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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI – In the spirit of  Ramadan Kareem, the wife of the Borno state Governor and President Support for Widows, Orphans and Tsangaya (SWOT) Foundation, Hajiya Nana Kashim Shettima has distributed 200 bags of rice and sugar to each of the two hundred widows and orphans that their husbands and parent were killed in the Boko Haram insurgency in the state. The Foundation also gave N5,000 to each of the beneficiaries as transport fare back to their respective houses. Specifically, the widows and orphans were drawn from Maiduguri Metropolitan and Jere Council areas. Speaking at the occasion which took place at the Multi-purpose Hall of the Government House Maiduguri  on Saturday , Mrs. Shettima said that the gesture was to put smile on the faces of the widows and orphans in the spirit of the Holy month. The first lady said catering for the widows and orphans is a collective responsibility, as such she found it necessary to support the...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI – In the spirit of  Ramadan Kareem, the wife of the Borno state Governor and President Support for Widows, Orphans and Tsangaya (SWOT) Foundation, Hajiya Nana Kashim Shettima has distributed 200 bags of rice and sugar to each of the two hundred widows and orphans that their husbands and parent were killed in the Boko Haram insurgency in the state. The Foundation also gave N5,000 to each of the beneficiaries as transport fare back to their respective houses. Specifically, the widows and orphans were drawn from Maiduguri Metropolitan and Jere Council areas. Speaking at the occasion which took place at the Multi-purpose Hall of the Government House Maiduguri  on Saturday , Mrs. Shettima said that the gesture was to put smile on the faces of the widows and orphans in the spirit of the Holy month. The first lady said catering for the widows and orphans is a collective responsibility, as such she found it necessary to support the...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Islamic State (IS) threatened attacks in Saudi Arabia after the militant group claimed responsibility for assaults in Tehran that killed 17 people, Site Intelligence monitoring group reported on Friday. Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini’s mausoleum in Tehran on Wednesday. Scores of people were also wounded. IS claimed responsibility and threatened more attacks against Iran’s majority Shi’ite population, seen by the hardline Sunni militants as heretics. In a video that appeared to have been recorded before the attack on Tehran, five masked fighters were shown threatening Shi’ites in Iran as well as the Saudi Arabian government saying their turn “will come”. “Allah permitting, this brigade will be the first of jihad in Iran, and we ask our brothers the Muslims to follow us, as the fire that was ignited will not be put out, Allah permitting,” one of the masked fighters said, according to SITE. At the end of the vi...

http://ift.tt/2qAsoLz AS Roma's forward Francesco Totti celebrates after scoring during the Italian Serie A football match As Roma versus Sampdoria on September 11, 2016 at Olympic stadium in Rome. PHOTO: ALBERTO PIZZOLI / AFP Roma club icon Francesco Totti will retire at the end of the season when the 40-year-old’s contract expires, new sports director Monchi said on Wednesday. “I want him here right by my side. He is Roma. He can teach me what Roma is,” said Monchi at his unveiling in the role, adding the captain will remain at the club in a management position. “There is an agreement in place. This is his last season but then he continues in management.” “I want Totti to explain to me what Roma is, to make me understand what he knows,” added the Spaniard Monchi, who won credit for his sports director role at Sevilla, who won the Europa League in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The striker Totti has played all his professional career at Roma and is a hugely popular figure, maki...

http://ift.tt/2oRd1Ba Liverpool's German midfielder Emre Can (C) celebrates with Liverpool's English midfielder Adam Lallana (L), Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Lucas Leiva (2nd L) and Liverpool's German manager Jurgen Klopp after scoring the opening goal of the English Premier League football match between Watford and Liverpool at Vicarage Road Stadium in Watford, north of London on May 1, 2017. Adrian DENNIS / AFP Emre Can scored a sensational overhead bicycle kick as Liverpool galvanised their grip on third place in the Premier League by winning 1-0 at Watford on Monday. Having seen top-four rivals Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal all drop points on Sunday, Liverpool capitalised thanks to Can’s jaw-dropping effort in first-half injury time. The Germany midfielder’s fifth goal of the season took Liverpool three points above fourth-place City, albeit having played a game more, inching Jurgen Klopp’s side closer to Champions League qualification. ...