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http://ift.tt/2q58pDn .H.H. the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani officially cuts the ribbon in front of more than 40,000 fans at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar .FIFA President Infantino attends Emir Cup 2017 final and says stadium launch gives FIFA confidence in Qatar’s tournament preparations .Stadium will host quarter finals in 2022, 2017 Gulf Cup and 2019 IAAF World Championships .Sustainable cooling technology installed to keep players and fans comfortable year-round More than 40,000 football fans attended the launch of the first proposed host venue of the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ in Doha this evening, with H.H. the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani officially cutting the ribbon at the new Khalifa International Stadium in front of the sell-out crowd. The official inauguration ceremony included a light show from the newly installed LED lights, a performance from the Emiri Guard and a stunning firework display that saw pyrotechnic experts display 202...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J True love, they say is ‘ hard to find’ , but for Mercy Johnson,it is not. Since she met her husband, Prince Odianosen Okojie, the gorgeous actress has every reason to be believe she has found ‘true love.’  This is true, following the way and manner she worships and adores the man in her life. Once again, to reaffirm her undying love for her ‘ Prince’,  the mother of three took to her Instagram page to gush over her husband, who was a year older. She wrote a heartfelt birthday message to her husband, which went viral on the Internet during the week. “Every woman’s fate changes once they get married because  two destinies mix but my destiny can’t cry on me because your love is with me,” she began. Continuing, she wrote, “ I have memorized you like a verse in the Holy Bible and I mention you like a prayer. True love means everything ,but for me, true love simply means you. You understand me even when I say nothing.We have used trust as brick and pati...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Robbers have assaulted and robbed a bus full of federal police officers travelling to resume their duty leaves. The National Security Commission reports that the bus was carrying 29 unarmed officers dressed in civilian clothes Monday night to Mexico City, where they were to be on leave after 25 straight days on duty in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco. The commission says the driver pulled over to check a mechanical problem near a toll booth in the state of Morelos. Armed men then boarded the bus, threatened him and the passengers and relieved them of their possessions. A statement late Thursday says the officers did not resist in order to avoid injuries or loss of life. Authorities are searching for the robbers. The post Robbers assault, rob busload of policemen appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2qGoLV0

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has said, Friday, that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) would review the report of the joint committee on the National Minimum Wage on Wednesday. Ngige told newsmen in Abuja that the 16- man Technical Committee on Minimum Wage and Palliatives had submitted its report to the main committee, headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF. “This report have being adopted just last week by the 29 -man joint committee. “So, the report is now being taken to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for approval next week and then the Acting President will constitute a National Minimum Wage Review Committee. “This National Minimum Wage Review Committee will then fix a new minimum wage for the country. “It has become imperative for a new minimum wage, because the last minimum wage has a life span of five years – it was signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan- and it elapsed by Aug. 2016,” he said...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Some Biafran women under the banner, Great Women of Biafra, have alleged that some soldiers seized four of their members and used the nozzles of their guns to tear their clothes, rendering them naked when they gathered to pray and hold their meetings. The women who were drawn from Akwa/Ibom, Cross rivers, Imo, Enugu, Anambra and other south-south and south-east states protested topless to the palace of the Igwe, complaining that the soldiers disrupted their peaceful assembly. The Igwe who received them assured them that he would see that the situation was resolved. The Igwe who after asking the protesting women if they touched or abused the soldiers and was told no however condemned the act and asked the women to go home while he resolved the issue. Video shows the women protesting and laying their complaints at the palace of the Igwe. Recall that  supporters of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have declared May 30th Biafra Day remembrance c...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The South African government again, on Friday, deported 90 Nigerians for allegedly committing immigration-related offences. DSP Joseph Alabi, the spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command confirmed the development to newsmen in Lagos. Alabi said the deportees, who are all men,  landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 3.30pm. He said they were brought back to Nigeria aboard a South African Airways aircraft with registration number BBB712 from Johannesburg. “This afternoon, about 3.30pm, 90 Nigerians were deported from South Africa for committing immigration-related offences. “Some of them were alleged to have been living in the country without valid documents. “They were received by the appropriate agencies including the police and profiled before being allowed to depart to their respective destinations, ” Alabi said. South Africa had also on Feb. 28 sent 97 Nigerians back home for committing various offences. They depor...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Opemititi Ajayi, the lady accused by Mercy Aigbe of sleeping with her husband, Lanre Gentry has demanded N500 million as compensation for damages from the Nollywood star. Reports say Opemititi via her lawyer, Afolabi Fashanu, has turned around to accuse Mercy of “defamation of character and cyber bullying’. Recall that Mercy had, in an interview, said that she parted ways with her husband after she learnt he was “sleeping with a lady which (sic) is my best friend Opemititi and his PAs…” Opemititi’s  lawyers, Afolabi Fashanu and Co of Abeokuta claimed the interview has damaged Opemititi’s  reputation and that she is seeking reparation of N500million. Wrote the lawyer: ‘Our client has denied strongly that apart from that you were not close friends as falsely claimed by you, She did not at any time sleep with your husband. “By the said words you have paraded our client as a traitor, prostitute, husband snatcher, adulterous, irrespons...

http://ift.tt/2rmN8tt Abiodun Olasupo (APC- Iseyin/Iwajowa/Kajola/Itesiwaju Federal Constituency) Rep. Abiodun Olasupo (APC- Iseyin/Iwajowa/Kajola/Itesiwaju Federal Constituency) says the bill on whistleblowing is at an advanced stage of being passed by the National Assembly. Olasupo also said the National Assembly was working hard to ensure that all enabling laws protect the identity of whistleblowers and strengthen the principle. The federal lawmaker spoke in Iseyin during a routine tour of his constituency to inaugurate projects and brief constituents. “You should not be surprised that all the measures used in the anti-corruption crusade today were developed by President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. “The Jonathan administration developed the policies of whistleblowing, Bank Verification Number (BVN), Treasury Single Account (TSA) but lacked the political will to implement them. “You can see that the implementation by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration i...

http://ift.tt/2pTUQeC US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump make their way to board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on May 19, 2017. MANDEL NGAN / AFP From Riyadh to Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Rome, Brussels and Sicily, Donald Trump left a swirl of domestic woes behind Friday as he embarked on a first foreign trip that will be closely watched in capitals the world over. Trump’s extraordinarily dense first trip — six stops in eight days, and countless face-to-face meetings from Saudi King Salman to Pope Francis via France’s new leader, Emmanuel Macron — is fraught with perils for the president. The avalanche of revelations in the run-up to his departure have eroded Trump’s standing at home — where the parallels with Richard Nixon’s ill-fated presidency are now being openly drawn. They also revived questions about his ability to strike a presidential tone with his foreign counterparts. “Truth is, nobody knows how Donald Trum...

http://ift.tt/2r0LPAN French President Emmanuel Macron (2R) poses with French troops during his visit to the France's Barkhane counter-terrorism operation in Africa's Sahel region in Gao, northern Mali, on May 19, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron arrived on May 19 in conflict-torn Mali to visit French troops fighting jihadists on his first official trip outside Europe since taking power. CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON / POOL / AFP New French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday urged faster progress in a Mali peace accord signed in 2015 on his first official visit outside Europe, while reaffirming strong military cooperation with the United States in Africa. At the end of his first week in office, Macron left Gao, a city in Mali’s deeply-troubled north, after lunching with French troops and sitting for talks with Malian counterpart Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Macron was keen to display his defence and security credentials after promising to meet with some of the 1,700 French so...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Tommy Ross scorer of the fastest hat-trick in football has died aged 71 the football club whom he managed in the 1990’s Tain St Duthus announced on Friday. Ross entered the Guinness Book of Records aged 18 when he scored three times in 90 seconds playing for Ross County against Nairn County on November 24, 1964. Ross — who earned a move to England playing for Peterborough, York and Wigan Athletic when the latter were a non league outfit — scored 44 goals in the 1964-65 season. In retirement he set up a construction company with his brothers and also worked in the North Sea oil and gas industry. Tain St Duthus issued a statement saying everyone at the club “extend their deepest and most heartfelt sympathies to Tommy’s family and close friends at this difficult time”. The Ross family retain strong links with Tain St Duthus as his sons Stuart and Andrew are in charge of the club. The post Record speed hat-trick scorer Ross dies appeared first on Vanguard News ...

http://ift.tt/2pTG8nT Brazil's President Michel Temer speaks during a press conference following allegations that he gave his blessing to payment of hush money to a politician convicted of corruption, on May 18, 2017 in Brasilia. Temer faced growing pressure to resign Thursday after the Supreme Court gave its green light to the investigation over allegations that he authorized paying hush money to already jailed Eduardo Cunha, the disgraced former speaker of the lower house of Congress. EVARISTO SA / AFP Brazil’s President Michel Temer fought for his political life Friday after being accused of attempting to derail a massive corruption investigation known as “Car Wash.” Temer and a senior senator, Aecio Neves, were among those “who attempted to prevent the Car Wash investigations from advancing,” Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot wrote in a court filing that was made public on Friday. The accusation of wide scale obstruction of justice raised the stakes in a crisis threatening...

http://ift.tt/2qHCkX1 Ajimobi urged the commission to review the existing requirement/qualification for ascendancy to the Olubadan throne and the selection process of Olubadan from Otun and Balogun lines. Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Friday in Ibadan inaugurated a seven-man judicial commission of enquiry on the review of the existing Olubadan Chieftaincy Declaration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the commission, which was constituted on April 8, was inaugurated at the Governor’s Office. Retired Justice Akintunde Boade was named Chairman while members included Chief John Ajibola, Mr Joseph Oladele and Mr Paul Ayoola. Others members are Mr Ogunniyi Ogunjinmi, Mr Wasiu Gbadegesin and Mr Adegbaye Abiodun. Ajimobi urged the commission to review the existing requirement/qualification for ascendancy to the Olubadan throne and the selection process of Olubadan from Otun and Balogun lines. He charged them to look into the possibilities of having more bea...

http://ift.tt/2oGLfnO DSP Joseph Alabi, the spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. The South African government on Friday deported 90 Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences. DSP Joseph Alabi, the spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Alabi said the deportees, who are all men, landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 3.30pm. He said they were brought back to Nigeria aboard a South African Airways aircraft with registration number BBB712 from Johannesburg. “This afternoon, about 3.30pm, 90 Nigerians were deported from South Africa for committing immigration-related offences. “Some of them were alleged to have been living in the country without valid documents. “They were received by the appropriate agencies including the police and profiled before being allowed to depart to ...