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Kylian Mbappe insisted his Paris Saint- Germain team-mate Neymar is “ human like everyone else” after the Brazilian was reduced to tears on Friday by the controversy that has followed him since his arrival from Barcelona . A tearful Neymar pleaded with the media to stop the “ false stories” about his alleged frosty relations with PSG coach Unai Emery and fellow striker Edinson Cavani following Brazil ’ s 3- 1 international friendly win over Japan in Lille . The 25- year- old said he was “ hurt” by the issue , before adding that he was “ really happy” in Paris following his world -record 222-million- euro ( $264 million) transfer in August. Mbappe, Neymar and Cavani have linked up to devastating effect this season, with the trio combining to score 24 goals through PSG ’ s first 12 league matches. But Mbappe conceded Neymar was just as susceptible to criticism as anyone else. “ It just simply proves that he’ s hu...

In an interview in Abuja on the side lines of a conference, the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Chikwendu Kalu, said the activities of the now proscribed Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), led by Nnamdi Kanu, put the lives of Igbo people living outside the South – East at risk. You were a participant in the two-day conference on malfunction organized by the House of Representatives in conjunction with UNICEF and some NGOs. What is your take away from the conference? Chikwendu Kalu, Abia speaker The topic ‘maternal child nutrition’ is crucial because of the focus on the child. A situation where a mother will be able to nurse a child and make sure that the child is properly breast – fed is something that should interest anybody. So, it attracted a lot of people from labour unions and NGOs. One of the most important issues was the issue of maternal leave since people are advocating that the child should be breast – fed for 24 months. So, I woul...

Anambta State politics has become a personalized game where standard bearers are used as a weapon of war and the late Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the defunct Biafran leader, has perennially been a victim. In this interview, Ojukwu’s first son, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Jnr, alleges that his father’s name and image have been abused. A former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, saw your late father as his political mentor and APGA as a political party that made him. In the 2010 governorship election, your late father raised Peter Obi’s hand and his last wish was said to have been that he should be elected for a second term and this has caused controversy. Are you comfortable with this development? I do not think it will be wrong for anybody to say Mr.Peter Obi’s emergence as a political force is directly linked to the backing he received from my late father. I know what you are referring to and I would not want to go into the issue of who raised whose hand beca...

   The people of Anambra state the Awka state capital have expressed their anger over the pathetic road condition of the Onitsha -Enugu expressway and therefore  pleads to the federal Government to come to their aid.     Standard news gathered that the road has been neglected for years and has contributed to loss of lives accidents,kidnapping ,robbery etc    In an interview with Mr Chinedu Francis a business man from Awka he said "we have been experiencing hell for years trying to access this road on daily basis,most times we end up getting  to our destination late in the night because of the appalling condition of the road while other motorists ends up getting robbed.     This is a major road as it links onitsha to Enugu then to Ebony  it should  not be abandoned like this because it tends to chase away foreign investors and business people coming to invest in the state."     He therefore calls on...

I escaped assassination – Wike •Governor’s security pulled guns on me – Amaechi IT was a horrifying scene yesterday afternoon in Port Harcourt, as policemen attached to Governor Nyesom Wike and that of the Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, clashed. Amaechi’s escort details were, however, unlucky during the 3p.m. attack, as one of them, Sgt. Eteng Ewelu, was battered, with blood on his face, while the AK-47 rifle of Sgt. Princewill Ubaji was snatched, while being forcibly disarmed, with the rifle taken away by the Rivers governor’s convoy. Wike, through his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, in his reaction, however, claimed that personnel of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS) and soldiers attached to the minister of transportation attacked his convoy, while allegedly attempting to assassinate him.  But Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi Media Office in a statement yesterday said, “In a blatant show of naked raw power, Minister of Trans...

A 20-year-old housewife, Samsiya Hassan, has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command for allegedly dumping her one-day-old baby boy in a pit toilet, resulting in his death six days later. Hassan, however, told journalists on Friday evening at the command’s headquarters that she did not know that what came out of her body was a baby. Sources said the incident occurred just a day after the mother of two moved to the house of her second husband, who was said to be oblivious of her pregnancy. A neighbour, who heard the cry of the baby and saw Hassan coming out of the toilet, was said to have raised the alarm, leading to the rescue of the baby, who was rushed to a nearby hospital. The baby boy reportedly died six days later. Hassan was subsequently arrested, alongside her boyfriend identified as Jemilu. Sources said Hassan, who resides at Nasarawa quarters in Funtua, Katsina State, had two surviving children already. She was said to have been recently d...