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APC’s committee on restructuring dead on arrival – Fayose

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Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has called on Nigerians to reject the All Progressives Congress’s committee on restructuring, describing it as dead on arrival and a ruse. “It is a blatant attempt to draw the wool over the eyes of Nigerians”, he added. In a statement yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, Fayose, who is also the chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, said the APC committee on restructuring is unneccesary since the jury is that Nigerians in their large numbers, cutting across party, regional, ethnic,…

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Buratai orders troops to capture Shekau dead or alive

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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has directed Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maiduguri, to capture Abubakar Shekau, self-styled leader of the Boko Haram sect, “dead or alive”. Buratai further directed the Theatre commander to do so within 40 days. A statement issued by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, on Friday night, said that Attahiru should “employ all arsenal at the disposal of the Theatre Command to smoke out Shekau wherever he is hiding in Nigeria.” “The general public is please…

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Women and girls are a new frontier in the fight against HIV

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At the ninth annual conference on HIV science, happening in Paris right now, there’s a lot to celebrate. AIDS used to be one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide — no more. A report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS) shows that deaths have fallen from 1.9 million in 2005 to 1 million last year. And that’s not all: For the first time ever, there are more people receiving treatment than people who are not. “Today, we are saying to the world that we have almost 70 percent of people…

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Zouma signs new Chelsea deal, heads to Stoke City on loan

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Kurt Zouma has signed a new six-year contract and will spend the 2017/18 season on loan at Stoke City. Zouma arrived Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2014. He has made 71 appearances for the Blues so far and scored four goals. Technical director Michael Emenalo said: “It is fantastic Kurt has chosen to commit his future to Chelsea. He has shown his talent since joining us three years ago, and has returned from a serious injury with a fantastic attitude”. “Now he has the opportunity to play regularly in…

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Russia launches 5th generation fighter jet

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Russia has successfully completed the first set of flight tests of its T-50, fifth-generation fighter jet. The Aerospace Forces Commander Viktor Bondarev confirmed the successful tests on Friday. “Today is a historic event — a preliminary conclusion has been signed at the MAKS airshow on the first stage of the flight trials of the T-50 prototype. “We are now switching to the second stage of trials. We have also been recommended to start the manufacture of the plane’s pre-production batch,” Bondarev said. In an interview with Sputnik, Dmitry Drozdenko, a military…

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Trump warns of ‘serious consequences’ unless Iran releases detained Americans-White House

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U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Iran would face “new and serious consequences” unless all unjustly detained American citizens are released and returned, the White House said in a statement on Friday. Trump urged Iran to return Robert Levinson, an American former law enforcement officer who disappeared more than 10 years ago in Iran, and demanded that Tehran release businessman Siamak Namazi and his father, Baquer. The statement capped a week of rhetoric against Tehran. On Tuesday, Washington slapped new economic sanctions against Iran over its ballistic missile program and…

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U.S. State Department to clamp ban on travel to North Korea

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The U.S. government on Friday said it will bar Americans from traveling to North Korea due to the risk of “long-term detention” in the country, where a U.S. student was jailed while on a tour last year and later died. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has authorized a “Geographical Travel Restriction” on Americans to forbid them from entering North Korea, spokeswoman Heather Nauert said. “Once in effect, U.S. passports will be invalid for travel to, through and in North Korea, and individuals will be required to obtain a passport…

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TuFace to hold charity concert for IDPs

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As part of efforts to assist displaced persons, Tuface Foundation is organising a fund raising charity concert to support the activities of the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in the North-East. Musical icon Innocent Idibia, popularly known as Tuface, made this known while briefing journalists on Thursday in Abuja. Tuface said that the concert would take place on Sunday at Transcorp Hilton, Hotel, Abuja, and urged Nigerians to support the cause. He said that 60 per cent of the proceeds would be donated to UNHCR to support its interventions…

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The burden of victory

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Sweet victory, right? Yes. You cannot blame the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders of the Ahmed Makarfi faction for being so euphoric since the Supreme Court handed it the final legal victory last week. It had been a long, nasty and gut wrenching intra-party struggle. It has caused deep wounds on both sides. It has left the party haemorrhaging badly. And now the once largest party in Africa that ruled us at the centre and in the majority of the states for some 16 years faces an uncertain future; not…

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NSE market capitalisation appreciates by N27bn

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The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) for the third consecutive day on Wednesday posted further growth increasing by N27 billion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation rose by N27 billion or 0.23 per cent to close at N11.550 trillion against N11.523 trillion on Tuesday. Similarly, the All-Share Index, which opened at 33,436.61, inched 78.32 points or 0.23 points to close at 33,514.93 due to price growth by some highly capitalised equities. Seplat led the gainers’ table during the day, appreciating by N9.98…

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