FIFA 18 ratings: Cristiano Ronaldo named best player

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo retained his EA crown as the highest-rated player in FIFA 18 as EA Sports completed their unveiling of the top 100 stars in this year’s game on Monday. The Portgual international was given a 94 overall rating by the creators – the same rating he received for last year’s game – following his 42-goal campaign that fired Madrid to a famous treble. He is rated one better than his Barcelona rival, and outscores Messi on every stat bar dribbling and passing. There were spots in FIFA’s…

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Nollywood actor drums support for local fashion

Nollywood actor, Ramsey Noah, has called on Nigerians to appreciate and patronise indigenous fashion designers to move the fashion industry forward. The veteran actor made the when he addressed guests at the Tozali African Fashion and cultural week on Friday in Abuja. “It is good we love and appreciate our own designers. We have the best in the world and by patronising them, the industry will experience positive change for the better. “Let us wear our own and show the world that we have it all,” Noah said. The event…

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Man United’s Jose Mourinho unclear on severity of Paul Pogba injury

Paul Pogba has been ruled out for “a few matches” by Jose Mourinho but the Manchester United manager has admitted he still does not know the severity of the midfielder’s problem. Pogba left Old Trafford on crutches on Tuesday night after suffering a hamstring injury during the first half of the 3-0 win over Basel in the Champions League. Sources said after the game that the club feared he could be out through the Liverpool game on Oct. 14, before he had a scan at Carrington on Wednesday. Mourinho said at…

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Bill Cosby sexual assault retrial set for April 2018

U.S. actor, Bill Cosby’s retrial on charges of sexual assault has been scheduled for April 2, 2018, the Pennsylvania Court said on Friday. The 80-year-old Cosby is charged with three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting accuser, Andrea Constand, at his home in 2004. Cosby already stood trial in June but Judge Steven O’Neill declared a mistrial after the jury was unable to agree on a verdict. The actor hired new lawyers for the retrial, including Tom Mesereau, who is best-known for his part…

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Nollywood actor plans film on xenophobia

Nigerian Popular Nollywood actor, Mr John Okafor, also known as “Ibu’’ is planning to shoot a movie involving stars from Liberia, Kenya, Ghana and Botswana, to highlight evils of xenophobia. Okafor, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Johannesburg, on Friday that majority of the actors would also be South Africans. He said that the movie would turn the table around and help in promoting peace on the long run. He said that the script of the movie was being written by some gifted writers while planning and pre-production…

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Lawsuit accuses Google of paying women less than men

A trio of former Google employees on Thursday filed a lawsuit accusing the technology giant of paying women less than men for the same work. The lawsuit filed in a San Francisco state court on behalf of the three women accused Google of “systemic and pervasive pay and promotion discrimination against its female employees” in California. Lawyers are seeking class-action status for the suit in a bid to represent more women currently or formerly employed at Google. Responding to the lawsuit, the US technology giant denied any discriminatory policies. “We…

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South East governors Forum proscribes IPOB

The South East Governors’ Forum has announced the proscription of activities of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). Arising from its emergency meeting on Friday in Enugu, Chairman of the forum, Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi requested the group and other of such groups to articulate their grievances and send to the forum. Umahi appealed to all governors in the zone to ensure compliance with the directive in their various states and for the Federal Government to withdraw the troops in the zone. Umahi said: “All activities of IPOB are,…

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US mulls military action against North Korea

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson accused North Korea on Friday of threatening the entire world, and President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said the administration is not ruling out a possible military action against the regime. The reactions came after North Korea fired a missile over Japan for the second time in under a month in defiance of international pressure over its missile and nuclear programs. “There is a military option,” H.R. McMaster, Trump’s security adviser said during a press briefing at the White House, flanked by U.S. Ambassador…

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DHQ declares IPOB a militant terrorist group

The defence headquarters has branded the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a militant terrorist organisation and urged parents to dissuade their wards from joining the group. In a statement in Abuja on Friday, John Enenche, the director, defence information, restated the commitment of the armed forces to confront “all security challenges facing the country”. Enenche assured of the protection of lives and property in all parts of the country by the military. He said the IPOB posed security challenge and had been metamorphosing from one stage to another. “After due…

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Igbos abandon IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu in Kano

The Igbo Community Association in Kano state has dissociated itself from the activities of Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The President-General of the association, Chief Ebenezer Chima, made the position of the association known at a joint news conference in Kano on Friday. “We want to state categorically here that we, the Igbos residing and doing business in Kano state, unequivocally state that we dissociate ourselves from the activities of IPOB and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. “We are strongly advocating for peace and unity in…

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