Zlatan Ibrahimovic spared Manchester United’s blushes at embattled Blackburn as he fired Jose Mourinho’s men into the FA Cup quarter-finals. Fighting on four fronts has left United with a bloated fixture schedule that manager Mourinho this week conceded could well leave his team “in trouble” towards the end of the campaign. A fifth-round replay would […]
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France said on Saturday that U.S. Vice President Mike Pence would need to clarify his administration’s stance towards the European Union when he meets officials in Brussels next week, given President Donald Trump’s previous support for Britain’s exit. Pence is due in the BelgEUian capital on Monday. “I don’t want to prejudge Vice President Pence’s […]
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Adele took home five Grammys including the top three awards for Album, Record and Song of the Year, besting her rival Beyonce, who finished the night with two trophies. More than 13,000 music professionals in the Recording Academy voted to determine winners of the Grammys, which were handed out in Los Angeles. Here is a […]
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Former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected Germany’s president on Sunday, the 12th person to hold the largely ceremonial post in the post-war era. Steinmeier, a Social Democrat who had served as foreign minister until last month, won 931 of the 1,239 valid votes by lawmakers and representatives of Germany’s 16 federal states. There 103 […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump is considering issuing a new executive order banning citizens of certain countries traveling to the United States after his initial attempt to clamp down on immigration and refugees snarled to a halt amid political and judicial chaos. Trump announced the possibility of a “brand new order” that could be issued as […]
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The International Business Machine says that the lack of skills, employable workers, especially in the Information Technology sector, has prompted it to invest $30m in creating new jobs for about 10 million Nigerians. The American multinational technology company said in a statement that it would also be spending another $40m to create “new collar” jobs […]
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A team of researchers, representing the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Wageningen University, has raised the alarm over the enormous economic impact of parasitic weeds on rice production in Africa, threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of resource-poor rice farmers and consumers in the region. The weeds […]
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The Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari currently receiving a treatment in the United Kingdom have said only the Doctors attending to him in the UK have the last say on when he can return to Nigeria, according to an update on his vacation yesterday. The doctors, Buhari said in his February 5 letter to the Senate […]
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Former All Black Sione Lauaki has died at the age of 35, New Zealand Rugby said Sunday. The cause of death was not immediately revealed but the powerful loose forward had apparently suffered from kidney failure. “The thoughts of everyone are with the family of Sione Lauaki. Sione played 17 Tests from 2005-2008. AB#1055. Gone […]
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The Federal Ministry of Environment, says it has facilitated the treatment of lead poisoning of more than 2, 500 children affected in Shikira community of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger. Mrs Aanu Basil, the Deputy Director, Marine Pollution, Contamination Clean-Up and Remediation in the ministry, said other residents of the community were safe from […]
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Kenya’s Abraham Kiptom has emerged the winner of the 2107 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, in a time of 2 hours 15mins 20 secs. He takes home the cash prize of $50,000. Kiptom who won the 42.1km race for the second time after he won the maiden edition in a time of 2 hours, 15 […]
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Queen Elizabeth, the world’s longest-reigning living monarch, celebrates her Sapphire Jubilee on Monday, commemorating 65 years since she took the British throne. A 41-gun royal salute will take place in central London to mark the occasion. The queen’s office released a 2014 portrait showing her wearing a suite of sapphire jewellery she received from King […]
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