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Leicester City manager, Claudio Ranieri made sweeping changes for his team’s game against Porto to give his key players a rest, but the Italian does appear to be struggling to find his strongest XI. The Italian has not named an unchanged side for two consecutive games since 10 September – 14 games ago. It may be that a lack of consistency is affecting the Leicester players but Ranieri will be forced to rethink his starting line-up once again for this weekend’s game against Manchester City. Drinkwater – a crucial player for Leicester in their title-winning season – was substituted with…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore in six Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and expressed concern over the integrity of the nation’s electoral processes. The president charged the commissioners to be firm and fair in the discharge of their duties, urging them to help consolidate the integrity of the electoral body “This administration is extremely concerned with the integrity of the electoral processes. You are people of great integrity, renowned throughout the country. This administration will depend on you to be firm and fair. “What this administration expects after we have gone, Nigerians will read the political…

United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, says access to information and communications technology is necessary to address the challenges of poverty and climate change. Ban stated this in his message to the ongoing 11th session of the Internet Governance Forum in Jalisco, Mexico, delivered by Lenni Montiel, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development. “I welcome the theme of this session: ‘Enabling Inclusive and Sustainable Growth’. “Indeed, the Internet and information and communication technologies can play an important enabling role in our efforts to fulfill the great promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. “They can deliver smart solutions to address climate…

Barely a week after the world was left stunned by a plane crash in Bolivia, another plane has crased. A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight with 48 people on board reportedly crashed in the north of the country on Wednesday. Flight PK-661 “lost contact with the control tower on its way from Chitral to Islamabad”, the airline said. The army has recovered at least 21 bodies from the crash site in the Havelian area, about 70km (43 miles) north of Islamabad, a military statement said. The national carrier has been accused of safety failures in the past. There were 42…

Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court Lagos, on Wednesday, further adjourned till January 18, 2017, hearing in a suit by ex first Lady, Patience Jonathan, seeking enforcement of her fundamental rights. Jonathan had instituted the fundamental rights suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), claiming the sum of 200 million dollars as damages for inconveniences suffered. In her suit, she also joined Skye bank Plc, and a former aide to ex president Goodluck Jonathan, Warampo Dudafa as respondents. Also joined in the suit are four companies namely: Pluto Property Ltd, Seagate Property Development and Investment Company…

Time magazine on Wednesday named United States President-elect Donald Trump its Person of the Year. “It’s a great honor. It means a lot,” Trump said in a telephone interview on NBC’s “Today” show. The magazine’s managing editor, Nancy Gibbs, said on the program that Democrat Hillary Clinton was the No. 2 finalist. Gibbs said the choice of Trump this year was “straightforward.” The Manhattan real estate magnate went from fiery underdog in the race for the GOP presidential nomination to president-elect when he defeated Clinton in the November 8 election. Trump won 306 electoral votes, easily enough to make him…

The Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, Dr. Razaq Balogun has canvassed for the support of Lagosians for the police to enable them discharge their work effectively. Balogun said this while receiving officials of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command who were parading the fleet of cars donated to them by the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, as part of activities marking one year anniversary of the rebranding of Rapid Response Squad. He noted that it was the plan of the Lagos State Government to continue to provide equipment for the Rapid Response Squad,…

With three days to the December 10 re-run elections in Rivers State, former governor of Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has alleged that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike cannot deny his involvement and sponsorship of the killing of innocent Rivers people and stalwarts of the APC in the 2015 general elections and the March 19 re-run elections in the state. Amaechi spoke with newsmen at the Port Harcourt International airport on arrival in the State for the Saturday re-run legislative elections in the State. He said the cache of arms and ammunition Wike recovered…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari plans to submit next year’s spending plan to lawmakers on December 14, according to a letter read to parliament on Tuesday, with government sources saying the 2017 budget would be 7.2 trillion naira ($23.65 billion). The record spending plan will seek to boost spending to help pull Africa’s largest economy out of its first recession in 25 years, caused largely by low global oil prices. Crude sales account for two-thirds of government revenue. Nigeria planned a 6.06 trillion-naira budget for 2016 but has struggled to fund it. Attacks on energy facilities in the Niger Delta region…

The Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG) has described as “uncharitable and baseless”, the allegation by a former House of Representatives member, Dr Junaidu Mohammed, that President Muhammadu Buhari had exploited religion in 2015 to gain political advantage and power. The Chairman of the group, Malam Muhammad Labbo, made the remark in a statement made available in Abuja on Wednesday. Labbo said the allegations were totally false and misleading because they didn’t reflect the realities of the political career of Buhari in 2003, 2007 2011 and 2015. According to him, “if Buhari was a religious bigot, he wouldn’t have repeatedly chosen…