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Premier League: Moses, Sanchez, Kane make team of the season [Full list]

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Liverpool and Manchester City joined champions Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, as the four teams that will represent England in next season’s Champions League. After analysis of individual performances, AFP Sport’s London football reporters picked its team of the Premier League season, deployed in the 3-4-3 formation used successfully by champions Chelsea. The list below: David de Gea (Manchester United) In a season when United’s Achilles heel has been their failures in front of goal, keeping the opposition out at the other end has been more crucial than ever. Fortunately for…

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Real Madrid wins its 1st Spanish title since 2012

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MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid won the Spanish league for the first time in five years on Sunday, avoiding its worst title drought since the 1980s and keeping Barcelona from its third straight championship. Zinedine Zidane’s team secured its 33rd league title with a 2-0 win at Malaga with goals by Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema. The last-round victory gave Madrid a three-point advantage over second-placed Barcelona, which rallied from two goals down to beat Eibar 4-2 at the Camp Nou. Madrid entered the final weekend needing a draw to…

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Rouhani Wins Re-election in Iran by a Wide Margin

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TEHRAN — Riding a large turnout from Iran’s urban middle classes, President Hassan Rouhani won re-election in a landslide on Saturday, giving him a mandate to continue his quest to expand personal freedoms and open Iran’s ailing economy to global investors. Perhaps as important, analysts say, the resounding victory should enable him to strengthen the position of the moderate and reformist faction as the country prepares for the end of the rule of the 78-year-old supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Of the 41 million votes cast, the Interior Ministry said,…

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North is ready for break up of Nigeria – Ango Abdullahi

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Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi has stated that the north is ready to go their way if Nigeria decides to break up. He was reacting to accusation by the South East leaders that the Northern Elders were sabotaging efforts to restructure the country. Abdullahi said the North is not aware of any sabotage, adding that there is nothing wrong in Igbo people asking to have a country of theirs. He further stated that if Nigerians are tired of staying as an entity, they should be…

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Osinbajo Swings Into Action: Orders resumption of 24-hour port operations

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…Bans illegal reception for non-designated persons at airports …Nigeria to process tourist, business visas within 2 days …Orders instant prosecution of bribe takers Details of the Executive Orders signed by Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo have emerged revealing a number of decisive policies formulated to ensure the smooth running of different organs of government. Osinbajo had last Thursday signed three Executive Orders at a time many in some quarters assumed that governance had taken a back seat in Nigeria. The Orders formed part of  the initiative by the Federal Government…

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Microsoft to establish datacenter in Africa to boost economic growth

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For the first time, the software giant, Microsoft has disclosed plans to establish datacenter in the African continent including Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. The investment would address the needs of African customers and recognizes the potential for digital transformation in Africa through the power of cloud. The development which is expected to enable greater innovation, entrepreneurship and economic growth across the continent when fully deployed will directly deliver the company’s mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Expanding on existing investments,…

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Trump says Venezuela crisis a ‘disgrace to humanity

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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday (May 18) called the situation in Venezuela a “disgrace to humanity” and said the deadly political crisis was possibly the worst of its kind in decades. “We haven’t really seen a problem like that… in decades, in terms of the kind of violence that we’re witnessing,” Trump told a press conference with visiting Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. “People don’t have enough to eat. People have no food. There’s great violence. And we will do whatever is necessary and we will work together to…

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Senate Probes Alleged Lopsided Recruitment In DSS

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Senate yesterday directed its Committee on Federal Character to carry out thorough investigation of recent alleged lopsided recruitment carried out by the Department of State Services (DSS). Chairman of the Committee, Senator Tijjani Yahaya Kaura (APC Zamfara North) had during plenary declared that his committee based on the petitions, resolved to probe the exercise considered to be highly lopsided in favour of a particular state and section of the country. Senator Kaura, who rose through Order 43 of the Senate Standing Rules  to intimate his colleagues of the move, said…

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Senate Summons Amaechi Over $5,851Bn Rail Project Loan

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The Senate yesterday summoned the minister of transport, Rotimi Amaechi to appear before it to explain reasons for the exclusion of the south east from the proposed loan of $5,851 billion from China Exim Bank to execute the modernisation of Lagos-Kano, Kano-Kaduna, Lagos-Ibadan, and Lagos-Calabar rail segment. This follows a motion moved by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP Abia South) during plenary titled, “Outright Omission of Eastern Corridor Rail Line in the request for approval of Federal Government 2016-2015 External Borrowing (Rolling Plan)”. Abaribe said that the federal government had on…

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Obasanjo’s Perspective On Corruption

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I read the corruption bombshell from the past president Olusegun Obasanjo recent speech as I was about to close my page on the Nigerian corruption saga. I also assumed that President Muhammadu Buhari has opened a new chapter of his holistic agenda to move the country forward. Recently, Obasanjo was quoted to have said: “The national situation is worse than what I met on the ground in 1999.” Our former president is entitled to his opinion which we may not all necessarily agree with. I have read many comments by…

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