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Salah crowned PFA player of the year

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Egypt and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah was crowned the Premier League’s Players’ Player of the Year on Sunday, with his incredible 41-goal debut season. He beat out strong competition from Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne. “It’s a big honour. I’ve worked hard and I’m very happy to win it,” Salah said at the ceremony on Sunday evening. Salah matched a Premier League record tally for a single season by scoring his 31st league goal of the campaign in a 2-2 draw at West Brom on Saturday. “You’re comparing your name with…

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Diaspora Nigerians send $22 billion home

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Diaspora Nigerians wired $22 billion home in 2017, an African record and the fifth largest remittance by immigrants, according to the World Bank. Egypt received $20 billion from its  citizens abroad, according to figures published by the bank today. The World Bank said payments  from immigrants back to their home countries rebounded to reach a new record in 2017 but the costs of transferring funds also increased. The stronger-than-expected recovery in remittances — payments that are key to supporting the economies of many poor countries — was driven by growth…

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Miracle emerges winner of BBNaija, gets N25m

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Nigeria’s biggest reality TV show, Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) ended on Sunday with Miracle, one of the 20 housemates winning the grand prize. The show started on January 28. 23-year-old Miracle will go home with N25 million. The five finalists are Miracle, Cee-C, Tobi, Alex and Nina Find below the percentage scores by each of the contestants. BBNaija: The last five contestants Miracle, has been a lucky one in the contest as he won many of awards put up. He emerged winner of the BigBrotherNaija (Double Wahala) final wager challenge.…

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Dino Melaye arrested at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport

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Wanted Senator Dino Melaye reported that he was stopped from boarding a flight to Morocco this morning, after checking in. The voluble Senator who had been declared wanted by the Nigerian police for alleged arming of some thugs posted the information on his Instagram and Twitter accounts this morning. He said it was an arrest. The police and DSS have not confirmed the veracity of the claim. “Stopped from traveling and under arrest. No retreat no surrender. Talk we must”, Dino said on both his Instagram and Twitter accounts. “I…

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Invasion of Senate/theft of Mace: Senate, House to decide Omo-Agege’s fate 

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Henry Umoru and Godwin Oghre STRONG indications have emerged that following the invasion of the Senate by hoodlums last Wednesday and the snatching of its now recovered mace, the Senate and the House of Representatives will decide the fate of suspended Senator Ovie Omo- Agege (All Progressives Congress, APC, Delta Central). Sunday Vanguard gathered that the Senate, at its executive session, on Thursday, resolved that it will work in synergy with the lower chamber to take a decision on the senator who allegedly stormed the chamber with armed thugs while…

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NITDA embarks on cyber security awareness program

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The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has begun to organise workshops, capacity building and inter-agency collaborations to consolidate on nationwide cyber security awareness. The Director General of the agency, Dr Isa Pantami, made this disclosure in a statement he signed on Saturday in Abuja. According to Pantami, the workshop and awareness programmes are part of the agency’s efforts to equip citizens with foundational knowledge and share best practices on staying safe in the cyberspace. He said that everyone using Information Communication Technology (ICT) devices was vulnerable to cyber attacks…

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Jacob Zuma has love child from 24 year-old lady

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South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma is hugging the headlines again with reports that he has fathered a new baby from a 24-year-old woman. She gave birth to his child in a Durban hospital last week Thursday on his birthday, News24 said. TimesLIVE identified the woman as Nonkanyiso Conco and went further to say she is set to become Zuma’s seventh wife. Zuma is 76 years old. “Yes‚ we are getting married‚ but that is all I can say. I need to consult before I give any interviews‚” she said.…

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Presidency distance self over fake Zahra Buhari Facebook account

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The Presidency on Friday in Abuja raised alarm over fake Facebook account in the name of Zahra, President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter. The Presidency’s concern is in a statement by Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. He stated that “merchants of mischief have taken their antics against the first family further by creating a fake Facebook account in the name of Zahra, President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter.’’ He said the fake account, conspicuously different from the authentic one, was used to post a message on…

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Ughelli Agog as Elohim Ministries holds Free Medical Outreach

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By Gradeone Henry Elohim International Ministries held its annual Medical Mission tagged “The Outreach 2018” at the Ughelli kingdom hall last weekend in Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria. Elohim International Ministries, Inc., is a non-profit organization whose vision is to minister to the needs of the economically disadvantaged youth and adult. They provide food, clothing, and school supplies in Washington, DC and in Nigeria, West Africa. They believe that lack of financial means should not hinder the growth of anyone hence through the Ekuogbe Akpodiete Foundation provide scholarship funds to financially…

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Police recover stolen Senate mace in Abuja

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The Nigeria Police Force said it had recovered the Mace stolen from the chambers of the Senate by unidentified persons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on Wednesday, suspected thugs invaded the senate chambers during plenary and carted away the mace. A statement by the Deputy Force Spokesman, SP Aremu Adeniran, said that the mace was abandoned under the flyover before the city gate in Abuja where a passerby saw it and alerted the police. He said that following the ugly incident, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim…

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