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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-President Muhammadu Buhari would receive another set of 82 Chibok girls today. The girls were freed on Saturday via negotiations and in exchange with some Boko Haram members held by the federal government. A statement by the presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu last night confirmed the release of the girls. It will be recalled that over 200 school of the girls were abducted by Boko Haram terrorist sect on April 14, 2014. Negotiations with the terrorist group last year had led to the rescue of over 20 of the girls. The statment last night stated: “The President is pleased announce that negotiations to release more of the Chibok Girls have born fruit with the release of 82 more Girls today. “After months of patient negotiations, our security agencies have taken back these abducted girls in exchange for some Boko Haram suspects held by the authorities. “The Girls are due tomorrow in Abuja to be received by the President. “T...

http://ift.tt/2nCIypQ Solomon Dalung The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has dissolved the boards of all National Sports Federations.The Youth and Sports Development Minister Barrister Solomon Dalung, who made the announcement  yesterday in Abuja also directed all Secretaries to take charge of their various Federations during the election process. The dissolution which is one of the milestones of the existing State of Emergency in the Sports Sector in the country, may not be unconnected with certain moves that seek to undermine the electoral process by Federations, some of which have started seeking a 6 month tenure extension. “In line with the Olympic Charter, all National Sports Federations are to serve for a period of 4 years. The federations were inaugurated in May 2013, and by tradition, federations are dissolved after every Olympic Games. Therefore, their tenure has now come to an end. “To ensure a level playing ground and free and fair election...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J I jaw Youth Council, IYC, has condemned the House of Representatives for rejecting a motion by Hon. Goodluck Opiah calling on the House to direct multinational oil companies to relocate their administrative headquarters to the Niger Delta. Spokesman for the body, Mr Daniel Dasimaka said the action of the green chambers had capacity to rupture the peace in the region. Dasimaka, in a statement,  hailed lawmakers who stormed out of the House against the decision, saying Vice President Yemi Osibanjo should give effect to his order to multinationals on behalf of the federal government recently that they should relocate their administrative headquarters to the region. The post IYC berates Reps decision against IOCs’ relocation to N Delta appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2qNpSSz

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J DELTA State Police Command has paraded alleged leader of a five-man kidnapping syndicate, one Mr. Tola Saliu, a 40-year-old former army lance corporal who was said to have specialised in the abduction of women riding flashy cars in Asaba and environs. Also paraded were 174 other suspects arrested across the state for kidnapping, armed robbery, rape and defilement, fraud, car snatching, murder, cultism and vandalism. Parading the suspects, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, said the former lance corporal and his gang had been terrorizing Asaba, the state capital. Decrying the high rate of cultism in the state, the police boss said: “Cultism is one of the issues we have in the state. It has extended from higher institutions of learning to secondary schools, unions and the communities. But we are not resting on our oars to reduce the trend to the barest minimum. We are doing this through advocacy programs.” The post Poor power supply: Lawmaker, ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Abuja – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted cloudy condition over the Central States on Sunday with chances of early morning moderate thunderstorms over Abuja, Lokoja, Makurdi, Mambilla, Lafia, Minna and Ilorin. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office (CFO), on Saturday in Abuja, also predicted prospects of localised thunderstorms over the high ground areas of Jos and Kaduna later in the day. It added that the region would also experience day and night temperature of 30 to 34 and 19 to 26 respectively. The agency predicted that the Southern states would experience increased cloudiness with chances of early morning moderate thunderstorms over Lagos, Ijebu-Ode, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Akure, Ado-Ekiti, Osogbo and Ibadan. It also predicted prospects of localised thunderstorms over Enugu, Owerri, Awka, Abakaliki, Benin, Warri, Yenagoa, Calabar and Port Harcourt during the evening and night period The agency added that the regi...

http://ift.tt/2qNdim6 Some of the Chibok schoolgirls freed in October 2016 Nigeria has secured the release of 82 more Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants more than three years ago. The girls, according to government sources, were released today after negotiation with the militants. This brings to 103 the girls already freed by the Boko Haram militants. The first batch of 21 were freed last October with the aid of the Red Cross and Switzerland. Two others walked into freedom on their own, making 105 girls out of the Boko Haram clutches. ‘They are now at Banki, a border town and will be flown to Abuja on Sunday”, a government source told NAN Saturday night. “The story is authentic’, added the source. The Bring Back Our Girls(#BBOG) Campaigners in a statement Saturday night also hinted about the release of the girls, although they said they were awaiting official confirmation. “We have been made aware of the yet-to-be-confirmed news that a number of our mi...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J In this video, former media aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Pastor Reno Omokri, reveals how foreign powers conspired with some northern governors to remove the then Nigeria’s president Jonathan. http://ift.tt/2pRHqyP The post The international conspiracy to remove Goodluck Jonathan – Reno appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2pSLSeB

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Nigeria has secured the release of 82 more Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants more than three years ago. The girls, according to government sources, were released today after negotiation with the militants. This brings to 103 the girls already freed the Boko Haram militants. The first batch of 21 were freed last october with the aid of the Red Cross and a Scandinavian country. ‘They are now at Banki, a border town and will be flown to Abuja on Sunday”, a government source said Saturday night. “The story is authentic’, added the source. The Bring Back Our Girls(#BBOG) Campaigners in a statement Saturday night also hinted about the release of the girls, although they said they were awaiting official confirmation. “We have been made aware of the yet-to-be-confirmed news that a number of our missing 195 Chibok girls in captivity have been released through negotiation”, said Sesugh Akume, spokesperson for BBOG. “It would be recalled that in Oct...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-Officials in the presidency are still trying to confirm the release of 82 Chibok girls. Recall that Vanguard reported that more than 80 of the over 200 school girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorist sect on April 14, 2014 had been freed, necessitating confirmation from the official quarters. When Vanguard reached the Media office in the Nation’s seat of power on the matter Saturday night, it was told that frantic efforts were still being made to authenticate the development. Nigerian armed forces had in the recent times stepped up military engagements with the terrorists in Sambisa forest believed to be the den of the insurgents. The battle successfully led to the fall of the forest. Similarly, negotiations with the terrorist group last year also led to the rescue of over 20 of the girls even with fresh anxiety on the fate of the rest of them. But with the release of more 80 girls, hopes had come alive that they were still alive....

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Jalingo – A violent clash between farmers and cattle rearers in Ussa and Takum Council areas of Taraba has left at least 15 people dead while several others sustained various degrees of injuries. Alhaji Sahabi Mahmoud, the state Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Taraba and Mr David Misal (ASP), the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state Police Command have confirmed the incident. However reports that while Sahabi said at least 15 of his members have been killed and buried in Takum on Friday, Misal said that the police could only confirm five deaths as at the time of filing this report. Sahabi, who spoke in Jalingo on Saturday, also expressed fear that more corpses of his members might be in the bush as more than 150 of them were still missing. He claimed that hundreds of livestock belonging to the herdsmen were wandering in bush as their owners could not be traced. He called on the security agencies and the s...

http://ift.tt/2plH0xt Nancy's French defender Joffrey Cuffaut (L) and Nancy's French defender Julien Cétout (C) vie for the ball with Monaco's French midfielder Fabinho during the French Ligue1 football match between Nancy (ASNL) and Monaco (ASM) on May 6, 2017 at Marcel Picot stadium in Tomblaine, eastern France. Jean Christophe VERHAEGEN / AFP Player of the year nominee Bernardo Silva was on target as Monaco eased to a 3-0 win at Nancy on Saturday to leave them on the brink of a first French title since 2000. Monaco had seen nearest challengers Paris Saint-Germain trounce bottom club Bastia 5-0 earlier in the day, but they responded in style with a comfortable victory at the Stade Marcel-Picot. They are three points clear of defending champions PSG at the Ligue 1 summit, with a game in hand and a superior goal difference. That means one win from their remaining three games will likely suffice for Leonardo Jardim’s side to take the trophy to the Mediterranean p...

http://ift.tt/2pNKf3e President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (centre) with the 21 Chibok girls freed by Boko Haram on October 13, 2016. The girls were received by the president at the State House, Abuja on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. PHOTO: TWITTER/PODE Boko Haram has freed several schoolgirls kidnapped from their school hostel in Chibok, Borno State. While a section of the Nigerian media suggested that about 82 girls were released, Al-Jazeera’s, citing government sources, said only 62 were freed. About 276 female students were kidnapped by Boko Haram from the Government Girls Secondary School on April 14, 2014. Fifty-seven of the girls escaped while being taken away while three others were found or rescued by the military. On October 13, 2016, 21 girls were freed after the Swiss government and international Committee of Red Cross brokered a deal between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government. The Nigerian government said in April it was collaborating...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A local wing of Austria’s Green Party has stirred an uncommon interest online and in neighboring Germany with its agenda for a meeting today: teaching women how to urinate standing up. The Green Party in Perchtoldsdorf, Lower Austria, which for the past 12 years has held “women’s breakfasts” to discuss social and political issues, said today’s meeting will be “everything that concerns the pelvic base.” The party said the discussion will include instructions on how to urinate from a standing position at music festivals, sporting events, and other locations where unclean restrooms are likely to be found. The participants at the meeting will be instructed by an expert on how to build simple devices to assist with standing urination, organizers said. Martha Gunzl, a local councillor and Green Party member, said she and other organizers were shocked at how much attention the planned meeting has been gathering online. “We always discuss controversial subjects, but ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J English Football League table after Saturday’s matches, the final day of the regular League Two season (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): League Two Portsmouth 46 26 9 11 79 40 87 — champions Plymouth 46 26 9 11 71 46 87 — promoted Doncaster 46 25 10 11 85 55 85 — promoted ————————————- Luton 46 20 17 9 70 43 77 Exeter 46 21 8 17 75 56 71 Carlisle 46 18 17 11 69 68 71 Blackpool 46 18 16 12 69 46 70 ————————————- Colchester 46 19 12 15 67 57 69 Wycombe 46 19 12 15 58 53 69 Stevenage 46 20 7 19 67 63 67 Cambridge 46 19 9 18 58 50 66 Mansfield 46 17 15 14 54 50 66 Accrington 46 17 14 15 59 56 65 Grimsby 46 17 11 18 59 63 62 Barnet 46 14 15 17 57 64 57 Notts County 46 16 8 22 54 76 56 Crewe 46 14 13 19 58 67 55 Morecambe 46 14 10 22 53 73 52 Crawley 46 13 12 21 53 71 51 Yeovil 46 11 17 18 49 64 50 Cheltenham 46 12 14 20 49 69 50 Newport 46 12 12 22 51 73 48 ————————————- Hartlepool 46 11 13 22 54 75 46 — relegated ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria has called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the passage of the whistle blowing bill pending before the Senate. The conference made the call in a communiqué signed by the Chairman, Mr Abdumumin Kamba in Uyo on Saturday. The communique commended the Federal Government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari for the great feat so far in the fight against corruption. The conference called for strong synergy among agencies charged with responsibility of fighting the menace of corruption and to do it within the ambit of the law. The communique also commended the professionalism of the security agencies in the fight against insurgency in the country. The conference called for equal measure of force to combat the rampaging cases of kidnapping, killing by herdsmen, cattle rustling and other criminal behaviors in the country. “The Conference urged State governments to ensure democrati...