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Manchester United have agreed to let midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger join MLS side Chicago Fire. A deal between the clubs was agreed on Monday and is subject to a medical and visa being secured. The former Germany captain, 32, has signed a one-year contract, according to the Chicago Tribune newspaper. “I am sad to leave so many friends at Manchester United,” he said. “But I am grateful to the club for allowing me the chance to take up this challenge.” He added: “I have enjoyed working with the manager, players and staff but I have to reserve special thanks to the…

The US has announced a ban on large electronic devices from cabin baggage on passenger flights from eight Muslim majority countries. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said extremists were seeking “innovative methods” to bring down jets. Bombs could be hidden in laptops, tablets, cameras, DVD players and electronic games, it said. The measure will affect nine airlines operating out of 10 airports. Large electronic devices will only be allowed on board in checked baggage. Phones are exempt from the new rules. Will the new US travel rules affect me? The nine airlines affected are: Royal Jordanian Egypt Air Turkish…

By Nicholas Ojo-Awo Ethiopia just suffered a refuse dump slide that left not just 46 people dead but there are still dozens more that are unaccounted for. This accident occurred at a landfill that has been operational for the past 50 years. Garbage barrage is a phrase that I coined after I watched the continuous dumping of refuse in an already saturated landfill somewhere in the Lagos metropolis. The process encapsulates finding ingenious ways to dump further refuse in a landfill after the holding limit has been exceeded or the retaining capacity for which it was originally designated has been…

Leicester striker Jamie Vardy says he has received death threats and his family have been targeted since Claudio Ranieri was sacked as manager. The 30-year-old blamed “hurtful” and “false” accusations he influenced the club’s decision to sack the Italian. Ranieri left in February, nine months after winning the Premier League, with the club 17th in the table. His successor, Craig Shakespeare, later denied reports of a player revolt. “It is terrifying,” Vardy said. “I read one story that said I was personally involved in a meeting after the Sevilla game when I was actually sat in anti-doping for three hours.…

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, has announced Sigma Golf Nigeria Limited and Riverbank Investment Resources Limited (the Sigma Golf-Riverbank Consortium) as the new investors in Keystone Bank. The announcement came amid controversies surrounding the sale of the bank, with AMCON alleged to be acting in breach of extant takeover provisions. AMCON, in a statement on Monday, said the announcement is in relation to the acquisition of the entire issued and fully paid up ordinary shares of the bank. This, AMCON said, follows the receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the…

Four among the remaining seven housemates were on Monday put up for eviction in the ongoing reality TV show, Big Brother Naija, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The housemates for possible eviction on Sunday are Tboss, Debie-Rise, Bally and Bassey. They got the highest nominations for possible eviction this Sunday. Efe, who is the current Head of House is immune from eviction and he confirmed the four housemates for possible eviction to Biggie in the Diary Room. Efe was first nominated in January for eviction, but he survived. He was again nominated last week, but he also survived…

David Rockefeller, the billionaire businessman and philanthropist who was the last in his generation of one of the country’s most famously philanthropic families, has died. He was 101. He died in his sleep on Monday at his home in suburban Pocantico Hills, New York, according to his spokesman, Fraser P. Seitel. Rockefeller and his wife, the former Margaret McGrath, married in 1940 and had six children – David Jr., Richard, Abby, Neva, Margaret and Eileen. His wife, an active conservationist, died in 1996. He was the youngest of six children born to John D. Rockefeller Jr. and the grandson of…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it will generate about 4,000 megawatts of power in the next 10 years to boost power supply in the country. The Corporation’s Chief Operating Officer, Gas and Power, Mr Saidu Mohammed, made this known in a statement signed by NNPC Group General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndu Ughamadu, on Monday. Mohammed said the corporation would achieve this by building independent power plants over the next three to 10 years. He said that the power plants, which would be built with Joint Venture Companies, international power companies and Nigerian investors, would be structured after the…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on both President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo to “urgently instruct appropriate authorities to promptly and thoroughly investigate apparently sponsored and coordinated attacks against Amnesty International Office in Nigeria, and ensure the safety and security of its staff.” It would be recalled that a group of protesters yesterday barricaded the Abuja office of Amnesty International and asked the international organisation to quit Nigeria within 24 hours. But in a statement today signed by SERAP deputy director Timothy Adewale, the organization called on Buhari and Osinbajo to “act swiftly to…

The Department of State Services (DSS) in Anambra state has commenced investigation into the alleged threat to life of Prince Ken Emeakayi, State Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), by Gov. Willie Obiano. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Emeakayi had alleged that the governor threatened him for calling for his impeachment over constitutional breaches. Emeakayi who visited the state headquarters of the police and DSS in Awka on Monday, told newsmen that the purpose was to inquire if his petition on the matter was received and action being taken. Mr Yusuf Isyaku, Director of DSS,while receiving Emeakayi…