Iniesta to leave Barcelona at the end of the season

AFP / Pau Barrena A tearful Andres Iniesta has announced he is leaving Barcelona after 22 years associated with the club   Andres Iniesta confirmed on Friday he will leave Barcelona at the end of the season, bringing the curtain down on a phenomenally successful career at the club, but said a move to China is...

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African migrants to US ‘more educated’ than US-born nationals and migrants in UK

Sub-Saharan African immigrants in the US are often more educated than those in the UK, the respected US-based Pew Research Center has found. According to the research, they are also more educated than US-born nationals. A total of 69% of immigrants in the US, aged 25 or older, have some college...

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House summon President Buhari, ask him to declare herdsmen terrorists

The House of Representatives during plenary, Wednesday resolved to summon President Muhammadu Buhari over the spate of killings in Benue State and other parts of the country. The decision was unanimously adopted by overwhelming majority of members after a Kano lawmaker, Baballe Bashir (APC, Kano) moved for the amendment of a motion moved by Mark Gbilah (APC, Benue). The House, while adopting a motion by Mr Gbilah on the attack by army ...

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Suspected herdsmen kill 18 in Benue church, burn over 60 houses

Two priests were among at least 18 people killed in a dawn attack on a church in central Nigeria, police said Tuesday, in violence condemned by President Muhammadu Buhari as “satanic”. Around 30 suspected herdsmen attacked Mbalom community in the volatile region killing the worshippers and the two...

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Security challenges loom over Buhari’s re-election bid

Muhammadu Buhari’s pledge to end Boko Haram’s Islamist insurgency in northeast Nigeria played a large part in his 2015 presidential election victory. With elections approaching next year and Buhari, 75, having declared his intention to seek a second, four-year term, the extent to which he has done...

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'Untouchable' Wenger to end 22-year Arsenal stay

Arsenal great Thierry Henry hailed Arsene Wenger's legacy as "untouchable" despite struggles in recent years as the manager announced Friday he was stepping down after 22 years at the helm of the Premier League club. The 68-year-old arrived at Arsenal in 1996 a relative unknown but leaves widely hailed as the greatest...

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Democrats sue Trump campaign, Russia for alleged conspiracy

AFP/File / Olivier Douliery The Democratic Party lawsuit notably targets Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and numerous campaign officials The Democratic Party filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that Russia, WikiLeaks and top officials from Donald Trump's campaign conspired to tilt the...

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Imo State Governor impose levy on all Imo Adults

Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, has instructed traditional rulers in the state to tax at least 2,000 'leviable adults' in their communities the sum of N3,000 as payment of Autonomous Community Adult Development levy. In the letter dated, April 3, 2018, the governor directed all recognised Autonomous Communities in Imo state to pay the Minimum Adult Development Levy of N6 million. According to the letter, any traditional ruler...

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Super Eagles offered $24 million for World Cup win

The president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has said that the Super Eagles players stand the chance of pocketing 24 million dollars if they play in the final of the 2018 World Cup. The World Cup will hold from June 14 to July 15 in Russia. Mr Pinnick told journalists in...

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Syria Probe Mission on Hold Amid Security Fears

AFP / STRINGER The former rebel Syrian town of Douma on the outskirts of Damascus is seen on April 17, 2018 after the Syrian army declared that all anti-regime forces have left Eastern Ghouta The world's chemical arms watchdog froze its probe into an alleged chemical attack near Damascus Wednesday, demanding "unhindered...

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Britain urges Nigeria, others to legalise same-sex marriage

British Prime Minister Theresa May has called for same-sex marriage in Nigeria and all other countries within the Commonwealth. Speaking at the first joint forum of Commonwealth Head of Government Meetings in Westminster on Tuesday, the prime minister said there should be no laws criminalising same-sex...

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China to offer visa-free travel to its own ‘Hawaii’

China unveiled plans Wednesday to permit visa-free travel to its southern island of Hainan, as Beijing pushes international tourism to the tropical destination in another step to open up the region. The new policy will start in May and allow travellers from 59 countries to visit Hainan for 30 days...

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“Right thinking Nigerians” confirm they now enjoy better electricity than in the past – Fashola

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says electricity supply in Nigeria has improved tremendously. He disclosed this at the April 2018 edition of the monthly power sector operators meeting in Umuahia, Abia State. He added that ‘right thinking’ Nigerians have revealed to him that they now spend less amount of money to power their alternative source of electricity. Fashola said: “We are on a journey to a destination...

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U.S. Journalists say found no evidence of chemical attack during visit to Syria’s Duma

Reporters from the One America News Network have visited the Syrian town of Duma, located in Damascus’ suburbs, where, according to the U.S. and its allies, a chemical attack took place on April 7, and found no evidence that could prove these claims. The situation around Syria escalated in recent months...

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Trump alleges ex-FBI chief Comey committed 'many crimes'

Donald Trump says that fired FBI director James Comey, whose new memoir portrays the US president as morally unfit for the office, is guilty of 'major crimes' Donald Trump fired back Monday at James Comey, saying he is guilty of "many crimes," as the former FBI director opened a book tour with an interview in which he...

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Aguero relieved to avoid last day title drama

Aguero has scored 30 goals in all competitions this season Manchester City's latest Premier League triumph lacked the drama of Sergio Aguero's winner with virtually the last kick of the season in 2012, but the Argentine is relieved to have won the title with five games to spare.   City also claimed the title on the final day of the...

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Buffon should watch his mouth, says Italian ref chief

  Italian referees' chief Marcello Nicchi said Monday that Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon should think before lashing out at officials as he did during last week's Champions League defeat by Real Madrid. Buffon was sent off for dissent by English referee Michael Oliver after he awarded Real Madrid a stoppage-time...

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Israel frees 207 African migrants from prison

Israel on Sunday freed 207 African migrants from prison following a supreme court ruling after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu controversially reversed a deal with the UN refugee agency on the detainees’ fate. After an operation lasting several hours a spokeswoman for the immigration authority told...

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Soldiers unleash violence on anti-Gnassingbe protesters as ECOWAS leaders meet to resolve Togo crisis

Togo’s opposition on Saturday said security forces fired teargas to prevent anti-government protests, as West African heads of state met to try to revive stalled talks to end the months-long political crisis. “Some members of the security forces positioned themselves just at the entrance to the place...

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South Africans mourn Winnie Mandela in a massive funeral laced with tension

  Family and officials gather at Soweto's Orlando stadium for the funeral service of anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in Soweto, South Africa, on Saturday.   Soweto, South Africa (CNN)South Africans gathered Saturday to bid farewell to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, an anti-apartheid icon hailed as the mother of a nation and a political...

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Syrian army declares Ghouta rebel enclave fully retaken

SANA/AFP / STRINGER A handout picture released by Syria's official news agency SANA shows people walking down a street in Eastern Ghouta's main town of Douma after Syrian government forces entered the last area of the rebel bastion The Syrian army on Saturday declared that all anti-regime forces had left Eastern...

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