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http://ift.tt/2raTAR8 Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Brexit Minister) David Davis. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS Top EU and British figures held “talks about talks” on Brexit Monday but failed to nail down a date for the start of negotiations amid the fallout from Britain’s chaotic election, officials said. The two-year negotiation process between EU Brexit chief Michel Barnier and Britain’s Brexit minister David Davis had been due to formally start on June 19. But that looks increasingly unlikely as Conservative British Prime Minister Theresa May fights for her political life after unexpectedly losing her majority in parliament. In Brussels on Wednesday Barnier instead met Olly Robbins, a senior official in Davis’s ministry, and Britain’s ambassador to the EU Tim Barrow to discuss arrangements for the talks following the election shock. “They agreed to have further contact at technical level this week. As of yet, no date for opening th...

http://ift.tt/2q5lwrB The GOC made the call while addressing officers and soldiers at the headquarters of 133 Special Forces Battalion Kangarwa, northern Borno State, during a familiarisation visit. Brig.-Gen. Stevenson Olabanji, acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Task Force Division, Nigerian Army, has called on troops under his command to strive hard and end the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East. The GOC made the call while addressing officers and soldiers at the headquarters of 133 Special Forces Battalion Kangarwa, northern Borno State, during a familiarisation visit. Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Timothy Antigha, said this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Maiduguri. The statement quoted Olabanji as saying that the Nigerian Army is the bastion of democracy and freedom in Nigeria. He added that this fact underscored the reason why their compatriots are currently deployed across other states of the federation to deal with internal secu...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J There are indications that road users may face multiple taxes as Senate moves to pass the National Roads Fund (Establishment, etc) Bill 2017. The bill, which was sponsored by Chairman of the Committee on Works, Sen. Kabiru Gaya, has scaled first and second readings and has gone for public hearing. It was listed on the Order Paper of Thursday for third reading and passage but was not considered before plenary was adjourned till Tuesday. The bill, according to report of a 16-member committee that looked into it, seeks to finance the maintenance and rehabilitation of national roads. The report stated that the sources of revenue for the roads fund would were international vehicle transit charges and axle load control charges. Others are inter-state mass transit-user charge of 0.5 per cent deductible from the fare paid by passengers to commercial mass transit operators on inter-state roads. It also include fuel levy of N5 chargeable per litre on any volume of pet...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Inspector- General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, says it has arrested three suspects in connection with the kidnapping of six students of Model College, Igbonla, Lagos. He said the suspects were arrested on Tuesday in Benin According to ACP Abba Kyari, the three suspects arrested have been involved in various kidnap incidents within the country. “Three of the militant kidnappers, who left the creek and came to Benin to visit one of their members that was injured in recent gun battle with security agents, were arrested by IRT in Benin. “The suspects are Egelu Endurance, aka Jubby, 25, a native of Abere town in Ovia South L.G.A Edo; Stanley Yomi Irabomini, 25, aka Powei from Ovia South LGA of Edo State and Bentel Endurance, 24, also from Ovia South LGA Edo State. Kyari said the suspects have confessed to have participated in the kidnapping of prominent personalities in Lagos and Ogun state. “The suspects claimed ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J ….To put Nigeria Football amongst the top ten in the World   By Henry Umoru ABUJA- THE Senate yesterday passed the Nigeria Football Association establishment Bill, just as it seeks to ensure that only those who are actually involved in competitive football matches are members of the Federation and not just Organisations   establishments as is contained in the Extant Act. Another festive of the Bill is that provisions are made for the election of a President to lead the Executive Committee in contrast to the contents of the Extant Act, where the Governing Body of the Association is a Board appointed persons elect a Chairman from amongst themselves. Also in the passed bill, the aspiring President is  nominated by his or her State Football Association and that nomination has to be endorsed by three me,bears of the Federation from other geo-political zones of the country, adding that this broadens the selection base of the leadership of the Fede...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Since 1999, we have celebrated the 29th of May as Democracy Day. Our leaders across the nation have seized upon the day as an opportunity to deliver monologues on their ‘achievements.’ This practice, unfortunately, serves to obviate the essence of Democracy Day. Winston Churchill is credited with having said that democracy is the worst form of government except for all those that have been tried from time to time.  Beyond the witticism of the British orator lies an indisputable truth.  With all its imperfections, democracy remains the best form of government known to mankind. Democracy entrenches personal and collective liberties and guarantees freedom from oppression and discrimination for all peoples governed within its compass. Government of the people by the people for the people is the enduring definition laid down in Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address.  The long-form definition of democracy is of a political system where a Constitution gua...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Huddersfield Town has won the final spot for next season’s English Premier League by Reading defeating 4-3 via penalty kicks. They now join Newcastle United and Brighton and Hove Albion as the three teams that gained promotion to compete in the top-flight next season.   The post Breaking: Huddersfield Town picks last spot for Premier League appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2s7etNV

http://ift.tt/2qpEWJp A knife attacker killed two people and injured 18 in a rampage in southwest China, state media reported, the latest such attack in recent years. The man, aged 30 and believed to be suffering from mental health problems, is in police custody after the assault in Guizhou Province, according to the official Xinhua news agency. All twenty victims were rushed to hospital after the attack, but two later died, said the report. Few other details were available. Knife attacks are not uncommon in China. In January a man armed with a kitchen knife stabbed 11 children at a kindergarten in China’s southern Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. In February last year, a knife-wielding assailant wounded 10 children in Haikou, in the southern island province of Hainan, before committing suicide. In 2014 state media reported that a man stabbed three children and a teacher to death and wounded several others in a rampage at a primary school that refused to enrol his daught...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki,  says he will create breaks from his busy schedules as a governor to play golf because the game eases stress. The governor`s Chief Press Secretary, John Mayaki,  said Obaseki made the remark  on the sideline of his participation in the 6th edition of the Oba of Benin Pro-AM Golf Tournament on Saturday at the Benin Club golf course. Mayaki said in a statement in Benin that the tournament commenced on May 26 and expected to end May 28. The governor, according to the statement, said that golf was an interesting game that helped to relax the mind and eased the stress of the day’s job. His words:  ’’the challenges of being a governor doesn’t give you enough time to take part in sporting activities, but I am determined to make that break. ‘’Golf helps you relax and take away your mind from stress’’, he said. He said that the game needed concentration and attention and outcomes were unpredictable. ‘’Golf is lik...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has been written and while some candidates who sat for the exams have checked and seen their scores or results, a lot others have not. This is because, JAMB releases the results in batches. However, a lot of the candidates may likely not know how to go about checking their results. But there is no cause for worry as a simple step-by-step way of checking your result has been given below. That is if you are one of the candidates who sat for the exam but has not checked yours. Therefore, Follow the simple steps below , as sourced from PremiumTimes, to check your 2017 UTME result online for free. – Go to JAMB portal at http://ift.tt/2r0sQ9z – Login with your Email and Password. – Click on ‘Result Notification’ from the list of services, or you should find a box that says “Check 2017 UTME Examination Results”. – Click on it to access your J...