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Romelu Lukaku: Chelsea & Man Utd both offer £75m for Everton striker

Romelu Lukaku: Chelsea & Man Utd both offer £75m for Everton striker

Chelsea and Manchester United have both offered about £75m for Everton striker Romelu Lukaku.

Senior United sources told the BBC on Thursday that they had made a bid for the 24-year-old Belgium international.

And it has now emerged Chelsea moved to re-sign Lukaku, who played for the Blues before moving to Everton for £28m in July 2014, earlier this week.

However, they are not willing to match the…

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Nigerian fears terror attacks in London

Nigerian fears terror attacks in London

A woman of Nigerian origin has been speaking of her fear of living in north London following the attack on Muslim worshippers near her home last night.

The woman, who only identified herself as Rose, told BBC Focus on Africa that she was scared to take her children out, but she hoped that the community would rally together:

There is a lot of terrorism going on back home and to come here to…

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Alleged N9.69bn fraud: Court remands Suswam, aide in prison

Alleged N9.69bn fraud: Court remands Suswam, aide in prison

By Ade Adesomoju, Abuja

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered a former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, and two of his former aides, to be remanded in Kuje Prisons, Abuja.

Justice Gabriel Kolawole made the remand order after the three defendants were arraigned on 32 counts of diversion of a total sum of N9.79bn meant for the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme.

Alth…

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Budget: FG to release N350bn for capital projects

Budget: FG to release N350bn for capital projects

By Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja

The Federal Government is set to release the first tranche of capital release of N350bn to its Ministries, Departments and Agencies for implementation of the 2017 budget.

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during the public presentation of the 2017 Federal Government budget.

The event was attended by top officials in government,…

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Ohanaeze reacts as Arewa youths ask Osinbajo to facilitate Igbo exit

Ohanaeze reacts as Arewa youths ask Osinbajo to facilitate Igbo exit

Ihuoma Chiedozie, Olaleye Aluko, Toluwani Eniola and  Godwin Isenyo

The coalition of northern groups, including the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, which gave Igbo residents in the North three-month ultimatum  to leave the region, has written to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to facilitate the process of allowing Igbo to leave Nigeria.

One of the leaders of the coalition and National President,…

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Budget Padding: Dogara, Lasun deny receiving EFCC’s invitation

Budget Padding: Dogara, Lasun deny receiving EFCC’s invitation

By John Ameh, Abuja

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, and two other top officials, on Monday, said they had no knowledge of any invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the N40bn budget padding allegations by a former Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin.

The other two are the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Yussuff Lasun; and…

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Herdsmen attack policemen in Falae’s farm

Herdsmen attack policemen in Falae’s farm

By Peter Dada, Akure

Some Fulani herdsmen reportedly invaded the farm of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Olu Falae and attacked some policemen invited to the farm in Kajola Village, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State last Thursday.

The elder statesman was abducted in September 2015 by the herdsmen on the farm but was released after four days after…

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Four minors slit 16-year-old’s throat for dating friend’s cousin

Four minors slit 16-year-old’s throat for dating friend’s cousin

Four minors have brutally murdered 16-year-old Jatin for refusing to call off his relationship with his friend’s cousin despite repeated threats in outer Delhi’s Kanjhawala on Friday police have said after arresting the juveniles.

Jatin was found with his throat slit in an abandoned house in Kanjhawala on Friday. He had been tied to a chair using wires and his mouth was taped.

The police on…

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NASA discovers 10 new Earth-size exoplanets

NASA discovers 10 new Earth-size exoplanets

NASA revealed Monday 10 new rocky, Earth-sized planets that could potentially have liquid water and support life.

The Kepler mission team released a survey of 219 potential exoplanets — planets outside of our solar system — that had been detected by the space observatory launched in 2009 to scan the Milky Way galaxy.

Ten of the new discoveries were orbiting their suns at a distance similar to…

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130 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean shipwreck

130 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean shipwreck

At least 126 migrants were feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of Libya while trying to make the perilous crossing to Europe, the International Organisation for Migration said today.

According to four survivors, the migrants left Thursday from Libya but their inflatable boat sank several hours into the journey, IOM spokesman Flavio Di Giacomo said.

The survivors said traffickers…

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Policeman batters girlfriend, posts her nude photos on social media

Policeman batters girlfriend, posts her nude photos on social media

An administrative Police officer who reportedly broke up with his girlfriend has allegedly physically assaulted the lady, leaving her with a disfigured face.

He also reportedly hacked into her social media account where he posted her nude photos, perhaps taken when the going was good between them.

The embittered policeman/ex-lover boy, Nur Nucho, who was stationed at Korogocho area of Kenya,…

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CBN injects $195m into FX market

CBN injects $195m into FX market

Following its 800 million dollars intervention in the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market last week, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Monday, injected 195 million dollars into the market to meet the requests of customers in the various segments of the market.

The acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor, said in a statement in Abuja that the bank would soon introduce a new…

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Akwa Ibom govt, NDDC bicker over project execution

Akwa Ibom govt, NDDC bicker over project execution

The Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has hit hard on the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, accusing it of poor job execution, project abandonment and distortion of the state development plan.

But the commission fired back immediately, saying Mr. Emmanuel was playing politics with serious development issues.

“We hear that NDDC is planning to open more roads (in the state). If they do…

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Box Office: 'Cars 3' Beats 'Wonder Woman' With $53.5M; 'All Eyez on Me' Nabs $27M

Box Office: ‘Cars 3’ Beats ‘Wonder Woman’ With $53.5M; ‘All Eyez on Me’ Nabs $27M

In a surprise upset, Mandy Moore shark thriller ’47 Meters Down’ beats the R-rated female comedy ‘Rough Night,’ starring Scarlett Johansson; ‘Wonder Woman’ approaches $600 million globally.

Despite signs of franchise fatigue, Pixar and Disney’s Cars 3 dominated the road at the North American box office over the weekend.

The threequel opened to an estimated $53.5 million from 4,256 theaters,…

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Gunmen Kill 2 Navy Men, Wound 3 In Pakistan

Gunmen Kill 2 Navy Men, Wound 3 In Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan –

Pakistani police say gunmen have ambushed a navy vehicle, killing two navy men and wounding three others in the southwestern coastal town of Jiwani.

Police official Abdul Hakim says the attackers opened fire on the vehicle late Monday before fleeing the scene.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the attack in Baluchistan province.

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Lassa Fever: Nursing Student Dies, 65 On Surveillance In Anambra

Lassa Fever: Nursing Student Dies, 65 On Surveillance In Anambra

The Anambra State Government on Monday confirmed that a nursing student was killed by Lassa Fever, while 65 others were being monitored.

Dr. Emmanuel Okafor, the Director of Public Health, State Ministry of Health, told newsmen in Awka that the deceased was a student in one private nursing school in Nkpor, Idemili North.

The moment it was confirmed that she had Lassa fever, we started contacts tr…

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2017 Budget: FG to Release N350bn for Capital Projects

2017 Budget: FG to Release N350bn for Capital Projects

The Federal Government is set to release the first tranche of capital release of N350bn to Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government for implementation of the 2017 budget, Punch reports.

Mrs Kemi Adeosun, the Minister​ of Finance, made this known during a public presentation of the 2017 budget on Monday in Abuja.

She added that the ministry was ready to make the release as soon as the…

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