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Three foreign doctors have reportedly been flown into Nigeria to the ailing treat President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Sahara reporters, the doctors, who are said to be all British, arrived the Presidential Villa on Thursday, May 4. The online news platform, citing a ‘highly placed source’ at the Presidency, said the doctors comprise of two males and one female. Buhari has remained in his official residence for two weeks – the Presidency says this is on doctors’ recommendation. With the President’s minders, including his wife, Aisha, insisting that his illness is not as bad as it is being speculated, inside…

Marcus Rashford scored a stunning free-kick to seal a 1-0 win for Manchester United at Celta Vigo in their Europa League semi-final first leg on Thursday. Celta goalkeeper Sergio Alvarez had denied the visitors three times before he was finally beaten by Rashford on 67 minutes. The away goal puts United in pole position to advance to their first Europa League final, with the second leg at Old Trafford next Thursday. Goalscorer Rashford limped off late on and substitute Ashley Young was also replaced after appearing to suffer a muscular injury. Both may now be doubts to face Arsenal at…

The Nigerian Senate failed to pass the 2017 budget today, Thursday, May 4, 2017. The 2016 budget expires on Friday, May 4, 2017. Speaking at plenary, Senate leader, Ahmed Lawan stated that the Senate would receive the 2017 budget from its committee on appropriation on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Senators Danjuma Goje and John Enoh who chaired the committee failed to present the 2017 budget report to the upper chamber this week. Lawan moved that the presentation of the budget be stepped down to the next legislative day. “They are meeting with the house committee on appropriation to cross the…

Former US President Barack Obama is wading into the closely watched French presidential election to endorse Emmanuel Macron, the centrist politician widely backed by the establishment in his run against far-right leader Marine Le Pen. “I have admired the campaign that Emmanuel Macron has run,” Obama says in a video, which Macron shared Thursday. “He has stood up for liberal values, he put forward a vision for the important role that France plays in Europe and around the world. And he is committed to a better future for the French people. He appeals to people’s hopes and not their fears.”…

Passengers passing through Stuttgart airport in Germany are being offered a new way to pray — a photo booth-like machine that delivers prayers from various faiths at the push of a button. Developed by Berlin artist Oliver Sturm, the machine is scheduled to operate for three months. An employee of the airport’s chaplaincy said on Thursday that “we installed the machine in the departures area on purpose, as passengers are generally more relaxed after they have passed through security.” Meanwhile, Sturm said that his “Gebetomat,” a portmanteau of the German words for prayer and machine, had been in operation since…

In a major victory for President Donald Trump, the House has voted to dismantle the pillars of the Affordable Care Act and make sweeping changes to the nation’s health care system. The bill now heads to the Senate where it faces daunting challenges because of the same ideological splits between conservative and moderate Republicans that nearly killed it in the House. Trump said he is confident the bill will pass the Senate, calling Obamacare “essentially dead.” “This is a great plan. I actually think it will get even better. This is a repeal and replace of Obamacare. Make no mistake…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has ordered residents of Alagbado Community in Ilorin to vacate the land allegedly encroached upon by the people. Mr Adeniyi Mathew, NAF Coordinator, 303 Medium Airlift Group (MAG), told newsmen in Ilorin on Thursday that the land was allocated to the Air Force in 1987. Adeniyi, who presented the land chart to newsmen, said that 20 acres out of a total of 220 acres of the land belonging to NAF was encroached upon by the community. He said that he was part of the delegation that visited Alagbado in 2010 to inform the community that…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has released results of the Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) conducted on Saturday. The Head, Information and Media of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Thursday in Lagos that 150,000 candidates registered for the mock examination nationwide. The examination was initially scheduled to hold on April 8 but was postponed to April 29 due to some hitches. Benjamin said the results of the mock examination had been uploaded to the board’s website. “We have finished marking the scripts and…

The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) on Thursday said that it had disbursed N2.4 billion loan to farmers participating in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) in Niger. BOA’s Managing Director, Dr Kabiru Adamu, made the disclosure when visited Governor Abubakar Bello at Government House, Minna. He said that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the state would also benefit from the loans. Adamu said that the Federal Government’s determination to revive the nation’s agriculture sector informed the bank’s decision to provide the loans to farmers. “The BOA has disbursed a total of N2.4 billion loan in…

French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron filed a complaint Thursday after his far-right rival Marine Le Pen implied he had an “offshore account in the Bahamas”, an aide said. “We will not hesitate to prosecute for defamation anyone who repeats this false information,” a member of Macron’s camp said. During Wednesday’s ferocious televised debate Le Pen said: “I hope that we will not find out that you have an offshore account in the Bahamas.” Rugby player suffers spinal injury after diving into swimming pool Emmanuel Macron refuted the suggestion as “defamation”. Judicial sources said prosecutors in Paris had opened a probe…