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The United States is to ban its citizens from travelling to North Korea, according to two agencies that operate tours there. Koryo Tours and Young Pioneer Tours said the ban would be announced on 27 July to come into effect 30 days later. The US has not confirmed the news. Young Pioneer Tours was the agency that took US student Otto Warmbier to North Korea. He was later arrested and sentenced to 15 years in prison, but was returned to the US in a coma in June. He died a week later. The China-based company later announced it would no…

Manchester City have had a £44.5m bid for left-back Benjamin Mendy rejected by Monaco. The Ligue 1 side are demanding £54m for the 23-year-old. (Mail) Barcelona have bid £72m for Liverpool’s Brazil midfielder Philippe Coutinho, 25, but the Reds are expected to reject the offer. (Mail) Arsenal are increasingly confident midfielder Mesut Ozil, 28, will sign a new contract. (Sun) Manchester United have turned their attention to a £25m deal for Paris St-Germain right-back Serge Aurier, 24, as they struggle to reach a deal with Monaco for Fabinho, 23. (Independent) PSG coach Unai Emery has confirmed Ivory Coast international Aurier wants to leave this…

The House of Representatives has decried the rising electricity tariff which it described as unjustifiable considering the commitment of N213 billion to the operators. It said on Thursday that the government had injected huge amount into the wobbling power sector to boost supply to Nigerians. Besides, the House said the increment was not in tandem with the economic realities of the country where Nigerians were facing hardship. READ: TUFACE ORGANISES N3M PER TICKET CONCERT TO RAISE MONEY FOR IDPS The condemnation is sequel to a motion by Rep. Shehu Musa (Bauchi-APC) on the “need to evaluate the multi-year tarried order…

As part of efforts to assist displaced persons, Tuface Foundation is organising a fund raising charity concert to support the activities of the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in the North-East. Musical icon Innocent Idibia, popularly known as Tuface, made this known while briefing journalists on Thursday in Abuja. Tuface said that the concert would take place on Sunday at Transcorp Hilton, Hotel, Abuja, and urged Nigerians to support the cause. He said that 60 per cent of the proceeds would be donated to UNHCR to support its interventions in the North-East. The concert dubbed “Eargasm”, will feature other…

Manchester United claimed a 2-0 victory over Manchester City in the first-ever derby on foreign soil as Tour 2017, presented by Aon, continued in winning fashion for the Reds. Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford were once again in fine goalscoring form and their first-half strikes, in quick succession, were enough to seal derby bragging rights. READ: AC MILAN UNVEILS £35.1M SIGNING LEONARDO BONUCCI Jose Mourinho’s men were at it from the off with Ander Herrera taking aim early on, before further shots followed from outside the area as the Reds looked to test new City goalkeeper Ederson. Jose Mourinho on…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon.Yakubu Dogara, thursday assured Nigerians that the ‘Not Too Young To Run Bill’ in the constitution amendment report laid before the House will be followed through. His assurance came on the backdrop of growing public outcry that the bill may have been removed from the proposed amendment. He made the remarks during plenary following a clarification on the matter by the Chairman of the House Ad hoc Committee on Review of the Constitution, Hon. Sulaimon Yussuf Lasun. Dogara assured Nigerians that the bill was not removed from the report which would be considered…

Two years after Cecil the lion was killed by a trophy-hunter in Zimbabwe, prompting global outrage, his son may have met a similar sad end. Xanda, a six-year-old lion with several young cubs, was reportedly shot on a trophy hunt. He is said to have died outside the Hwange National Park in northern Zimbabwe. The lion had been fitted with an electronic tracking collar by Oxford University researchers. The BBC’s Africa Correspondent, Andrew Harding, reports that at the age of six, Xanda was old enough to be legally targeted by big game hunters. These individuals, many from the US, UK…

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it has revoked more than 600 contracts and projects as part of efforts to restructure the commission. NDDC Managing Director Nsima Ekere told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Thursday that the commission’s management and board took the decision to adopt a ‘4R’ initiative as roadmap to development. According to him, the commission’s 4R initiative is restructuring the balance sheet, reforming governance protocols, restoring core mandate and reaffirming commitment to doing what is right and proper. Ekere, who said that the commission’s balance sheet was over bloated with contingent liabilities in excess of N1.3…

A group, Kingdom Human Rights Foundation International has filed a fresh suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja asking for an order to compel the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to declare ailing President Muhammadu Buhari unfit to continue to hold office as the nation’s number one citizen. The suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/671/2017, was filed on Thursday by the incorporated trustees of the civil society group. Nigerian Government Restores CRK, IRK as separate subjects Joined as respondents to the suit are the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, the Executive Council of the Federation (otherwise known as the Federal Executive Council), the Attorney-General…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned until July 27 the N300m fundamental rights enforcement suit filed against the Inspector-General of Police by suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans Hide quoted text Justice Chuka Obiozor adjourned the suit after declining to entertain the case today on the basis that ‘Evans’ lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, had yet to pay the punitive cost of N20,000 awarded against him at the last adjourned date. Justice Abdulaziz Anka, who awarded the punitive cost against Ogungbeje on July 13, had said the lawyer would not be given audience in court until…