Day: August 24, 2017

Zlatan Ibrahimovic rejoins Manchester United

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has rejoined Manchester United on a one-year contract after the Swedish star’s spell with the Premier League side was curtailed by a serious knee injury last season. Ibrahimovic missed the final weeks of United’s campaign after suffering ligament damage in a Europa League clash against Anderlecht in April. But United manager Jose Mourinho remained in contact with the 35-year-old while he underwent his rehabilitation and the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain forward has now agreed to return to Old Trafford. “I am back to finish what I started.…

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South-South leaders condemn attack on Buhari, Oyegun, fire back at PDP, others

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South-South leaders on Thursday hit back at critics of President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, decrying what they called deliberate falsehoods, insinuations and outright distortions of facts by members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their agents. At a meeting to assess the country’s democracy in Asaba, the leaders advanced arguments to counter accusations of non performance. They said when the ruling party took over in 2015; Nigeria was about to be declared a failed state with its economy…

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Presidential mis-communication, Aso Rock rodents and other matters

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I do not know how far the outright incompetent communication at Nigeria’s Presidency would get before the people speak up to its inappropriateness. I agree that it ordinarily should not be the people’s responsibility to complain about those who speak for the President; that should, in fact, be the prerogative of the one who hired them. However, this can only happen when the one who should make the call understands his own communication needs. Where he does not, as is the case here, and now, the citizens have a right…

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9mobile confirms network disruption

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Emerging Market Telecommunications Services Ltd.,(EMTS) trading as 9mobile former Etisalat, has informed its subscribers of some disruption in its services. The Vice President, Regulatory and Corporate Affairs, 9mobile, Mr Ibrahim Dikko disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. “We would like to inform the public on network outage in one of its data centres which resulted in service disruption. “We are aware that subscribers may be experiencing some disruption with voice, Short Message Service (SMS) and data services due to this technical issue. “Our technical teams are currently working assiduously…

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Utomi, Soludo insist Nigeria’s economic recession self-inflicted

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A notable political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, on Wednesday maintained that the gruelling economic recession in the country was self-inflicted, noting that wrong policy choices led to the hardships facing Nigerians. A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo, also said although the economy would technically be out of recession soon, Nigerians would continue to suffer the consequences of the economic decline for a while. The duo spoke at a seminar on entrepreneurship organised by a not-for-profit organisation, Uche Ahubelem Centre for Human Development, in Lagos.…

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Nigerian-born American star Yvonne, celebrates 33 as virgin

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Yvonne Orji, the sex-drunk character Molly in HBO series Insecure, is proud to be a 33-year-old virgin, even though she is currently playing the sexy role. The Port Harcourt-born star said she is keeping herself for her husband. “She is keeping it locked. “I wasn’t going to hide it just because I’m on TV,” the Nigerian star told People. “I’m grounded in who I am.” And to show just how much she is dedicated to keeping her virginity, she created a clothing line to promote abstinence. “I have a clothing…

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