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- Cristiano Ronaldo has promised to play for Sporting Lisbon in the future - The Juventus striker left his boyhood club for Manchester United in 2003 - Ronaldo has scored 14 goals in 19 matches in all competitions this season Portugal international Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed he could return to Primeira Liga side Sporting Lisbon after his spell with Juventus. The 33-year-old started his professional career with his boyhood club before joining English giants Manchester United in 2003. After six glorious years in the Premier League, Ronaldo move to Spain to join Real Madrid where he won four Champions League and Ballon d'Or awards. READ ALSO: Real Madrid star Diaz recalls being a ball-boy during Isco's spell at Malaga At the end of last summer the Portuguese icon ended his nine-year romance with Los Blancos to sign another mega deal with Italian champions Juventus. The £100million forward will be looking to help the Bianconeri win their first Champions League title

Nigeria's minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday, January 8, announced that the Federal Government has ordered the importation of 30 coaches and 300 wagons for the Lagos-Ibadan railway project. Amaechi while speaking during the assessment of the ongoing work being done on the project by the China Civil Engineering Construction Company said these new coaches and wagons will increase the transportation of passengers and goods from Lagos to others states in the southwest region. Punch reports that the minister also noted that the FG has directed the CCECC to speed up its work on the Iju-Agbado section of the project. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda According to Amaechi, the project should be ready for test-run within the next two weeks. “Getting to Abeokuta you will see that there’s an improvement but the problem they have now is the civil work between Agbado and Iju, which is critical to me because I do

- The ruling APC and main opposition party, PDP, have rejected Eurasia Group's prediction on the 2019 presidential election - The New York-based organisation had predicted that the election between President Buhari of APC and Atiku of PDP would be inconclusive - Both the APC and the PDP described the report as a hatchet job The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have rejected Eurasia Group's prediction on the 2019 presidential election. The New York-based organisation had predicted that the election between President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of PDP would be inconclusive. The global advisory firm, had also named Nigeria's forthcoming general elections as one of the world's “Top Risks 2019.” Other issues or countries listed in the report are the US-China trade war, US domestic politics, European populism, Mexico, Ukraine and Brexit. READ ALSO: 2019 polls: PDP replies Tinubu

Nigerian-born footballer Andrew Akingbaje has been arrested and charged to court after woman beaten outside London club. According to Mirror report, the 23-year-old Akingbaje, who resides at Brixton was arrested after he allegedly assaulted a woman outside a London club on New Year's Day. READ ALSO: Salah performs unusual dance moves to celebrate African player of the year award The report further revealed the young footballer has been charged to court with assault occasioning actual bodily harm during the attack in Clapham. Akingbaje was also docked for assaulting two other women during the same incident. A video of the alleged violence has been repeatedly shared on social media platforms. And in the clip a male in a blue T-shirt was seen repeatedly punching a woman in the head. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng However, when the case was mentioned at Camberwell Magistrates' Court, in London, Akingbaje, who was decked in tracksuit pleaded not guilty to a

Emerging reports have claimed that Nigerian Army has barricaded the only safe highway that leads into Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, following a series of attacks on the route by Boko Haram insurgents in the last 48 hours. The Premium Times reports that motorists disclosed that they were stopped from plying the route early Wednesday, January 9. There are six major highways that takes travellers in and out of Maiduguri. But with the capture of territories and displacement of residents from their communities in 2014, all the five roads were closed by the military due to security concerns. READ ALSO: Ekweremadu, PDP governors working for Buhari's re-election - BMO alleges Though reasons behind military’s decision to close down the road have not been made clear, sources that Ngamdu, a boundary village between Borno and Yobe state, located along the Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway, was attacked last night. A military source said the vehicular movement on the Maiduguri-Kano Road h

- President Muhammadu Buhari has been described as a politician with track record of honesty - This Day newspaper's deputy managing director, Kayode Komolafe, made this comment when discussing issues related to 2019 general elections - He further said the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, President Buhari, are ready for the 2019 polls President Muhammadu Buhari has been described as a politician with an enviable track record of honesty by This Day newspaper's deputy managing director, Kayode Komolafe, Vanguard reports. Komolafe, speaking during a TV session on Arise TV on issues bordering on the national politics and the preparation of notable political characters that will be slugging it out in the February 2019 election, admitted that over the recent time, the country has witness legion of politicians. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda Legit.ng gathers that the Thisday' s managi

- Cristiano Ronaldo has promised to play for Sporting Lisbon in the future - The Juventus striker left his boyhood club for Manchester United in 2003 - Ronaldo has scored 14 goals in 19 matches in all competitions this season Portugal international Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed he could return to Primeira Liga side Sporting Lisbon after his spell with Juventus. The 33-year-old started his professional career with his boyhood club before joining English giants Manchester United in 2003. After six glorious years in the Premier League, Ronaldo move to Spain to join Real Madrid where he won four Champions League and Ballon d'Or awards. READ ALSO: Real Madrid star Diaz recalls being a ball-boy during Isco's spell at Malaga At the end of last summer the Portuguese icon ended his nine-year romance with Los Blancos to sign another mega deal with Italian champions Juventus. The £100million forward will be looking to help the Bianconeri win their first Champions League title

- President Muhammad Buhari said Nigeria is blessed with resources - The president stated that the country has to quickly exploit its resources - He, however, disclosed that the nation has a problem of performance and time factor President Muhammad Buhari has declared that Nigeria is a rich country blessed with resources, but suffers from “problem of performance”. According to an online medium, Sahara Reporter, President Buhari made this known in an interview with Arise TV published earlier this week. The president also spoke on government's reluctance to accept the N30,000 minimum wage demand of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). READ ALSO: Ekweremadu, PDP governors working for Buhari's re-election - BMO alleges According to him, “God has certainly blessed this country. We are rich in people; we are rich in resources, but we have a problem of performance, time factor. “We have to quickly exploit our resources. We have started with agriculture. We hope we would make pr

- Wole Soyinka warned that fake news peddling may cause World War 3 - The Nobel Laureate expressed worry about the menace, particularly in Nigeria - Soyinka also lamented that many false statements have been attributed to him The spread of fake news has become a threat to mankind and may cause World War 3, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has said. According to The Punch, Soyinka said this in a symposium organised by the BBC News on Wednesday, January 9, tagged Countering Fake News. His words: “I’ve said this before that fake news may cause World War 3 and the fake news will be started by a Nigerian.” READ ALSO: Ekweremadu, PDP governors working for Buhari's re-election - BMO alleges The renowned playwright also lamented that many false statements have been attributed to him. He cited an example of a fake report that was attributed to him during the 2015 presidential election. “During the last presidential election I was quoted as saying that it serves President Jon

Babayo Garmawa, the suspended deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) probably to avoid continuation of prosecution in a case of alleged N500 fraud, Tanko Yakasai, has claimed. Yakasai, an elder statesman, said this after reports that Babayo, who was suspended by the PDP, and a member of the board of trustees of the party, Kaulaha Aliyu, were received by President Muhammadu Buhari. Business Day quoted Yakasai, on Wednesday, January 9, as saying: “l can assure you that they are daily being hunted by the ruling party using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC and the Nigeria Police Force. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda “But my advise to these politicians is that they should stop being afraid because it will be over very soon, Insha-Allah.” Yakasai criticized Buhari’s anti-corruption policy saying it provides protection for corrupt people

- The APC Solidarity Forum (ASF) a group affiliated to the ruling party has asked Senator Shehu Sani to publish his completed constituency projects so far - The pro-APC group alleged that Sani has abandoned his primary assignment and has delved into futile engagements on social media - The group claimed that the senator was allocated the sum of N380 million for the purpose of completing constituency projects The APC Solidarity Forum (ASF), a group attached to the ruling party has asked Senator Shehu Sani to declare his list of constituency projects to constituents ahead of 2019 general elections. The pro-APC group alleged that, Sani’s constituency projects allocated to him is worth N380 million. The ASF further said that the senator should reveal his completed projects to residents and “stop making empty rhetoric on President Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Nasir El-Rufai and the APC in the media.” However, in reply to the group's claim, Senator Shehu Sani’s special adviser on poli

- Nigeria’s transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi, challenges the PDP to show its plans for Nigerians ahead of the general elections - Amaechi claims PDP is desperate to regain leadership of the country so that it can embezzle money for the purpose of amassing funds for elections - The minister says the opposition party will squander all the struggles Buhari has put in if allowed to regain power Nigeria’s transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can only defeat his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) when it comes to corruption scorecard. Speaking at a rally in Adamawa state on Tuesday, January 8, Amaechi, who serves as the director general of the presidential campaign council of the APC challenged the PDP to show its plans for Nigerians ahead of the general elections, according to Sahara Reporters. READ ALSO: Ekweremadu, PDP governors working for Buhari's re-election - BMO alleges “This election is between two parties that have bee

- More money has been disbursed by the federal government under the Saving One Million Lives Programme for Result - According to report, the federal government disbursed $49 million to Yobe and Osun states under the programme - Yobe state got $29 million (appox. N10.5 billion), while Osun state got $20 million (N7.3 billion) The federal government has disbursed $49 million to Yobe, Osun, under the Saving One Million Lives Programme for Result (SOML-PforR). According to Premium Times, being the highest performing state under SOML-PforR in 2018, Yobe state got $29 million (appox. N10.5 billion), while Osun state got $20 million (N7.3 billion). Legit.ng gathers that SOML-PforR was conceived in 2012 but repackaged in 2015 following a $ 500 million credit from the World Bank. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda The programme, which is intended to finance healthcare, was initiated by the World Bank and the federal government.

Currently trending on social media is the post of a Twitter user identified as, Amara Nwankpa, who shared photos of re-branded chewing stick that is selling at the ridiculous price of N6,500 abroad. Chewing stick also popularly known by many Nigerians as pako is an alternative option for oral hygiene. Not only is it a cheaper option to tooth paste, it also serves as a natural and organic means of cleaning the mouth. Pako is usually available for purchase for as low as N50 or N100 from traditional herb traders and hawkers. Little wonder that Nigerians have now taken to the social media to express their surprise after a Nwankpa took to the Twitter platform to share images of a rebranded organic chewing stick that is selling for as high as $18 abroad. Nigerians react as chewing stick is rebranded and sold for N6,500 abroad Twitter source: Nwankpa Amara Source: Twitter READ ALSO: How to export goods from Nigeria to other countries In his post, he wrote : “My people come and see o!

Chelsea have agreed terms with Gonzalo Higuain ahead of a proposed loan move to Stamford Bridge this winter - The 31-year-old has failed to settle down successfully at AC Milan following his summer move to the San Siro last summer - The Argentine is expected to replace Alvaro Morata to improve the Blues goals scoring chances in front of goal Premier League giants Chelsea are reportedly close to sealing a move for Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain this month. The 31-year-old forward has been heavily linked with a move to Stamford Bridge since the arrival of Maurizio Sarri last summer as a replacement for under-firing Alvaro Morata. Despite scoring just six goals in 15 Italian League matches so far this campaign, Blues boss Sarri believes the 31-year-old can end his side's struggles in front of goal. READ ALSO: Pochettino, Sarri left frustrated with VAR after EFL Cup semifinal clash at Wembley Meanwhile, SunSport quoting Marca reports that the former Real Madrid forward has a

- Five million Permanent Voter's Cards have been collected in Lagos - 1.4million residents of Lagos state are yet to collect their PVCs - INEC claimed figures of uncollected voters are still high because of the backlog of 2014 cards The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday, January 8, said that about 5 million Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) have been collected in Lagos so far but 1.4million PVCs are yet to be claimed by their owners. Daily Trust reports that the spokesman of INEC in Lagos, Femi Akinbiyi, said over 6 million people registered in Lagos and about 5 million have collected their PVCs. READ ALSO: 2019 polls: PDP replies Tinubu over comments on Atiku Akinbiyi said: “Out of over 6.5m registered voters, we have distributed over 5m PVCs and the distribution still continues." The INEC spokesperson added that the number of the uncollected PVCs is on the high side because of the backlog of 2014 cards and those produced from the recently concl

The newspaper headlines for Wednesday, January 9, leads with the violence that erupted as the All Progressives Congress (APC) began its gubernatorial campaign in Lagos on Tuesday, January 8, other stories. The Guardian reports that three persons were feared killed while others sustained injuries as the All Progressives Congress (APC) began its gubernatorial campaign in Lagos yesterday.Trouble started around 1:30 p.m. as Governor Akinwunmi Ambode delivered his speech, which was interrupted by gunshots from hoodlums and security officials. It was followed by a stampede as people fled for their lives. READ ALSO: Ekweremadu, PDP governors working for Buhari's re-election - BMO alleges Despite the chaos, the governor continued his address and handed the microphone to the party’s candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu who excitedly delivered the vote of thanks. The hoodlums took advantage of the confusion and robbed people of their phones, money and other valuables.An official of the Nation

- Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for the completion of Zik’s mausoleum - The governor noted that the completion was immeasurable honour to Anambra people and the entire southeast people - He also appealed to the federal government to step up action in the procurement of necessary facilities for the library section Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for the completion of Zik’s mausoleum in his country home, Onitsha. Obiano spoke on Tuesday, January 8, when he inspected the mausoleum, noting that the completion was immeasurable honour to Anambra people and the entire southeast people, NAN reports. Legit.ng gathers that the mausoleum is situated at the popular Borome in Onitsha, the commercial nerve of Anambra, and home of the first president of Federal Republic of Nigeria. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda Obiano said that previous

Ancient people called dates "bread of the desert." Now, nutritionists say that only dates and milk can be eaten for a long time without damage to health. Let's look at the benefits of dates with milk you should know. Health benefits of dates Useful properties of dates due to their rich chemical composition are the following: simple carbohydrates (fructose, sucrose) are more than in other fruits (according to various sources from 40-80%); complex carbohydrates namely fiber; protein includes 23 amino acids, many of them are irreplaceable; vitamins such as A, C, E, almost all the vitamins of group B; micro- and macronutrients, for example, selenium, phosphorus, fluorine, calcium, zinc, potassium, copper, sulfur, cobalt, iron; Tannins namely astringents, tannins, which suppress inflammatory processes in the body. Photo from cdn1.medicalnewstoday.com READ ALSO: Health benefits of guava leaves tea Benefits of dates you should know about? They protect the teeth

- Real Madrid are now said to be regretting their decision to sell Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus - Since the departure of the Portugal international, Los Blancos have been struggling - The club's president Florentino Perez believes they made a mistake to have sold the ex Man United star Florentino Perez who is the president of Spanish giants Real Madrid is reportedly regretting the decision of the club to sell Portugal international Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus. Cristiano Ronaldo left Los Blancos for a world record move to Juventus after winning the 2017/18 Champions League title with the Spanish club. Football fans in many parts of the world were shocked the day Ronaldo left Real Madrid in which some asked the rationale that made Los Blancos not to keep him at the Bernabeu. PAY ATTENTION: Become a member of the leading sports Facebook group 'Naija Football Fan Zone' READ ALSO: Paris-Saint-Germain goalie Buffon says he had depression at Juventus "I felt it

A 25-year-old young lady identified as Yewande Osunsanya has been declared missing in London. A Facebook user, Helen Koliah Fagbemi, shared photos of the London-based Nigerian lady whom reports reveal is a vulnerable adult with learning disabilities. Legit.ng gathered that Yewande left her home, located in Langdon Park area of Tower Hamlets in London on January 5, at around 12 noon. She was reported to be wearing a jade coloured jacket and is yet to return. Family and friends have asked the public to please contact them if any information of her whereabouts is known. Several posts of the the 25-year-old have been shared on several social media platforms and everyone is hopeful that she will show up back home or someone will come forward with useful information on how to locate her. READ ALSO: Chioma is in deep depression - Kemi Olunloyo alleges Yewande is vulnerable, and is not believed to have a mobile phone, bank card or cash on her (Picture/Facebook) Source: Facebook Yewa

Our country is a home for a huge number of species, continue to learn about the types of different birds in Nigeria Main types of birds in Nigeria Here we have the different types of birds that live in our county, note that there are over 940 species of birds in Nigeria. The number of species of some types is too large, so we will show you just a few representatives from each type. Accipitriformes READ ALSO: What wild animals in Nigeria can you meet? African Fish Eagle African Harrier-Hawk African Hawk-Eagle Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Bat Hawk Bateleur Black Kite Black Sparrowhawk Black-winged kite Brown Snake Eagle Dark Chanting Goshawk European Honey Buzzard Gabar Goshawk Hooded Vulture Lapped-faced Vulture Lesser Spotted Eagle Lizard Buzzard Long-crested Eagle Marsh Harrier Montagu's Harrier Pallid Harrier Palm-nut Vulture Red-necked Buzzard Rüppell’s Vulture Scissor-tailed Kite Shikra Short-toed Snake Eagle Tawny Eagle Wahlberg's eagle W