Day: August 27, 2017

Two Boko Haram factions ready for talks with fed govt – Ex-commander

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Two factions of the Boko Haram insurgency group may be ready for talks with the Federal Government, a former commander of the group, Abdulkadir Abubakar, has claimed. Abubakar, also known as Abu Muhammad, was the chief intelligence officer of the Boko Haram group and one of its top commanders, until his arrest in June by the military in Buni Yadi in Gujba local government area of Yobe State. Abubakar told the News Agency of Nigeria at his cell in Maiduguri that Albarnawi and Mamman Nur factions of Boko Haram were…

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American journalist killed covering South Sudan war

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An American journalist, Mr. Mr Christopher Allen, has been killed while covering clashes between government and rebel forces in restive South Sudan. Officials and the US mission in Juba confirmed on Sunday the freelance reporter and photographer, was embedded with insurgent troops when fighting broke out in Kaya, near South Sudan’s southern border with Uganda. A spokesman for the US embassy said that “an American citizen” had died in the clashes, which also killed 18 others. “Yesterday we confirmed the name and we confirmed the fact that the person was…

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Canada unveils new ‘Gender X’ next week

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From 31 August, Canadian passport holders will have a third option for identifying their gender: “M” for male, “F” for female or “X” for unspecified. Canadian officials said the change is meant to offer transgender individuals the option to accurately describe their gender identity without being forced to identify as their birth gender. “All Canadians should feel safe to be themselves, live according to their gender identity and express their gender as they choose,” Canadian Minister of Refugees, Immigration and Citizenship Ahmed Hussen said in a statement published 24 August. Ahmed…

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Barcelona confident of landing Coutinho for €150m

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Barcelona remain confident they will get Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool, if they offer the Premier League club up to €150million. The La Liga giants feel that Coutinho’s souring relationship with the Anfield side, could work in their favour too. In the last week, Barca confirmed the club-record signing of Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund for an initial fee of €105million, but are ready to smash it again Four days ago, a source in Spain told Sky Sports: “Philippe has never been more determined to leave Liverpool. “To suggest Barca are…

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Nwoye floors Uba, wins APC’s Anambra guber ticket

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Mr. Tony Okechukwu Nwoye, has been declared the winner of the Anambra state governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The 42-year-old medical doctor and politician scored 2,146 votes to beat his closest rival, businessman Andy Uba, who scored 931 votes. Borno state governor Kashim Shetrima announced the result in Awka on Sunday after the keenly contested primary by 11 candidates for the November 18 governorship electiob.. The medical doctor, now a member of House of Representatives (Anambra East/West constituency) was a student union activist before becoming a…

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Macron spends N3.6m monthly on make-up

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French President Emmanuel Macron spent aboout $30,000(N10.8m)  — almost equal to the French people’s average annual disposable income — on makeup services in his first three months in office, reports said. This translates to N3.6m monthly. In France, the average household net-adjusted disposable income per capita is 29,759 dollars a year, according to data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The Elysee Palace paid a makeup artist once for 10,000 euros (11,000 dollars) and then again for 16,000 euros (19,000 dollars), for doing up the president for public…

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