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http://ift.tt/2rfhjC5 (FILES) This file photo taken on May 13, 2017 shows Benfica's Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson Moraes celebrating their second goal during the Portuguese league football match SL Benfica vs Vitoria Guimaraes SC at the Luz stadium in Lisbon. Benfica Lisbon and Manchester City have reached an agreement for the transfer of Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson Moraes, who will join the team of Pep Guardiola for 40 million euros, said on June 1, 2017 the Portuguese club. / AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL RIOPA Pep Guardiola’s summer recruitment drive continued apace on Thursday as Manchester City signed the up-and-coming Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson Moraes from Benfica, the Portuguese champions announced. The 40-million-euro (£34.85m, $44.87m) deal makes the 23-year-old the most expensive goalkeeper since Juventus paid Parma 52 million euros for Gianluigi Buffon back in 2001. City had made it clear that goalkeeper Willy Caballero would be moved on this summer while Claudio Bravo suff...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Federal Government says primary and secondary schools in the country will soon start teaching Mathematics and Science subjects in indigenous languages. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu said this at the inauguration of the inter-ministerial committee on the teaching of Mathematics and Science subjects in local languages in Abuja on Wednesday. The inter-ministerial committee involved Federal Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Education. He said the inter-ministerial committee would help to develop the capacity of the local languages to serve as effective tools for teaching mathematics and science subjects. According to him, the project will help Nigerian students to understand mathematics and science subjects better. He said the project would also promote the application of science and technology for national development. The minister expressed concern of the government over the low interest in mathematics and the sc...

http://ift.tt/2rxD1CQ PDP As Nigerians celebrate 18 years of democracy, Mr Alexander Mwolwus, a chieftain of the PDP in Pankshin, Plateau State, has called for a stronger opposition to keep leaders on their toes. “Every democracy needs the push and pressure of a virile opposition. Every government needs a constant reminder that there is always an alternative group waiting to take over, if it fails,” Mwolwus told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Jos. Mwolwus cautioned government against suppressing opposition groups, urging that it (opposition) be allowed to flourish so as to give Nigerians more options. He advised opposition parties against being intimidated into silence, and criticised the wave of defections from PDP to the ruling APC. “Those in opposition should remain there so as to point out the mistakes of those in authorities; democracy will not grow if the voters have no credible options,” he pointed out. The PDP chieftain advised the federal and state...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Passengers faced a third day of disruption at Heathrow on Monday as British Airways cancelled short-haul flights after a global computer crash that unions blamed on the outsourcing of IT services to India. The embattled airline said it was cancelling 13 short-haul flights from Heathrow Airport, Europe’s busiest, but was aiming to operate a full long-haul schedule from the hub and was operating a full service from Gatwick Airport. Tens of thousands of passengers were left stranded over a busy holiday weekend in Britain after BA scrapped hundreds of flights worldwide. The knock-on effects could continue for several days. The airline urged passengers on Monday to check their flight status online before travelling to the airport in a bid to avoid scenes seen over the weekend when people camped out at Heathrow overnight. BA chief executive Alex Cruz told the BBC he would not resign over the disruption and said it had nothing to do with cutting costs. He said...

http://ift.tt/2r976rk Illegal immigrants, who were rescued by the Libyan coastguard in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast, arrive at a naval base in the capital Tripoli on May 26, 2017. At least 20 boats carrying thousands of migrants on their way to Italy were spotted off the coast of the western city of Sabratha, the Libyan navy said. MAHMUD TURKIA / AFP More than 3,400 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Friday, bringing to about 10,000 the total number rescued over four days, according to Libyan and Italian officials. At least 10 bodies were also found by the Italian coastguard, officials said. No vessels were reported in distress on Saturday. On Friday, more than 1,200 migrants were rescued by Libyan ships and taken to Tripoli or Zawiya, about 50 kilometres (31 miles) west, while the Italian coastguard and commercial boats rescued 2,200 others and took them to Italy. Migrants were still disembarking in southern Italy on Saturday. Another 6,400 were pic...

http://ift.tt/2pOkkag Mercy Aigbe and estranged hubby Gentry Award winning Nigerian actress, Mercy Aigbe on Wednesday challenged her estranged husband, Lanre Gentry to back his claims with proof that she was mentally unstable and a flirt. Aigbe, is finally owning up to the serial battering she endured from her husband, with published shocking photographs of her last experience. The brand ambassador to `Shape You Slimming Coffee’ took to her social media page @mercyaigbegentry to react to Gentry’s claims. Belwo is extracts from Aigbe’s posts; “Dear Lanre Gentry, It breaks my heart that I have to do this but as it is you have left me with no choice…… “I had sleepless night because I just couldn’t comprehend why someone I loved; someone with whom I have a child will be hell bent on destroying me, I just cannot comprehend it…….. “I read with tears in my eyes all the LIES you fabricated against me, LIES you feel will justify your inhumane act, LIES you feel will gain you publ...

http://ift.tt/2hAAaD9 After their ouster from the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the Bahamas, the Sand Super Eagles will arrive in the country on Friday. The team failed to progress to the quarter-finals of the competition after losing 1-2 on penalties to Iran following a 4-4 draw after three periods. The Captain of the team, Isiaka Olawale, disclosed this through telephone on Wednesday that “we will leave Bahamas on Thursday to arrive in Nigeria on Friday. “We hope to learn from this and do things better in the near future. We hope to forge ahead,’’ he said. The Head Coach, Audu Adamu, opted to stick with the same five players who started in the previous game against Mexico in which they needed a last gasp, Abu Azeez to win 5-4. Nigeria finished third in Group B behind Italy and Iran, having lost 6-12 to Italy and defeating Mexico. The post Super Sand Eagles to arrive on Friday — Captain appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2oXCrx1

http://ift.tt/2ps9FQZ Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Fatai Owoseni Soldiers have killed a suspected leader of a militant group involved in kidnapping in Ikorodu and Epe areas of Lagos State. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, told newsmen on Monday in Lagos that the suspect, simply identified as Ossy, was killed by soldiers at Ajakpa area of Ondo State. Owoseni said that the suspect was killed at about 3.00a.m. on Monday in an effort to apprehend all members of his gang and other criminals who had made life miserable for innocent citizens.He said that the gang members retreated to their base in Ajakpa because they could no longer lay claim to the creeks in Isawo area of Ikorodu. “At about 3.00a.m. today, soldiers posted to dislodge the militants wreaking havoc in some parts of Lagos engaged the criminals in a shootout at Ajakpa, during which the suspected leader known as Ossy was killed. “Efforts are ongoing to arrest the other gang members...

http://ift.tt/2oMbRXR "The defendant was fully aware of the consequences of his actions," Doha's court of cassation ruled. A Doha court on Sunday upheld the death penalty in the retrial of a Qatari man convicted of murdering a 24-year-old British female teacher. Badr Hashim Khamis Abdallah al-Jabr was found guilty of stabbing Lauren Patterson and then burning her body in the Qatari desert in October 2013. “The defendant was fully aware of the consequences of his actions,” Doha’s court of cassation ruled. It said that Jabr, who was not in court, should face the death penalty, the original verdict handed down in 2014. Use of capital punishment — by hanging or shooting — is rare in Qatar, with the last known case of the death penalty being carried out thought to date back to 2003. Jabr had previously been convicted of the murder and sentenced to death, but that ruling was quashed, prompting Sunday’s retrial. In a lengthy verdict read out in court on Sunday, th...