October 28, 2019

Real Madrid, Barca, Atletico Track Golden Eaglets Captain Tijani

Real Madrid, Barca, Track Golden Eaglets Captain Tijani

October 28, 2019 6:02 pm

Spanish giants, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have sent their scouts to monitor Golden Eaglets captain, Samson Tijani, at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil, reports Completesports.com.

Scouts from the three clubs, according to Spanish news hub, as.comz were in attendance during Nigeria’s first Group B match against Hungary on Saturday which the Eaglets won 4-2.

Tijani was on target twice in the game, the first a well taken penalty and the fourth, a sublime free-kick five minutes from time.

Real Madrid, according to the report, had two of their scouts in attendance during the game, …

Poll Finds Over 80% In Japan Back Female Emperor

Poll Finds Over 80% In Japan Back Female Emperor

October 28, 2019 5:45 pm

The vast majority of Japanese voters back allowing women to inherit the Chrysanthemum Throne, a new polls shows, as the royal family struggles with a dearth of male heirs.

The survey, conducted in the wake of last week’s enthronement proclamation ceremony for Emperor Naruhito, found 81.9 percent favour Japan having a woman take the throne, with 13.5 percent opposed.

The Kyodo News agency poll, carried out over the weekend, comes as there is renewed debate about succession in the royal family, with inheritance of the throne limited by law to male members of the imperial line.

There are currently

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AC Milan Post Record 145.9 Mn Loss

AC Milan Post Record 145.9 Mn Loss

October 28, 2019 5:44 pm

Italian giants AC Milan, struggling to recapture the glory days of seven European Cups and of their heyday under media magnate Silvio Berlusconi, on Monday posted a record loss of 145.9 million euros ($165 million) for 2018.

The losses, which were some 20 million above 2017, will be covered by the majority shareholder, US fund Elliott, which took over the Rossoneri last year after Chinese businessman Li Yonghong defaulted on a loan to buy the outfit.

Milan, one of Europe’s most storied clubs, have accumulated some 500 million euros of losses over the past six seasons, during which time they …

Kayla Mueller, IS Victim Who Gave Name To Anti-Baghdadi Op

Kayla Mueller, IS Victim Who Gave Name To Anti-Baghdadi Op

October 28, 2019 5:40 pm

The US special forces raid targeting jihadist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was named for Kayla Mueller, a young aid worker who was one of several Americans killed while being held by the Islamic State group.

Mueller was kidnapped in 2013 in northern Syria during a visit to a hospital. US officials confirmed her death in 2015.

Her father, Carl Mueller, said it had been “a roller coaster of emotions” waiting for President Donald Trump to announce the demise of the man responsible for his daughter’s death.

The 26-year-old aid worker was a “beautiful young woman” who died while trying to …

Reps Committee Appeals To Commission To Spend 2019 Budget

Reps Committee Appeals To Commission To Spend 2019 Budget

October 28, 2019 4:17 pm
The House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora has appealed to the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-formal Education (NMAC) to utilise the 2019 budget allocation that was released to it.
The committee, chaired by Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe (APC-Oyo), made the appeal during the commission’s budget presentation on Monday.

Prof. Abba Haladu, Executive Secretary of the commission said that out of the approved budget of more than ₦900 million, ₦222 million was made available to the commission in September.

Haladu said that out of the ₦222 million released, the commission had only spent ₦8 million on planned projects.

The

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Macron Takes Aim At Islamic ‘Separatism’ In France

Macron Takes Aim At Islamic ‘Separatism’ In France

October 28, 2019 4:16 pm

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday urged France’s Muslim community to step up the fight against “separatism” as he toughened his rhetoric against Islamic radicalism in the wake of a deadly attack.

Macron, a centrist whose main political rival at home is far-right leader Marine Le Pen, has sought to show he is serious in cracking down on Islamic radicalism in France following the October 3 attack by a Muslim convert at Paris police headquarters that left four staff dead.

In a pre-recorded interview with RTL radio broadcast on Monday, Macron said he planned to fight, alongside Muslim leaders, against religious …

IPOB Members Arrested Over ‘Inciting Songs’, Missing

IPOB Members Arrested Over ‘Inciting Songs’, Missing

October 28, 2019 4:07 pm

Four months after the Enugu state police command arrested 140 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for allegedly organising unlawful procession, some members of the group are yet to be found.

The command spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, told The Guardian that after the IPOB members were arrested on Wednesday 22 May in Nsukka Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, the way about of Iloegbusi Ikenna Emmanuel is yet unknown.

He said the man who hails from Oji River LGA and some of his fellow members of the group were caught displaying “proscribed items” on the streets and …

Court Upholds INEC’s Rejection Of AA’s Candidates In Kogi

Court Upholds INEC Rejection Of AA’s Candidates In Kogi

October 28, 2019 2:36 pm

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court, on Monday upheld the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which rejected the participation of the candidates of the Action Alliance (AA) in the forthcoming governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States.

The party and its governorship candidates in the two states are challenging their exclusion from the November 16 gubernatorial election.

INEC had refused to accept the candidacy of Dr Samuel Alfa and Ebi Peretiemo as standard-bearers of the AA in the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States respectively on the grounds that …

90m Nigerians Live In Poverty – FG

90m Nigerians Live In Poverty – FG

October 28, 2019 2:33 pm
Ms Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development expressed the resolve of the Federal Government to lift 90 million Nigerians currently living in poverty across the country.
Farouq said this while presenting the 2020 budget estimates ₦44.21 billion for the approval of the House Committee on Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees chaired by Rep. Mohammed Jega on Monday.

The minister said that the ministry was tasked with the responsibility to address some of the underlying causes, drivers and consequences of humanitarian crises and underdevelopment including.

She said this included the relatively high level of poverty of

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Christine Lagarde: Crisis Fighter At Home In Halls Of Power

Christine Lagarde: Crisis Fighter At Home In Power

October 28, 2019 11:51 am
After a career breaking glass ceilings to join a tiny global elite, Christine Lagarde will bring the experience of cool-headed crisis fighting to her job as the first female head of the European Central Bank.
The 63-year-old Frenchwoman arrives at the ECB after weathering the financial crisis and its aftershocks at the French finance ministry, in 2007-11, and the International Monetary Fund in 2011-19 — the first woman to hold both jobs.

She faced one catastrophic threat after another, from the financial sector meltdown in 2008 to the Greek and Argentine debt crises.

Formerly a successful corporate lawyer, Lagarde is

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Governors Meet In Abuja Over Bailout Fund Repayment

Governors Meet In Abuja Over Bailout Fund Repayment

October 28, 2019 11:46 am
The 36 state governors, under the umbrella of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), are currently meeting in Abuja.
According to the itinerary, they were to discuss the time frame for the refund of the N614 billion bailout fund issued to their states by the Federal Government.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the development was sequel to the notice given to the states by the Federal Government to recover the loan facility.

The governors, according to the meeting agenda, would deliberate on getting an update on deductions for budget support facility from the appropriate organ of government.

They were

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Truck Driver Remanded At UK Court Over 39 Dead Migrants

Truck Driver Remanded At UK Court Over 39 Dead Migrants

October 28, 2019 11:45 am
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Maurice Robinson, a 25-year-old from Northern Ireland known as Mo, was charged Saturday with 39 counts of manslaughter, money laundering and conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration.

As bereaved families in Vietnam prayed for their missing sons and daughters, some of whose identities emerged online, Robinson made no statement in a brief video appearance at a court in Chelmsford, northeast of London.

He has been scheduled to enter a plea at London’s Old Bailey court on November 25.

The eight women and 31 men found Wednesday in a refrigerated container in Essex, southeast England, were originally identified as Chinese.

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