Month: June 2018

2018 World Cup: Jose Mourinho predicts four teams to qualify for semi-final

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Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho has predicted the four teams he believes will reach the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. In an interview with RT Sport, Mourinho named Portugal, Brazil, Argentina and Germany as his World Cup semi-finalists. The United boss is backing his native Portugal for a productive run in Russia and believes they can beat Uruguay and France to reach the last-eight. According to Mourinho, England will reach the quarter-finals before being beaten by Brazil. The former Chelsea manager believes Argentina can beat Spain for…

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Chimamanda Adichie wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize

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A Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie, is the winner of the 2018 PEN Pinter Prize. The award, which was established in 2009 and named after Nobel Laureate, Harold Pinter, is given to writers of outstanding literary merit from Britain, Republic of Ireland and the Commonwealth. She will be presented with the award in October, where she will announce her co-winner for the International Writer of Courage award. She will be required to pick from a shortlist of international cases supported by English PEN. The recipient will be an international writer who…

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Ex-Plateau gov, Dariye, jailed 14 years for over N2bn fraud

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The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Gudu, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a former Governor of Plateau State and serving senator, Joshua Dariye, to 14 years’ imprisonment on charges of criminal breach of trust and criminal appropriation of the state’s funds running to over N2bn. Justice Adebukola Banjoko, in a judgment which took her six and a half hours to read on Tuesday, convicted the ex-governor on 15 out the 23 counts preferred against him in July 2007. The judge, barely a fortnight ago, imposed 14 years’ jail term…

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Patrick Vieira now Nice manager

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After more than 20 years away, former Arsenal and France star Patrick Vieira, is returning to Ligue 1 to take the reins at Nice where he was unveiled as manager on Monday. “I’m very happy to return to France, which I left at the age of 19 or 20,” Vieira told a press conference. “Returning to Ligue 1 was honestly always an objective, but I wanted to do so in the best circumstances and I think that’s the case.” Vieira, 41, arrives after a stint at MLS outfit New York…

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Photos: Trump, Kim finally meet face-to-face

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After months of sabre-rattling that gave way to flirtation, President Trump finally met face-to-face with Kim Jong Un at a hotel on Sentosa Island in Singapore on Tuesday morning. Hours into a working lunch, at which the two leaders discussed a deal to denuclearise North Korea, Trump and Kim took a stroll together, and the U.S. president declared “We’re going right now for a signing.” While it remained unclear what sort of document the two men would sign, Trump added that the meeting had gone “better than anybody could have…

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Fred Amata, Hafiz Oyetoro, ‘Kanran’ pay tribute to late Ras Kimono

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Fred Amata, Segun Akiremi a.k.a. “Kanran’’, and Hafiz Oyetoro a.k.a. “Saka‘’ on Monday, described the late Reggae Rastaman, Ras Kimono, as a ‘wonderful soul’ who would be greatly missed. They said in separate interviews, in Lagos, that a huge gap had been created in the nation’s reggae music genre with his demise. Ukeleke Elumelu, 60, and popularly known as Ras Kimono, died on Sunday in Lagos. Fred Amata, President, Movie Directors Guild of Nigeria, said that Ras Kimono’s death had brought a huge loss to the country’s music industry and…

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Man bags life imprisonment for defiling church member

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A 28-year-old man, Kingsley Inyang, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya of a Lagos High Court in Igbosere for defiling a 12-year-old girl. The girl, a Junior Secondary School (JSS) two pupil was said to be Inyang’s church member. Delivering judgement on the matter that lasted one year and three months, the judge noted that Inyang’s defence was inconsistent with the testimony of his girlfriend, who stated that on the day of the incident, he spent only 15 minutes with her. This was contrary to Inyang’s…

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Governor Ahmed: Offa robbery too grievous to be politicised

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Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has called on the Nigeria Police Force to carry out a thorough investigation into the Offa robbery and ensure all criminals involved in the dastardly act are brought to justice. The governor made the call in Ilorin when he received members of the state’s Artisan Congress led by its President, Alhaji Saadu Alawaye, at the Government House to protest against alleged politicisation of Offa robbery attack. Ahmed urged the Police not to politicise the incident, saying that the robbery incidence which claimed 33 lives…

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South African workers call off strike as wage deal signed

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A strike by South African public sector workers planned to start on Monday was called off after most trade unions accepted a government pay offer that exceeds Treasury provisions for salary increases. The stoppage was cancelled when more than 50 per cent of unions in a bargaining council agreed to the wage settlements. Affiliates of Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) trade union, which is closely aligned with the ruling African National Congress and represents the bulk of 1.3 million teachers, police officers and nurses, signed the three-year wage…

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APC convention: Comrade Oshiomhole next APC chairman – Governor El-Rufai

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Ahead the June 23 National Convention of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, on Sunday commissioned the campaign headquarter of the immediate past governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, declaring that “Oshiomhole is the next National Chairman of the APC”. Meantime, Comrade Oshiomhole said he will be chairman of all members of the party if elected, adding that he is not intimidated with the presence of other persons in the race which he said is good for democracy. Oshiomhole had last month declared his…

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