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#PMBAt75 was trending on social media for all the right reasons. It was the birthday of Nigeria’s number one citizen, President Muhammadu Buhari. On Twitter Nigerians felicitated with President Buhari as he reached a milestone. As we celebrate #PMBAt75 today, i want to use this opportunity to reemphasize the failure of the @mbuhari led @APCNigeria government to fulfill its campaign promises after two years and 6months in office. ISSA THREAD!— Oluyemi Fasipe ???????? (@YemieFASH) December 17, 2017 Happy Birthday Mr. President! I wish you the blessings of the Almighty, and continued wisdom and grace as you celebrate another year. #PMBAt75…

A British woman who worked at the U.K. embassy in Beirut was found strangled by the side of the road east of the Lebanese capital and authorities are investigating whether she was also sexually assaulted, officials said Sunday. Britain’s Foreign Office in London confirmed the death of the embassy staffer, who worked for the British Department for International Department. British officials declined to provide further details. She was named by British media and her friends as Rebecca Dykes. In a statement released by the Foreign Office, the family requested that the media respect their privacy “at this very difficult time.”…

Liverpool moved back into the top four with a scintillating attacking performance that blew away Bournemouth 4-0 on Super Sunday. In a blistering display of skill, pace and ruthless finishing, Liverpool raced into a 3-0 half-time lead with strikes from Philippe Coutinho (20), Dejan Lovren (26) and Mo Salah (44), who was notching his 14th Premier League goal of the season already. Roberto Firmino (66) added a fourth as there was to be no repeat of the Bournemouth comeback of last season in this fixture, where they won 4-3 after a rousing late rally. After back-to-back draws at Anfield with…

Former AC Milan and Real Madrid midfielder Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, popularly known as Kaka, has retired from football. The 35-year-old, who began his career in Brazil with Sao Paulo, was most recently with MLS club Orlando City. Kaka played his final match as Orlando’s season ended in October, and in November was reportedly offered a director role at Serie A club Milan. He is one of only eight players to win the treble of World Cup, European Cup/Champions League and Ballon d’Or. A devout Christian, Kaka wrote in a Twitter post on Sunday: “Father, it was much more…

Celtic’s 69-game unbeaten domestic run was ended in emphatic style as they were stunned 4-0 by Hearts in the Scottish Premiership. The defeat at Tynecastle is the champions’ first domestic loss since a 2-1 reverse at St Johnstone on 11 May 2016 – 585 days ago – and Brendan Rodgers’ first as Celtic manager against Scottish opposition. The streak began under Rodgers’ predecessor Ronny Deila when Motherwell were thrashed 7-0 on the final day of the 2015-16 season. In beating St Johnstone 4-0 in early November, Celtic surpassed their own 100-year-old British record of 62 domestic games without defeat. Celtic,…

Manchester United moved back within 11 points of Premier League leaders Manchester City by holding on to beat West Brom, who remain winless under Alan Pardew. Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring with a header – his second goal in as many games – against the team he played for during the 2012-13 season. Jesse Lingard doubled United’s lead before the break with a shot that deflected off Albion’s Ahmed Hegazi. The Red Devils appeared to be heading for a comfortable win until Albion substitute Gareth Barry poked home from close range with 13 minutes left. Pardew’s two other substitutes almost…

A Federal high court sitting in Lagos has ordered that Nadabo Energy Limited and Trafigura Beheer BV engaged in legal battle over a cargo of 950,000 crude oil to maintain status quo. The court also warned the two parties not to do anything that will overreach the court. The presiding judge, Justice Rilwan Aikawa had earlier ordered the Nigerian company Nadabo to serve the court process on the British company Trafigura Beheer BV out of jurisdiction along with five Nigerian companies dragged before the court alleged to have laundered N24 billion. In a bid to recover N24 billion alleged to…

Tens of thousands of people, many of them children, serenaded Pope Francis on his 81st birthday on Sunday, as the pontiff appealed for the release of Catholic nuns kidnapped last month in Nigeria. The crowd sang Happy Birthday in Italian as the pontiff appeared at the window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square for his weekly message and blessing. The first Latin American pope was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires. The former cardinal of the Argentine capital became leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in 2013. READ: PENGASSAN resumes nationwide…

At least 11 Afghan police officers were killed on Sunday when Taliban fighters assaulted their checkpoints in volatile Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, authorities said. The assaults on two police post are the latest in a series of deadly attacks on Afghan security forces claimed by the Taliban. Taliban insurgents launched the attacks in the early morning in the Qalai Sang area of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah. “Our police fought them back, but unfortunately 11 of our police were martyred and two wounded,” provincial governor Hayatullah Hayat told AFP, adding that the militants fled after the attack. Read Also…

A major Nigerian oil union said on Saturday it would launch a strike from Monday after talks aimed at resolving a dispute with domestic oil and gas companies reached a deadlock. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), whose members mainly work in the upstream oil industry, is clashing with the companies over the laying off of union members. The strike could hit Nigeria’s oil production and dent exports, as they did in December last year during a PENGASSAN action against ExxonMobil. “PENGASSAN has commenced mobilisation for the strike,” a spokeswoman for the union said. READ:…