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http://ift.tt/2qBwIJk Police watch as commuters arrive at Manchester Victoria railway station on May 30, 2017 in Manchester. A train station next to the scene of last week's suicide bombing in Manchester reopened on Tuesday for the first time since the carnage in which 22 people were killed as the city slowly returned to normal. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Owen Humphreys A train station next to the scene of last week’s suicide bombing in Manchester reopened Tuesday for the first time since the carnage in which 22 people were killed, as the city slowly returned to normal. Manchester-born Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher was to make his solo debut later on Tuesday with a charity concert, the latest in a flood of tributes in Britain’s third-largest city for the victims of last Monday’s concert attack. “We Will Remember You”, read signs accompanied by heart images and surrounded by floral tributes at Manchester Victoria station as service resumed. “Tragically taken away. But never to...

http://ift.tt/2pqIXIR People listen to a speech delivered by Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte shown on a screen during the universal periodic review of the Philippines by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on May 8, 2017 at the UN offices in Geneva. The Philippines' record is reviewed by the UN human rights council for the first time since the inauguration of President Rodrigo Duterte, who has been accused of massive violations in his so-called drug war. / AFP PHOTO / Fabrice COFFRINI Countries across the world put the Philippines on notice over its deadly drug war on Monday, demanding an end to extrajudicial killings by President Rodrigo Duterte’s security services. Diplomats from all continents condemned the reported surge of deaths during so-called anti-drug operations, which have claimed thousands of lives since Duterte took office last year. The Philippines was facing its regular review at the Geneva-based UN human right...

http://ift.tt/2pMhNij Sulley Muntari says he was "treated like a criminal" after he complained he was being racially abused in a Serie A match and given a one-game ban. Pescara midfielder Sulley Muntari says he was “treated like a criminal” after he complained he was being racially abused in a Serie A match and given a one-game ban. The 32-year-old Ghanaian is now free to play in Sunday’s home game against Crotone after the ban was rescinded on appeal. He was sanctioned for walking off just before the end of last Sunday’s game at Cagliari in protest at the abuse, having been booked by the referee for complaining about it. His decision to walk off earned him a second yellow card and consequent one-game ban from the Italian football federation — a punishment that was met with astonishment by many. Muntari, previously with AC Milan and Inter Milan, said after the ban was overturned on Friday: “I feel that someone has finally listened and heard me. “The last few day...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-President Muhammadu Buhari has again stayed away from the regular Wednesday meeting of the Federal Executive Council. FEC, currently holding at the meeting of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This would be the third time the president would, in a row, miss FEC. Though official reasons for his non appearance at today’s meeting were not given as at Press time, what is public knowledge however is that the President is sick and on medications. An official statement from the State House last week had said that the president was recuperating in a private residence. But on Tuesday (yesterday), a glimpse of hope shone when the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami and the Group Managing Director, GMD of ther Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation, NNPC, Mailkanti Baru emerged from the Presidential wing and briefed State House correspondents on what transpired in their respective private meetings with the President. Spea...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Former Governor of Niger State Babangida Aliyu has been granted bail by the Minna High court. More details soon The post Court grants Babangida Aliyu bail appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2pHk9Q4