Seven-goal super show puts City clear

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Gabriel Jesus scored twice as Manchester City produced an outstanding display to thrash Stoke 7-2 and move two points clear at the top of the Premier League on Saturday. City scored seven goals for the first time under Pep Guardiola, and for only the second time in the Premier League, as Raheem Sterling, David Silva, Fernandinho, Leroy Sane and Bernardo Silva were also on target at Eastlands. All of this was achieved without star striker Sergio Aguero, left as an unused substitute after recovering from a broken rib suffered in…

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Restructure Nigeria now – Olu Falae

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Elder statesman and former minister of finance, Chief Olu Falae has cautioned that Nigeria must be restructured before the next general elections in 2019. The octogenarian, who was also the presidential candidate of the Alliance for Democracy, AD in the 1999 presidential election believes that for the country to move forward, she must go back to the 1963 constitution. According to him, what he is clamouring for is that everyone should remain in Nigeria, but it would be a more balanced Nigeria, where the ethnic groups are free to pursue…

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I’m not Grooming My Son for Kwara – Saraki

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At the end of the 2nd legislative year of the 8th Senate President, Bukola Saraki spoke on the journey so far and controversies on devolution of power, ex-governor’s pension and salary, anti-corruption and constitutional review. He also spoke on the politics of his home state of Kwara. The senate just adjourned after its second legislative year. How has the journey been so far? I think we are satisfied with what we were able to accomplish in the past 24 months. When we compare what we have been able to do…

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Nigeria’s misunderstanding of President Buhari’s foreign policy

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The reaction from Jim Yong Kim’s statement that President Muhammadu Buhari asked the World Bank to focus on the North – of course, the North-East – is a shocking display of a gross misunderstanding of the present administration’s foreign policy thrust, as regards demands made to international development organizations. The uncoordinated reactions generated from Kim’s statement have obliterated the debate the World Bank must have been trying to start. The debate is: What should be Nigeria’s best demand from the World Bank at this point, bearing in mind the best…

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Why FG directed us to terminate multi-million naira contract with Atiku’s Intels – NPA

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The Nigerian Ports Authority has come out with explanations regarding the suspension of its pilotage monitoring and supervision agreement with maritime logistics firm, Integrated Logistics Services Nigeria Limited, Intels. NPA in a statement on Friday said the firm failed to comply with the Federal Government’s directive on the Treasury Single Account, TSA. The Federal Government had asked the NPA to void the boats pilotage agreement it had with Intels. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had explained that the contract was void from the beginning…

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Crystal Palace shock champions Chelsea as Wilfried Zaha secures vital win

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Something remarkable happened at 3.11pm in this rather angst-ridden corner of south London. That was the moment Andros Townsend burst to the byline and pulled a cross back for Yohan Cabaye to collect on the run, David Luiz’s touch propelling the loose ball back on to the Frenchman who, almost inadvertently, poked it goalwards. Thibaut Courtois would still have blocked it but, in a quirk of favourable fate utterly out of keeping with Crystal Palace’s campaign to date, the ball flicked off César Azpilicueta on the edge of the six-yard…

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Militants vow to blow oil lines over Buhari’s request to World Bank, Army operation

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A coalition of militants in the Niger Delta, Friday threatened to attack oil pipelines in the region, following the revelation by the World Bank that President Muhammadu Buhari directed the financial institution to concentrate development in northern Nigeria. The groups – Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders, NDRC and 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta, in a statement by WOI Izon Ebi, also condemned Army’s Operation Crocodile Smile II. The statement read, “The current revelation of the World Bank and the present NNPC scandal has given us no choice but to activate…

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Bubonic plague kills 50 in Madagascar

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At the airport, in the banks, and elsewhere in public, people are wearing protective masks. Gatherings are forbidden and schools remain closed. The president is talking about “war” – in the face of the outbreak of the highly-lethal and easily contagious plague that has plunged the island of Madagascar into a state of fear. The fact that the plague is spreading in the densely-populated urban areas has caused major concern. In early October, the first long lines were seen forming at pharmacies in the capital Antananarivo as people tried quickly…

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Atiku reacts to Buhari’s call on World Bank to focus on northern Nigeria

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Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has reacted to a disclosure by World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim, that President Muhammadu Buhari sought the institution’s support for Northern states. In a Facebook post on Saturday, Atiku stated that news of assistance to Nigerians by international organisations was commendable. The Waziri Adamwa said he’s “glad to hear the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim and the IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde reiterate some of the points I’ve made recently in the ongoing conversations on restructuring as it relates to…

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Germany cautions U.S. over Iran’s nuclear deal

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If the United States terminates the Iran nuclear deal or re-imposes sanctions on Tehran it could result in Iran developing nuclear weapons, Germany’s Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, said on Saturday. He said that it could also raise the danger of war close to Europe. German Vice Chancellor Gabriel addressed the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 21, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump, on Friday refused to formally certify that Tehran was complying with the 2015 accord even though international inspectors said it is.…

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