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Migrants of Nigerian origin lead crossing through Strait of Gibraltar to Spain, a United Nations report has shown. The UN says more than 9,000 people have arrived in Spain so far this year – three times as many as the previous year Many are sailing across the eight-mile Strait of Gibraltar and choose cheap, child-size paddle boats without motors. The majority are West Africans, with Nigeria, Guinea and Ivory Coast the main countries of origin. But Bangladeshis have also been leaving North Africa in their thousands. READ: National Assembly members are unarmed robbers – Obasanjo Unlike Syrians, Iraqis or Afghans…

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the bogus earnings of National Assembly members portrayed them as a “bunch of unarmed robbers.” ThePunch reports that Obasanjo spoke at a public presentation of a book written by Prof. Mark Nwagwu, titled, “I am Kagara, I Weave the Sands of Sahara,” in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. He also called on the Federal Government to respect the agreement it signed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, saying that the Federal Government put itself in a corner by entering into the agreement without full consultation. He said, “Government allows itself to be…

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s health has improved tremendously. The Speaker and the President of Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki visited the President at Abuja House in London on Thursday. READ: Osinbajo in Rwanda for Paul Kagame’s inauguration Tweeting via his verified official Twitter handle @Yakubdogara, the Speaker said he was glad seeing that the President is doing well. Today we visited His Excellency, President @MBuhari . I am glad that he is doing well. His health has improved tremendously. @NGRPresident— Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara (@YakubDogara) August 17, 2017 I urge…

Nigeria’ acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, is attending the presidential inauguration of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, taking place today in Kigali, the country’s capital. The inauguration ceremony which is expected to be witnessed by several African Heads of State and Government, follows President Kagame’s victory at the August 4 Rwandan presidential election. Prof. Osinbajo who is accompanied by the Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama is expected back in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital later today. On 5 August, President Kagame of Rwanda won a third term in office with a landslide, the country’s electoral commission said. BBC reports that a final…

President Donald Trump is dropping plans to create an advisory group on infrastructure, a day after two other business panels were dissolved. The president has faced a backlash from business leaders over his remarks this week on white supremacists. A White House official said the infrastructure council, which was still being formed, “will not move forward”. Mr Trump signed an executive order last month to create the group as he looks to spend $1 trillion on infrastructure. He has made updating US roads, bridges and airports a key part of his legislative agenda. READ: Total invests $10bn in Nigeria’s oil…

Tottenham have had a bid accepted by Ajax for defender Davinson Sanchez that could be worth up to a club-record £40m, according to Sky sources. The highly-rated centre-half was Ajax’s player of the year last season and was also a target for Barcelona and Inter Milan. Sanchez has won two caps for Colombia and scored six goals in his first season in Holland’s Eredivisie, making a total of 43 appearances after signing last summer from Atletico Nacional. Ajax had told Sky Sports News earlier this week that they had informed Sanchez they did not want to sell him this summer…

Tottenham are closing in on the signing of Ajax’s 21-year-old centre-back Davinson Sanchez. (Telegraph) Colombian Sanchez will cost Spurs £28m up front with a potential further £14m to come in add-ons. (Independent) Manchester City are ready to offer West Brom £22m for their 29-year-old captain Jonny Evans after having an £18m bid rejected. City are prepared to almost double the Northern Ireland defender’s £75,000 a week wages. (Mirror) Chelsea have had a £63m bid for Juventus’ 26-year-old wing-back Brazil Alex Sandro rejected. (Mirror) Barcelona sporting director Robert Fernandez says it will be “difficult” to sign Liverpool’s 25-year-old attacking midfielder Philippe…

Mr. Nicolas Terraz, the Managing Director and Chief Executive, Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria, said the companies invested over $10 billion in the oil and gas sector. Terraz disclosed this during the 2017 August Conference of Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria (NAEC) in Lagos. According to him, with expertise and strong position in the onshore, offshore and deep offshore, its Egina field development nearly completed, was expected to add 200,000 barrel per day to Nigeria’s output on stream in 2018. The managing director said the company was presently along the value chain from upstream to the downstream sector where…

At least 13 people were killed Thursday when a driver deliberately slammed a van into crowds on Barcelona’s most popular street in what police said was a “terror attack”. The attack, the latest in a wave of vehicle rammings across Europe in recent years, caused panic on the streets of Spain’s largest city and drew condemnation from world leaders. “We can confirm there are 13 dead and more than 50 injured,” regional interior minister Joaquim Forn said in a tweet. Catalan police said they had arrested one suspect, and denied earlier reports that the perpetrator was holed up in a…

Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) have called on the Federal Government to release their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, or kill all of them. This followed the continued detention of the leader, who has not been freed, despite court orders that he should be released. The protesters blocked all the major highways in Kaduna metropolis, chanting, “Free El-Zakzaky, we demand justice, we are Nigerians” “release El-zakzaky or kill us all.” Speaking on behalf of the IMN, also called the Shiites, Nuhu Mafara, said they were out to demand the unconditional release of their leader who has been in detention…