with the Justice for all Coalition submitted 100,000 signatures petition to the Gates Foundation's Seattle Headquarters on Monday. [Read more]( [***] [israeli-Election]( Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu faces voters in polls a second time in 5 months Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party are facing voters for the second time in just five months in an unprecedented contest that has the potential to end Netanyahu's decade-long grip on power. Months of political limbo followed the previous election in April. The election that saw Likud and the centrist Blue and White party each win 35 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, Israel's parliament. [Read more]( [***] [gracee]( Grace Mugabe regains prominence The controversy swirling around the burial of Zimbabwe’s founding leader, Robert Mugabe, centers on his widow, Grace, who has remained dramatically cloaked behind a heavy black veil as she succeeded in getting the country’s president to scrap his plans for the ex-leader to be buried in a simple plot alongside other national heroes and instead build a grand new mausoleum for her husband. Known as a strong-willed woman with political ambitions, Grace Mugabe has made the most of her role as the grieving widow — [Read more]( [***] [Technology]( [***] [andela]( Andela: Companies scramble for 400 cast-off developers The tech sector was rocked on Tuesday, September 17, with the news that Andela will end its developer training programs in Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda—three of its four African campuses. This essentially means around 400 of its contracted junior developers in Lagos, Uganda and Kenya are out of jobs according to a statement issued by the CEO, Jeremy Johnson. [Read more]( [***] [how-to-delete-facebook]( iOS 13 catches Facebook app secretly tracking users The new iPhone software update ships with enhanced privacy measures - and they’re already spotting data poachers Apple’s new iOS 13 software is catching apps like Facebook with its hand in the data cookie jar. Users who downloaded an early beta version of the new mobile operating system are reportedly receiving notifications to inform them that an installed app is running behind-the-scenes, using potentially underhand methods to track user data. [Read more]( [***] [smarter-living]( Xiaomi India’s Smarter Living event: Here’s everything that was launched Xiaomi at its ‘smarter living’ event in Bengaluru launched three new smart devices on Tuesday. The company introduced new sizes in the Mi TV 4X and 4A series, a new water purifier and the Mi Band 4. Here’s everything that was launched at the event: Mi TV 4X-series The Mi TV 4X-series received three TVs with new sizes of 43-inches, 50-inches and 65-inches. All the three TV models come with a 4K HDR 10-bit panel. The 65-inch Mi TV 4X is the biggest Xiaomi TV in India yet. [Read more]( [***] [KIDS CURVED]( [***] [Sport]( [***] [ICPC]( ICPC probes corruption in Nigerian football, seizes properties belonging to NFF President Pinnick, other officials The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has launched a probe into corruption in Nigerian football. Consequently, the Commission has seized several properties belonging to NFF President Amaju Pinnick. Also seized are properties owned by top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Furthermore, the ICPC has seized properties belonging to the NFF second vice-president Shehu Dikko. Also seized were properties belonging to the Federation’s General Secretary Muhammed Sanusi, among others. [Read more]( [***] [Neymar]( Neymar: Brazilian star Champions League ban reduced to two games The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday, September 17, reduced a Champions League ban on the Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar from three games to two. PSG took the case to the Switzerland-based tribunal after European football's governing body, Uefa, rejected their appeal. Neymar was suspended for his comments after PSG were eliminated from the 2019 competition last March. [Read more]( [***] [super-eagles]( Super Eagles to face Brazil in October friendly The Super Eagles of Nigeria will face five-time world champions, Brazil in a friendly match on October 13 at the National Stadium, Singapore. According to a release from the Brazilian Football Confederation; Rohr’s side was picked because they are ranked among the best two teams in Africa and also for their physical football. [Read more]( [***] [Health]( [***] [food-shortage]( Balanced diets, nutritional supplements, exercise reduce hypertension - Expert Dr Kathleen Egbuna has said that balanced diets, nutritional supplements, exercises and proper stress management could reduce hypertension in patients. Egbuna, a nutritionist at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba in Lagos State, told 1st News that, “Hypertension is a condition where the pressure in the bloodstream of a person is consistently raised above normal. [Read more]( [***] [Malnutrition]( Tackling malnutrition: Kaduna govt inaugurates data collection system The Kaduna State Government has deployed new technology to facilitate data collection on rising cases of malnutrition to enable it tackle the challenge effectively. The mobile District Health Information System provided would be deployed to 270 rural health facilities. Hamza-Ibrahim Ikara, Deputy Director, State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, said the equipment were deployed; as part of strategic initiative to get accurate data on malnutrition. [Read more]( [***] [mental-health]( Your mental health: How to speak with your boss concerning it Mental health A study last year found that as many as 85% of people still think there is stigma attached to bringing up their mental health at work. In general, it appeared people still feel that they won't be taken as seriously if they take time off for their mental wellbeing as they would be if they were suffering from something outwardly physical. 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