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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A new police video broadcast by US media on Thursday shows a handcuffed Tiger Woods trying to blow into a tube as he passes a breathalyzer test. The video footage, taken from inside the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office during Woods’s Monday arrest and posted on Golf.com, shows the golf superstar struggling to take the test and being helped back to his seat by the jail official who administered the exam. In the video a barefooted Woods slumps in a plastic chair before he gets up slowly and walks unsteadily to the testing machine. The operator whistles at the befuddled golf star to try to get his attention. “Make a tight seal with your lips and blow directly,” she says, but becomes frustrated as Woods appears to ignore her. “Watch, look. Blow directly into that tip until I tell you to stop …. blow, blow out, blow out, don’t suck it, blow out.” Woods, 41, appears perplexed but is cooperative. He then has trouble returning to his chair, so the operator gr...

http://ift.tt/2riQ61i A local government official put the death toll at six and said more than 30 people were wounded, 10 seriously, in the twin blasts that tore through the camp in the town of Kolofata at about 6 a.m. local time (1 a.m. ET). Officials say a double suicide bombing killed four people and wounded 20 others on Friday at a camp housing civilians displaced by Boko Haram militants in northern Cameroon. A local government official put the death toll at six and said more than 30 people were wounded, 10 seriously, in the twin blasts that tore through the camp in the town of Kolofata at about 6 a.m. local time (1 a.m. ET). A police officer said four people were confirmed dead. Both bombers also died. Northern Cameroon has in recent years suffered from the overflow of violence linked to Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist insurgents. Nigerian refugees have flooded across the border and local residents have been forced to flee their homes. Boko Haram launches frequent cross-...

http://ift.tt/2rDKQ9Y  Iraqis gather at the site of a car bomb explosion near Baghdad's Al-Shuhada Bridge on May 30, 2017 which killed at least five people and wounded 17, security and medical officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but the Islamic State group carries out frequent bombings targeting civilians in the Iraqi capital. The blast followed an overnight suicide bombing at a popular Baghdad ice cream shop that killed at least 21 people. / AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR Three suicide bombings in Baghdad and a city to the west have killed at least 42 people, targeting Iraqis breaking their fast and elderly people collecting their pensions, officials said Tuesday. The strikes came as forces fought to retake the last areas held by the Islamic State group in their former stronghold of Mosul. The first IS-claimed car bombing struck a Baghdad ice cream shop during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when Iraqis often stay out late shopping or soci...

http://ift.tt/2pPBciB Water levels continued to rise across an area of some 500 kilometers (300 miles), from Toronto and Lake Ontario and stretching downstream along the St Lawrence River. Waterlogged parts of eastern Canada were hit with more rain early Sunday, as freshly deployed troops helped evacuate residents ahead of peak flooding expected in the coming days. Torrential rains combined with runoff from melting snow have caused rivers to overflow their banks, posing a critical situation from Ottawa to Montreal. The worst is yet to come, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard warned on Saturday. “The water will continue rising over the next two or three days,” he said after visiting the town of Rigaud, east of Montreal, which has been flooded for more than a week. Water levels continued to rise across an area of some 500 kilometers (300 miles), from Toronto and Lake Ontario and stretching downstream along the St Lawrence River. The flooding was especially bad in Quebec prov...

http://ift.tt/2pRjfhO Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo eyes a ball during a training session at Valdebebas training ground in Madrid on May 5, 2017, on the eve of the Spanish League match football match Granada CF vs Real Madrid CF.<br />GERARD JULIEN / AFP Cristiano Ronaldo was again left out of the Real Madrid squad for Saturday’s La Liga trip to relegated Granada following his Champions League heroics against Atletico Madrid in midweek. The Portuguese striker, 32, has been rested for four of Real’s last five away league games to ensure he is in prime condition for their assault on becoming the first side to retain the Champions League. Real, though, haven’t missed the four-time World Player of the Year, winning all eight La Liga games in his absence this season. Ronaldo scored all three of Real’s goals as they claimed a 3-0 semi-final, first leg lead over Atletico with the second leg to come at the Vicente Calderon on Wednesday. Goalkeeper Ke...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J THE Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), the global body of management accountants, has launched Certificate in Business Accounting for SMEs (CERTBA for SMEs), a business skill and financial management programme for entrepreneurs in Nigeria. Designed for small to medium business entrepreneurs, CERTBA for SMEs addresses the financial management challenge or crisis facing entrepreneurs as they strive to enhance profitability while managing working capital. The global programme, which is now available in Nigeria, helps small to medium size businesses create a sustainable framework for good decision making, effective management of risks and cash flow. Ijeoma Anadozie, Associate Director for Nigeria, CIMA, said: “The programme is designed to elevate small to medium enterprises in Nigeria to success by helping them to develop financial management and corporate governance skills required for their  survival and growth. It is a learning programme d...

http://ift.tt/2p59bQ6 Olubankole Wellington Nigeria’s Rythem and Blues singer aka Banky W has announced he engagement to Nollywood actress Adesua Etomi. Adesua Etomi her Instagram page to announced her engagement to Banky W. The post Banky W, actress Adesua Etomi set to get married appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2pHiDxd

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Mr Muminu Badmus, the Managing Director of Lagos Water Corporation (LWC), on Wednesday said that metering systems would be attached to all new water connections to households in the state. Badmus said this in an interview in Lagos. According to him, the connection of the metering systems has started in the neighbourhoods around the Mosan-Okunola Waterworks. “Almost 95 per cent of those who paid for water connection after the opening of the 2 million gallons per day (MGD) Mosan-Okunola Waterworks have been connected with meters. “All our new water connections will follow the same pattern. “As we embark on the rehabilitation of the old waterworks, replacement of pipes and main expansions; water connections in those areas will be installed with meters also. “The corporation is working on many projects to increase production and expansion of water reticulation across the state,’’ he said. Badmus said that the corporation had started the installation of pre-paid...

http://ift.tt/2oORPMl Atletico Madrid extended the contract of 21-year-old centre-back Lucas Hernandez to 2022 on Monday, hoping to ward off interest from a host of Europe's top clubs. PHOTO:AFP Atletico Madrid extended the contract of 21-year-old centre-back Lucas Hernandez to 2022 on Monday, hoping to ward off interest from a host of Europe’s top clubs. “I am very happy to renew with the club I have spent my whole life with,” said the French under-21 international who has made 20 appearances this season. “It is great news for all Atletico fans, he is a player with enormous potential with a spectacular future to come,” said Atletico’s sporting director Jose Luis Caminero. Hernandez looks set to start Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final, first leg at Real Madrid with Atletico missing Jose Maria Gimenez, Sime Vrsaljko and Juanfran through injury. His brother Theo Hernandez is also in high demand after a stellar season on loan at Alaves from Atletico with Real Madrid, ...