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Footballers across the world including Nigerian footballers have been warned against signing for clubs in Serbia due to the worsening working conditions in the country. World players’ union FIFPro warned footballers not to sign for Serbian clubs in the January transfer window due to the ‘worsening working conditions’. According to the website transfermarkt.de, there are 427 players in the Serbian top flight including 79 foreigners. Most of the foreign players are from neighbouring countries including 25 from Montenegro, 10 from Bosnia and seven from Macedonia. Others include five from Brazil and four each from Ghana and Nigeria. Further check by…

Janet Jackson and her husband, Wissam Al Mana, welcomed their son, Eissa, on Tuesday, a representative for the singer has said. “Janet had a stress-free, healthy delivery and is resting comfortably. No further details are available at this time,” the statement read. The 50-year-old pop star postponed a tour following the release of her 2015 album Unbreakable in order to plan a family. Jackson posted a video on social media at the time, telling fans that she was taking a break from performing live because “there’s been a sudden change” – which triggered false rumours about the musician’s health. Eissa…

The Cross River Government has secured operational licenses from the Federal Government to establish its own Cement Factory and Limestone Quarry in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. Mr George O’Ben-Etchi, the Commissioner for Solid Minerals Development, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Calabar when he met with the newly appointed members of the state Solid Minerals Development Board. “We have our licenses for the state’s Cement Plant (CROSSCEMCO) and Limestone Quarry. “According to the governor’s plan, the two projects amongst other things, will feed the construction of Super Highway Project,’’ he said. The commissioner stressed the need for…

On Wednesday, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) wheeled out about 3,959 megawatts of generated electricity to the 11 distribution companies as the country’s power supply gradually stabilised. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the power generation data is obtained from daily forecast on the Nigerian Electricity System Operator (SO) website. The daily power statistics posted by SO, a section of the TCN, shows that power generation gradually improved during the festive season with a peak generation of 3,959 megawatts from the national grid. The website shows that the country’s power generation also recorded its lowest generation of 3,366…

The Police have arrested a Vice Principal in Nassarawa State suspected of raping his female student. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that three other persons allegedly engaged in various cases of rape were also arrested by the police. Mr. Idrisu Kennedy, Police Public Relation Officer of Nassarawa State Police Command, said the vice principal allegedly raped the 16-year-old student on Dec. 13, 2016. According to the police, the man lured the girl to a hotel in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state, where he had canal knowledge of her. The police said on Wednesday that two people…

A car bomb wounded at least four U.N. guards when it exploded near a United Nations compound in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Wednesday. Al Qaeda-allied al Shabaab insurgents claimed responsibility for the attack. “We can confirm that four guards working for the United Nations were injured,” Major Nur Osman, a police officer at the scene, told Reuters. The bomb was planted in a car parked in a garage outside facilities belonging to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Osman said. “We are behind the blast that injured at least three U.N. guards this morning,” al Shabaab’s spokesperson on military operations, Sheikh…

Turkish authorities have identified the man suspected of gunning down 39 people at a nightclub on New Year’s Eve in Istanbul, a state media reported on Wednesday. Mevlut Cavusoglu, Foreign Minister, said in Istanbul that the identity of the attacker was known, without giving further details. The report noted that his comments came hours after the agency reported that five suspects linked to Islamic State had been detained as part of the ongoing investigation. They were reportedly being held in Turkey’s coastal city of Izmir. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, in which partygoers, many of them foreign nationals…

Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aleiro, says it will establish four centres to train farmers on modern agricultural techniques to boost food production. The Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof Bello Shehu, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Aleiro, Kebbi State. He said that the university had already trained relevant staff to carry out the programme which was targeted at supporting efforts of the Federal Government to diversify the economy through agriculture. “We will establish four centres within the local communities around the university; we will locate them…

Democratic leader in the Senate Chuck Schumer slammed President-elect Donald Trump for his twitter habit, claiming that the United States can’t afford “Twitter presidency”. Schumer spoke on the first day of the 115th session of Congress Tuesday. “‘Making America Great Again’ requires more than 140 characters per issue,” Schumer said in his first speech as Senate minority leader on the day when the two-year 115th Congress kick-started, referring to Trump’s well-known campaign slogan “With all due respect, America cannot afford a Twitter presidency. We have real challenges and we need to get real things done,” said Schumer, also warning that…

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has come under heavy attacks for constructing ‘shoddy’ roads in the state. The national coordinator of Imo Believe Initiative for Social Justice, Okey Aduradu, in a statement, yesterday, called on the governor to make public, the details of contractors handling road projects in the state. The group alleged that “standard procurement procedures are not followed in the award and execution of road contracts. Information about the contractors are shrouded in secrecy.” The statement added that, “in the area of infrastructure, the government did not change nor improve on the quality of poorly constructed and…