Juan Mata scores as Manchester United draw against Mexican side on US tour

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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said Thursday’s 1-1 pre-season draw with Club America in Arizona “pushed us to levels we are not prepared for”. United had to come from behind against the Mexican side as Juan Mata’s 78th-minute strike cancelled out Henry Martin’s opener on 59 minutes. The Premier League side were without many key players after the World Cup. Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and English duo Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford were among those missing. David de Gea, Nemanja Matic and new Brazilian signing Fred are expected to join…

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Police deny assassination attempt on Senator Melaye, summon him

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The Kogi State Police Command has summoned Senator Dino Melaye to report at the State Criminal and Investigation Department after his armed guards fired on a team of policemen on patrol duties in the state. A police sergeant was the victim of the shooting, the police said and is recuperating in the hospital. The Kogi Police Command asked Melaye to report at the SCIID office in the state capital, in the company of his armed guards, as investigation began on the shooting. According to the police, their statement, signed by…

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APC suffers loose as over 500 members decamp to PDP in Orogun

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.. Okowa is keen on developing Delta state-Osawota From Grandball Joel Over 500 members of the All Progressive Congress, APC, have decamped to the family of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in Orogun, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state. Speaking on behalf the decamped persons, Chief Jamarson Ovuoraevwie said, “We are motivated by the developmental strides of the State Governor, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, and have promised to support his reelection bid. According to Ovuoraevwie, they decided to jump ship because the APC neglected them after working vigorously…

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EU set to fine Google billions over Android

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The EU is set to fine US internet giant Google several billion euros this week for freezing out rivals of its Android mobile phone system, sources said, in a ruling that risks fresh tensions with Washington. Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is expected to say on Wednesday that Google abused its dominant position in the market by making tie-ups with phone makers like South Korea’s Samsung and China’s Huawei. The long-awaited decision comes as fears of a transatlantic trade war mount due to President Donald Trump’s shock decision to impose tariffs…

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Federal government launches technical support programme for healthcare services

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Federal Government, on Tuesday, launched a structured and coherent Technical Support Programme (TSP) that would help the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), to effectively deliver the required technical support to states in the delivery of Primary Health Care (PHC) services. It was also designed to reposition the NPHCDA in driver’s seat to harness resources from both public and private sector stakeholders for improved Universal Health Coverage (UCH). Minister of health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, who launched the programme in Abuja, observed that absence of such technical support was responsible…

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Back in Washington, Donald Trump under pressure to reverse course on Russia

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President Donald Trump found himself isolated and under pressure to reverse course Tuesday after publicly challenging the US intelligence conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 election during his face-to-face with Vladimir Putin. At his inaugural summit with the Russian president in Finland, Trump appeared to accept at face value the strongman’s denial that c interfered in a bid to undermine the Democrat Hillary Clinton — a stance that triggered bipartisan outrage at home. Back in Washington, Trump sounded a defensive note, insisting his meeting with Putin had been “even…

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EFCC re-arraigns ex-Governor Orji Kalu, raises charges to 39 counts

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A former Governor of Abia, Orji Uzor Kalu, was on Tuesday re-arraigned at a Federal High Court in Lagos on an amended 39-count bordering on fraud. Kalu, who is now a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is being prosecuted by the Economic an. The anti-graft agency is prosecuting Kalu together with his former Commissioner for Finance, Ude Udeogo, and a company, Slok Nigeria Ltd., said to be owned by Kalu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the EFCC had on Oct. 31, 2016, preferred 34…

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Police inspector dismissed for giving information to unauthorised persons

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The Police on Tuesday arraigned a 38-year-old man, Adesida Ademola, in an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly ‎giving false information to public officers. Ademola of no fixed address is standing trial on a charge of giving false information to public officers. The prosecutor, Sgt. Samson Osobu, told the court that the defendant committed the alleged offence on July 12, in Ado-Ekiti. Osobu alleged that the defendant, being a serving police inspector, did publish and communicate to unauthorised persons, the information that came to him by virtue of his position.…

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2019 Election will be walk over for President Buhari – APC Chieftain

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A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Engr. Kailani Mohammad, in Kaduna has said, all efforts to pull down President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the 2019 general elections will not succeed, stressing that, the presidential election will just be a walk over for the incumbent president and the party. Engr. Mohammad who has been a close associate of President Buhari since the days of the All Peoples Party (APP) further averred that greedy and selfish politicians are behind the current insecurity to discredit Buhari’s government. Addressing a press conference…

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Barack Obama: French World Cup victors show triumph of diversity

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Former US president Barack Obama on Tuesday singled out the African heritage of many players in France’s World Cup-winning football team in a speech paying tribute to Nelson Mandela. Speaking in Johannesburg to mark 100 years since Mandela’s birth, Obama said that embracing diversity “delivers practical benefits since it ensures that a society can draw upon the energy and skills of all people.” “And if you doubt that, just ask the French football team that just won the World Cup — because not all these folks look like Gauls to…

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