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http://ift.tt/2saarXl Lattice Semiconductor Corp<br /> The U.S. is poised to weigh in on whether the sale of chipmaker Lattice Semiconductor Corp. could pose a risk to national security. The possible rub: While the buyer is a private-equity firm with a Silicon Valley address, the money behind the deal comes from Beijing. The panel that reviews foreign acquisitions of American businesses is due to issue a decision on the sale of Portland, Oregon-based Lattice as soon as this week, five months after opening its examination of the transaction. CFIUS, as the secretive Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. is known, has taken a tough line against China’s campaign to acquire semiconductor technology and develop its domestic chip industry. The U.S. has portrayed China’s investment push — $150 billion over 10 years — as a risk to U.S. national security, and the panel’s review of the $1.3 billion Lattice deal will put the Trump administration’s stamp on the issue. Lattice is o...

http://ift.tt/2pmASFH Dino Melaye Hearing commenced yesterday at the Kogi state high court sitting in Lokoja, over the suit brought against the administrator of Ijumu local government area of Kogi state, Alhaji Taofiq Isa and four others over the alleged attempted assassination of the senator representing Kogi west senatorial district, Senator Dino Melaye. Others arraigned alongside the council boss are Ade Obege, Abdullahi Isah, Michael Bamidele and Ahmed Ajayi in a five-count charge of conspiracy to commit culpable homicide punishable with death. The proceeding resumed for hearing before Justice Aromeh Akogu, as prosecution opened its case by calling two witnesses to establish his case. This was preceded by a motion brought by the prosecution counsel, Lough Simon, for amendment of the charges brought against the five accused persons. The amendment sought to change parts of counts 5, 6 and 7, the proof of evidence and the list of witnesses to be used in prosecuting the...

http://ift.tt/2sMDRJh Chinyelu Susan “Chi” Onwurah, on Thursday won the Newcastle Central seat at the United Kingdom general elections, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).[/caption British-born Nigerian, Chinyelu Susan “Chi” Onwurah, on Thursday won the Newcastle Central seat at the United Kingdom general elections, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). “I want to thank everyone who voted for me for the trust and confidence they have placed in me,” Onwurah, who has been a Member of Parliament since 2010 said. Onwurah, whose father is Nigerian, was born in Newcastle on April 12, 1965. Her parents had returned to Awka, the Anambra State capital, when she was still a baby, but her mother moved back to Newcastle with her when she was two, because of the Biafra war, as her father stayed back. “It is an incredible honour and privilege,” Onwurah said concerning her election, adding: “I also want to thank everyone who voted- whoever they vo...

http://ift.tt/2sMDQVJ < Previous 1 of 10 Next > Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo (C) celebrate scoring with his teammates during the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualification football match between Latvia and Portugal in Riga, on June 9, 2017. Ilmars ZNOTINS / AFP Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo (R) gestures during the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualification football match between Latvia and Portugal in Riga, on June 9, 2017. Janek SKARZYNSKI / AFP France complicated their task of ensuring automatic qualification to next year’s World Cup in Russia after falling to a dramatic 2-1 defeat in Sweden on Saturday. Sweden snatched victory with an Ola Toivonen goal from the half-way line in extra time after a poor clearance from France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. The freak goal sent the massed ranks of yellow clad fans in Stockholm into a wild frenzy, but more importantly with four games to go it sent Sweden top of Group A, level on 13 points with France. Only th...

http://ift.tt/2sdtBww Findings show that the road was patched up a couple of years ago but has since broken down again. According to a resident, “it is only God that will judge that contractor they gave this road to. As adults lamented aloud, berating the government, children cried incessantly as the heavens remained open, pouring rain and making a bad situation even worse. The traffic stretched endlessly and even the traffic officials seemed helpless as to what to do to alleviate the situation. The 25-kilometre Odongunyan-Ogijo-Sagamu road has remained an eyesore and an albatross for several years now and seems to defy all human solutions. This road, the first major expressway that linked Lagos State, the commercial nerve of the nation, to other states and indeed, other West Africa countries, has become a shadow of its former self. Degenerating daily, the road is now almost impassable and the slightest rain would turn a 10 or 15-minute journey into a two-hour battle filled with s...

http://ift.tt/2r8fKlX The UN agency said it had a commitment with the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to seek ways for voluntary, dignified, sustainable and safe return of the refugees and assured that steps were being taken to ensure that they return to safety and dignity./ AFP PHOTO / REINNIER KAZE • Dangote Foundation largest donor to resettlement efforts, says Shettima The United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned against the increasing return of refugees from Cameroon, insisting that the northeast was not yet safe. The UN agency said it had a commitment with the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to seek ways for voluntary, dignified, sustainable and safe return of the refugees and assured that steps were being taken to ensure that they return to safety and dignity. The warning followed the sudden return of no fewer than 10,000 Nigerian refugees in less than two weeks after the signing of a tripartite agreement with the Nigerian and Cameroonian go...

http://ift.tt/2r8fKlX The UN agency said it had a commitment with the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to seek ways for voluntary, dignified, sustainable and safe return of the refugees and assured that steps were being taken to ensure that they return to safety and dignity./ AFP PHOTO / REINNIER KAZE • Dangote Foundation largest donor to resettlement efforts, says Shettima The United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned against the increasing return of refugees from Cameroon, insisting that the northeast was not yet safe. The UN agency said it had a commitment with the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to seek ways for voluntary, dignified, sustainable and safe return of the refugees and assured that steps were being taken to ensure that they return to safety and dignity. The warning followed the sudden return of no fewer than 10,000 Nigerian refugees in less than two weeks after the signing of a tripartite agreement with the Nigerian and Cameroonian go...

http://ift.tt/2sBUg2W President, Northern Emancipation Network, Abdul-azzez Suleima (left); President, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Shettima Yerima and North Central Coordinator, Arewa Citizens Action for Change, Mohammed Eneji Abdulhamid, at the presentation of a joint paper on the Igbo’s persistence for secession in Kaduna …yesterday. • Ask relatives in S’ East to return home • Seek global observers to witness dissolution of Nigeria • MASSOB accepts quit notice, Afenifere warns Sixteen northern youth groups rose from a joint meeting in Kaduna yesterday to give Igbo residing in their states up to October 1, 2017 to vacate the region. This came days after the shutting down of major towns in the South East on May 30, 2017 as part of the campaign by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for the actualisation of Biafra Republic. The action of the northern youths shows that the agitations for self-determination are spiraling out of control. The nation’s leaders need to immediat...

http://ift.tt/2seTxaJ The protesters There was tension in Ikere-Ekiti, headquarters of Ikere Local Council of Ekiti State yesterday over the move by a contractor handling a road dualisation project to uproot a tree considered sacred by the community. The sacred tree is located in a historical site in the heart of the community. An attempt on Monday by the contractor handling the project to uproot the tree was disrupted by the youths and traditional religion worshippers, who invaded the scene. Some irate youths held up traffic and lit bonfires at Odo-Oja area of the town. The protesting indigenes claimed that the historical site known locally as “Ereja” was the source of Ikere Ekiti, and uprooting the tree would result in dire consequences for the community. They also claimed that the site of the tree was host to the annual Olosunta festival. Governor Ayo Fayose, who visited the scene yesterday, appealed for calm, saying he would ensure...

http://ift.tt/2poCH53 The loan, according to the letter dated May 25, 2017 and addressed to the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, is part of the 2016-2018 External Borrowing (Rolling) Plan. Lawmakers query Shell, Agip over alleged $17b crude oil, gas theft Acting President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday sought the approval of the House of Representatives for a $1,492, 400,000.00 loan for 10 states. The loan, according to the letter dated May 25, 2017 and addressed to the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, is part of the 2016-2018 External Borrowing (Rolling) Plan. The loan will boost the financial capacity of the benefitting states to execute their projects and programmes for the development of their areas. They are Kastina, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Kano, Enugu, Plateau, Ondo, Kaduna, Ogun and Abia. Osinbajo urged the legislature to separate the states’ projects from the items listed in the borrowing plan, so as to give them accelerated consideration. “You may wish to know that the request...