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Sergio Aguero hits 200th goal as Manchester City spank Chelsea

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The new English football season got off to a familiar start as two Sergio Aguero goals, including his 200th for the club, handed Manchester City a 2-0 win over Chelsea. The victory enabled the 2017/2018 English Premier League champions to claim the FA Community Shield for the fifth time at a sun-baked Wembley. The game between title winners and Cup holders is the traditional curtain-raiser to the new season. But on this evidence the gap between the two teams, which last season stood at 30 points in the Premier League,…

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Hollywood actor Steven Seagal now Russian envoy

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Russia has appointed Hollywood actor Steven Seagal as special representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to focus on humanitarian issues with the United States (U.S.). Russian Foreign Ministry which made the announcement on Facebook late on Saturday said Seagal will be tasked with furthering “Russian-American relations.” It is unclear how Seagal who was given Russian citizenship in 2016 will go about accomplishing that goal. It would be recalled that an alleged Russian spy with apparent ties to a Donald Trump campaigner in has been in the news concerning…

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My charter for restructuring Nigeria

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As we approach another election cycle, the prognosis for a national crisis coveys a reality of frightening proportions. We are confronted by existential threats that seek to engender the fragmentation and disintegration of our nation as a holistic entity. Nigeria has become a divided and segregated society like never before. We have become polarized by ethnicity; we have become balkanized by religious fundamentalism. We have become fractured by political insensitivity and leadership disability. The advent of the Boko Haram insurgents and the ubiquitous Fulani herdsmen phenomenon have further exacerbated social…

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Understanding President Muhammadu Buhari’s politics

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In the last few weeks, several political developments that can dismember the Nigerian nation have surfaced in the country. Due to the quiet disposition of Muhammadu Buhari, our current President, some people often attribute many of the happenings to him. In the month of July 2018 however, the President made a number of profound statements which appear to suggest that he is greatly misunderstood and that there are basic differences between Buhari and his party, the All Progressive Congress, APC. In a lengthy telephone conversation, Musa, my pro-Buhari friend of…

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Akpabio meets Buhari in London

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Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio met vacationing President Muhammadu Buhari in London today, four days before he crosses over to the All Progressives Congress. Issues discussed were not diclosed. Akpabio had met Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja on Thursday and also national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Lagos. Akpabio’s decision to leave the PDP has dampened PDP celebration over the defection of a dozen senators, three governors and some 30 members of the House of Representatives, who hitherto were members of the All Progressives Congress.…

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NDDC to construct 69km road, 22 bridges in Delta coastal communities –Adjogbe

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From Grandball Joel THE Executive Director of Projects at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Engr, Sam Adjogbe has disclosed that the Buhari administration is set to construct a 69 km road with 22 bridges to link the coaster communities in Delta state for effective oil exploration and smooth take of the Maritime University at Okerenkoko. Speaking at Evwreni in Ughelli North,Delta state, when the Buhari Support Group Center, BSGC made him  patron of the group, Adjogbe held that the Buhari administration has touch lives and communities in the Niger…

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Delta Women protest estimated billing by BEDC, barricades East/West road

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From Grandball Joel Vehicular movement, yesterday was restricted for over six hours as women in a peaceful protest barricade the Ughelli axis of the East /West road over the continuous estimated billing by the management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC. Singing war songs, the women in their hundreds accuse the company of witch hunting consumers by giving them estimated bills even when there is no light for them to use. One of the protesters who gave her name as Patricia Ajagba said,  “For over two months now we have…

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Dividends of democracy entails good education, health and infrastructural development for our people- Unuezi

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Isoko House of Representative hopeful, Edafe Unuezi Oduh speaks to Grandball Joel on why he is contending with others for the seat. Why he is the bridge between the young and old in Isoko nation. ADP is the only party that can deliver the Isoko Nation from PDP. Excerpt: What can you say about Edafe Unuezi Oduh who is aspiring for the House of Representative to represent the Isoko people? Simple, and easy going gentle man. Sir, why you want contest for House of Representatives in Isoko and your chances of clinching the…

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Senator Gumel: Executive order 6 targets thieves

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Senator Abdullahi Gumel (APC, Jigawa) has urged Nigerians not to express fears over the Executive Order 6, recently signed by President Buhari. Gumel told the journalists yesterday that “only thieves” would be afraid of an order meant to help preserve assets wrongfully acquired. The lawmaker, who is Chairman, Senate Committee on States and Local Government Administration, said it was not meant to witch-hunt Nigerians except those looting the resources of the country for personal interest. “If somebody is kicking against, it may be that the person is a thief. The…

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Nursing mother, 154 stranded Nigerians in Russia arrive Abuja

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A nursing mother and 154 out of 230 Nigerian football fans stranded in Russia after the 2018 FIFA World Cup arrived the country on Friday night. The stranded football fans including a nursing mother in her mid thirties came through Ethiopian Airline flight number ET-ALP that arrived Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja at about 9.12 p.m on July 20. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, who was at the airport to monitor their arrival, lauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s effort to ensure their safe return. He said that Mr…

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