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Ekwueme disowns Obiano, endorses Obaze

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Nigeria’s ex-Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, yesterday, threw his weight behind the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Oseloka Obaze, ahead of the November 18 Anambra election. The endorsement of Obaze’s candidature by the elder statesman has laid to rest speculations in the media of the endorsement of the second term bid of the incumbent governor, Chief Willie Obiano. Addressing PDP faithful in his family house at Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of the state, Ekwueme said  time had come to unseat the ruling All Progressives…

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FG to bar doctors from private practice

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The Federal Government is considering barring doctors in public hospitals from private practice, Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, has said. The minister told State House correspondents that the idea was discussed yesterday at the weekly cabinet meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the minister, the only thing the nation’s law permits a public officer to do is farming. Adewole said a committee had been set up to look into the matter and make appropriate recommendations to the government. “The council decided to look into the issue…

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Sergio Aguero would ‘love’ Lionel Messi to join Manchester City

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Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero admits he would “love” compatriot Lionel Messi to join him at the Etihad but admits any potential deal would be “complicated”. The 29-year-old Barcelona forward would come at a large cost – his buy-out clause is £268.7m – but Aguero thinks if Messi was keen to make the move, finances would not be an issue.  “The money isn’t a problem here,” Aguero told TyC Sport. “But I think Messi, like [Cristiano] Ronaldo, are players who are symbols of their clubs and it’s difficult for them…

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How restructuring will be achieved – El-Rufai

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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has urged all key stakeholders to reach a compromise, on how the future of the country should look like. El-Rufai stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, while welcoming the participants to the civil society organization and youths’ public hearing, organized by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Committee on True Federalism. The Governor said since all the stakeholders had agreed that something was wrong with Nigeria’s political structure, an honest conversation was needed to lay a solid foundation for the younger generation. “Let’s use this opportunity…

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Kidnapping: Judge hands-off Evans case

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Justice Abdulazeez Anka of the Federal High Court, Lagos on Wednesday declined to hear a fundamental rights suit filed by suspected kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans. Evans is seeking N300 million damages for his illegal detention. Anka said that the case file would be returned to the Administrative Judge for further directive. The judge had earlier heard the case during the court’s long vacation and had adjourned until Aug. 29 for judgment after parties argued it and adopted their addresses on Aug.16. But the police through its counsel Mr David…

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World economic growth improving, as IMF upgrades Irish forecast

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The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for Ireland’s economic performance, as it said the current broad-based global economic upswing will likely be sustained into next year. The IMF revised its forecast for the Irish economy, saying it expects it to grow by 4.1per cent this year and 3.4per cent next year. This compares to a previous estimate of 3.5 per cent and 3.2 per cent respectively. The IMF also upgraded its global economic growth forecast for 2017 by 0.1 percentage points to 3.6 per cent, and to 3.7 per cent…

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Italian Serie A foreign TV rights sold for €371m

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International broadcasting rights for Serie A football over the next four years have been sold for twice as much as the previous four-year period, the league announced. US sports and entertainment management group IMG and Italy’s public TV broadcaster RAI bought the global rights for 2018 to 2021 for 371 million euros ($438 million), with RAI broadcasting to “Italian communities abroad”, La Lega Serie A said on Tuesday. The sum paid is double that of the 186 million euros ($219 million) forked out for the previous period, from 2015 to…

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USA knocked out of FIFA World Cup

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The United States will be missing in Russia next year as they failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1986. They crashed out on Tuesday  after a shock 2-1 defeat against already-eliminated Trinidad and Tobago. In a result that will be viewed as a catastrophe for soccer in the United States, Trinidad took all three points via an Omar Gonzalez own goal and a superb strike from Alvin Jones. US star Christian Pulisic pulled a goal back in the second half, but the increasingly desperate…

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Five arrested in India over assault on Nigerian

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Police in the Indian capital Delhi have arrested five people after a video circulated showing what appears to be a mob severely beating a Nigerian man, the BBC has reported. They have also detained the Nigerian, whom some residents accused of theft. The video shows four or five men using sticks to beat a man of African appearance who has been tied to a post. There was a spate of attacks on African nationals living in India last year, including one in which a Congolese man was beaten to death in…

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Infidelity: Georgina Chapman dumps hubby Weinstein

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Georgina Chapman, the wife of film producer Harvey Weinstein is quitting their union following allegations of sexual harassment against him from a string of actresses. The 41-year-old Chapman said Weinstein’s actions were “unforgivable”. Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow are the latest women to come forward with allegations of sexual harassment. They said the incidents happened early in their careers. On Tuesday Weinstein also denied allegations of rape made in The New Yorker magazine. Weinstein was fired on Sunday from his own film studio. The Weinstein Company board said…

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