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http://ift.tt/2pfOj9V Chelsea's Brazilian-born Spanish striker Diego Costa (2nd R) celebrates scoring their second goal during the English Premier League football match between Hull City and Chelsea at the KCOM Stadium in Kingston upon Hull, north east England on October 1, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Lindsey PARNABY China Super League club Tianjin Quanjin have denied reports they signed Chelsea striker Diego Costa for a record-breaking 90 million euros ($99 million). In a statement posted to its Weibo social media account late Thursday, the team said “so far we haven’t communicated with Diego Costa about the transfer matter”. The comment followed reports by Spanish newspaper Cadena Ser that the Brazil-born Spanish forward had arranged a 30 million euro annual salary as part of the deal. Coached by Italy’s World Cup champion Fabio Cannavaro, Tianjin has tried to fill its roster with foreign talent in preparation for its move to the Tier One Super League following its triumph in...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J P REPARATORY to the daring and merciless military operations against Boko Haram members, top officers of security and intelligence agencies were in Lagos and Abuja, towards the end of 2014 to interact with critical stakeholders that matter in shaping public perception and opinions. The then President of Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, Mr. Femi Adesina was part of the audience. The interactive sessions involved the display of video clips of horrific atrocities of Boko Haram terrorists against humanity. Gory scenes of brutal executions of captured intelligence officers who were accused of spying on the terrorists’ group were shown. The officers and their informants were cruelly dismembered, buried or burnt alive by the dare devil terrorists. One of the heart-aching videos was that of a captured female intelligence operative who was “daggered” into pieces before she could plead for her life. Few months after some debriefing with the stakeholders, through miraculou...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Anthony Arugba President, Bursary Welfare Association, BWA, Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society Limited, Delta State University ( DELSU), Abraka, Sir. Martin Denedo, has commended members of the association for their unwavering faith and trust in the society. Denedo, who said this in Site Two Abraka during the 7th Annual General Meeting of Bursary Welfare Association Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society Limited, Abraka, noted that the unwavering commitment towards the development of the society exhibited by its members was evidenced in the interest university staff had always indicated in joining the society shortly after their employment. According to him, during the year under review, a total of 123 new members were admitted into the society, while nine left bringing the overall membership strength of the society to 455 as at December, 2016, as against the 341 membership the society declared as at December, 2015. He said that even though at the moment its me...

http://ift.tt/2pmsjwv (FILES) This file photo taken on August 29, 2002 shows Eminem walking on stage to accept the Video of the Year Award at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. Rapper Eminem launched a court action against New Zealand's ruling political party on May 1, 2017, accusing it of using an unlicenced version of his hit "Lose Yourself" in a campaign advert. / AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY Rapper Eminem launched court action against New Zealand’s ruling political party on Monday, accusing it of using an unlicensed version of his hit “Lose Yourself” in a campaign advert. Lawyers for the US artist told the High Court in Wellington that he never gave the National Party permission to use the song, which featured in the 2002 movie “8 Mile”. Barrister Garry Williams said National breached the copyright of Eight Mile Style, Eminem’s publisher, by using the tune in a 2014 election television commercial. Williams said the Detroit rapper’s hit was “iconic”, h...