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http://ift.tt/2sGDL5X Real Madrid president Florentino Perez Rodriguez arrives at the team’s hotel in Cardiff, south Wales, on June 2, 2017 ahead of the UEFA Champions League final football match between Juventus and Real Madrid in Cardiff on June 3. / AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO Spanish and European champions Real Madrid announced on Thursday that they will hold a presidential election over the close season, provided somebody comes forward to challenge the incumbent Florentino Perez. “The Electoral board…have agreed to an election for the club president and board of directors,” read a statement published on the English version of the club website. Candidates have until June 18 to come forward, with the statement adding: “In the case that more than one candidate is announced, the Electoral board will make public the date and place for voting.” Perez was president between 2000 and 2006 and returned for a second spell in 2009, succeeding Ramon Calderon. Elections were announce...

http://ift.tt/2sGDL5X Real Madrid president Florentino Perez Rodriguez arrives at the team's hotel in Cardiff, south Wales, on June 2, 2017 ahead of the UEFA Champions League final football match between Juventus and Real Madrid in Cardiff on June 3. / AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO Spanish and European champions Real Madrid announced on Thursday that they will hold a presidential election over the close season, provided somebody comes forward to challenge the incumbent Florentino Perez. “The Electoral board…have agreed to an election for the club president and board of directors,” read a statement published on the English version of the club website. Candidates have until June 18 to come forward, with the statement adding: “In the case that more than one candidate is announced, the Electoral board will make public the date and place for voting.” Perez was president between 2000 and 2006 and returned for a second spell in 2009, succeeding Ramon Calderon. Elections were anno...

http://ift.tt/2sAO8XU NUPENG, Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has criticised the proposed N5 petrol levy by the Senate, describing it as a huge joke. Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West Chairman of NUPENG, said in Lagos on Saturday that the proposal was ill-timed and also smacked of insensitivity to the current economic hardships facing Nigerians. He wondered how the nation’s Upper Chamber could think of another fuel price increase when Nigerians were “striving to cope with the current harsh economic realities”. “How can the Senate propose such a bill at this particular period when poor Nigerians can hardly feed themselves? “The prices of foodstuffs have tripled in the market, while workers’ salary has not been increased,” Korodo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Sen. Kabiru Gaya (APC-Kano), the Chairman, Senate Committee on Works, had on June 1, presented a bill entitled, “National Roads Bill” to the House. ...

http://ift.tt/2rs6zP5 Vice Adm. Ibok-Ette Ibas, says the Nigerian Navy needs 250 million dollars to refit its war ship, NNS ARADU, for maritime operations. The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Ibok-Ette Ibas, says the Nigerian Navy needs 250 million dollars to refit its war ship, NNS ARADU, for maritime operations. Ibas, however, told journalists at the navy’s 61st anniversary celebrations in Lagos on Thursday that refitting NNS ARADU was not an option for now. “To refit NNS ARADU, the nation would need over 250 million dollars and that is not what the navy can afford for now. “We desire to have the ship at sea but as soon as the navy is properly funded, we should be able to refit that vessel and have it at sea,” he said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NNS ARADU is one of the three ships in the world with capabilities for simultaneous anti-air, anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare. The ship also has capability for electronic warfare and naval fire s...

http://ift.tt/2rsa5cv Muslims pray on the Fifth Avenue after Iftar, breaking fast during their holy month of Ramadan -when devotees around the world fast from dawn to dusk – during a demonstration to protest US President Donald Trump's stand on Muslims and immigrants, near the Trump Tower in New York on June 1, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jewel SAMAD A crowd of Muslims kneeled to pray before breaking their Ramadan fast outside the Trump Tower in a protest against what they say is the US president’s Islamophobic rhetoric. About 100 Muslims showed up for the Iftar event late Thursday, organized by immigrant defense groups. A similar number of non-Muslim supporters also attended. Participants sat on the edge of the avenue after prayers and shared a meal that included rice, chicken and pizza. Police monitored the group closely, as they do with all groups near the building. Trump Tower in Manhattan is home to the Trump Organization, the heart of President Donald Trump’s business em...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Nwafor Sunday In the bid to control HIV AIDS in Uganda, lawmakers have demanded for the production of bigger condoms that will size the sexual organs of their youths. The condoms made available in the country is small compared to the size of our youths sexual organs, thus the need for a bigger condom arise, they said. The lawmakers are worried that the small condoms might be prone in contaminating sexually transmitted diseases, STD, or HIV AIDS, therefore demand for the production of bigger condoms in order to protect them. According to lawmaker Medard Bitekyerezo, Mbarara Municipality, MP, ” The condoms in the country are small, their organs can not fit in, so that is why we request for a bigger condom for them.” Similarly, lawmaker, Tom Aza Moy, said, ” I have proved this, people around here have bigger sexual organs and therefore they should be considered in producing bigger condoms to protect them.” Uganda senators have called upon the national drug a...

http://ift.tt/2qqZsYC The Lagos edition of the 1st annual Africa Communications Week hosted by hosted by The BBC Company and IE Business School will take place on May 25 2017 at the Oriental Hotel Victoria Island Lagos. Africa Communications Week in partnership with the World Communication Forum aims to convene communications leaders from various backgrounds across the world, to ensure the most authoritative and comprehensive metrics to assess the role of communications in Africa’s development. Powered by a virtual international team of multi-talented communications professionals who share a vision for transformative change in Africa through strategic communications, Africa Communications Week’s key objective is to encourage and engage communication professionals across the board to critically assess the role of the communication industry in Africa’s development. “The continent is at a major turning point in its history. In order to harness the massive potential in human and e...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Monday, declined jurisdiction to try 23 officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, accused of collecting N360million bribe from Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Trial Justice John Tsoho overruled the Federal Government and held that the defendants ought to be prosecuted in Rivers State where the alleged offence was committed, instead of in Abuja. Consequently, Justice Tsoho remitted the case-file back to the Chief Judge for it to be transferred to the Port Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court. The court stressed that FG failed to prove that there is security threat in Rivers State to warrant the trial to be conducted in Abuja. It however declined to strike out the charge as it was prayed to do by the defendants. FG had in a seven-count criminal charge it filed before the high court on March 7, alleged that the indicted INEC officials, got the bri...