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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday called James Comey, former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), “a leaker”. Trump on his Twitter handle on Friday also said that many statements made by the former FBI chief on Thursday were false. “In spite of so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication…and WOW, Comey is a leaker!” Trump tweeted. Trump’s reaction followed the admission by Comey that he gave the memos of his conversations with Trump to a friend to leak to the media. The former FBI chief also revealed for the first time that he turned over memos about his conversations with Trump to the Special Counsel investigating the Russian scandal, Robert Mueller. Comey had, while testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee investigating the alleged Russian collusion with Trump Campaign during the 2016 presidential election, made some damming remarks about Trump. The former FBI boss, at the public hearing televised live...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Ifeanyi Okoli Kidnappers of six Senior Secondary School students of Lagos Model College, Igbonla, Epe, have reportedly collected N10m as ransom and were about to release them as at the time of this report last night. According to reports, leader of the kidnap gang, America and his boys eventually collected N10m from the parents of the abducted students at about 8 pm yesterday evening and were expected to release thereafter. The students were abducted on May 25 2017 from their school and when the kidnappers established contact with the parents, a ransom of N400m was demanded but this was later reduced to N100m owing to the inability of the parents to meet up with the demand. The kidnappers were said to have advised the parents to reach out to others and deliberate on how to raise the N100m as well as mounting pressure on the state government to raise the money for them. The post Epe students kidnap: Kidnappers collect N10m, set to release them appeared firs...

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/eA8V8J More than 900 migrants have been rescued off the coast of Libya during the past 48 hours while trying to reach Italy, the Italian coastguard said Friday. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said that it saved 716 of the migrants, and had found one body. “Around 800 people were rescued today (Friday) during eight separate operations” in the Mediterranean, said a spokesman for the coastguard, which is coordinating the operations. The migrants were on eight boats, including two inflatables, he said. Some 130 others were rescued on Thursday. MSF tweeted that it had “completed the 5th rescue (operation) and now have 716 people onboard. Unfortunately, for one person we arrived too late.” The UN refugee agency has said around 61,250 migrants have reached Italy since the start of the year after crossing the Mediterranean, while 1,778 more are dead or missing. Conflict-ravaged Libya has long been a stepping stone for migrants seeking a better life in Europe. It has urged...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J 2018 World Cup qualifying European zone tables after Friday’s sixth round of matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Group A Sweden 6 4 1 1 12 4 13 France 6 4 1 1 11 5 13 Netherlands 6 3 1 2 13 6 10 Bulgaria 6 3 0 3 9 12 9 Belarus 6 1 2 3 4 11 5 Luxembourg 6 0 1 5 6 17 1 Group B Switzerland 6 6 0 0 12 3 18 Portugal 6 5 0 1 22 3 15 Hungary 6 2 1 3 8 7 7 Faroes 6 1 2 3 2 10 5 Andorra 6 1 1 4 2 13 4 Latvia 6 1 0 5 2 12 3 Group H Belgium 6 5 1 0 24 2 16 Greece 6 3 3 0 10 3 12 Bosnia-Herzegovina 6 3 2 1 13 5 11 Cyprus 6 2 1 3 5 9 7 Estonia 6 1 1 4 5 17 4 Gibraltar 6 0 0 6 3 24 0 Note: Nine group winners qualify for the 2018 finals in Russia; eight best runners-up play off with four winners qualifying for the finals. The post 2018 World Cup qualifying tables – European zone appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2r3FqRx

http://ift.tt/2r6MwnJ Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Middle Belt Youth Council said, yesterday, that the Arewa Youth fora that issued quit notice to Igbo early this week were acting a script. The organization said in a statement signed by its President, Mr. Emma Zopmal, that the affected Arewa youth and their sponsors must be arrested and charged for treason. According to the group, the sponsors could also be part of frustrated corrupt people bent on destabilizing the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. It distanced the Middle Belt from the quit notice and said that if indeed, Igbo were evicted from Arewa, the Middle Belt would welcome them. The statement reads in part, “Following the unfortunate press statement issued by a coalition of Arewa Youth Fora threatening the Igbos to quit some parts of the north, it is obvious that the group acted the script of their mischievous sponsors who are bent on tarnishing and destabilizing the present administration because they have...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Mr Abdulkarim Babatunde, a Yoruba Community leader in Bosso Local Government Area of Niger, lamented on Friday that he has been living in the northern area for the past 45 years, hence, asked where he would go should the quit notice given to Igbos in the north comes to reality. The Yoruba leader however said security agencies must tackle those who issued the eviction notice to Igbos in the North. Babatunde said it was a very serious threat which must be handled with all seriousness to forestall breakdown of law and order in the country. “We should not ignore such threat,” he said in an interview with newsmen in Minna. The community leader advised all agencies to provide water tight security, to pre-empt and deal with any security threat to the corporate existence of Nigeria. “I have being in Bosso for the last 45 years. Where do you want me to go after spending my entire life here? “Security agencies should map out a comprehensive security network to ensure ...

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Kaduna State Police command, on Friday denied reports in some section of the media that 20 people were kidnapped on Wednesday along Abuja-Kaduna express way. The Commissioner of Police ,Mr Agyole Abeh, said this at a news conference in Kaduna on Friday, “The Command wishes to state that, there was no report of such incident and the story is entirely a fabricated falsehood intended to create fear in the minds of citizens. “It is pertinent to note that command has not relented in acting on reports on the suspected activities of criminals in the state.” The commissioner, who was represented by his deputy in charge of operations, Mr. Abdulrahaman Ahmed, said the command had only recorded an incident where five persons driving along Kaduna-Abuja express way were attacked and three of them were robbed while the other two were kidnapped. “When the report reached us, the Command’s technical and human resources where deployed to ensure the rescue of the two victim...

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