Boko Haram On The Rampage, Attacks Yobe Community

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DnYQSnpkFqv66Cgc7hHrJBjsmVUDeseiDqtmSzV7yqBTV49_nYIkm6PqGsYIZugxNPfI7-LQiQLO3BoIHLiuOAGSO8la6VEla6j-SMGM2BCq_2UPC5bpxGl4CeQIgfd6ftYUtnUmt9A7/s1600/Boko_Haram_Nigeria_FG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="650" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DnYQSnpkFqv66Cgc7hHrJBjsmVUDeseiDqtmSzV7yqBTV49_nYIkm6PqGsYIZugxNPfI7-LQiQLO3BoIHLiuOAGSO8la6VEla6j-SMGM2BCq_2UPC5bpxGl4CeQIgfd6ftYUtnUmt9A7/s640/Boko_Haram_Nigeria_FG.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Suspected Boko Haram have attacked Goneri community in Yobe State Northeast Nigeria.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> A top military official said the attackers are believed to have stormed the town from the southern part, around the Sambisa, Talala and Alagarno areas that the military said troops had cleared.<br /> <br /> The officials, who did not want to be named, said sporadic gunshots were being heard in the community, which is in Gujba Local Government Area of the state.<br /> <br /> Some residents of the area told Channels Television through the phone that the attack appears to have been repelled as the military are presently chanting victory songs around town.<br /> <br /> The attack comes just as many people from Goneri who were displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency are returning to the community due to the relative peace it had enjoyed for some time.

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Ali Bubu and the forty thieves – Reno Omokri

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="620" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFX2YogazeYKcG1q1LW4a_36t1Bbc7zvoMQlXXrwiAAbD87Nnu78r3vEvc_qgs_i3a7-o0_SI7iI7ZriI0X-DeAKY_Dm44cL_Mnw49saVQxdn1VJ539daKz8Bd4PB1fTkwzu5ZDfDtwQ_h/s640/Buhari-620x330.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> <i>By  Reno Omokri</i><br /> <br /> With the recent revelations that Abdulrasheed Maina (a man that former President Jonathan fired from the civil service and declared wanted for allegedly pilfering 100 billion Naira from the Pension funds) was secretly recalled, reinstated and given a juicy position within the Buhari administration, not even the most hardcore Buharist can still harbour any pretence that the present Nigerian government is prosecuting an anti corruption war.<br /> <br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a>With the reinstatement of Maina, the non-prosecution of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, the return of Timipre Sylva’s ‘legally acquired’ 48 mansions and the $25 billion Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (AKA Northern Nigeria Petroleum Corporation) scam, was former President Jonathan not right to have said in 2014 that ‘the choice before Nigerians is between a record of visible achievements and desperate power seekers with empty promises’?<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxkZYlC8oaRxntodyRPnzvbO-9UuSVb2-wfzCicPqNh77j8kyUXeBqnzaMirAP1L00tk0NNtIr8C_2km12uWEwO8BHArIMCrny_t1JXQq5CvjikNGUiXqMfzMICYsMrurdo3j8VtgOAyZ/s1600/Reno-Omokri.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxkZYlC8oaRxntodyRPnzvbO-9UuSVb2-wfzCicPqNh77j8kyUXeBqnzaMirAP1L00tk0NNtIr8C_2km12uWEwO8BHArIMCrny_t1JXQq5CvjikNGUiXqMfzMICYsMrurdo3j8VtgOAyZ/s320/Reno-Omokri.jpg" width="320" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Reno Omokri</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> And for those who believe the propaganda that President Muhammadu Buhari was unaware of the return, recall, reinstatement and redeployment of Maina, I have this to say-even if President Buhari devalued the Naira, did he also devalue your brain?<br /> <br /> How can you believe that tale by moonlight about Maina from the same Presidency that said rats chased the President from his office? That the President knew about Maina’s return should not even be questioned.<br /> <br />  On the Maina issue, the President is as guilty of this charge as a child with chocolate stained mouth. It is an open and shut case that needs no legal reflection. Thank God the Maina family has given a press statement where the spokesman for the family, Malam Aliyu Maina said ‘Abdulrasheed left Nigeria following threats to his life, only for President Muhammadu Buhari to invite him to come and help his administration.’<br /> <br /> Speaking further, Malam Maina said “the present administration when they came into power to convince him to come back and assist in its “Change” agenda.”<br /> <br /> We have heard it from the horse’s mouth. Maina was brought back to assist President Buhari. Perhaps his looting skills were needed to show NNPC’s Baru how to do things.<br /> <br /> Who is fooling who I wonder? Thank God it has come to light that Maina even got a police escort and security detail from the Department of State Security. Yet with all these overwhelming evidence against his boss, Garba Shehu, President Buhari’s spokesman still has the audacity to accuse the Jonathan administration of somehow being responsible for the Maina reinstatement.<br /> <br /> Can you imagine? Even after Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation, has confessed, the shameless Garba Shehu is still blaming Jonathan.<br /> <br /> One day they will blame Jonathan for impregnating their wives! The real question we should be asking is this – did the Buhari administration sacrifice Maina to the press and Nigerians to divert attention from the alleged $25 billion scam at NNPC?<br /> <br />  In fact, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (AKA armed wing of the All Progressive Congress) that refused to even investigate the NNPC $25 billion scam must think we are all children.<br /> <br /> I say that because they waited for the media to cry out before sealing off Maina’s alleged $2 million house. Why now? Did the house also run away to Dubai prior to this week? Or is it that the EFCC did not know the address of the house before this week?<br /> <br /> Whoever is writing this bad Nollywood script for President Buhari should quit and be replaced with a renowned screenwriter like Zeb Ejiro, who has experience coming up with believable stories!<br /> <br /> The truth is now obvious. The anti-corruption credential of the Buhari military government of 1983-85 emanated from Tunde Idiagbon and not from Muhammadu Buhari, the ‘Abacha did not loot’ man!<br /> <br /> The Buhari administration is as anti-corrupt as Farouk Lawan’s cap that harboured dollars instead of a head during its brief foray into banking at Femi Otedola’s house.<br /> <br /> There are so so so many questions begging to be answered. How much of his loot did Maina, the alleged pension looter, donate to the All Progressive Congress to make the anti-corruption administration of President Muhammadu Buhari recall and reinstate him?<br /> <br /> Did President Buhari recall Maina and make him head of Human Resources in the Internal Affairs ministry for the purpose of recruiting more looters for his hopefully ill-fated re-election campaign?<br /> <br /> Now they are blaming the head of service for reinstating Maina, the same way they blamed Vice President Osinbajo for approving the $25 billion NNPC contract scam. And just like Osinbajo, the head of service has denied it.<br /> <br />  What does that say about this government’s credibility? President Buhari has as much hope of winning his so called anti-corruption war as a Nancy boy has of defeating herdsmen who are terrorizing Nigerians (oops! I forgot, they are ‘criminals, not terrorists) Like I said to Tunde Alabi of BEN Television who interviewed me on the 23rd of October 2017, “In Nigeria’s 57 years post-independence history, no other administration has been as corrupt and incompetent as the Muhammadu Buhari government”.<br /> <br /> No wonder BusinessDay in a recent editorial called the Buhari regime “corrupt” and “inept”. This administration makes Ali Baba and the forty thieves look like choirboys.<br /> <br /> Since president Buhari is widely known as ‘baba’, I would have called his government Ali Baba and the forty thieves but I fear a libel suit from the descendants of Ali Baba who would not want me to sully their ancestor’s name by connecting it with the name of Buhari, the head of the Federal Propaganda Government of Corruption.<br /> <br />  So instead of calling him Ali Baba, I will tweak the name a bit and call President Buhari, Ali Bubu. In a government of Ali Bubu and the 40 thieves, it is very hard to convince anyone, that Ali Bubu, who leads the 40 thieves, is himself not a thief.<br /> <br />  After this Maina episode, I have genuine fears that one day we may hear that the Buhari government has resurrected the notorious armed robber, Lawrence Anini, and made him Chief of Staff to the President. It is possible.<br /> <br /> After all, this administration and corruption are like 5 and 6. You cannot have one without the other following closely behind. And not only has President Muhammadu Buhari destroyed his reputation as a corruption fighter before Nigerians and the international community, he has also helped destroy the reputation of people around him.<br /> <br /> Take Babatunde Raji Fashola, the immediate past governor of Lagos state, for example. Fashola once said that a serious government will fix the power sector in six months. Since he has been the minister of power for two years and the sector has not been fixed and has rather gotten worse, can we conclude that both Fashola and the government in which he serves are unserious?<br /> <br />  I would have said that President Buhari has also destroyed his party’s reputation, but as Professor Itse Sagay recently proved to us, the APC does not have a reputation, so how can you destroy what does not exist? And consider that six APC Governors who owe massive backlog of salaries, including Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna (who owes salaries and pensions) went to Anambra to ask Anambrarians to vote for the APC gubernatorial candidate against a Willie Obiano who is not owing salaries!<br /> <br /> But the worst reputation self-destruction is what is happening to our very own dear pastor Yemi Osinbajo who went to Anambra to lie that $2 billion had been paid by the Buhari administration for the Second Niger Bridge. The Vice President not only lied about the amount involved, but Osinbajo forgot to mention that the 2 billion Naira (not dollars) that was paid for the Second Niger Bridge came from the Sovereign Wealth Fund that was set up by the Jonathan administration with great opposition (including going to court to try to stop the SWF) from APC.<br /> <br /> I am so disappointed in some Nigerians. After pro-democracy activists and staunch democrats paid a steep sacrificial price to liberate Nigeria from the clutches of an Abacha, hell bent on self-succession, some Nigerians so cheaply fell for Abachaesque propaganda and ended up electing a slimmer and taller version of that nasty piece of work that was Sani Abacha.<br /> <br />  Talk of a dog returning to its vomit! What would MKO and Kudirat Abiola, Chief Alfred Rewane and General Shehu Musa Yar’adua think if they suddenly come back to life to see that the man who famously deified their killer and declared that ‘Abacha did not loot’ was sitting in Nigeria’s driver’s seat driving her backwards and downwards.<br /> <br />  Nigeria has gone backwards and downwards in every indicator of the human development index. Our people now earn less than they did before Buhari deceived his way into power in 2015.<br /> <br /> This is even as they now pay significantly more for food, fuel, electricity, aviation, taxes and even things as commonplace as data and mobile phone calls. When I used to read the oft repeated quote that ‘a nation deserves the leaders it gets’ I never internalized what it actually meant until Nigeria elected her own punishment all the while thinking she had voted for her saviour.<br /> <br />  But there were tell-tale signs that we would not have missed had we not been so drunk to the point of oblivion on Lai Mohammed’s propaganda that could only have been cooked up from the pit of hell.<br /> <br /> For one, how was a man who had to take a bank loan to pay for his APC Presidential nomination form in 2014 able to educate ALL his teenage and young adult children in the U.K?<br /> <br />  Secondly, how could a man who could not make a success of his own private business and spectacularly ran it aground, be in a position to make a success of the nation’s economy and manage it profitably?<br /> <br /> But an even more important question is this: How could a man who vowed to show ‘openly and within me a total commitment to the Sharia movement’ be expected to respect those aspects of the Nigerian Constitution that conflict with his ‘total commitment to the sharia movement’?<br /> <br /> A man who insisted that a probe must be initiated into the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation over the claims by the then Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, that monies totaling over $12 billion had not been reconciled with the federation account is now singing a different tune when it has been revealed, almost beyond all reasonable doubt, that the NNPC, of whom he is the supervising minister, had awarded $25 billion worth of contracts without due process.<br /> <br />  This is a man who insists that the world’s fourth deadliest terrorists (as adjudged by no less a body as the World Economic Forum) are mere criminals while one of the world’s non-violent freedom movements are terrorists!<br /> <br /> At least the real Ali Baba, of the forty thieves fame, knew how to count. This Ali Bubu, of the NNPC $25 billion fame, doesn’t. He thinks 97% plus 5% equals 100%. No wonder his school certificate is so valuable that he prefers to hire 10 Senior Advocates of Nigeria to ensure that he never has to produce it.<br /> <br />  After all, his word is enough that he has a certificate! We should believe the same man who used his gap toothed mouth to condemn public servants who go abroad for health care at public expense yet ended up being Africa’s biggest spending health tourist to London!<br /> <br /> Let me conclude by saying that it is an exercise in mindless optimism to expect any good thing to come from the man who Senator Shehu Sani famously indicted for using insecticide to fight corruption in the People’s Democratic Party and deodorant to fight it amongst APC members.<br /> <br /> No matter how sweet it is between your wife’s leg, it should never make you forget the woman from between whose legs you came into this world. The stream that forgets the river that is its source soon dries up. Remember to honor your parents if you want God’s blessings. And remember that the challenge of marrying a slay queen is that you pay for her. The blessing of marrying a pray queen is that she prays for you #RenosNuggets

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Remaining Chibok Girls Still In Sambisa Forest – Borno Governor

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="512" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6F9jFlbs86kYqmCEVj0xC08nJhJjmrgNTl0a4niYzYPMD_eesHNfvuYNVHcIr27AHHMhPeH5jdU607QbJHTbcK2B3jmGkStMpwXBmLu-CyqeBetNUQzcBgFRTA7XeV0yizvHUcgdjPR7Y/s400/Borno-State-Governor-Kashim-Shettima.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> <br /> Governor of Borno State Kashim Shettima says there is a good chance that the Chibok girls who are still in captivity can be found in the Sambisa Forest.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Governor Shettima said this in an exclusive interview with Channels Television on Friday, amid continued anticipation about their release or rescue.<br /> <br /> He said, “The last time they were picked, they were picked from the banky axis. So probably, for those of them that are under the custody of Shekau, they may be deep in the boil of the Sambisa forest.<br /> <br /> “That is my own opinion. For those of them that are with other groups that are dispersed in the Lake Chad region, and in other parts of the state, I don’t think all of them can be got at once. But I believe that those under the custody of Shekau, I believe a substantial number of them can be found in the Sambisa forest.”<br /> <br /> Governor Shettima lamented the destruction and level of devastation caused by the attacks of the Boko Haram sect in the region with Borno State being the worst hit.<br /> <br /> He said, “The Boko Haram are there in the Sambisa forest, I am not disputing that fact. The Boko Haram are scattered in almost all parts of the state. But they no longer have the strength to hold onto any territory in Nigeria.<br /> <br /> “The Boko Haram rolled discussions worth $9Bn in the North East. Borno accounts over $5.6Bbn worth of destruction. The Boko Haram destroyed a total of 900k units of houses in Borno making 30 percent of the total stock of houses.<br /> <br /> The governor praised the signing of the North-East Development Commission bill by president Mohammed Buhari which he says will help give the region a development lift.<br /> <br /> “What we witnessed in the North-East in the past 10 years equally requires one of the services of the NEDC. It is a very momentous deal, which will turn out to be a game changer in the North-East Development equation.<br /> <br /> “It will give us a platform of having a body charged with the responsibility of harmonising, regulating all the different bodies serving the same purpose.”

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Somalia’s President Mohamed escapes death

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="770" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3gm8EQkJXHkmIah_a1_kuZWPJloC3buUjqZ5bagYMIpzCq0QpIH9N2BWLWfRVM-b4VH_7ozT27AELW_wobmdnv9VErmXaMVgH5-0kPX7cDHIEttMWNIEDcurhaQdP9-lvy0Ej3Cq7o2F/s400/al-shabab_afp624-64p1c3dswc3bm0klat0788wgt3y53nq684gtm2f9tsq.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Saturday escaped death after Hotel Naasa-Hablood where he was scheduled to hold a political meeting was attacked by the al-Shabab terrorists group.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> No fewer than 18 people were killed and more than 30 wounded as the Islamic militants attacked the hotel close to the presidential palace in Mogadishu as two suicide bombers detonated two car bombs outside the entrance. The al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack on the hotel which is frequently used by politicians and other members of the city’s elite. A third blast occurred when an attacker detonated a suicide vest.<br /> <br /> Speaking to The Associated Press by telephone from the scene, Capt. Mohamed Hussein said more than 20 people, including government officials, were thought to be trapped as security forces battled extremists holed up on the top floor of the hotel. Two of the five attackers were killed on the first floor, Hussein said.<br /> <br /> The others hurled grenades and cut off the building’s electricity as night fell. A Reuters witness heard a loud explosion and smoke rose over the scene. Ambulance sirens could be heard. “They are fighting inside. So far we do not have casualty figures,” Major Abdullahi Aden, a police officer, told Reuters. The attack comes two weeks after more than 350 people were killed in a massive truck bombing on a busy Mogadishu street–the country’s worst-ever attack.<br /> <br /> Al-Shabab often targets high-profile areas of Mogadishu. Since the blast two weeks ago, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has been visiting other countries in east Africa seeking more support for the fight against the extremist group. A 22,000-strong multinational African Union force in Somalia is expected to withdraw its forces and hand over the country’s security to the Somali military by the end of 2020. The U.S. military also has stepped up military efforts against al-Shabab this year in Somalia, carrying out nearly 20 drone strikes.

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Buhari and Osinbajo must resign now - Fani-Kayode

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="412" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezC2AIUtlwPfOvI6HRiwhVSJVszhJahSp7wjrPM1EVNN9b6NVeLbH-QrIiQxtwVzGxtEHp_F23_HPdegfPDcK2zNu3h0xxWx8zaFrLUDDD2sDOEVQOrCvzU5GaQfkTJkcwQAh3hxkBmfD/s640/Buhar-FANI-osinbajo+kayode.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> Chief Femi Fani-Kayode former Minister of Aviation, on Saturday said that Vice President Yemi Osinajo ‘has turned himself into a pernicious and unrepentant liar and a peddler of falsehood just for a tiny morsel at Buhari’s table.’<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Fani-Kayode on his Twitter handle also asked Buba Galadima and Customs Comptroller General, Hameed Ali to compel the president to resign and go back to Daura before he does more damage to Nigeria Fani-Kayode said: “Buhari’s govt. has derailed”- Hameed Ali.<br /> <br /> “Buhari’s govt. is run by mere propaganda”- Buba Galadima. These 2 men are Buhari’s oldest and closest friends. Even they are fed up.<br /> <br /> They should tell their friend to resign and go back to Daura before he does more damage to Nigeria. According to @ProfOsinbajo, @GEJonathan “doled out 100 billion naira and $295 million in 2 weeks just before the 2015 elections”.This is false.The VP has turned himself into a pernicious and unrepentant liar and a peddler of falsehood just for a tiny morsel at Buhari’s table.<br /> <br /> <div class="storify"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="no" height="750" src="//storify.com/Adekunle2/the-vp-has-turned-into-a-pernicious-liar-ffk/embed" width="100%"></iframe><script src="//storify.com/Adekunle2/the-vp-has-turned-into-a-pernicious-liar-ffk.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><noscript>[<a href="//storify.com/Adekunle2/the-vp-has-turned-into-a-pernicious-liar-ffk" target="_blank">View the story "The VP has turned into a pernicious liar - FFK " on Storify</a>]</noscript></div>

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Why I’m not completely fulfilled at 81, says Balarabe Musa

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="620" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnR9P_BX6Bv4nc0JYzhXCn3kPheXc_JPDkbMloBoh0TAIXpO-4C5BFFpkjTbjP0yDtrPH2pkQzPmD7nlnZR2Apf6vNJTvwFm-7DEtComZU7Tt42h8SP1VH2gtB2MJ1xfXtBT4jWzLl1tz/s400/balarabe+musa.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> An Octogenarian and former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, on Saturday said his wish and desire for Nigeria has yet to be fulfilled, 57 years after the nation’s independence.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Musa, who turned 81 on Oct. 21, said that his birthday wish was to have better Nigeria.<br /> <br /> According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Musa is a left-wing Nigerian politician who was elected Governor of Kaduna State during the Second Republic.<br /> <br /> “He held office from October 1979 until he was impeached on June 23, 1981.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> “During the fourth Republic he was the leader of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, a coalition of opposition parties.”<br /> <br /> Musa said: “Though, I felt great on the attainment of new age and achievements in life, I would have been more fulfilled, if the country has overcome most of its development challenges.<br /> <br /> “At 81, I will say I feel great and I thank God for everything. But, I am not completely fulfilled because we are yet to have the country of our dreams.<br /> <br /> “We are yet to have a country where there is equity and respect for rights and dignity of all citizens.<br /> <br /> “We are yet to have a country where the governed are good followers and leaders think first about the people and not the other way round.<br /> <br /> “I desire a better Nigeria where everyone will feel the impact of governance, that is my birthday wish for the country.’’<br /> <br /> He decried the non-payment of pensions and salaries by many states in spite of the Federal Government’s intervention with the Paris Club loan refund.<br /> <br /> Musa described the situation as “an erosion of human dignity’’ as workers were finding it hard to survive.<br /> <br /> He also decried corruption in high places, urging the Federal Government to confront the menace head on.<br /> <br /> The former governor of Kaduna said that the country was facing serious challenges and advised the government to do all it could to address the problems.<br /> <br /> Musa then urged the government to “rescue the economy from the private sector’’ which he said had impoverished citizens for profit motive.<br /> <br /> He said that the government should take back some corporations which were privatised and run them for the wellbeing of its citizen.<br /> <br /> “This privatisation of the economy is creating a survival of the fittest situation. Government needs to go back to business and put the economy in public hands,” Musa said.<br /> <br /> The statesman and foremost politician urged Nigerians to work with unity of purpose for the progress and development of the country, saying that division was antithetical to development.<br /> <br /> (NAN)

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Nigerian Airforce bombards Boko Haram locations

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwN83RhkTPLxeZzteB5t5vqeSyuE6HyPzHtiSdyUsohAegago-p01auXoBlwX5LmbLT86n0BztD9d7rfS6ufOzLRw5IZ6rwXb9YVD6GfLe6B1GPiey5Tjo0lTHmlnranRpY-gwCV_dPd2J/s1600/nigeria+airforce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="891" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwN83RhkTPLxeZzteB5t5vqeSyuE6HyPzHtiSdyUsohAegago-p01auXoBlwX5LmbLT86n0BztD9d7rfS6ufOzLRw5IZ6rwXb9YVD6GfLe6B1GPiey5Tjo0lTHmlnranRpY-gwCV_dPd2J/s400/nigeria+airforce.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it has intensified day and night aerial bombardments of insurgents’ locations within the North-East region.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. According to Adesanya, on Oct. 26, the fourth day of the ongoing Operation ‘RUWAN WUTA II,’ NAF conducted air interdiction on some structures in Dure, insurgents infested location, 12km East of Sambisa.<br /> <br /> “Reports from NAF intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms have revealed the gradual resurgence of insurgent activities in the settlement, particularly at the targeted structures, which were hideouts for the terrorists. “Five aircraft, namely three Alpha Jets and two F-7Ni, conducted the air interdiction missions. “The Alpha Jet aircraft and the F-Ni aircraft took turns to attack the location with bombs, destroying the targeted structures and killing the terrorists.<br /> <br /> “The Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) conducted after the strikes revealed that some of the structures were razed by the bomb explosions,” he said. The director added that on the same day, NAF conducted air interdiction missions on insurgents infested settlement in Mangusum. He said the location was attacked in succession by the aircraft, which dropped bombs destroying structures in the location and sending a few of the surviving insurgents fleeing.<br /> <br /> “Thereafter, another Alpha Jet aircraft followed up with rocket and cannon attacks in the target area, strafing the fleeing terrorists in the process. “Subsequent BDA of the attack indicated some burnt structures and significant casualties inflicted on the insurgents,” he was quoted in the statement. He said the operation, which was initiated by NAF leadership, as a follow-up to the hugely successful Operation ‘RUWAN WUTA,’ had so far proved to be even more successful.

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Arsenal celebrate Arsene Wenger’s 800th Premier League game as manager

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="620" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQKLtOfw0grFSXMC_pKkpJydJwMezGP7UJLw3mBe_bow4vcl_iiQuo8FGqop_BfSB3EwfK_W6ydLA94qM0ZBUlVEVRMA_zR_N2e3QXe2nYdUQcwZAXgte6-2y2sUexX21vnrbQ1aQb-N2/s400/arsene-wenger_1869548b.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> Arsenal celebrated Arsene Wenger’s 800th Premier League game as manager with a win but only after coming from a goal behind to beat Swansea City 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Swans went ahead in the 22nd minute when Sam Clucas scored his first goal for the Welsh club since a pre-season transfer from Hull City. But Sead Kolasinac equalised six minutes after half-time and Aaron Ramsey put Arsenal ahead seven minutes after that as the Gunners recorded their 10th successive home win in the Premier League.<br /> <br /> There were few signs early in the game of the struggle in store for Wenger’s men and such was Arsenal’s command in the first 20 minutes they felt free to pass the ball with all the intensity of a five-a-side training match. Their lack of urgency, however, meant that Arsenal’s only significant efforts on goal in that period came when Per Mertesacker headed an Alexis Sanchez free-kick straight at former Gunners ‘keeper Lukasz Fabianski and Hector Bellerin’s shot was blocked by Federico Fernandez. Perhaps the feeling that it was all too easy was responsible for the error by Laurent Koscielny that led to Swansea taking the lead.<br /> <br /> As he stepped forward to clear a long diagonal ball from Mike van Der Hoorn, the Frenchman stumbled and then fell, leaving Swansea’s on-loan Chelsea forward Tammy Abraham in possession and in space. Abraham instantly turned and slipped the ball between Bellerin and Mertesacker for Clucas to run onto and roll his shot under Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech.<br /> <br /> – Lethargic –<br /> The shock should have roused Arsenal, but they were still lethargic. Mesut Ozil was unable to reach a pass over the defence by Sanchez and Clucas might have had a second goal as a gap suddenly opened up in front of him before he shot just wide of Cech’s right-hand post. Fabianski did not have to make a serious save until the 40th minute, when Sanchez exchanged passes with Nacho Monreal and fired a fierce shot towards the far top corner. Fabianski, though, flung out his right arm to push the ball over the crossbar. Swansea had yet another chance to double their lead when Mertesacker was caught in possession by Jordan Ayew, who advanced and saw his shot saved by Cech at the expense of a corner.<br /> <br /> Whatever veteran French boss Wenger said at half-time seemed to inspire his players and a more aggressive Arsenal were level six minutes after the break. Alexandre Lacazette forced his way into the Swansea penalty area and both he and Ozil had shots blocked. The ball ran loose to Kolasinac and although Fabianski got a hand to his shot he could not keep it out. If Arsenal expected Swansea to collapse, they were disappointed. They had the ball in the net barely a minute later only for Abraham’s close-range finish to be ruled out for offside.<br /> <br /> But in the 58th minute Arsenal were ahead. This time Kolasinac was the creator, chesting the ball down and finding Ramsey in an unusual amount of space in the Swansea defence. The Welshman’s first-time left-foot shot was not powerfully struck, but too well-placed for Fabianski to save. Suddenly full of running, Arsenal made chances to extend their lead. Lacazette was inches from connecting with Bellerin’s cross from the right, and Bellerin’s shot at full stretch from Ramsey’s pass sent the ball looping over Fabianski but against the bar.

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English Premier League table

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrUfTjc65bQSGleXawFvVHCb8aMSlRBbN0zhaAq4O4SPSGRh9s_ABZQtr-1EFGreaLmEkm0E7vhwykfLadGXfreOYhY9mVA9dX9uYyn5_Tihe9BhvdL1r5cqdAsgifooN04avZwVdVoAl/s1600/epl_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="700" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrUfTjc65bQSGleXawFvVHCb8aMSlRBbN0zhaAq4O4SPSGRh9s_ABZQtr-1EFGreaLmEkm0E7vhwykfLadGXfreOYhY9mVA9dX9uYyn5_Tihe9BhvdL1r5cqdAsgifooN04avZwVdVoAl/s400/epl_0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> English Premier League table after 10 matches...<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <pre style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: inherit; color: #373a3c; font-family: "Courier 10 Pitch", Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.9375rem; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1.6em; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1.6em; text-align: justify;"> <b>Man City 10 9 1 0 35 6 28<br />Man Utd 10 7 2 1 23 4 23<br />Tottenham 10 6 2 2 19 7 20<br />Chelsea 10 6 1 3 18 10 19<br />Arsenal 10 6 1 3 19 13 19<br />Liverpool 10 4 4 2 17 16 16<br />Watford 10 4 3 3 15 18 15<br />Newcastle 9 4 2 3 10 8 14<br />Burnley 9 3 4 2 8 9 13<br />Southampton 9 3 3 3 8 9 12<br />Huddersfield 10 3 3 4 7 13 12<br />Brighton 9 3 2 4 9 10 11<br />Stoke 10 3 2 5 11 20 11<br />West Brom 10 2 4 4 9 13 10<br />Leicester 9 2 3 4 12 14 9<br />West Ham 10 2 3 5 10 19 9<br />Swansea 10 2 2 6 7 12 8<br />Everton 9 2 2 5 7 18 8<br />Bournemouth 10 2 1 7 6 14 7<br />Crystal Palace 10 1 1 8 4 21 4<br /><br /></b> </pre>

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England trash Spain to win U17 World Cup final

<b><br /></b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="1096" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYKuh6z53wvdWG83Oycu8-iso5Cie5wvUL-Ruw4oE_hU-_WeHgudUXnvaQECAilh0Rn2jI96YcykxFjcfoKPNY17OHmQA0buj1UFZ4PedV20vfgnLF17Qd7Kz6Y-EDPQ2CdUMdWcyt2iP/s640/england+17.jpg" width="640" /></div> <b><br /></b><b>Manchester City starlet Phil Foden scored twice as England came from behind to crush Spain 5-2 in the Under 17 World Cup final on Sunday.</b><br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Victory added to England’s growing list of youth honours – they have won the Under 20 World Cup and European Under 19 championship this year – and was revenge for losing the Under 17 European Championship final to Spain in May.<br /> <br /> On top of Foden’s second half brace, Liverpool’s Rhian Brewster scored his seventh goal of the tournament and Morgan Gibbs-White and Marc Guehi also pierced the normally solid Spanish defence at the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata.<br /> <br /> Gibbs White’s low shot in the first minute of a fierce-paced final in front of 66,600 fans produced a lightning reflex save from Alvaro Fernandez in the Spanish goal. But Spain captain Abel Ruiz masterminded the first goal in the 10th minute, heading the ball down in the goal area for Barcelona teammate Sergio Gomez to push the ball in the net.<br /> <br /> On 31 minutes Ruiz again opened the England defence and laid the ball on for Cesar Gelabert who found Gomez on the other side of the area waiting to rocket a shot past goalkeeper Curtis Anderson.<br /> <br /> England fought hard to get back into the game. Callum Hudson-Odoi fired a right foot shot onto the post with Fernandez beaten.<br /> <br /> The pressure paid off in the 44th minute when Steven Sessegnon crossed from the right and an unmarked Brewster headed past Fernandez. With the final action of the half, Brewster sent a 22-metre free kick at the goal which Fernandez just tipped over the bar.<br /> <br /> The second resumed at a furious pace with England pushing hard for an equaliser. The breakthrough came in the 58th minute when Foden took the ball into the Spain penalty area and laid it on to Sessegnon who found Gibbs-White with plenty of space to fire the ball past Fernandez.<br /> <br /> Hudson-Odoi set up the crucial third goal in the 69th minute, crossing from the left after beating two Spanish defenders and Foden shot in unmarked.<br /> <br /> Guehi chested the ball in amid a goalmouth scramble to seal victory and set up a niggly finale in which Brewster was booked.<br /> <br /> Earlier Brazil beat Mali 2-0 in the third-place playoff to earn a consolation after they lost to England in the semi-final.<br /> <br /> Alan scored in the 55th minute when Mali goalkeeper Youssouf Koita fumbled the Palmeiras striker’s shot which went past him into the net. Substitute Yuri Alberto scored the second in the 88th minute. With the Mali defence tiring, Brenner crossed from the right and Yuri was unmarked to fire in from close range.<br /> <br /> England<br /> <br /> Curtis Anderson, George Mceachran (Connor Gallagher 86), Marc Guehi, Jonathan Panzo, Philip Foden, Tashan Oakley-Boothe (Angel Gomes 90), Rhian Brewster, Callum Hudson-Oddi, Joel Latibeaudiere (capt), Steven Sessegnon, Morgan Gibbs-White (Nye Kirby 81)<br /> <br /> Spain<br /> <br /> Alvaro Fernandez, Mateu Jaume, Juan Miranda, Hugo Guillamon, Victor Chust, Antonio Blanco (Carlos BeitIa 81), Ferran Torres, Mohamed Moukhliss (Nacho Diaz 85), Abel Ruiz (capt). Sergio Gomez, Cesar Gelabert

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Arsenal 2 Swansea City 1: Aaron Ramsey strike seals win

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4B1hyphenhyphenulhb4YvFq3hP-YdH2WvgcZz-aEKQGI4B-1Z683rLKD2vg2_aoVXLIa3dO9DuhUhCQx-4REk3vSdwEA9E_F-seZxPzjd1sFlia6PJr2zhO8CrljFUYXKw5CQpltE1-mJZOEuXQwk/s1600/ars+2-1+swa.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4B1hyphenhyphenulhb4YvFq3hP-YdH2WvgcZz-aEKQGI4B-1Z683rLKD2vg2_aoVXLIa3dO9DuhUhCQx-4REk3vSdwEA9E_F-seZxPzjd1sFlia6PJr2zhO8CrljFUYXKw5CQpltE1-mJZOEuXQwk/s400/ars+2-1+swa.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> Arsenal came from behind to beat Swansea in Arsene Wenger's 800th Premier League game in charge of the Gunners.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Wenger stuck with the same side that thrashed Everton 5-2 last weekend and they eventually came up with the goods to secure a 2-1 win and move within a point of rivals Tottenham in third place.<br /> <br /> Sam Clucas had given Swansea a first-half lead with his maiden goal for the club but Sead Kolasinac levelled after the interval before laying on Aaron Ramsey's winner seven minutes later.<br /> <br /> While Wenger stuck with his big-name attacking trio of Mesut Ozil, Alexandre Lacazette and Alexis Sanchez, it was Kolasinac - as well as midfield pairing Ramsey and Granit Xhaka - who shone.<br /> <br /> Paul Clement set up defensively at the Emirates Stadium as the Swans looked for their fourth league win in the last six years here.<br /> <br /> Arsenal set to their task immediately but failed to break down a determined defensive unit in the opening exchanges.<br /> <br /> And the visitors made them pay as they opened the scoring in simple style, Clucas latching on to Tammy Abraham's pass to ghost into the box unmarked and finish low past Petr Cech.<br /> <br /> The game slipped back into the same routine but still Arsenal could not create any chances, with Clucas firing wide as Swansea again looked to hit them on the break.<br /> <br /> It took until five minutes before the interval for the Gunners to work their former goalkeeper but Lukasz Fabianski produced a superb stop to prevent Sanchez levelling.<br /> <br /> Swansea were almost gifted a two-goal half-time lead as Per Mertesacker was caught in possession inside his own box, with Jordan Ayew stealing the ball from the Arsenal skipper but opting to shoot rather than square to Tammy Abraham, who was free in front of goal.<br /> <br /> It took less than six minutes of the second half for Arsenal to level, Lacazette feeding Ozil whose shot was deflected out for Kolasinac to arrow home.<br /> <br /> Swansea's fans thought they had retaken the lead immediately but Abraham was flagged offside before finishing high into the net.<br /> <br /> Laurent Koscielny missed a glorious chance to turn the game around as the France defender could only send a free header wide from Sanchez's free-kick.<br /> <br /> It did not take long for the second Arsenal goal to come, however, Kolasinac collecting a cross-field pass from Granit Xhaka before crossing in for Ramsey to sweep home.<br /> <br /> Like for much of the contest, Arsenal then controlled proceedings without being able to add to their lead, substitute Olivier Giroud coming closest as he bent an effort inches wide of Fabianski's post in the dying moments.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Credit: ESPN</div>

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West Brom 2 Manchester City 3: Guardiola's side restore five-point lead

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfh5EZ12LWUETReLaVrxUkbQiXq34-s0ek5b0Gb1xiUnDqiy3dE27ldDHiQchS2LOfJ4LwfqwSNUO-mNU9ZfdA_x7bwQogsahNZaBxg6iWAiEvjxBVrbRjxrt3AaetEgZA9ku3CEhyphenhyphen90/s1600/wb+2-3+mc.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfh5EZ12LWUETReLaVrxUkbQiXq34-s0ek5b0Gb1xiUnDqiy3dE27ldDHiQchS2LOfJ4LwfqwSNUO-mNU9ZfdA_x7bwQogsahNZaBxg6iWAiEvjxBVrbRjxrt3AaetEgZA9ku3CEhyphenhyphen90/s320/wb+2-3+mc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Manchester City restored their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 3-2 victory over West Brom on Saturday.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Goals from Leroy Sane, Fernandinho and Raheem Sterling made it eight league wins in a row for Pep Guardiola's side and kept the title race firmly under their control.<br /> <br /> Manchester United had moved to within two points with their 1-0 win over Tottenham earlier in the day but City looked unlikely to concede any ground to their rivals after Sane fired home the opener inside 10 minutes.<br /> <br /> The Baggies responded swiftly through Jay Rodriguez but City restored their lead two minutes later via a deflected Fernandinho strike.<br /> <br /> Guardiola's side continued to dominate possession and eventually found the killer third goal with a little over 25 minutes remaining, as substitute Sterling finished a slick move for his seventh goal in eight league games.<br /> <br /> Matt Phillips struck a stoppage-time consolation but it could not derail City's spectacular run ahead of next week's Champions League trip to Napoli, while West Brom remain just two points outside the bottom three after their 12th defeat to City in a row in the top flight.<br /> <br /> City's early dominance paid dividends, as Sane collected Fernandinho's pass and forced Allan Nyom to back off towards goal before blasting left-footed past Ben Foster from a tight angle.<br /> <br /> The hosts equalised barely three minutes later thanks to an error from Ederson, who found himself stranded from goal as he tried to get to Salomon Rondon's flick-on and allowed Rodriguez to lift the ball into the net.<br /> <br /> The frenetic start continued before a quarter of an hour was played, though. Fernandinho was given time to set himself 20 yards out and his shot took a deflection off the studs of Gareth Barry's boot before bobbling in off the left-hand post.<br /> <br /> City regained their control of proceedings and David Silva should have headed in a third before the break, but he contrived to nod Kevin De Bruyne's excellent cross over the bar from only six yards out.<br /> <br /> West Brom managed less than 25 per cent of the possession in the opening 50 minutes but they continued to carry a threat on the break. Rondon should have done better with a header from close range after the Baggies won back the ball near the City box, and Grzegorz Krychowiak wasted a great chance just after half-time when he nodded Nyom's deep cross straight at Ederson.<br /> <br /> They were misses that came back to haunt the home side. With 64 minutes gone, City produced their best passing move of the match and it ended with Kyle Walker sending in a low cross from the right for Sterling, who had the simple task of tapping home from point-blank range.<br /> <br /> The visitors entered cruise control but Nicolas Otamendi could have made life a little difficult in the closing stages, the centre-back just pulling out of a lunging challenge on Jake Livermore that could otherwise have earned him a red card rather than a yellow.<br /> <br /> Tony Pulis' side did snatch a lifeline in injury time thanks to a dreadful error from Otamendi, who chested a cross back towards Ederson only to see Phillips ghost in and poke the ball into the net, but they remain in a precarious position in the table and 18 points adrift of the leaders.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Credit: Goal</div>

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What Osinbajo Said About Fulani Herdsmen, Restructuring, Corruption, Others

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FRan0va-p8kZf3Xb8smgxixEe1rEmuO6dGz5TmdnRUY1mcZKmM0Z1IeMR8kHeGouRzFhmGF9g0AeiWUcz7x9c2GMk3CMvF5E87k6fe7jdWVpDzICaSRGAlE5UkPUcDAiYPmTPzaxmpU/s1600/yemi+osinbajo.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FRan0va-p8kZf3Xb8smgxixEe1rEmuO6dGz5TmdnRUY1mcZKmM0Z1IeMR8kHeGouRzFhmGF9g0AeiWUcz7x9c2GMk3CMvF5E87k6fe7jdWVpDzICaSRGAlE5UkPUcDAiYPmTPzaxmpU/s320/yemi+osinbajo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday declared his stand on raging issues, including corruption, tribalism and religion which he said were the key problems hampering Nigeria’s development.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Osinbajo also talked on restructuring of Nigeria and agreed that “states should have more opportunities to develop themselves’’.<br /> <br /> Osinbajo spoke at a crowded Lagos conference, tagged: “Towards a Better Nigeria,’’ organised by leading Nigerian pastors.<br /> <br /> He, however, did not elaborate on his statement on restructuring but recalled that the ruling APC party had two years ago talked about standing for devolution of powers.<br /> <br /> “The APC manifesto in 2015 talked about devolution of powers and Nigeria may do more work to ensure that states are generating more income and people are paying more taxes.’’<br /> <br /> Osinbajo decried the failure of Christian leaders in Nigeria to chart an agenda that would help to rid the country of vices.<br /> <br /> “The key to development in Nigeria is the church. It is the church that will begin the process of unity by uniting itself first.<br /> <br /> “What Nigeria needs is already written in the gospel of Jesus Christ.”<br /> <br /> Osinbajo said that to build a new Nigeria, “we need people of integrity, hard work and people with love for the country.<br /> <br /> “It is this tribe that can configure the argument for change in Nigeria. The corrupt Nigerian elites are one tribe.<br /> <br /> “In sharing their loot, they neither bring in ethnicity nor religion but only use such to create misunderstandings that will benefit themselves.<br /> <br /> “The reason Nigeria is where it is today is because people do not really care. It is time people should stand up for what is right and join the fight against corruption.<br /> <br /> “Corruption has become the rule in Nigeria and this must stop. It did not start with this administration and it is yet to stop.<br /> <br /> On the Fulani herdsmen palaver, the vice-president said that “contrary to opinions that it began because the president is Fulani, in 1996, there were issues between herdsmen and some communities in Gombe.<br /> <br /> “This issue has been on through the years. Giving the impression that it is a phenomenon because a Fulani man is president is wrong.<br /> <br /> “Even in 2014, there were reported herdsmen issues in Nigeria.”<br /> <br /> On alleged lop-sided appointments in the country, Osinbajo said it was time that Nigerians begun to look at merit rather than tribe or religion.<br /> <br /> “It is easy to say that appointments are lop-sided if one set of appointments come or that it is not balanced. It is on record that Ogun State has the highest number of heads of agencies and parastatals in Nigeria, followed by Imo.<br /> <br /> “Borno, Sokoto and Yobe States that voted heavily for the APC in the 2015 presidential election do not have a senior minister in the administration.<br /> <br /> “Most people, who think that the north is favoured or better because the president is from there will have a re-think when they visit northern Nigeria.<br /> <br /> “The north is the poorest part of Nigeria in every way. There are over 2.3 million displaced people. The north is ravaged by diseases and Boko Haram.<br /> <br /> “Many people’s perception will change if they visited the north.’’<br /> On the Ibrahim Magu controversy, the vice-president said that Magu remained a competent man, saying: “we must insist on merit even when many do not believe in that.<br /> <br /> “We are never going to get this country to where we want it to be. In football, we don’t ask where we come from because we want to win.<br /> <br /> “It is only in Nigeria that we look for state quotas first instead of merit.”<br /> <br /> Commenting on an alleged plan by the present administration to start taxing churches, Osinbajo said that a bill on the issue was sponsored by some civil society groups.<br /> <br /> “The bill is currently being debated in the National Assembly. There is no plan by the government to get churches to pay tax.’’<br /> <br /> On the Islamic Development Bank, he explained that Nigeria did not become a member of the bank during the present administration.<br /> <br /> “Buhari does not own the bank. Nigeria became a member in 2008. The first and present directors of the bank are Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Kemi Adeosun and they are Christians.<br /> <br /> “Nigeria is just a shareholder and like any business we make use of the profit we get from there.”<br /> <br /> On IPOB and Operation Python Dance, Osinbajo explained that everything done was geared towards safeguarding the unity of Nigeria.<br /> <br /> “If we begin to have reprisal attacks in Nigeria, we may be facing war. We must be careful to avoid the hostilities degenerating,” he said.<br /> <br /> Also speaking, Bishop Mike Okonkwo of the Redeemed Evangelical Mission, advised churches in Nigeria to embark on human capital development.<br /> <br /> He said that it was time for the church to change its perspective on issues of governance and contribute their quota to nation building.<br /> <br /> The conference was convened by Pastor Yomi Kasali of the Greater Nigeria Pastors Conference.<br /> <br /> Over 1,000 pastors from across the country attended the event.<br /> <br /></div>

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Nigeria’s unity is negotiable ― Okupe

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsW-HNb9p2-wcqvjVhpBa8bwX4IYPqO17xE9Vj9WZ8GcqPkRMjoIBMmeWNQOShceo9GwDvaOtvG4mSdMesh_PvtjiTSfy-T7gZo0MmbX_1adiqPykkNsDL4RjBpiEKjioyhuOTcrKGJU/s1600/doyin+okupe.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsW-HNb9p2-wcqvjVhpBa8bwX4IYPqO17xE9Vj9WZ8GcqPkRMjoIBMmeWNQOShceo9GwDvaOtvG4mSdMesh_PvtjiTSfy-T7gZo0MmbX_1adiqPykkNsDL4RjBpiEKjioyhuOTcrKGJU/s320/doyin+okupe.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> AS some Nigerians and major players in the political sectors intensifies their calls for the restructuring of the country, former Senior Special Assistance to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Doyin Okupe, on Monday said the unity of Nigeria is negotiable.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He contended that “the unity of Nigeria and restructuring are two different things, but when we say restructuring, people misunderstand it to mean that you want to dismember the country or you want the country to break up. No, that is not the point”.<br /> <br /> Speaking in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, at the sideline of a book launch by a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in the state, Hon Bamidele Salam, Okupe maintained that “restructuring is another name for the practice or return to Nigeria to true federalism that we did at independence. That’s what we mean by restructuring”.<br /> <br /> According to him, “there is no statement like the unity of Nigeria is negotiable or not negotiable. Any unity in the world is by negotiation, even the one between a man and a woman. There is nothing like whether unity is negotiable or unity is not negotiable. It does not exist. It is a mis-normal, as I am like this, I am Doyin Okupe and if something else has to join me, we have to discuss it”.<br /> <br /> While reacting to agitations by some people on the need for Nigeria to break up, Okupe stated “I don’t want Nigeria to in any way, state or form to be reduced from what it is but there still has to be justice, there still has to be fairness, there still has to be equity”.<br /> <br /> He continued, “there are three problems for Nigeria, one, we have a major problem of elitist favour. The elites in Nigeria have failed in all fronts, be it political elites, business moguls, administrators and all people who are privileged to constitute the part and parcel of nation building are classified as elites. The elites in the country have failed and because the elites have failed, there is no unity of purpose, we do not even have a national purpose, national direction”.<br /> <br /> “We have a country and there is no argument about that but we have not really become a nation. It is still a question of a Yoruba from South West and a Christian, Abdullah is from Kano a Muslim from the North. We really do not have anything that makes us to come together as a nation and any pretention to that fact, we will be wasting our time”,<br /> <br /> “You look at it, we are celebrating 57th anniversary and we are talking about unity of the country after 57 years. So, there is a problem about unity. Let’s go back to restructuring, the issue about restructuring; I have heard so many people talk about it. Some in the North say they are not supporting it, they have a right to say it. It doesn’t even matter if all the 17 states in the North say they are not supporting it, no problem. We in the South West are in accord, complete agreement as we agree that there will be something called restructuring”.<br /> <br /> “We have an issue, I agree with the people saying we should settle it constitutionally, but if care is not taken, we would convert the 2019 election to a referendum on restructuring. In 2019, your personality, your party, your programme will not matter; it will be are you for restructuring or are you against. So those of us who are for will vote for governors, House of Assembly, Senators, and House of Reps members who are interested in restructuring. Because we will then know that the National Assembly will be a battleground”, Okupe asserted</div>

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Immigration puts Maina on watch list

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OC3MScrp5ngMb6suXrYaHvQBePFRrs0QbIo9M62EPbCioeMbVQmkzelMp0UyZt5AJHmBfb7Cvuf_50fS4cP_C_YrM1FGKScJnmwMnPIzdZgrZKKRxIARS0ZSpDlDyrpkMuFmu3yf0dM/s1600/Abdulrasheed+Maina.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OC3MScrp5ngMb6suXrYaHvQBePFRrs0QbIo9M62EPbCioeMbVQmkzelMp0UyZt5AJHmBfb7Cvuf_50fS4cP_C_YrM1FGKScJnmwMnPIzdZgrZKKRxIARS0ZSpDlDyrpkMuFmu3yf0dM/s320/Abdulrasheed+Maina.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The Nigeria Immigration Service says it has directed its operatives at border formations and other command posts to look out for the former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, and prevent his escape from the country.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> It said all NIS personnel across the country had also been issued strict directives to arrest Maina on sight.<br /> <br /> The NIS Public Relations Officer, Sunday James, told our correspondent on Friday that Maina had been placed on the watch list afresh.<br /> <br /> He explained that with the Interpol alert and the Magistrate Court ordering the fugitive’s arrest, all NIS operatives and commands were duty-bound to prevent Maina’s escape from the country.<br /> <br /> He said, “The Interpol has issued an arrest alert on Maina and a Magistrate Court has also ordered his arrest, so this means that he has been placed on the watch list afresh and a directive has gone out to all our formations and commands, particularly those at the borders, to prevent his escape and arrest him.”<br /> <br /> The Presidency had on Thursday said an Abuja Magistrate’s Court, as well as the Interpol, had issued fresh warrants for Maina’s arrest.<br /> <br /> He added, “Maina’s investigation has been expanded. This is beyond reinstatement. It has gone beyond that. You know that the INTERPOL has just issued an international warrant on him. A Nigerian court has also issued yet another warrant of arrest.”<br /> <br /> The Force spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, could not be reached for an update on police efforts to arrest Maina as his phone rang out.</div>

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Anthony Martial strikes late as Manchester United beat Tottenham

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0TzeAlOKTh5BrN8fcbTozn5tsggyAVjc1UJc9SSGoaPj5KAs0cJTe4Ixs1nSLvxqHnyWkD66-Ccma7FjdpuZKLOek7H4DwOxNuFwgiAxWVyYXENurVo_Mvtn6hf8FCGXK1ZA1Zb3lPI/s1600/anthony+martial.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0TzeAlOKTh5BrN8fcbTozn5tsggyAVjc1UJc9SSGoaPj5KAs0cJTe4Ixs1nSLvxqHnyWkD66-Ccma7FjdpuZKLOek7H4DwOxNuFwgiAxWVyYXENurVo_Mvtn6hf8FCGXK1ZA1Zb3lPI/s640/anthony+martial.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> Manchester United were at their smash-and-grab best, soaking up 80 minutes of Tottenham pressure before Anthony Martial snatched the win.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Anthony Martial struck the winner for Manchester United as they snatched a 1-0 win from Tottenham at Old Trafford to cement second place in the Premier League.<br /> <br /> Henrikh Mkhitaryan's breakaway effort secured an identical result in this fixture last season after Spurs had dominated possession and it was a similar story here as Mauricio Pochettino's men struggled without injured talisman Harry Kane.<br /> <br /> The England man was absent with a hamstring injury, Pochettino choosing Son Heung-min over Fernando Llorente in attack, but Pep Guardiola's branding of Spurs as "the Harry Kane team" may be revisited after they failed to break down United's stiff defence.<br /> <br /> Any suggestion that Jose Mourinho would throw the shackles off after soporific attacking displays in a draw at Liverpool and defeat at Huddersfield Town were quelled as the Portuguese matched Spurs up with a three-man defence.<br /> <br /> But the Red Devils grew into the contest, and Romelu Lukaku hit the post late on before his flick-on sent Martial clear to score nine minutes from the end and reassert United in second place, now three points above their visitors.<br /> <br /> Pochettino has suggested Kane could return for Wednesday's Champions League clash with Real Madrid at Wembley and they will need his goal threat on this evidence.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Credit: Goal</div>

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Scoring Higher Than The Cut-off Mark Does Not Guarantee Admission – JAMB

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFogY69rOjVbm5_ky91XGufOvbEDhRdgvEqFhJIq6UjXSFsmZIZT_wubVXDvyJrMu7E7Fk7zLencXGmPr0EqYTttbjOgWAdSp7XRNQFBpSo6hiZuMhpiDKQHLe4IcHpLFB8vTB_AlhC8/s1600/JAMB.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFogY69rOjVbm5_ky91XGufOvbEDhRdgvEqFhJIq6UjXSFsmZIZT_wubVXDvyJrMu7E7Fk7zLencXGmPr0EqYTttbjOgWAdSp7XRNQFBpSo6hiZuMhpiDKQHLe4IcHpLFB8vTB_AlhC8/s320/JAMB.png" width="320" /></a></div> The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has said the board would not consider any candidate without O’level or A level requirement this year.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Oloyede insisted that only candidates who meet the O’ level and A’ level requirements and other criteria set by institutions would be offered admission in 2017/2018 session.<br /> <br /> He spoke in Abuja, at a Training and Sensitization Forum on Central Admissions Processing System, CAPS, for admission offers, candidates and stakeholders.<br /> <br /> The registrar explained that candidates with higher scores in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, may not be admitted but could be eligible for admission consideration.<br /> <br /> “Scoring higher than the cut-off mark does not guarantee admission but makes the candidate eligible for admission consideration. It is not UTME that qualifies the person. It is O level, A level that qualifies a person for admission, “he said.<br /> <br /> “That is why you can go from here to UK, you can go to Ghana, Uganda, Republic of Benin, nobody ask you of your UTME, they ask for your O level because by law it is the school cert that qualifies you not JAMB.<br /> <br /> “We admit students when we do not know whether or not they are qualified. You will say you took JAMB, you had 300 later you will now come back and say he is not qualified. Why? No O level, no mathematics, no English when you have not considered the real issue which is: does he or she possess five credits?”<br /> <br /> “From this year we have said no. before you can recommend a candidates you must ensure that that candidate has the O level or A level requirements and in addition to other requirements.<br /> <br /> “JAMB will not consider any candidate from you unless you can convince us that he/she is qualified by O level or by A level.<br /> <br /> “A situation where we admit students and you now turn round and come back and say they are not qualified because they do not possess the O level because the O level is the qualifying certificate. It is not JAMB score.”<br /> <br /> The registrar also said the board would no longer consider or regularize admission of candidates done illegally by tertiary institutions.<br /> <br /> “We know that we have abused the process. What we have been doing is to send N5, 000 each to JAMB in the name of regularization without capturing their picture, without capturing anything. You pay N5, 000 and then they are regularized.<br /> <br /> “We have not stopped to do backlog but from 2016 upward we will not allow anybody to do backdoor admission. Anybody that is not properly admitted is not properly admitted and cannot benefit from regularization.<br /> <br /> “You cannot admit anybody under the table. Let us know your problem and let us collectively solve the problem so that you do not need to do such thing.<br /> <br /> “We don’t have accurate data because what we have on record is different from real life. We cannot continue to do that. We will protest to the whole world that we have 500 students in our institutions but in reality they are about 1 million but 500, 000 thousand have been admitted illegally.</div>

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We’re committed to private sector-driven economy – Osinbajo

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbH9DL9qNBnEJuoYmxOMoCPz-FlpYILkHpkAiEJjTFzSLATMm5pg9YnN3W-lC0AHoYg64-kPoYlE3EVSNDsrhx2I5OOARRXznmjAnOtKdgBbvSivF9dxmhel03lrFW5EXrxHZS-U2dLoc/s1600/yemi+osinbajo.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbH9DL9qNBnEJuoYmxOMoCPz-FlpYILkHpkAiEJjTFzSLATMm5pg9YnN3W-lC0AHoYg64-kPoYlE3EVSNDsrhx2I5OOARRXznmjAnOtKdgBbvSivF9dxmhel03lrFW5EXrxHZS-U2dLoc/s320/yemi+osinbajo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday said the Federal Government had no choice but to depend on the private sector to build infrastructure and make the necessary progress in the economy.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He said that in accordance with the targets of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, the government was open to stronger partnerships and collaborations with the private sector.<br /> The Vice-President spoke at the Presidential Villa in Abuja while receiving a delegation from the United States-Africa Business Centre, a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, said on Friday.<br /> <br /> The delegation comprised the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; Zenith Bank Plc Chairman, Mr. Jim Ovia; the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Stuart Symington; and a representative of the US Chamber of Commerce, Scott Eisner, among others at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.<br /> Osinbajo said, “We have always been committed to private sector leading the way in the economy and that is so important to us because if you look at what government can actually provide even in terms of resources that government has, we really don’t have a choice but to depend on the private sector.<br /> <br /> “The whole attitude is that we are trying to get everyone in government to understand that business has a choice, capital has a choice, and we should make ourselves as welcome as possible.”<br /> He added, “So, what we have been trying to do is to create an environment that makes it easy for the private sector to do business. We have an Industrial Competitiveness Advisory Council that meets regularly with senior members of government, especially those concerned with the economy.<br /> “ We think that there is a lot that can be done; there is a lot of room for investment and a lot of room for collaboration and we look forward to a lot more areas that we can work together to develop.’’<br /> On his part, Eisner said the delegation’s visit was in recognition of the present administration’s friendly economic policies and the preparedness of the US business owners to invest in the Nigerian economy.<br /> <br /> He said the centre comprised over three million members and was committed to working with governments across Africa to achieve key economic targets and also contribute in the development of critical infrastructure.<br /> Eisner commended the Federal Government for its policies on the economy especially its ease of doing business initiative among others.</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQwLVEDAqhfR7RBalhlWHeUcXMfdj5Nfz35OP5CwzZY1v8nGzrkKkYpNlZ7LXT9Dgqg74TLmL3w6vCZsEHLU0t43kz9kX_VHTwC0mWfikj55rHUDV8ykdOQjqljWy021qztYoVjDYHUI/s1600/inec.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQwLVEDAqhfR7RBalhlWHeUcXMfdj5Nfz35OP5CwzZY1v8nGzrkKkYpNlZ7LXT9Dgqg74TLmL3w6vCZsEHLU0t43kz9kX_VHTwC0mWfikj55rHUDV8ykdOQjqljWy021qztYoVjDYHUI/s320/inec.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> No fewer than 125,198 eligible voters have registered for the first and second quarters in the Continuous Voters Registration in Enugu State.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The state Independent National Electoral Commissioner, Mr Emeka Ononamadu, said on Saturday that 56,562 eligible persons registered in the second quarter of the CVR that ended on Sept. 19 in the state.<br /> <br /> He also said 68,672 registered in the first quarter, leading to a difference of 12,110 in between the two quarters.<br /> <br /> The commissioner said that the commission opened eight additional centres during the second quarter, especially in difficult terrains, to reach communities that were far from their local council headquarters.<br /> <br /> Ononamadu said the downward trend in the second quarter called for intensive awareness by Independent National Electoral Commission and other stakeholders to reverse it.<br /> <br /> He announced that the third quarter registration would begin on Oct. 30 and would run for three months.<br /> <br /> “INEC cannot do it alone; we depend on critical stakeholders and the people to make elections very successful,’’ he said.</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJRA1R1gZ3HNBNEZhtV75JpE6HJISChIXgBS2gQ6TyP5qVt0lWKr4nBNBcqDxU6KDu2-U5fZWQAKFhmeWTIntN4iteROZioxSnCXmB5_m8UvHgHxoE4Du8VRG9GwKTejF7O-h8CxafQI/s1600/Lai-Mohammed.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJRA1R1gZ3HNBNEZhtV75JpE6HJISChIXgBS2gQ6TyP5qVt0lWKr4nBNBcqDxU6KDu2-U5fZWQAKFhmeWTIntN4iteROZioxSnCXmB5_m8UvHgHxoE4Du8VRG9GwKTejF7O-h8CxafQI/s320/Lai-Mohammed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has stressed the need to leverage on technology, particularly digital mapping, to boost tourism in Nigeria.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Minister stated this in Abuja on Friday at the launch of the Economic Value of Geospatial Services in Nigeria.<br /> <br /> “As we look to make Nigeria a major tourism destination in Africa, technologies such as Google Maps, but more specifically Street View put forward by Google, will become increasingly important on that front. We hope to see even more value as increasing numbers of people use tools like Google Street View to explore Nigeria,” he said.<br /> <br /> Alhaji Mohammed said geospatial technology will not only benefit local users but that it is also a veritable tool that can also be incredibly powerful in drawing tourists to the country.<br /> <br /> “We know this because we’ve seen the impact that StreetView has had in destinations around Africa. In South Africa, for instance, people can take a guided tour of Robben Island, the prison which held Nelson Mandela and many other South African freedom fighters during apartheid.<br /> <br /> “In Kenya, meanwhile, users can take virtual treks through some of the country’s most famous game reserves. And in Tanzania, people can get up close and personal with the chimpanzees of Gombe National Park, thanks to a partnership between Google and the Jane Goodall foundation.<br /> <br /> “These are all examples of how giving people a taste of a place they have not visited is a powerful incentive to get them to experience the real thing. We look forward to doing the same in Nigeria, as we show off our own natural and cultural heritage,” he said.<br /> <br /> The Minister said the interconnectedness between technology and tourism will assist in bringing in foreign capital as well as the growth of other industries including hospitality, retail and transport.<br /> <br /> “It also promotes and encourages patronage of local agriculture and creative industries as well as manufactured products by operators in the tourism industry. That’s especially important as we look to cement our place as Africa’s largest economy,” he said.<br /> <br /> Alhaji Mohammed, who commended the laudable initiative by Google, said the ability to simply search for a location and get real-time directions there has made the lives of the people much more convenient.<br /> <br /> “I’d like to say that events such as this one offer a powerful reminder of how impactful partnerships between government and private companies like Google can be – to grow our local businesses and strengthen our economy.<br /> <br /> If digital mapping services have made such a difference in the last five years, we can only imagine what the next five will bring.<br /> <br /> We look forward to growing this fruitful relationship in the coming years and seeing what Google comes up with next,” he said.</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpF794qeiTylV15zFLKitS-GLH_bQgBjlsums0eBW6D4FbwfsffJP17Rcb94s_GW0pWpli_gVSNuEK03QFAuk7b8S-AmaFCB3ukk4WcgYv2FAc8FiLO7pggXWwGElWZtoyNPXwVaG3LU/s1600/APC-LOGO-17.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpF794qeiTylV15zFLKitS-GLH_bQgBjlsums0eBW6D4FbwfsffJP17Rcb94s_GW0pWpli_gVSNuEK03QFAuk7b8S-AmaFCB3ukk4WcgYv2FAc8FiLO7pggXWwGElWZtoyNPXwVaG3LU/s320/APC-LOGO-17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress in some states of the federation have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir Lawal, the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, and the suspended Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke, to save his anti-graft war.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The chieftains made the calls against the backdrop of several probe reports submitted to the Presidency, which they said appeared to have indicted the affected top government officials of corrupt practices.<br /> <br /> The APC chieftains warned that the President’s inaction on the reports of the panels that investigated the trio could erode his integrity, bring down his government and kill his anti-corruption campaign.<br /> <br /> An APC chieftain in Adamawa State, Mark Wosi, who called for the sacking of the indicted government officials, said from all indications, Buhari was stalling on the issues because the men involved were his loyalists.<br /> <br /> Wosi said, “You can’t keep telling us you are fighting corruption while there are corruption allegations against people around you and yet you can’t do anything about it. This only means you are the father of corruption. The integrity of President Muhammadu Buhari is now in doubt with all these fraud cases under his nose.”<br /> <br /> Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had on Wednesday, August 23, 2017, submitted to the Presidency the report of the committee that investigated allegations of corruption against Lawal and Oke.<br /> <br /> Similarly, a committee set up by the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, had discovered that frauds to the tune of N919m allegedly took place under Yusuf, who had spent less than a year at the NHIS. The report was then sent to the President on September 4.<br /> <br /> While Oke was supposed to have proceeded on pre-retirement leave from August as his tenure ends in November, there has been no official decision by Buhari on allegations against the NIA boss.<br /> <br /> In view of this, the Chairman, House of Representatives’ Committee on Justice, Mr. Razaq Atunwa, called on the President to sack and prosecute the affected government officials.<br /> <br /> Atunwa, who is representing Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, said Buhari’s delay in taking action was portraying his government in bad light, adding that the reports on the top government functionaries must not be swept under the carpet.<br /> <br /> He said, “If someone has committed a financial crime or fraud, he must not only be dismissed from office but be made to face the music. It is for the court to decide if the person is guilty of that offence or not.”<br /> <br /> An APC chieftain in Ogun State, Chief Bode Mustapha, said if the report of the findings indicted the SGF, he would expect the President to immediately act on it.<br /> <br /> He said, “We don’t need this kind of suspense now. It is capable of bringing President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration into disrepute.<br /> <br /> “He (Buhari) is allowing the Peoples Democratic Party to have a field day in accusing the APC of shielding corrupt people, whether rightly or wrongly. This is a big shame.”<br /> <br /> Mustapha said beyond pronouncements, there was a need to strengthen the anti-corruption institutions.<br /> <br /> “It is high time the President took the bull by horns. Since he has made pronouncements in the case of the Abdulrasheed Maina (a former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform) by sacking him, he should also do the same thing on Lawal, Yusuf and others.”<br /> <br /> The factional Chairman of the APC in Ebonyi State, Mr. Ben Nwaobasi, said sacking the affected government officials would lend credence to the anti-graft campaign of the Federal Government.<br /> <br /> He said, “Nobody should be condoned; any person who runs afoul of the law and indulges in corrupt practices should be made to face the full weight of the law. All those who have a hand in any corrupt practice should be punished.”<br /> <br /> An APC leader in Osun State, Mr. Amitolu Shitu, also asked the President to sack Lawal and Yusuf over the allegations of corruption levelled against them.<br /> <br /> Shitu, who is also the coordinator of DeRaufs (a pro-Governor Rauf Aregbesola group), said the anti-corruption war of this administration had failed and that the President had failed many Nigerians, who voted for him to rid the nation of corruption.<br /> <br /> Shitu said, “President Muhammadu Buhari was voted in because of his stance on corruption. He was seen as a man of integrity and a leader, who would fight corruption, which has prevented Nigeria and Nigerians from developing.<br /> <br /> “Unfortunately, he has failed in his anti-corruption war. He failed, not because he is stealing money, but because he allowed corrupt politicians around him to hijack governance from him and run the affairs of the nation with impunity.<br /> <br /> “It is not enough for the President to suspend the SGF and the NHIS boss, I believe he should sack them. And not only these two officials, there are others who were accused of corruption. Nothing has been done against them.<br /> <br /> “Buhari’s campaign against corruption has failed and the rate of corruption now is so alarming.”<br /> <br /> He, however, stated that the President could renew the hope of Nigerians in him by sacking and prosecuting any of his close aides and allies accused of corruption.<br /> <br /> In like manner, a chieftain of Buhari’s party in Ondo State, who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity for fear of being accused of an anti-party misdemeanour, condemned the President’s silence on the various allegations of fraud against some government officials.<br /> <br /> The party chieftain alleged that a cabal in the Presidency had become uncontrollable by Buhari, saying most of the suspected fraud cases were, in one way or another, connected to some members of the cabal, “making it impossible for the President to act on the cases.”<br /> <br /> He said, “I think the silence of Mr. President on those issues is deliberate because it involves some of his boys. But as a matter of fact, these matters are rubbishing our party. How could the President be silent on fraud cases in his government when we had told Nigerians that we wanted to fight corruption?<br /> <br /> “The problem of Mr. President is that he is not in charge; it is the cabal that is controlling him and any matter that involves members of the cabal or their friends may not see the light of the day.<br /> <br /> “If the President still wants Nigerians to respect him and his administration, he should do something about the fraud cases involving Lawal, Oke and others. Some of us in the party are also not happy about what is going on.”<br /> <br /> Another APC chieftain in Edo State and a former House of Representatives member, Mr. Ehiogie West-Idahosa, equally supported the call for the sacking of Lawal and others.<br /> <br /> He said, “As far as the SGF is concerned, we do know that there is a report which is pending, but nobody knows whether it will be presented at the end of the President’s tenure. I think the President is going to have a big albatross around his neck if he does not do away with the SGF.<br /> <br /> “You can see how that suspension was celebrated. You could see the controversy associated with that person. And I think the safest bet for him (Buhari) is to renounce that appointment and get somebody else in order to save himself some credibility.”<br /> <br /> West-Idahosa noted that it would be debatable if the President can be re-elected in case of an election today because people expected him to fight corruption.<br /> <br /> In Bayelsa State, Chief Richard Kpodo, an APC chieftain, who is a former Interim Chairman of the party in the state, said the President should sack them if he found them culpable, saying such would dispel insinuations that the anti-corruption war had been one-sided.”<br /> <br /> However, Kpodo said, ‘’The President is a very busy man and I think he is taking his time to study the reports, but if he finds them guilty, he must not hesitate to sack them as he did Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina.’’<br /> <br /> In Owerri, the Imo State capital, the former (Legal) Adviser to Governor Rochas Okorocha, Prof. Francis Dike, SAN, also told Saturday PUNCH that the President’s delay in taking decisions on sensitive issues like Lawal and Yusuf would make tongues to wag as well as affect the President’s mantra of zero tolerance for corruption.<br /> <br /> In his view, however, another chieftain of the APC in Ondo State, Dr. Tunji Abayomi, advised that anti-corruption fight should not only be seen as Buhari’s responsibility but everybody’s.<br /> <br /> But, childhood friend of the President, Aba Alli, who is a former senator in the Second Republic, said the President would never joke with the issue of corruption. He described the allegations against Yusuf as an “internal matter between the minister and the NHIS boss.”<br /> <br /> He said, “You and I don’t know what the report (on the SGF) contains. President Buhari is taking his time so that he would be fair to all concerned.”<br /> <br /> However, the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who spoke at the Greater Nigeria Pastors Conference in Lagos, on Friday, noted that the President would soon address the SGF and the NIA DG’s cases.<br /> <br /> “As for the SGF, DG of NIA matter, the president will decide on that soon. The SGF remains suspended and the president will speak on that very soon but I cannot tell when,” he noted.</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHe4am2ZTdA1x8xhd1GEqKp71nJWH_fKojV55M8CfxLny_JGKJ5qehyphenhyphenIWlLn9dZ-CnZQpcfUBYQ5D10wZD-1PuRlG5xOSq29gI9UT5UkXySKmqvoyVavOCGyGC9lDJSUt_Q6g0CeNQHYY/s1600/whtasapp.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHe4am2ZTdA1x8xhd1GEqKp71nJWH_fKojV55M8CfxLny_JGKJ5qehyphenhyphenIWlLn9dZ-CnZQpcfUBYQ5D10wZD-1PuRlG5xOSq29gI9UT5UkXySKmqvoyVavOCGyGC9lDJSUt_Q6g0CeNQHYY/s320/whtasapp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> WhatsApp has finally rolled out its most anticipated feature 'Delete for Everyone' that allows its over one billion users revoke their messages in case they sent those to a wrong person or a group.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> You can only delete messages for everyone for up to seven minutes after sending.<br /> <br /> "Once seven minutes have passed, there is no way to delete messages for everyone," Facebook-owned WhatsApp said in its updated FAQ on Friday.<br /> <br /> "In order for messages to be successfully deleted for everyone, both you and your recipient must be using the latest version of WhatsApp for Android, iPhone or Windows Phone," the micro-blogging platform said.<br /> <br /> WhatsApp was working on this feature for almost a year.<br /> <br /> You can now delete messages for everyone or just for yourself.<br /> <br /> "Deleting messages for everyone allows you to delete specific messages you have sent to either a group or an individual chat. This is particularly useful if you sent a message to the wrong chat or if the message you sent contains a mistake," WhatsApp noted.<br /> <br /> Messages you successfully delete for everyone will be replaced with "This message was deleted" in your recipients' chats.<br /> <br /> Similarly, if you see "This message was deleted" in a chat, it means that the sender deleted their message for everyone.<br /> <br /> This is how it works:<br /> <br /> Open WhatsApp and go to the chat containing the message you wish to delete.<br /> <br /> Tap and hold the message and choose Delete from the menu.<br /> <br /> Optionally, select more messages to delete multiple messages at once. Then tap "Delete for Everyone".<br /> <br /> "If you or your recipient are not using the latest version of WhatsApp for Android, iPhone or Windows Phone, this feature will not be supported," WhatsApp said.<br /> <br /> Recipients may see your message before it's deleted or if deletion was not successful.<br /> <br /> According to WABetaInfo, a fan website that tracks WhatsApp, this feature works for messages in text, videos, GIFs, pictures, voice messages, quoted messages and status replies.<br /> <br /> The second part is to delete messages only for yourself.<br /> <br /> Deleting messages for yourself allows you to delete your copy of messages you've sent or received from your phone.<br /> <br /> "This has no effect on your recipients' chats. Your recipients will still see the messages in their chat screen," WhatsApp said.<br /> <br /> For this, open WhatsApp and go to the chat containing the message you wish to delete.<br /> <br /> Tap and hold the message and choose Delete from the menu.<br /> <br /> Optionally, select more messages to delete multiple messages at once. Then tap "Delete for Me".<br /> <br /> "The feature is being slowly rolled out and users can reinstall WhatsApp in order to download from the server the latest configuration," WABetaInfo said.</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dh6kVUh0ZXxZG5llcTqMmKnNGNc8eewYxtl8l-hiYgw9SGLg2rHgr2eaIQnUShwl9PTyckMfuXJD16Fpg8jZfpC_JpH7irV4rjR1OQvCSoItfUdjrDbt9RhTR6YPU4isxTM_mLVx2Gw/s1600/cot4.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dh6kVUh0ZXxZG5llcTqMmKnNGNc8eewYxtl8l-hiYgw9SGLg2rHgr2eaIQnUShwl9PTyckMfuXJD16Fpg8jZfpC_JpH7irV4rjR1OQvCSoItfUdjrDbt9RhTR6YPU4isxTM_mLVx2Gw/s400/cot4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> Doctors in India have successfully separated conjoined twin boys who were attached at the skull in a marathon surgical procedure that lasted more than 36 hours and involved 40 doctors.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The two-year-old twins, who suffered a rare condition occurring once in about 2.5 million births, underwent the operation at a government-run hospital in New Delhi on Wednesday.<br /> <br /> "It was a team work of 40 doctors, 20 nurses and many other paramedical staff. Without their help this would not have been possible," the All India Institute of Medical Science hospital said in a statement.<br /> <br /> One of the surgeons involved said the most challenging aspect was repairing the holes left in the young boys' heads after they were separated.<br /> <br /> The twins were born in a village in the eastern state of Odisha with shared blood vessels and some shared brain tissue. They had undergone the first phase of the separation surgery in August.<br /> "The most challenging job after the separation was to provide a skin cover on both sides of the brain for the children as the surgery had left large holes on their heads," said Maneesh Singhal, a plastic surgeon who was a part of the operating team.<br /> <br /> "The skin was generated from the expansion of two balloons which were placed inside their heads during the first surgery in August," Singhal told AFP on Friday.<br /> <br /> "The next step will be reconstruction of their skulls," he added.<br /> <br /> Conjoined siblings are identical twins who are born with their skin and internal organs fused together, according to the University of Maryland Medical Centre website.<br /> <br /> About half are stillborn, and the survival rate is between five and 25 percent.<br /> <br /> They develop from a single egg, which splits in the case of healthy twins, but not fully in the case of conjoined siblings.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCizG1q8cSS7GgLFb98j8iRwpG9iRnl6m4SpQa1zJ5zy8tIgbOvQV-5kgtuXCL2QY47l2gFFyt9_7ErH93pvTmPf8YWyaxNR3VbKpsDWtxcN2iy5Tv3ZPy1JKRQG099EmNQVPRe2m6qOg/s1600/cot2.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCizG1q8cSS7GgLFb98j8iRwpG9iRnl6m4SpQa1zJ5zy8tIgbOvQV-5kgtuXCL2QY47l2gFFyt9_7ErH93pvTmPf8YWyaxNR3VbKpsDWtxcN2iy5Tv3ZPy1JKRQG099EmNQVPRe2m6qOg/s400/cot2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWHk1RxADaHgosm5wuo2UzrCJX7zRtlTvoKLF46IMQTFEKR75e5-uGXSTjvZKUvrhZj7tKi7J-OssB9bQ0WefvmhLlOWbr9zBBA6P_CYbtTJEuYhDBnxGJqhlvBruLQCLixbWfKaW6aIw/s1600/cot3.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWHk1RxADaHgosm5wuo2UzrCJX7zRtlTvoKLF46IMQTFEKR75e5-uGXSTjvZKUvrhZj7tKi7J-OssB9bQ0WefvmhLlOWbr9zBBA6P_CYbtTJEuYhDBnxGJqhlvBruLQCLixbWfKaW6aIw/s400/cot3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoozVfNaVTQhniuhQx-_ytPPzvc_99PviFoEwy5S1KYkm65p0dYumn7dkaOLpOKUAxEmhfAmKICaO6CpUObf-OTo1hGMvP_Sro32gE2ENocLrXWcM4YAukMexzcjnGZ7Q4G6xxcFLH8wo/s1600/cot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoozVfNaVTQhniuhQx-_ytPPzvc_99PviFoEwy5S1KYkm65p0dYumn7dkaOLpOKUAxEmhfAmKICaO6CpUObf-OTo1hGMvP_Sro32gE2ENocLrXWcM4YAukMexzcjnGZ7Q4G6xxcFLH8wo/s400/cot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> </div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XEw8LXIAj2O4lWJ8UgoMQZ10L20Pa044WZsL7CEYMdOjE6d-VauKrPqdFyZoSdySZq7fO_OXXI3_au-_8_BjDe9u6CN7EqooVGsSKS5WkVtrE0YOcYVIYoJhh5pp_78n7mLO8OWp1JM/s1600/ibra+sou.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XEw8LXIAj2O4lWJ8UgoMQZ10L20Pa044WZsL7CEYMdOjE6d-VauKrPqdFyZoSdySZq7fO_OXXI3_au-_8_BjDe9u6CN7EqooVGsSKS5WkVtrE0YOcYVIYoJhh5pp_78n7mLO8OWp1JM/s400/ibra+sou.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed that Romelu Lukaku’s performance, is the reason why he has not rushed back from injury.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Ibrahimovic has been out since April, after sustaining a serious ACL knee injury.<br /> <br /> The Swedish striker landed awkwardly during the Red Devils’ 2-1 win over Anderlecht in the Europa League.<br /> <br /> Ibrahimovic underwent surgery and is now close to a return.<br /> <br /> In an interview with MUTV, the 36-year-old praised Lukaku, who arrived at the club last summer.<br /> <br /> “Yes, he’s doing fantastically well, but it’s no surprise. The only difference now is that he’s doing it at a big club, with all due respect for Everton and all the other clubs he played for.<br /> <br /> “Now he’s doing it on the big scene where the pressure is totally different. I think when you’re playing for a top five club in the world the pressure is different compared to other clubs, with all due respect to them.<br /> <br /> “And now he’s doing it on the big scene, he’s showing what he’s good at – scoring goals – he’s a powerful machine. And I think he’s doing exactly what he needs to do – scoring goals and using his power, and not doing things he’s less good at and things he doesn’t need to do.<br /> <br /> “He’s around 10 goals I think, so that’s been a big help to the team and as long as he’s scoring the goals I have less pressure to come back fast and the help he gives the team is even better. Hopefully he can continue being on that track producing like he’s doing.”</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgrYxitTaa4A0K44v3z5mJC_lU0SLETFYJJl9Cj0NiSpBQipnFHURHzqPuPFbiAw5K08AS349R_7TrVO76-tWU1ksG8jQhLAJ_2g1CchAM2QZOiqovwQwvlCpaobHnTa7lCkaXdoj7_8/s1600/Catalonia+peeps.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgrYxitTaa4A0K44v3z5mJC_lU0SLETFYJJl9Cj0NiSpBQipnFHURHzqPuPFbiAw5K08AS349R_7TrVO76-tWU1ksG8jQhLAJ_2g1CchAM2QZOiqovwQwvlCpaobHnTa7lCkaXdoj7_8/s320/Catalonia+peeps.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Madrid on Saturday dismissed the chief of Catalonia’s regional police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, a day after imposing direct control on the region over a bid to break away from Spain.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The firing of Josep Lluis Trapero, Catalonia’s highest-ranking policeman, was published in the official government gazette as Spain perched on a knife’s edge in its worst political crisis in decades.</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADpFzpbjC9i5uny6wQzlLoI_SyAAWkiu_5f7cBi-FTP_UPi4n7mTEqg23DVOUJegzYV8cIZ8nmtbxC_YggHOMotPc4YVFDXGjwxGcg-O6sR1THEbQZ5pX65ltbfKw4KuX1ICY0-_Mm7M/s1600/unilag.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADpFzpbjC9i5uny6wQzlLoI_SyAAWkiu_5f7cBi-FTP_UPi4n7mTEqg23DVOUJegzYV8cIZ8nmtbxC_YggHOMotPc4YVFDXGjwxGcg-O6sR1THEbQZ5pX65ltbfKw4KuX1ICY0-_Mm7M/s400/unilag.jpg" /></a></div> The University of Lagos has appointed Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, a professor of botany, as its new vice-chancellor.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He becomes the 12th vice-chancellor of the university and will succeed Prof. Rahamon Bello.<br /> <br /> Prof. Ogundipe is currently the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics and Research, UNILAG.<br /> <br /> When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the school, Toyin Adebule, confirmed Ogundipe’s appointment.<br /> <br /> “He has been appointed; he is our new VC,” he said.<br /> <br /> Apart from Ogundipe, other shortlisted candidates for the position included: Prof. Ben Oghojafor, who is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Management Services; the university’s immediate past Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Management Services, Prof. Duro Oni; a former Provost of the College of Medicine, UNILAG and former National President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof. Oluwole Atoyebi.<br /> <br /> Others were a former Dean of Students’ Affairs and now Director of Distance Learning Institute of the university, Prof. Olukayode Amund; Dean of Postgraduate School, Ajewole Moses; former Dean of UNILAG’s Faculty of Pharmacy, Odukoya Olukemi; and a former Vice-Chancellor of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State, Prof. Ayodeji Olukoju.</div>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="594" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_aLV0b-J8Lqu7jy6S4KfsmhuMJfRdeur2VPIdXax4H_qJdv2wtjpvIRkSvZOPV55zjQ5zNle61X_FCtHIQXJ5DsU7j8F2KMzpKn_8swP6DOWiAxShfeFu8t6jwlc0a-5eUhVS7wBRHlI/s400/joshua-takam+%25285%2529.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> <br /> British-born Nigerian Anthony Joshua returns to the ring at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on Saturday night to defend his IBF and WBA titles against Carlos Takam.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The fight, which will be broadcast in over 160 countries, has a reported £20m purse.<br /> <br /> France-based Cameroonian Takam, 36, ranked No. 3 in the IBF rankings was called in late to face Joshua after Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev pulled out with a shoulder injury.FF<br /> <br /> Joshua added the WBA world heavyweight title to his IBF title when he knocked Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko out in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium on April 29.<br /> <br /> The 28-year-old, whose father comes from Sagamu in Ogun State, has revealed his sights are fixed on becoming the first man to hold all four heavyweight world titles.<br /> <br /> According to BBC Sport, a win for Joshua will fuel talk of unifying the titles with the WBC crown of Deontay Wilder and Joseph Parker’s WBO version.<br /> <br /> American Mike Tyson held three heavyweight titles in 1987, before the formation of the WBO.<br /> <br /> “I can’t be perfect. I am who I am,” Joshua told Sky Sports News on Friday.<br /> <br /> “I have managed to become heavyweight champion of the world and who I am, I can present myself as the person I am today, with a project and vision of improving myself for the future.<br /> <br /> “Providing I stay disciplined in my sport, you’ll hear of me for the next 10 years, and I’ll definitely progress as a person, and that’s what it’s about.<br /> <br /> “This isn’t who I am today. I may make a mistake, but I’ll correct it in the future, and that’s what being a champion is about. If life was perfect and simple, people wouldn’t be able to relate to me.”<br /> <br /> Joshua has revealed he would love to stop Takam, who has three lost three of his 39 fights since his first pro fight on December 10, 2005, inside 30 seconds in their fight on Saturday.<br /> <br /> “I want it to go thirty seconds, do you know what I mean?’ he told Fight Hub TV.<br /> <br /> “But it’s not reality, I’m prepared for a twelve round fight, but if I could I’d like to get him out between round one to eight.”<br /> <br /> However, Takam says he will go all guns blazing into the ring, warning his opponent not to take him for granted.<br /> <br /> He said, “I am better known in France and Cameroon. But by the third or fourth round the people in the crowd here will know me and like me.<br /> <br /> “It will be just as important to work Joshua’s body as well as the head, and my speed will be important too. “If I can do things differently from what other boxers have done against him, I’ll have a chance to win by knockout.”<br /> <br /> And former British heavyweight champion Michael Sprott – who has fought both men – has warned Joshua not to underestimate Takam, claiming the Cameroonian would be a dangerous opponent the longer the fight is allowed to go on.<br /> <br /> “Takam is like a bodybuilder,” Sprott told BBC Newsbeat.<br /> <br /> “(He’s) very strong, and like Anthony says he’s got a head like granite. He can definitely take a shot.<br /> <br /> “If I was his (Joshua’s) trainer I would tell him to get rid of Takam as quickly as possible, maybe as early as the first couple of rounds.<br /> <br /> “The longer the fight goes on the more dangerous it is for Anthony Joshua.”<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, Joshua hopes his long held dream to fight in Africa will move a step closer with Saturday’s fight.<br /> <br /> Joshua – who weighed in at a career-heaviest 114.3kg compared to Takam’s 16st 11lb – has his eyes set on Nigeria.<br /> <br /> “It’s definitely a blessing in disguise,” the fighter, who could earn up to £15m tonight, was quoted by AFP as saying on Friday.<br /> <br /> “There’s massive interest. Takam’s good, he’s from Cameroon; it’s Africa, people are watching for sure.<br /> <br /> “It doesn’t have to be an African fighter to fight there; it definitely has to be a champion though. We have to know who they are, and providing there’s no politics, anything’s possible right now.”<br /> <br /> The 2012 Olympic champion said that his weight reflected how fit he felt.<br /> <br /> “I’ve been doing a lot of running: maybe I’m starting to fill out as I get older, so who knows what it is? I definitely feel a lot fitter,” said Joshua.<br /> <br /> Takam, who followed Joshua back to his hotel after a previous bout in 2016 and said he wanted to fight him there and then, said he was in good shape and not just turning up for a large cheque.<br /> <br /> “When I heard the news about the fight I was already preparing,” said the 36-year-old.<br /> <br /> British-born Nigerian Lawrence Okolie will look to continue his victory march in Cardiff on Saturday.<br /> <br /> The cruiserweight boxer will fight on the undercard of the Joshua versus Takam bout.

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