Month: May 2018

I can’t manage against Arsenal–Wenger

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Arsene Wenger does not believe he is ready to manage against Arsenal yet, having taken charge of the club for the final time on Sunday. The 68-year-old’s tenure ended with victory over Huddersfield Town, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s first-half goal enough to secure Arsenal’s first points away from home this calendar year. Wenger intends to remain in management and claims to have already received numerous offers from other clubs, but he does not yet feel emotionally prepared to face his employers of the last 22 years. “I’m not ready for that…

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Iran nuclear deal: U.S. to sanction European coys

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As the U.S. mulls the next line of action on the abandoned Iran nuclear deal, National Security Adviser John Bolton has warned that Washington is prepared to impose sanctions on European companies if their governments don’t support President Donald Trump’s demand to stop dealing with Iran. “Europeans are going to face the effective U.S. sanctions,” Mr. Bolton said on ABC’s programme, “This Week.” Mr. Bolton’s comments are the latest salvo in the Trump administration’s campaign to put economic pressure on Iran and America’s European allies to accept a new agreement…

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Buhari lands in Jigawa today

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President Muhammadu Buhari will begin a visit to Dutse, Jigawa state today.The visit, which was initially scheduled for 7 May, was postponed because President Buhari went to London to keep an appointment with his doctor. He returned on Friday and said he was well.”I just went for a further medical check-up and I am alright, thank you`”, he told reporters on arrival. Gov. Muhammad Badaru, who has planned a rousing welcome for the president said during the visit, the President is expected to commission some projects. A state dinner will…

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Paris attack shows countries ‘will have to open their eyes’–Trump

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US President Donald Trump, who angered the French government earlier this month with his comments about the 2015 attacks in Paris, tweeted Sunday that he was “so sad” about the latest attack there. “At some point countries will have to open their eyes & see what is really going on,” he wrote. “This kind of sickness & hatred is not compatible with a loving, peaceful, & successful country! Changes to our thought process on terror must be made.” It was not clear exactly what he meant in the tweet, though…

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Mystery fire at Freetown airport, hours to Maada Bio’s inauguration

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A mystery fire has gutted the lounge at the Freetown International Airport, where the dignitaries jetting in Saturday for the official inauguration of Sierra Leone’e President Julius Maada Bio, would be received. The fire incident happened today. Government has asked the police to investigate its cause, but it is not ruling out sabotage because of it’s timing, less than 24 hours to Maada Bio’s inauguration. “This incident could not have come at a more unfortunate time, coming on the eve of the presidential inauguration’, the government said on Friday night,…

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I am not afraid of water, not afraid of death: Nigerian migrant Vitoria

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A Nigerian female migrant, identified as Vitoria, who was among the over 100 migrants rescued last week  by Medecin Sans Frontieres and SOS Méditerranee chartered Aquarius ship, has told newsmen why she decided to risk the perilous crossing from Libya into Italy. “I was not afraid of the water, because God created the water. I’m not afraid of death. We all die one day. I’m more afraid if the Libyan police were to catch me again, because they are so wicked,” the 21 year-old Nigerian said. Vitoria was in the…

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Tyranny of the gavel

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Having enjoyed the privilege of spending eight years in the Edo State House of Assembly during which I was the leader of the house for some eon; and, thereafter, a member of the House of Representatives in Abuja for four years, I can asseverate, without being accused of any streak of immodesty, that I am sufficiently versed and knowledgeably vast in the mechanism of the legislature as a third arm of the trinity of government both at the state and federal levels. The declaration supra presupposes that I understand the…

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Congo hits Ebola outbreak with quick response

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The Congo and World Health Organisation (WHO) have hit the outbreak of Ebola with quick response to contain the deadly disease. “I think with this rapid response we will be able to contain it,” WHO emergencies director for Africa, Ibrahima Soce Fall, told the Media on Wednesday. “Very clearly” the U.N. agency learned its lesson from the crisis, he added. Ebola is endemic to Congo, a vast country whose eastern Ebola river gave the deadly virus its name when it was discovered there in the 1970s. This is the ninth…

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Facebook, Google under EFF scrutiny to explain removed posts

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation asks tech giants to be more transparent on how and why your content is removed. Ever noticed one of your Facebook posts disappear without explanation? You’re not the only one. Not-for-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of digital rights groups have called on big tech companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google, to explain decisions behind removed content as well as improve appeals policies. They published a document on Monday titled “The Santa Clara Principles,” asking tech companies to disclose details concerning “content removals, account suspensions, appeals, and…

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Lagos government receives $400,000 Ford foundation grant for proposed museum project

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The Lagos State Government yesterday said it had received $400,000 out of the $600,000 grant donated by the Ford Foundation for the proposed Lagos Museum project to be sited at the New Eko Court, Marina. Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr. Steve Ayorinde disclosed this, while addressing journalists at the annual Ministerial press briefing to mark the third year anniversary of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration, held in Alausa, Ikeja. The commissioner, who also unveiled that the state’s Tourism Master Plan, said it had adequately captured the potentials of spiritual…

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