Day: October 11, 2017

Kidnapping: Judge hands-off Evans case

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Justice Abdulazeez Anka of the Federal High Court, Lagos on Wednesday declined to hear a fundamental rights suit filed by suspected kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans. Evans is seeking N300 million damages for his illegal detention. Anka said that the case file would be returned to the Administrative Judge for further directive. The judge had earlier heard the case during the court’s long vacation and had adjourned until Aug. 29 for judgment after parties argued it and adopted their addresses on Aug.16. But the police through its counsel Mr David…

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World economic growth improving, as IMF upgrades Irish forecast

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The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for Ireland’s economic performance, as it said the current broad-based global economic upswing will likely be sustained into next year. The IMF revised its forecast for the Irish economy, saying it expects it to grow by 4.1per cent this year and 3.4per cent next year. This compares to a previous estimate of 3.5 per cent and 3.2 per cent respectively. The IMF also upgraded its global economic growth forecast for 2017 by 0.1 percentage points to 3.6 per cent, and to 3.7 per cent…

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Italian Serie A foreign TV rights sold for €371m

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International broadcasting rights for Serie A football over the next four years have been sold for twice as much as the previous four-year period, the league announced. US sports and entertainment management group IMG and Italy’s public TV broadcaster RAI bought the global rights for 2018 to 2021 for 371 million euros ($438 million), with RAI broadcasting to “Italian communities abroad”, La Lega Serie A said on Tuesday. The sum paid is double that of the 186 million euros ($219 million) forked out for the previous period, from 2015 to…

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USA knocked out of FIFA World Cup

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The United States will be missing in Russia next year as they failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1986. They crashed out on Tuesday  after a shock 2-1 defeat against already-eliminated Trinidad and Tobago. In a result that will be viewed as a catastrophe for soccer in the United States, Trinidad took all three points via an Omar Gonzalez own goal and a superb strike from Alvin Jones. US star Christian Pulisic pulled a goal back in the second half, but the increasingly desperate…

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Five arrested in India over assault on Nigerian

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Police in the Indian capital Delhi have arrested five people after a video circulated showing what appears to be a mob severely beating a Nigerian man, the BBC has reported. They have also detained the Nigerian, whom some residents accused of theft. The video shows four or five men using sticks to beat a man of African appearance who has been tied to a post. There was a spate of attacks on African nationals living in India last year, including one in which a Congolese man was beaten to death in…

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Infidelity: Georgina Chapman dumps hubby Weinstein

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Georgina Chapman, the wife of film producer Harvey Weinstein is quitting their union following allegations of sexual harassment against him from a string of actresses. The 41-year-old Chapman said Weinstein’s actions were “unforgivable”. Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow are the latest women to come forward with allegations of sexual harassment. They said the incidents happened early in their careers. On Tuesday Weinstein also denied allegations of rape made in The New Yorker magazine. Weinstein was fired on Sunday from his own film studio. The Weinstein Company board said…

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Buhari fixing wrong people in strategic positions – Dino Melaye

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Senator Dino Melaye has noted that there are so many square pegs in round holes in the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Melaye said Buhari’s selections were synonymous to someone wearing oversized shoes, adding that there were lots of nepotism in the President’s appointments. In an interview with Vanguard, Melaye, a chieftain of the ruling party, said, “Let me tell you, in this government, we have square pegs in round holes. “You cannot give carpentry work to a tailor and you expect him to perform. We need to rejig the economy…

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kenyan scholar wants Late Fela immortalised

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Prof. Patrick Lumumba, a Kenyan Professor of Law has urged Africans to immortalise Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and his ideal of a corrupt-free society. Lumumba said this during the 2017 Felabration, with the theme: “40 Years after FESTAC, 20 Years after Fela, Wither the Pan-African Dream?” Felabration is an annual music festival conceived in 1998 by Yeni Anikulapo-Kuti in memory and celebration of her father Fela, a Nigerian musician and human rights activist known for pioneering the afrobeat genre of music. Lumumba said that Fela had remained ever green because of his…

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Nigerian Army: Operation Crocodile Smile II in Niger Delta begins Friday

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The Nigerian Army has announced that Exercise CROCODILE SMILE II will commence on Friday. The Army said the exercise which will “span across three Divisions of the Nigerian Army, 2,6 and 81” is in line with the training of troops in the “conduct of Internal Security Operations.” A statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman, added that Exercise CROCODILE SMILE II was “based on Constitutional provisions.”  Recall that the Army had last year launched the operation in the Niger Delta region of the country. The statement…

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Ghost workers: FG’s savings hit N120bn

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The Federal Government on Tuesday put the cumulative savings from checking the ghost workers’ syndrome through the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) at N120 billion Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Ahmed Idris, said this in Abuja in a presentation on the impact of financial reforms on the Nigerian economy, at the 22nd Annual Conference of Certified National Accountants. The three-day conference, with the theme “Sustainable Economic Management in a Recession: Issues, Strategies and Options”, was organised by the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN). Idris…

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