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The Police Command in Borno on Thursday, confirmed the killing of two persons after a suicide bombing around Muna garage in Maiduguri. Victor Isuku, the spokesman of the command communicated this in a statement in Maiduguri, Borno capital. “About 2106hours of Wednesday, an explosion occurred at Muna garage along Gamboru Ngala road Maiduguri. “Two persons, including the suicide bomber, died on the spot while a Mercedes-Benz car with registration number, AX 571 ABJ, parked by the roadside was damaged by the impact of the explosion,” Isuku said. He said that normalcy had returned to the area. It would be recalled…

Despite not getting the desired votes from Los Angeles during the United States Presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump says he will support the city’s 2024 Olympic bid. Trump gave the assurance in a phone call to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday. Garcetti spokeswoman Connie Llanos said Trump spoke on the phone with the mayor in their first exchange since the November 8 election. Besides talking about the Olympic bid, Llanos said the pair “had a productive conversation about ways to expand infrastructure investments and opportunities in communities across America.” Llanos’ statement did not provide details about the tone…

United States President-elect Donald Trump has called for national unity in an address to mark the Thanksgiving holiday. In the wake of what he called a “long and bruising” election campaign he said emotions in the country were raw. The time had come, he said, “to begin to heal our divisions” but added that “tensions just don’t heal overnight”. Earlier he announced the appointment of two women to his cabinet, both of whom had been fiercely critical of him during the presidential campaign. In his Thanksgiving address, Mr Trump acknowledged the bitterness still remaining after the bruising election campaign: “It…

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed what they describe as a city that dates back more than 5,000 years, containing houses, tools, pottery and huge graves. It lies by the river Nile, close to the Temple of Seti the First in Abydos. Experts say the size of the 15 newly discovered graves indicates the high social standing of those buried. It is believed the city was home to important officials and tomb builders and would have flourished during early-era ancient Egyptian times. Experts say the find could be a boost for Egypt’s struggling tourism industry which has been in the doldrums…

Amnesty International accused Nigerian security forces on Thursday of killing at least 150 peaceful advocates of Biafra’s secession from Africa’s most populous nation, but the military and police dismissed the allegations. An army spokesman said Amnesty’s statement, the latest in a series of allegations of impropriety levelled against Nigeria’s military in the last year, aimed to tarnish the security forces’ reputation. The police said they did not attack people holding demonstrations. Amnesty said the military fired live ammunition, with little or no warning, to disperse members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group between August 2015 and August 2016.…

Gareth Southgate has been offered the England manager’s job on a permanent basis, with an announcement set to be made before next week’s Football Association board meeting. (Daily Telegraph) Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger could move for long-term target Julian Draxler after speculation the 23-year-old will leave Wolfsburg in the near future. (Sun) Chelsea striker Diego Costa, 28, and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, 24, are set to sign new contracts. (Daily Telegraph) Manchester United target Andrea Belotti is set to sign a new contract at Torino that includes an £80m buyout clause. The 22-year-old striker scored 10 goals in the first 11…

Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, reckons that the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike needs psychiatric help for allegedly concocting lies concerning his involvement in the upcoming elections in Rivers. Amaechi’s media office was reacting to Wike’s statement which he made at Etche Local Government Area on Wednesday claiming that Amaechi was planning to rig the December 10 rerun polls. Wike also accused the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of handing over original copies of result sheets to Amaechi, towards an alleged plan to rig the poll. The governor said that he was in possession of…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Wednesday 23, November 2016, arraigned two Lebanese, Imad Harb and Toni Harb, along with their company; Transparent Construction Nigeria Limited, before Justice E. N. Oluedo of the State High Court Enugu, on charges of conspiracy and obtaining the sum of N1,760,000.00 (one million seven hundred and sixty thousand naira only) from one Desmond Ogadinma and subsequently issuing a postdated cheque that was returned unpaid. Ogadinma, owner of Rasing Cypon Global Services Limited, alleged that Imad and Toni colluded between themselves to deny him payment for the supply of 800 bags of cement…

The Lagos State Government led by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday terminated the monthly environmental sanitation exercise which hitherto held for three hours on the last Saturday of every month. The State Government, in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, said the decision to cancel the monthly exercise followed a resolution arrived at Wednesday’s Executive Council meeting which approved the need for a robust review of the environmental laws and procedures in the state in order to meet the present day challenges and to promote a clean and healthy environment. The Government noted that…

Spanish prosecutors have called for Barcelona forward Neymar to be sent to prison for two years for his part in a corruption case over his transfer from Brazilian club Santos in 2013. Judge Jose Perals also called for a five-year sentence for former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell and a fine of 8.4million euros (£7.2m) for the club. It asked to drop charges against current president Josep Maria Bartomeu. Rosell, Neymar and his father are set to stand trial. Under the Spanish legal system, prison terms of under two years are typically suspended. The case stems from a complaint by Brazilian…