Vanguard Latest News Tuesday 10th December 2019
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 10/12/19
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Throwback: Menotti’s scouting report for Barcelona on a young Maradona
Cesar Luis Menotti produced a report on Diego Maradona in 1978 and delivered it to Barcelona, who were interested in signing his compatriot.
The Argentine forward arrived at Barcelona four years later from Boca Juniors. Menotti’s report was written after a game between Boca Juniors and Argentinos Juniors and was the first piece of information Barcelona received on the forward.
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Maradona was just 17 years old and stood out because of the skills he showed on the Argentine pitches.
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Bill to regulate freight traffic, use of petroleum tankers on highway scale 2nd reading
By Henry Umoru
A Bill to ensure an efficient legal framework for the regulation of freight traffic and use of Petroleum Tankers on the Highway to convey petroleum products and other cargoes on Tuesday scaled second reading.
The Bill titled, a ” Bill for an Act to provide an efficient legal framework for the regulation of freight traffic and use of Petroleum Tankers on the highway to convey petroleum products and other cargoes, promote the safety of all road users; and for related matters, 2019 (SB.
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Ramos: They could make a Ballon d’Or for Cristiano and Messi
Sergio Ramos has joked that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo deserve their own Ballon d’Or award separate from the rest of the football world.
The Argentinian won his sixth last week, putting him ahead of the Portuguese’s five, which the latter apparently wasn’t best pleased about, but his former Real Madrid teammate has a solution.
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“They could make a Ballon d’Or only for Cristiano and Messi,” Ramos told Ivan Zamorano in an interview with TUDN.”Then there could be another for the rest.
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E2%80%95-rodrygo/ I had a picture of Hazard as my Facebook wallpaper ? Rodrygo
Rodrygo’s eruption at Real Madrid has come as something of a surprise this season and the Brazilian youngster has admitted to idolising his current teammate Eden Hazard.
Hazard, who arrived from Chelsea last summer, was an inspiration for Rodrygo, and he’s been pushing the teenager to be his absolute best.”I had a picture of Hazard as my wallpaper on Facebook,” Rodrygo revealed to Campo de Estrellas.
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“He looks Brazilian.”Against Galatasaray, when I scored three goals, Hazard told me that I had to score four.
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Obaseki tasks new waste management board on service delivery
By Ozioruva Aliu
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state on Tuesday tasked the newly inaugurated Waste Management Board headed Mr Monday Sule and the Edo State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDs (EDOSACA) headed by Dr. Alex Okoh on quality service delivery saying his administration was committed to giving the best to the state.
Obaseki charged the board members for EDOSACA to ensure the HIV prevalence rate in the state is drastically reduced below the national average of 1.4 percent, noting, “I will like it to be below 0.5 percent and that means you have to intensify your efforts and focus on continued advocacy, access to relevant information, access to HIV testing services and treatment, care and support for people living with the virus.”
He tasked members of the Waste Management Board to work hard in ensuring Edo State is the cleanest in the country, adding that cleanliness is a priority, as focus should be on maintaining a hygienic environment in cities outside Benin such as Auchi and Ekpoma.
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Six shot dead in Czech hospital attack, suspect shoots himself
A gunman shot dead six people on Tuesday at a hospital waiting room in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava in an unexplained attack, authorities said.
Police hunting for the shooter said about three hours after the attack that a man had shot himself in the head in a car they had been looking for. Czech TV said he died.
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“Police found the car, there was shooting heard from the site.
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Oil prices drop as weaker demand return to haunt market
Oil prices slipped on Tuesday for a second straight session as the cons of a slowing global demand outlook outweighed the pros of OPEC’s agreement with associated producers at the end of last week to deepen crude output cuts in early 2020.
Brent futures were down 11 cents, or 0.2 per cent, at 64.14 dollars per barrel by 0738 GMT.
West Texas Intermediate oil futures were 10 cents, or 0.2 per cent, lower at 58.92 dollars a barrel.
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Insurgency victims to receive agric inputs from Victim Support Fund
The Victim Support Fund (VSF) has begun distribution of agricultural inputs to farmers affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe.
VSF Executive Director Sunday Ochoche announced this via a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by VSF Programme Assistant (Communication) Munachi Okoro.
According to Ochoche, the intervention aims at administering appropriate support to victims of insurgency and facilitate the restoration of the livelihood of the victims in the states.
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Imo ranks least corrupt state in 2019, as Kogi takes lead on NBS report
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has rated Imo State as the least corrupt state in Nigeria.
This was disclosed on bureau’s latest report titled: “The 2nd Corruption Survey Report in Nigeria,” released at the State House Conference Center in Abuja, on Friday.
Imo was rated the least corrupt state in Nigeria with 17.6%, followed by Jigawa and Plateau States.
The National Bureau of Statistics conducted the survey with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime, in collaboration with other partner international agencies.
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Youths commend Ugwuanyi on Enugu masterplan
By Dennis Agbo
National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Enugu State chapter has commended the courage of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in restoring the original masterplan of the capital city.
The youth council said that the future of the state partly lies in the ability of the citizens to obey and respect laws made to regulate the physical structure, noting that town planning regulation is one of them.
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The youths, therefore, asked Governor Ugwuanyi, not to waiver in implementing transformational policies for the state, particularly in restoring the coal city masterplan.
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