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The Senate on Wednesday, called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to invite the Libyan Ambassador to Nigeria and discuss how to end the ongoing Libyan slave trade which allegedly involves the sale of Africans, some of them of Nigerian descent, as slaves. In a motion titled: “Urgent Need to Protect Nigerian Citizens from the Libya Slavery Auctions,” which was sponsored by Senator Baba Kaka Bashir Garbai, the Senate called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to use the opportunity of the ongoing European Union and African Union (EU-AU) Summit in Abidjan to table the matter before the Libyan delegation. In his…

President Donald Trump has tweeted that the United States will impose more sanctions on North Korea following a conversation with China President, Xi Jinping. In a tweet on his personal account, Trump wrote, “Just spoke to President Xi Jinping of China concerning the provocative actions of North Korea. Additional major sanctions will be imposed on North Korea today. “This situation will be handled!” he added. North Korea said it successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday in a “breakthrough” that puts the US mainland within range of its nuclear weapons whose warheads could withstand re-entry to the Earth’s…

Sam Allardyce will finalise a deal to become Everton manager on Wednesday, a statement on the club’s Twitter account read. “Sam Allardyce will be at USM Finch Farm this afternoon to finalise terms on becoming the new manager of Everton Football Club. “David Unsworth will remain in charge of the Blues for tonight’s Premier League match against West Ham United at Goodison Park,” the tweet added. The 63-year-old ex-England boss will become the permanent successor to Ronald Koeman, who was sacked in October with the club 18th in the Premier League. Allardyce has been out of work since resigning from…

President Donald Trump has called for the contract of Phil Griffin to be terminated after US TV network NBC has sacked its star morning show host Matt Lauer over a sexual misconduct allegation. Writing on Twitter, Trump said, “So now that Matt Lauer is gone when will the Fake News practitioners at NBC be terminating the contract of Phil Griffin? “And will they terminate low ratings Joe Scarborough based on the “unsolved mystery” that took place in Florida years ago? Investigate!” he added. On Twitter, the NBC said: “On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about…

The Nigerian government has declared 1 December a public holiday in celebration of this year’s Eid el-Maulud. In a statement signed by Engr Abubakar Magaji, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Nigerians should spend the day praying for peace and progress of the country. “The Federal Government has declared Friday 1 December 2017 as Public Holiday to mark the Eid el-Maulud celebration,” the statement read. READ: Twitter: Trump retweets three Muslim inflammatory videos “The Honourable Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. (rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazzau, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government enjoined all Muslims faithful and Nigerians to…

Donald Trump’s Twitter account has retweeted three inflammatory videos from a British far-right group. The first tweet from Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain First, claims to show a Muslim migrant attacking a man on crutches. This was followed by two more videos of people Ms Fransen claims to be Muslim. Britain First was founded in 2011 by former members of the far-right British National Party (BNP). READ: Buhari promises to reduce migration to Europe, return those stranded in Libya The group has grabbed attention on social media with controversial posts about what they deem “the Islamification of the…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday night in Abidjan declared that all Nigerians stranded in Libya and other parts of the world will be brought home and rehabilitated. The President while speaking when he addressed Nigerians in the Diaspora, vowed to reduce the number of Nigerians heading for Europe illegally through the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea by providing basic social amenities such as education, healthcare, and food security at home. In an interactive session with members of the Nigerian Community in Cote D’ Ivoire, on the margins of the 5th AU-EU Summit, President Buhari said all necessary steps will…

The President, African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has launched the Presidential Youth Advisory Group (PYAG), an initiative that will create 25 million jobs. PYAG, launched on the side-lines of the 6th EU-Africa Business Forum in Abidjan, would provide insights and innovative solutions for job creation for Africa’s youth as outlined in the Bank’s Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy (JfYA). The jobs for Youth in Africa initiative aims to benefit 50 million youth over the next 10 years by equipping them with the right skills to get decent and meaningful jobs. “It is currently the largest effort…

Nakisha Newell, a female corrections officer in Ohio, US, will face criminal charges for allegedly having sex with a male inmate as well as bringing illegal imports into the county jail, authorities said. Newell who had been on the job just 18 months has been charged with two counts of felony sexual battery and two counts of conveyance, a misdemeanour. More charges are likely, Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones told the Dayton Daily News. Newell, 28, was fired immediately after officials got a tip she brought in a cellphone and electronic cigarettes into the jail, according to the New York…

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation is looking to set up a $3.5-$5 billion cash-for-crude prepayment with some of the world’s top commodity traders to fund oil and gas upstream projects as well as related infrastructure, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Africa’s biggest oil producer and OPEC member was hit hard by the sharp drop in global oil prices in 2014 that pushed it into its first recession in 25 years. The country returned to growth-mode in the second quarter. Already cash-strapped and weighed down by billions of dollars in old debts, NNPC has also been looking to bring…