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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...