Day: January 14, 2018

Guinea-Bissau premier resigns in bid to end political crisis

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Guinea-Bissau’s Prime Minister Umaro Sissoco Embalo has submitted his resignation to the president, in a bid to end a two-year political crisis in the poor west African nation. Guinea-Bissau has been in the throes of a power struggle since August 2015, when President Jose Mario Vaz sacked former prime minister Domingos Simoes Pereira. Embalo, who became prime minister in December 2016, tendered his resignation to Vaz last week, he told AFP late Saturday. “I am not someone who clings to power. If the president does not trust me, I won’t…

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Lassa fever kills 2 resident doctors in Ebonyi

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Two resident doctors serving at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakiliki, FETHA, Ebonyi State have died of lassa fever. They both died on Sunday throwing other health workers in the hospital into panic. This is ‎also as two house officers, who joined in treating the contact patient, as well as nurses are on watch list. The deceased include Abel Sunday Udo, who was a Resident Doctor in the Department of Otorhinolayngology, FETHA, and Dr Ali Felix, a Resident Doctor in the Department of Community Medicine,‎ of the same hospital. The death…

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Alexis Sanchez could go tomorrow – Arsene Wenger

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said the future of Alexis Sanchez is likely to be settled within the next couple of days. Sanchez, out of contract in the summer, has been strongly linked with both Manchester United and Manchester City. Wenger left the Chile international out of his team for Sunday’s 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth. And asked about his future at the postmatch news conference, he said: “Look, if Alexis goes we need to replace him. “When you look today we missed many players in our squad, and if players…

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Benue Killing: Buhari, Saraki ,Dogara in close door meeting

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President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara are currently in an ongoing meeting over the security situation in Benue, Taraba and other States in the country. This was disclosed by the Presidency in a message posted on its Twitter handle, @NGRPresident. According to the message, the meeting was at the instance of the President. It said Buhari called the meeting to enable him to brief the National Assembly leaders of ongoing efforts aimed at restoring normalcy to troubled parts. Source:http://@NGRPresident

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Turkey’s Recep Erdogan threatens attack on Syria

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Turkey is set to launch attack on a Kurdish enclave in northern Syria “in the coming days.” Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, disclosed this on Sunday saying operation against the Afrin enclave is aimed at “purging terror” from his country’s southern border. Afrin is controlled by a Kurdish militia known as the YPG, which Turkey views as a terror group and an extension of the Kurdish insurgency raging in its southeast. Erdogan said the new operation would be an extension of Turkey’s 2016 incursion into northern Syria, which was aimed…

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Liverpool break Man City’s unbeaten EPL record

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Liverpool FC on Sunday defeated Manchester City 4-3 to crash the  Pep Guardiola’s team unbeaten English Premier League (EPL) record. The Reds did the unthinkable in style at Anfield days after selling their midfield maestro Courtinho to Barcelona in a deal that fetched the club 142million pounds. Pep Guardiola’s side had no answer to a second-half onslaught from Liverpool, who pressed the title hopefuls to get revenge from the reverse fixture where Liverpool lost 0-5 at Ethihad Stadium. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain opened the scoring with a fine 25-yard effort after nine…

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Join political parties, participate in elections – CAN chief tells Christians

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Just like the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan, the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Samson Ayokunle, has urged Christians to be actively involved in politics. A statement from Mr. Ayokunle’s special assistant on media, Adebayo Oladeji, said the CAN President made the call at the 57th retreat of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, on Saturday. According to the statement Mr. Ayokunle advised Christians to become card carrying members of political parties and aspire to take over political offices like other concerned Nigerian. “The practice of separation of State…

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Simona Halep, Caroline Wozniacki eye maiden Grand Slam in Serena Williams’ absence

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Simona Halep will sport her “lucky” red dress and Caroline Wozniacki says she is playing better than ever as both aim for a first Grand Slam victory when the Australian Open starts on Monday. The world’s two top-ranked players will spearhead the charge to succeed Serena Williams at year’s first major left wide open by the withdrawal of the defending champion and new mum. With the 36-year-old Williams not ready yet to return, the tournament could be there for the taking by a host of players yet to win a…

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Morocco thrash Mauritania 4-0 in CHAN opener

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Morocco cruised to an emphatic 4-0 win over Mauritania in the opening match of Chan 2018 at Stade Mohamed V Stadium in Casablanca on Saturday night. The Atlas Lions had to be patient, but after breaking the deadlock through Ayoub El Kaabi midway through the second half they were on the path for a huge win. The hosts were the better side in the opening Group ‘A’ fixture as they dominated Mauritania and it needed the good defending from Sidi Mohamed Bilal and Mohamed Wade to keep them at bay.…

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Group tasks PDP on Atiku’s presidential ticket

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Atiku Global Support Group (AGSG) has appealed to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to concede the 2019 presidential ticket to the former Vice President. The national pro-Atiku group, said on Sunday that the business mogul was the only hope for despaired Nigerians. Atiku Abubakar would ensure unity, safety and provide job opportunities, if he becomes the next president of Nigeria. Mr. Gambo Jagindi, the National Coordinator of AGSG, said that there was no need to take the Waziri of Adamawa through any trouble in getting the ticket because for now…

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