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Wolfsburg spared blushes, but problems will continue

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Wolfsburg secured their Bundesliga safety right at the last by overcoming Eintracht Braunschweig in the relegation play-off. Andries Jonker’s side managed to net twice in 180 minutes of football against a second division side that they would have been tipped to beat comfortably just 12 months ago. Braunschweig fans flooded the pitch at the end of the game to show their disappointment at missing out on promotion, and rightly so. The club had worked extremely hard all season to get there, while the winning team had disappointed and underperformed throughout.…

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Nigeria pleads for death row nationals as Indonesia’s top diplomat visits

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The Federal Government on Monday pleaded with the government of Indonesia to commute the death penalty passed on Nigerians in the country’s prison, to life imprisonment. Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama, made the plea in a joint communique issued at the end of bilateral meeting between the minister and Retno Marsudi, his counterpart from Indonesia. He said, “On consular issues, Nigeria recognises the drugs emergency situation in Indonesia and pleaded for commuting death penalty to life imprisonment.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there are about 50 Nigerians…

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Shocking: Pastor arrested for operating baby factory in Aba

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A self acclaimed pastor identfied as, Christopher Tochukwu, has been arrested by men of the police force attached to the Ariaria Police Division, Aba, Abia State, for allegedly running a baby factory on Faulks Road, Aba. According to reports, Tochukwu converted a one-storeyed building, where he conducted his church services and had a clinic, to a hideout where pregnant teenage girls were kept. A police source told PUNCH Metro that the detectives, acting on a tip-off, rescued three pregnant girls and another girl whose baby had been sold to an unidentified buyer. The source…

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Gymnastics In Nigeria Gearing To Overtake Football – Asuquo

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As the new face of leadership in the Nigerian sporting federations is set to be launched in about a week, newly elected board member of the Nigerian Gymnastics Federation (NGF), Coach Anthony Asuquo, has declared that, with quality developmental programmes which would soon be unveiled, gymnastics in Nigeria would soon be head-and-shoulders above other sports. Asuquo, who spoke in Abuja over the weekend, maintained that the new set of leaders emerging for the sport federation would work assiduously to stamp Gymnastics in the hearts of every Nigerian. “Being the technical…

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No constitutional crisis over PMB’s absence – Presidency

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The Senior special assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, has dismissed an article by a Nigerian historian, Max Siollun, entitled, “The Gentleman’s Agreement that Could Break Apart Nigeria,” published in the  United States-based Foreign Policy magazine. The piece speculates that Nigeria faces imminent political and constitutional crisis on account of President Buhari’s absence to attend to his health in London. Reacting to what he called “needlessly sensational and exaggerated speculations by conspiracy theorists”, the Presidential aide explained that it is misleading to compare President Buhari’s…

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NASS to Create 1.5m jobs in 5 years – Saraki

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In order to enhance the economy and reduce poverty, the National Assembly has prioritized enactment of laws that would create additional 1.57m jobs and improve income growth in the next five years, Senate President Bukola Saraki has said. According to him, the decision was compelled by the need to enable the legislature evolve a way out of the circle of volatility that the country continue to experience in economic fortunes as a result of over reliance on oil. Saraki stated this yesterday at the anniversary of the National Assembly Business…

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US urges UN Chief to look into who killed investigators in Congo

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UNITED NATIONS – The United States urged the United Nations on Monday to investigate who murdered two UN sanctions monitors in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid mounting criticism of the Congolese authorities’ own inquiry. American Michael Sharp and Swede Zaida Catalan disappeared in March in central Congo’s Kasai region, where hundreds have died since last July in an insurrection against the government. Their bodies were found two weeks later in a shallow grave. They were part of an independent panel of experts investigating sanctions violations, who report to the…

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Africa in danger of digital disruption- Leo Stan Ekeh

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Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman of Zinox Group,  Leo Stan Ekeh, has raised the alarm over an impending digital disruption in Africa occasioned by the challenges of mass unemployment and the failure of most African states to match the rapid pace of digital evolution. He made this call during a breakfast talk with select entrepreneurs from Africa and Asia in Dubai Marina on Sunday. Ekeh, a renowned digital enthusiast and global advisor to Microsoft, disclosed that Africa has barely 13 and a half years to avert the impending disruption which…

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We never named Peter Obi, Ike Ekweremadu, 21 others as sponsors of Pro-Biafra groups — South East activists

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South-East activists under the umbrella of International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety) and Southeast Based Coalition of Human Rights Organizations (SBCHROs) have vehemently denied naming immediate past Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, and 21 others as sponsors of Pro-Biafra groups. Intersociety and SBCHROs made the denial Sunday night in a statement in which they lambasted controversial portal Naija.com for “the wicked, scandalous and malicious publication”. While the notorious portal claimed to have sourced its story from Daily Times,…

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Trump attacks London Mayor over terrorist strike

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President Trump warned after a deadly attack in London that terrorism will “only get worse” if officials don’t “get down to the business of security for our own people” and end political correctness. “We must stop being politically correct and get down to the business of security for our people. If we don’t get smart it will only get worse,” he tweeted early Sunday. “At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!’ ” Trump said in…

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