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A Kungfu school in Dengfeng city, where Shaolin Monastery located in Central China, is aiming to teach students how to apply Kungfu skills into playing soccer. The school is planning to choose 50 boys and 50 girls from some 30,000 Kungfu students into two new soccer classes. The students chosen will be from 10 years old to 12 years old. “Combining martial arts with soccer is a reform in our soccer system”, said Zhang Wenshen, head of physical culture department from local government.

Fielding the former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, in the 2011 and 2015 presidential elections was a costly mistake by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Chairman of the party’s national conference organising committee, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has said. Dokpesi, who spoke at a media briefing in Abuja, Tuesday, said theimposition of Jonathan by the PDP might have been responsible for the party’s loss of the presidency in the last general election. He said the zoning formula put in place by the party’s founding fathers was jettisoned by its leadership at the time. According to him, the PDP made the first mistake when it failed to retain the party’s 2011 presidential ticket in the North after the death of former President Umaru Yar ‘Adua. The second mistake, he said, was making Jonathan the sole presidential candidate of the party in the 2015 general election, adding that the action caused disaffection among party chieftains from the North. Dokpesi apologised to all pa...

Buhari approves the appointment of new Permanent Secretaries Hours after sacking some, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of new Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. In a statement by his spokesperson, Mr. Femi Adesina, Buhari appointed the new permanent secretaries and deployed them to various ministries. The appointed are, 1. Mrs. Ayotunde Adesugba 2. Alhaji Mahmoud Isa-Dutse 3. Mr. Taiwo Abidogun 4. Dr. Bukar Hassan 5. Mrs. Wakama Belema Asifieka 6. Mr. Jalal Ahmad Arabi 7. Mr. Sabiu Zakari 8. Mrs. Obiageli Phyllis Nwokedi 9. Mr. Aminu Nabegu 10. Mr. Bamgbose Olukunle Oladele 11. Mr. Alo Williams Nwankwo 12. Dr. Shehu Ahmed 13. Mr. Ogbonnaya Innocent Kalu 14. Mrs. Nuratu Jimoh Batagarawa 15. Mr. Christian Chinyeaka Ohaa 16. Mr. Bassey Apkanyung 17. Mr. Louis Edozien 18. Dr. Ugo Roy The President also approved the deployment of Federal Permanent Secretaries as follows: 1. Dr. Shehu Ahmad – Fed. Min. of Agric & Rural...

Former Attorney General (AGF) of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), had recommended the removal from office and prosecution of the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr Danladi Umar, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged collection of bribe. The justice minister’s recommendation, which came before the tenure of President Goodluck Jonathan expired last May, was predicated on the report of an investigation by the EFCC into an allegation by a retired Comptroller of Customs, Mr Rasheed Taiwo, that Umar demanded N10 million bribe from him to quash a case against him. Justice Danladi Umar Consequent upon this recommendation, the registered trustees of the Mission for Peace and Development Initiative has now filed a suit at the Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja, seeking an order for the removal of Justice Umar as chairman of the CCT on account of corruption allegations. Apart from recommending Umar’s prosecution, th...

 President Barack Obama has finally joined Facebook on Monday hoping to make his account “a place where we can have real conversations.” At his profile the US president describes himself as “Dad, husband, and 44th President of the United States,” while his timeline shows his birth on 4 August 1961, his marriage to Michelle in 1992 in and the most important milestones in his political career. Among the first to congratulate the president on his profile was Facebook CEO and founder, Mark Zuckerberg. “Welcome, President Obama! I’m excited that you’ve joined our community, and I look forward to seeing how you engage with people here on Facebook,” he wrote in a comment on Obama’s post.His first post at the social networking giant Obama dedicated to raising awareness of climate change and pushing for environmental conservation. The post was accompanied with the video giving a glimpse of the White House backyard known as President’s Park.“Hello, Facebook! I finally got my very own...

President Barack Obama's stance on LGBT issues has landed him on the cover of an LGBT magazine. It has also made him the first sitting US president to be photographed for the cover of an LGBT publication. The President sat down for an interview with OUT magazine, in which he touched on various influences on his relationship with the LGBT community, both before and after taking office, as well as his administration's accomplishments on LGBT rights. And how watching Sasha and Malia has shown him how attitudes have changed toward homosexuality across generations.Obama said his mother's teachings that "every person was of equal worth" inspired his interest in focusing on LGBT rights during his administration, and thanked his openly gay Occidental professor and eventual friend, Dr. Lawrence Goldyn, for directly influencing the way he continues to think about all of these issues. During his 2008 campaign, Obama said he did not support same-sex marriage, a stance which...

Pictures of Chinese young men undergoing electrical shock therapy in an attempt to ‘cure’ their homosexuality goes viral. According to Metro UK, the therapy pictures went viral after some Gay activists conducted a secret filming in a Chinese hospital where the therapy is taking place.It shows a medical professional explaining to the men, who attend the sessions voluntarily, various methods of silencing their ‘urges’, including taking a cold shower, going for a run, or even taking prescribed drugs. At a different hospital another activist secretly films himself receiving electrical shocks by a nurse – the intention being that when the men experience homosexual urges they will associate them with the pain of the electric shock. Despite homosexuality being legal in China, it is still not accepted in the society.China removed homosexuality from their list of mental illnesses 15 years ago, however it is still a taboo subject in many parts of the country. Metro UK reported that, One...

ABUJA – SUPPORTERS of the Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and the Majority leader, Femi Gbajabiamila Tuesday  threw caution to the winds as they engaged in physical combat over the constitution of the 96 Standing Committees of the House. Read :  anxiety in house of reps as dogara Dogara ad Gbajabiamila supporters exchanging blows in the House Recall that, Rep Gbajabiamila shunned the inauguration of the headships of the committees during the special plenary and some of his supporters who had participated in the inauguration but latter went to the All Progressives Congress, APC, Secretariat to berate the Speaker for allegedly working against President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC. The melee which led to the starting of plenary late caused the APC caucus in the House to convene an impromptu meeting which lasted about thirty minutes. It was gathered that trouble started when the newly inaugurated Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Rep...

The buck passing between former National Security Adviser and the Department Of State Services (DSS) continues with Colonel Dasuki dragging the DSS to court to protest his continued detention. Colonel Dasuki is asking the court for a mandatory order directing the Department of State Services to remove all human and non-human barricades laid around his residence. He said that this has hindered the accomplishment of the orders of the court which gave him permission to travel abroad for medical attention. Colonel Dasuki is also asking the court to extend its order which allows him leave to travel as the said time has been breached by barricades laid by the DSS.

South East Progressives Assembly, SEPA, has threatened court action against President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruing All Progressives Congress, APC, over the inability of the Federal Government to commence the payment of the monthly N5,000 stipend it promised unemployed Nigerian youths. The group said it was worried by the antics of APC senators who rejected a motion at the floor of the Senate seeking to compel President Buhari to fulfill his campaign promise on the payment of 5000 Naira monthly stipend to unemployed Nigerians. In a statement by SEPA, titled “Our Intention to Sue President Buhari And APC Over Non-Payment of N5000 Monthly Stipend to Nigerian Unemployed Youths”, signed by its President, Ebere Uzoukwa, the group insisted that having successfully entered into a bond with Nigerians including the youths through its campaign promises, President Buhari and his party owe Nigerians the obligation of fulfilling their promises including the immediate payment of the N5,000 mont...

 Born in South Africa: Elon Musk is worth $13.1 billion as of September 2015, but allegedly doesn't believe in the word "business." The tech entrepreneur, born in South Africa in 1971, reportedly told Wait But Why earlier this year that "there's no such thing as a business, just pursuit of a goal." Whatever Musk labels his efforts, he sure has involved himself in a bunch of them — major online payment services, building and launching spacecraft, and trying to cover the world with solar panels, to name a few. The breadth of his reach is astounding, and it's enough to make anyone feel exhausted. To cut through that complexity, we've highlighted 18 entities that Musk has reportedly founded, cofounded, invested in, or supported in some way. 1. Musk's first company was Zip2 Corporation — the web's first Yellow Pages — in 1995. Musk was 24 when he dropped out of graduate school for physics at Stanford University to launch his fir...

Do you notice the similarity in their garments? History has it that the Catholics came to Bini kingdom  long before other missionaries came to Nigeria (several hundred years), and the Bini chiefs fashioned their traditional robes after the Catholic priests. Unfortunately the religion could not be sustained in the area.Chief Nosakhare Isekhure, The Isekhure of Benin Kingdom visited the Catholic Pontiff, His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican City Rome, Italy on the occasion of the celebration of fifty years of World Peace through religious dialogue, understanding and communication

Pro-Biafrians are currently protesting along Aba road in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. Meanwhile Imo state governor, Rochas Okorochas has called for an emergency meeting of South East leaders to deliberate on the recent agitations by some youths for the creation of Biafra. The meeting is expected to take place at Owerri, Imo state this weekend. Continue to see more photos..

The reigning U-17 World Cup champions, Golden Eaglets, will arrive the country’s capital city of Abuja Wednesday afternoon, an official has said. Nigeria won a fifth FIFA U-17 World Cup on Monday after defeating Mali 2-0 in an all-African final in Vena Del Mar, Chile. “The Golden Eaglets will land in Abuja between 2:00pm and 3:00pm on Wednesday. The team will be on Emirates flight from Dubai,” the official told africanFootball.com. Nigeria has also won the U-17 World Cup in 1985, 1993, 2007 and 2013, but this is the first time the country is winning the tournament outside Asia. Skipper Kelechi Nwakali was named the tournament Most Valuable Player, while striker Victor Osimhen was goal king after a record-breaking 10 goals scored across the seven matches the Eaglets played in Chile.

The Economist Magazine, known for its hard-hitting analyses on issues of global importance, has blamed the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, for the worsening traffic and escalating crime in the city describing him as “less competent”, “weak” and “full of excuses.” There has been a spike in traffic and traffic related armed robberies in the metropolis in recent weeks. In its just released November edition, the magazine, which described Lagos as being “among the most notoriously congested places in the world” blamed Mr. Ambode for managing to roll back some of the successes scored by his predecessor, Babatunde Fashola, in managing the ordinarily chaotic traffic in the metropolis. “Yet the gridlock that Lagosians have suffered in recent weeks is noteworthy even by the city’s horrendous standards. Rush hours have lengthened, and vehicles back up at unusual hours along the bridges linking the mainland with an island business district. Safety concerns are mounting as armed robber...

The Registrar/Chief Executive of MDCN, Dr. Abdulmumini Ibrahim, said in a statement on Monday 10th of November in Abuja that graduates of medicine would henceforth be barred from participating in the compulsory NYSC until they have secured a licence to practise, ThisDay reports. The licences are issued by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. Ibrahim said: “There has been an increasing number of persons who are impersonating medical doctors. The NYSC has inundated us with complaints. Those who have completed their one-year internship have been given certificates. They can only go to service upon presentation of their licences. The council has directed that the practice of admitting persons into the NYSC as doctors on the strength of receipt of payment of the application fee for full registration be discontinued. The practice has become a means for quacks to gain advantage into the scheme. This decision was communicated to the NYSC and it was implemented with effect fro...