Month: July 2017

No fuss over Chelsea’s move for Morata – Mourinho

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Jose Mourinho says Chelsea’s move for Alvaro Morata was “obvious” but insists Manchester United have a “top striker” in Romelu Lukaku. Chelsea announced they agreed a fee with Real Madrid for Morata on Wednesday night, which Sky Sports reports to be worth an initial £58m, potentially rising to £70m. Mourinho was in charge of Real Madrid when Morata broke into their first team, and a reunion at Old Trafford had looked likely until Lukaku headed to United despite reports of a return to Stamford Bridge. “I am not interested in…

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Senator McCain diagnosed with brain cancer

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Veteran US Republican Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer and is reviewing treatment options, according to his office. The options may include chemotherapy and radiation, his doctors said. The 80-year-old politician is in “good spirits” recovering at home. The tumour was discovered during a surgery to remove a blood clot from above his left eye last week. A Vietnam veteran, McCain spent more than five years as a prisoner of war. The six-term senator and 2008 Republican presidential candidate underwent surgery at a clinic in Phoenix, in…

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Osinbajo meets Deputy UN’s scribe

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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday met with Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Ms Amina Mohammed, behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mohammed told journalists after the meeting that said led a UN team to the villa to discuss the implementation of the Agenda 2030 and to see how Nigeria could be supported, especially in regards to women development. She urged the Federal Government to double its investment in the development of women for the promotion of peace in the country. She stressed the need for the government…

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Cameroon ‘tortures’ Boko Haram suspects – AI

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Suspected Boko Haram fighters have been “brutally tortured” by security forces in Cameroon, a rights group says. Amnesty International said in a report that the suspects, including women and children, were beaten, water-boarded and forced into stress positions. The cases allegedly happened between 2013 and 2017, and dozens of detainees died as a result, it added. Cameroon’s government has not commented. Boko Haram frequently carries out attacks in the country. The Islamist group, based in neighbouring Nigeria, has killed more than 1,500 civilians in Cameroon since 2014, and abducted many…

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Nigerian States get another tranche of Paris loan refund

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The Federal Government has released a state-by-state breakdown of another tranche of refund amounting to N243.8 billion being over-deductions on Paris Club, London Club Loans. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, in a statement on Tuesday, said that the debt service deductions were in respect of the Paris Club, London Club and Multilateral debts of the Federal and State government from 1995 to 2002. President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier approved the release of N522.74 billion as first tranche of payment to states. “These payments, which totalled N243, 795,465,195, were…

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Hart joins West Ham on loan from Man City

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West Ham have completed the loan of Joe Hart from Manchester City with an option to buy. It was reported on Friday that the England international was on the verge of making the switch to the London side after City agreed to pay part of his £100,000-per-week wages. Hart had his medical on Monday to secure a switch to the Irons, making his fifth loan since he joined in 2006 from Shrewsbury Town and likely his last. The 30-year-old has two years left on his deal at the Etihad Stadium,…

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High profile Boko Haram terrorist, 3 others, surrender

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A high profile Boko Haram terrorist, Konto Fanami, and three other repentant terrorists have surrendered to the Nigerian Army on Monday. The Army Spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Usman said that the four repentant terrorists willingly deserted their hideouts and surrendered themselves to 120 Task Force Battalion at Goniri in Borno. He described Fanami as the Ameer (leader) of “Kafa hideout of the Boko Haram terrorists group that operates on Ajigin-Talala-Mungusum axis.’’ “During preliminary interrogation, they confirmed that they abandoned the terrorism…

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Obamacare defeats Donald Trump

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President Donald Trump’s obsessive bid to overhaul or outrightly repeal former President Barack Obama’s legacy health law, known as Obamacare,  has collapsed. The efforts collapsed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a sharp setback to Trump and the Republican Party’s seven-year quest to kill President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law. The disarray in the Republican-controlled Senate rattled financial markets as it cast doubt on the chances for getting Trump’s other domestic policy priorities, such as tax reform, through a divided Congress. Saying he was disappointed, Trump suggested at the White…

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Quit notice: MASSOB sets deadline for mass return of Igbos from North

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The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has declared August of 2017 as a date for the mass return of all Igbo indigenes living in the north. The group said the declaration was to help Igbo indigenes beat the October 1st deadline given to them by the Arewa youths. A press release by the group’s Director of Information, Comrade Samuel Edesonu, stated that the decision was reached at its National Executive meeting which was presided by its leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu. Edesonu said part of…

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Nigeria must define foreigners’ business dealings – Dambazau

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The minister of Interior, Abdulrahmam Dambazau, on Tuesday called on the National Assembly to come up with legislations that will define businesses foreigners living in Nigerian can engage in. ‎ The minister made the call whiel addressing members of the House of Representatives Committee on Interior who paid an oversight visit to the Ministry in Abuja.‎ Dambazau who expressed the Ministry’s commitment toward address the issue of foreigners overstaying their time in the country, also decried the connivance of some Nigerians with illegal immigrants to engage in various illegal commercial…

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