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Paris Club: Dec. pay threatened, FG, states in Court

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Hope for state workers to receive payment of their December salaries as well as backlog of arrears is on the brink of being dashed as the Federal Government and 36 State Governors have been dragged to court by the consultant that handled the disbursement of the Paris Club Refund. A source highly placed in the Presidency told our correspondent that the said consultant had taken the duo to court for non-payment of the 5 per cent consultancy fees due to him. According to the source, the suit may stall further…

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Brexit fallout: China, Britain form new alliance

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Following significant negotiations made towards the exit of United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU), Britain and China have agreed to cooperate in clean energy research and promote global use of Beijing’s currency. The agreement reached on Saturday at an economic dialogue in Beijing, led by Britain’s finance minister and a senior Chinese economic official. The event was attended by a delegation of British business leaders and economic officials. British leaders are looking to China for trade and investment as they try to fashion a new global role and…

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Senate seat: Concede defeat, Trump tells Republican Moore

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Contrary to expectation, U.S. President Donald Trump has urged his party member Roy Moore to concede defeat in the Alabama Senate race he lost to Democrat Doug Jones on Tuesday following a bruising campaign. Trump told reporters at the White House, “I think he should concede. I want to support the person running. We need the seat. We’d like to have the seat.” The U.S. president backed the controversial Moore, who was dogged by allegations that he made sexual advances on girls as young as 14 in the late 1970s,…

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Nigerian political parties now 67

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Ahead of the 2019 general elections, 21 new political parties have been registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) bringing the number to 67. The approval, according to a statement signed by Mrs May Agbmuche-Mbu, INEC National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee, was given at the commission’s weekly meeting on Thursday in Abuja. She said that the associations were registered as political parties, because they had fulfilled the constitutional requirements for registration. The new political parties are All Blending Party (ABP), All Grassroots Alliance (AGA), Alliance…

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NECO releases 2017 Nov/Dec exam results

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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released 2017 November/December External Senior School Certificate Examination results. Prospective candidates are expected to purchase NECO result checking scratch card before proceeding to check their results online, Cards are available in all NECO offices. How To Check Result… 1)Go to NECO result checking portal http://www.mynecoexams.com/results/default.aspx 2)Select your examination type i.e. Nov/Dec 3)Select your year of examination i.e. 2017 4)Enter the result checking scratch card PIN number in the required column 5)Enter your examination number Finally, click on Check My Result button to access your…

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U.S. lawmaker commits suicide over sex scandal

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A state lawmaker in Kentucky, U.S., Rep. Dan Johnson, has committed suicide after report emerged that he sexually assaulted a woman when she was 17. Reports say the 57-year-old lawmaker, a preacher and a Republican, shot himself on a bridge in Mt. Washington, southeast of Louisville. His body turned up on a riverbank near the bridge and the weapon reportedly was found at the scene. Rep. Johnson took to Facebook on Wednesday to post about the accusations levelled against him, claiming they were “false” and “only GOD knows the truth.”…

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Helicopter crashes in Cote d’Ivoire, injures 4

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A civilian helicopter crashed on Thursday in Port Bouet, near Felix Houphouet-Boigny International Airport in Abidjan, the Economic Capital of Cote d’Ivoire, according to local media. Fire fighters at the site said four people were injured after the two-seat SE 3132 belonging to a private company “Ivory Helicopter’’ crashed on store houses for unknown reasons. The accident occurred around 10 a.m., according to witnesses, saying rescuers quickly moved to the site. Abodou Paul Gnangorant, the Commander of the fire brigade, said two stores of the neighbourhoods were destroyed. It was the second…

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Another solar system like Earth’s found

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A solar system with as many planets as our own has been discovered with the help of NASA’s Kepler space telescope and artificial intelligence, the US space agency said Thursday. “Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star,” NASA said in a statement. However, none of the planets is expected to be hospitable to life. The eight-planet system — the largest known outside of ours — orbits a star called Kepler 90 some 2,545 light-years away. “The Kepler-90 star system is like a…

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Buhari returns home from France

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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after participating at the “One Planet” summit in Paris, France. He departed on Monday. The president’s aircraft landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, at about 4:35 p.m. where he was received by senior government officials including his Chief of Staff, Alhaji Abba Kyari and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Alhaji Musa Bello. While in Paris, President Buhari appealed to the international community to support Nigeria’s commitment to reduce the negative effects of climate change. Buhari told participants that…

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San Francisco tech companies lose champion with death of mayor Ed Lee

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San Francisco technology companies including Twitter, Salesforce.com, Uber and Airbnb lost an important ally on Tuesday with the sudden death of Mayor Ed Lee. Lee courted the industry with tax breaks and helped fend off a backlash against the tech sector and the soaring rents and rising inequality it has brought to the city. Lee, 65, a former tenants’ rights lawyer and San Francisco’s first Chinese American mayor, died with more than two years left in his term. The cause was a heart attack, local media said. The mayor’s office…

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