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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa, Alhaji Kasim Gaidam, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) said. Gaidam told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Tuesday that the exercise was initially stopped following Boko Haram attacks on villages in the area. He said the registration followed intensive stakeholders’ meeting between security agencies, government officials and elders from the area. READ: #FakeNews: Fake Buhari’s UN speech in circulation He added that “finally, INEC has fixed Wednesday, September 20, to start Continuous Voters Registration in Madagali Local Government…

Anti-discrimination group Kick It Out has contacted Manchester United to ask them to stop the club’s fans singing a “racist” chant about Romelu Lukaku. It says the lyrics, about the size of the 24-year-old striker’s penis, are “offensive and discriminatory”. “Racist stereotypes are never acceptable, irrespective of any intention to show support for a player,” said Kick It Out. Manchester United say they will liaise with Kick it Out on the matter. The Old Trafford club are also waiting to learn whether the chant about the Belgium forward is regarded as racist for criminal purposes and is therefore actionable. A…

Nigeria’s presidency has said that a fake version of President Muhammadu Buhari’s UN speech at the United Nations General Assembly today, is in circulation. President Buhari who arrived New York on Sunday, is billed to address the 72nd UN General Assembly today when the debate opens. He has been listed as the eighth speaker of the 193 Head of States expected to address the General Debate of the General Assembly. He will deliver Nigeria’s national statement. On Monday, he held a briefing session with Foreign Affairs Minister , Geoffrey Onyeama and other Nigerian diplomats. READ: Nigerian Army linking IPOB to…

President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, says Nigerian Army’s branding of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation is unconstitutional. Also unconstitutional, according to him, is the proscription of the group by the governors of South-East states. Saraki, in a 10-point statement on Monday in Abuja, said the pronouncements by the governors and the military did not follow due process. He said that such declarations would not take effect because the laws had made clear provisions for taking such actions. “I am sure the President will do the needful by initiating the right process. “This will go…

Humanitarian medical organisation, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) say about 48 persons have died of cholera since the outbreak of the disease last month in Borno state. The organisation otherwise called Doctors without Borders, said that 2, 627 cases of the disease were recorded by the state ministry of health. Anna Cilliers, MSF’s Medical Coordinator said that the organisation had scaled up its campaign to contain the cholera outbreak in Maiduguri, Monguno and Dikwa local government areas of the state. “As new cases of cholera emerged from Monguno, Dikwa and other parts of Maiduguri, MSF continues to scale up its response…

Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communications, has expressed confidence that he would succeed Governor Abiola Ajimobi as governor of Oyo State in 2019. Shittu made the declaration when he spoke with newsmen in Ibadan after a meeting with members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Egbeda Local Government and Ajorosun Local Council Development Area. The minister, who is a governorship aspirant, said he would take over from Ajimobi to improve on the good work already started. According to him, he is the most experienced of all the aspirants, having held several public offices and learnt politics from late Chief…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its five weeks old strike following a closed door meeting with the Federal Government’s delegation. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President announced this at a news conference after the closed door meeting with the Federal Government on Monday in Abuja. He said they decided to conditionally suspend the strike action in view of the timeline of October 2017 for the implementation of the signed agreement. According to Ogunyemi, after an elaborate and extensive consultation process, the National Executive Council (NEC) of ASUU has agreed to conditionally suspend the ongoing action. “We are…

Rio Ferdinand is expected to announce his intention to take up professional boxing at the age of 38. The former Manchester United centre-half is due to make a “major news announcement” on Tuesday, when it is understood he will confirm plans to enter the ring. Read Also Wayne Rooney handed two-year driving ban Ferdinand has posted regular videos on his social media accounts showing him in boxing training, and he was at Wembley in April to see Anthony Joshua’s epic heavyweight contest with Wladimir Klitschko. https://www.instagram.com/p/BZLxHxdlf4w/ Other footballers to have tried their hand at boxing include Leon McKenzie and Curtis…

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has declared that he will not embark on an exile following threats of his rearrest by the federal government. Kanu also said that the IPOB is the most vibrant and intelligent mass movement in the world today. He said the IPOB or himself cannot be intimidated into hiding by the federal government. In a statement released by the media and publicity secretary Emma Powerful, the IPOB said: “Our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has made it abundantly clear to all and sundry that he is NOT going on exile as…

Wayne Rooney has been banned from driving for two years after pleading guilty to drink driving. The Everton forward was also handed a 12-month community order and 100 hours of unpaid work after appearing at Stockport Magistrates’ Court. In a statement, Rooney said: “Following today’s court hearing I want to publicly apologise for my unforgivable lack of judgement in driving while over the legal limit. It was completely wrong. “I have already sorry to my family, my manager and chairman and everyone else at Everton FC. Now I want to apologise to all the fans and everyone else who has…