Fulham knock off Villa for English Premier League comeback

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Fulham returned to the Premier League after a four-year absence as Tom Cairney scored the winner in a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa in the Championship playoff final at Wembley on Saturday. Cairney’s first-half goal was decisive as Fulham, owned by U.S. billionaire Shahid Khan, held on to their narrow lead. This was despite having defender Denis Odoi sent off after 70 minutes as tempers began to fray on a sultry afternoon. The win secures the west London club a windfall of at least 160 million pounds ($212.91 million). Fulham…

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Protesters demand Nicaragua’s Ortega, wife quit

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Hundreds of protesters in Nicaragua have resumed their protest, blocking roads in many parts of the country, with at least eight more people killed in the last 24-hours. Unrest  resumed since week-long church-mediated talks between the government and opposition to quell a month of violence broke down late on Wednesday. Hundreds of demonstrators in the north, center and south of the Central American nation were blocking highways on Saturday, demanding Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, stand down. Since protests began on April 18 at least 83 people…

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Platini: I am returning to soccer

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Former UEFA chief Michel Platini said he plans to return to soccer after being  cleared by Swiss authorities of any criminal wrongdoing over payments he received from FIFA. The payment resulted in his ban for ethics violations. The Frenchman was banned from all soccer-related activities over a two million Swiss francs ($2.02 million) payment FIFA made to him in 2011, with former chief Sepp Blatter’s approval, for work done a decade earlier. FIFA’s ethics committee said the payment, made at a time when Blatter was seeking re-election, lacked transparency and…

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Qatar bans goods from Saudi, UAE

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Qatar has ordered shops to remove goods originating from a group of Saudi Arabian-led countries which a year ago imposed a wide-ranging boycott on the emirate, Doha officials said Saturday. A directive from the economy ministry ordered shops to immediately strip shelves of products from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt. Inspectors will visit stores to ensure they comply with the order, the ministry said. The government will also try and stop products such as Saudi dairy goods from entering Qatar via a third country. Qatar’s Government Communications Office…

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Kim ‘Wholeheartedly’ ready for June 12 talks with Trump: Moon

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Kim Jong Un,  leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and U.S. President Donald Trump are willing to hold the first-ever historic summit as scheduled in Singapore. South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday confirmed this in  a nationally televised address at the presidential complex, saying both Kim and Trump wished the success of their summit originally scheduled for June 12  “wholeheartedly.” The confirmation came after Moon held a surprise summit Saturday with Kim on the DPRK side of the border village of Panmunjom. Moon met with Trump…

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FG declares Tuesday public holiday

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The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, May 29, as public holiday to celebrate the 2018 Democracy Day. The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on Friday in Abuja on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement issued by Dr M. Umar the Permanent Secretary. Dambazau congratulated Nigerians on the occasion and pledged government’s continued dedication to entrenching democracy in the country. He also urged all Nigerians to trust and support the government in its commitment to building an indivisible, peaceful and greater nation based on…

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Tackle issues surrounding insurgency, ECOWAS tells Nigeria

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ECOWAS Parliament has appealed to Nigeria to put measures in place to address the issue that surround insurgency in the Northeast. Mr Ibrahim Sadiq, Chairman, ECOWAS Parliament delegation to Northeast Nigeria, made the appeal when he presented the report on the fact finding mission to the region. At the plenary on Friday in Abuja, he also urged the government to tackle issues that border on climate change to find solution to environmental challenges it posed. He said although government made efforts to create access in the place to facilitate return…

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Alex, BBNaija fame joins talent firm

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Alex Asogwa, a.k.a Alex Unusual, BBNaija 3rd runner-up, has become the first 2018 housemate to get signed by a talent agency, Naomad Talent Management. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the signing gives Alex, who is a dancer, model and writer, the needed structure to harness her full potential. Naomi M. Adenuga, CEO/Founder of the agency, told NAN in Abuja on Friday said Alex was full of depth and authenticity. “It is with great pleasure that we welcome “The Beautiful Unusual One” @alex_unusual to the Naomad Family. “We…

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Morgan Freeman ‘Devastated’ by Reports of Sexual Harassment: ‘I Did Not Assault Women

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Morgan Freeman is speaking out again amid reports of his allegedly inappropriate sexual behavior towards women. “I am devastated that 80 years of my life is at risk of being undermined, in the blink of an eye, by Thursday’s media reports,” he said in a statement. “All victims of assault and harassment deserve to be heard. And we need to listen to them. But it is not right to equate horrific incidents of sexual assault with misplaced compliments or humor.” The actor, 80, added, “I admit that I am someone who…

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Trump takes aim at federal bureaucracy with new executive orders rolling back civil-service protections

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President Trump moved Friday to roll back civil-service protections that federal employees have enjoyed for a generation, making it easier to fire poor performers, curtailing time employees can be paid for union work and directing agencies to negotiate tougher union contracts. In three executive orders the president signed before the holiday weekend, Trump took his first significant steps toward fulfilling a campaign promise he made to overhaul a federal bureaucracy he told voters was awash in “waste, fraud and abuse.” The changes have been championed by Republicans who have sought to…

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