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President Muhammadu Buhari says he is deeply grieved to learn of the passing away of Jide Tinubu, eldest son of the APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. President Buhari in a telephone call on Wednesday to Asiwaju Tinubu on behalf of the Federal Government and his family offered his deepest condolences to the Tinubu family over the loss of Jide. READ: Liberia Supreme Court stops presidential run-off Femi Adesina, the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, said Buhari described the transition of Jide as “sad and painful.” The President said that…

Sergio Aguero became Manchester City’s all-time leading goalscorer in a 4-2 win at Napoli that saw them qualify for the Champions League knockout phase with two games to spare. Aguero underscored his name in the City history books with the winner on 69 minutes – his 178th goal for the club, one more than Eric Brook. Lorenzo Insigne had given Napoli a deserved 21st-minute lead only for Nicolas Otamendi (34) and John Stones (48) to turn the game around. Jorginho drew Napoli level from the penalty spot on 62 minutes but further goals from Aguero and Raheem Sterling secured City’s…

Tottenham produced a superb performance to record a famous 3-1 win over Real Madrid at Wembley, securing qualification to the Champions League last 16. Dele Alli turned home from close range after Kieran Trippier’s cross to put the hosts ahead on 28 minutes, and Alli scored again after the break (56) as his shot deflected off Sergio Ramos and wrong-footed Kiko Casilla. Wembley erupted again just nine minutes later as Spurs broke through Alli and Harry Kane, who teed the ball up for Christian Eriksen to finish off for 3-0. Cristiano Ronaldo’s drilled finish from close range made it interesting…

As another federal elections year draw near with over three hundred political parties on the queue to slug it out with the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, there is every compelling need to focus attention on key areas where we got it wrong after 57 years of independence that has plunged the country into abysmal depths and to suggest useful corrections. It is not only disheartening but well-nigh appalling that in spite of our abundant human and natural resources Nigeria still gropes marvelously in the dark with a cast of neophyte actors at the helm who churn out policies that…

Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein have every reason to worry as the New York City Police Department reportedly has opened sexual assault cases against him. Both Beverly Hills and London police confirmed they were investigating complaints against the film mogul as well. Reports say actress Lucia Evans, who revealed her experience with Weinstein is one of the alleged victims named in one of the New York cases. The other woman’s name was not revealed. Evans had told The New Yorker that Weinstein exposed himself to her during a meeting in 2004 and forced her to perform a sexual act on him.…

The Department of State Service, DSS, on Wednesday brought former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, to an Abuja Federal High Court. The development was in compliance with an order by the court. Read Also Governor Bllo seeks continous peaceful co-existence – SSG Dasuki decked in a light blue attire with a cap to match arrived the court in company of DSS operatives, ahead of the commencement of the trial of Olisah Metuh, former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Metuh is on trial before Justice Okon Abang for allegedly receiving the sum of N400m from the Office of the…

Liberia’s Supreme Court has ordered preparations for Tuesday’s presidential run-off vote be halted amid allegations of fraud from an eliminated candidate. Ex-football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai are due to go head-to-head in the 7 November vote. But the Liberty Party’s Charles Brumskine, who came third in the first round, has challenged the result. Last month’s election was the country’s first independently run vote following the end of civil war in 2003. READ: Trump calls for end of green card lottery But Mr Brumskine and the Liberty Party said it was “characterised by massive systematic irregularities and fraud”,…

Pope Francis has admitted that he sometimes nods off while praying. “When I pray, sometimes I fall asleep,” he said in an episode of a Catholic TV2000 television programme published on Youtube. “Saint Theresa used to do it too”, the 80-year-old pontiff said – in reference to the 19th Century Catholic saint. Read Also BREAKING: Trump calls for end of green card lottery But he said that falling asleep during prayer actually pleased God and that Christians were called to “feel like children lying in their fathers’ arms”. Reports say that the pontiff usually goes to sleep at about 21:00…

US President Donald Trump has called for the green card lottery to be scrapped, saying it allowed the New York truck attack suspect into the US. In a series of tweets he called for the immigration programme to be replaced with a merit-based system. Mr Trump pinned blame for the scheme on Senator Chuck Schumer, who accused Mr Trump of cutting anti-terror funding. Authorities have not yet confirmed how the suspect in Tuesday’s attack, Sayfullo Saipov, immigrated to the US. READ: Udoma urges Personnel Managers to develop improved templates for productivity Mr Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning: “The terrorist came…

Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma has challenged the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPMN) to develop templates and modules of capacity development that can improve the productivity of the Nigerian workforce. The Minister who delivered a keynote address at the 49th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Institute in Abuja on Tuesday evening, noted that enhanced capacity of the workforce and the resultant improvement in productivity can contribute significantly to improvement in national output. “As the foremost personnel management institution in the country, managing people is what your members do. “I challenge you,…