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CHARLYBOY RETURNS TO MUSIC, COLLABORATES WITH FALZ
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Foremost Nigerian showbiz maestro and activist, Charles Oputa, a.k.a Charlyboy, is set to release a hit single featuring ace singer and rapper Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz.

The 68-year-old grand-father, who released his debut high-life album over three decades ago, hinted on the ‘collabo’ in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.

The “Nwata Miss” crooner said he has decided to work with Falz because of his philosophical style of music that addresses leadership issues and societal ills.
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https://247ureports.com/2019/08/charlyboy-returns-to-music-collaborates-with-falz/

BREAKING NEWS: DSS FREES EL ZAKZAKY
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Against the rising tensions in the country over the continued illegal detention of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria [IMN], El Zakzaky, the Department of Security Services [DSS] has bungled undr pressure to free the the Islamic cleric following a court ruling in Kaduna State today.
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https://247ureports.com/2019/08/breaking-news-dss-frees-el-zakzaky/

SOWORE ARRESTED BY DSS
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Information reaching 247ureports.com indicates that the Convener of RevolutionNow protest, publisher of SaharaReporters and Presidential aspirant of AAC at the 2019 elections Mr. Omoyele Sowore has just been arrested by Nigeria’s secret police the Department of Security Services [DSS]. The arrest occurred shortly after midnight on Saturday.

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https://247ureports.com/2019/08/sowore-arrested-by-dss/

TRIBUNAL ORDERS KANO CP TO TENDER GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION DOCUMENTS
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Justice Halima Shamaki, the Chairman of Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday ordered the Nigeria Police Force to tender the March 23 governorship election results before the tribunal.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PDP gubernatorial candidate Abba Yusuf and his party are challenging the declaration of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, of All Progressive Congress (APC) as the winner of March 23 election.

Justice Shamaki ordered the Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Iliyasu, to produce the documents demanded by the petitioners on Aug. 5.
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Source: https://247ureports.com/2019/08/tribunal-orders-kano-cp-to-tender-governorship-election-documents/

DSS LOCKS UP OSHIOMHOLE’S OFFICE AMIDST NEW BRIBERY SCANDAL
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The trouble has already resulted to locking-up the main office of the vocal APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, by the officials of the secret police since Monday this week.

247ureports.com reliably gathered from a senior member of the party who is a staff at the party house that about five DSS officials stormed the APC national secretariat on Monday and move straight to the main office of Oshiomhole but met his absence, thereby leading to padlocking of the office.
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Source: https://247ureports.com/2019/07/dss-locks-up-oshiomholes-office-amidst-new-bribery-scandal/

“RUGA WAS A HOAX. TINUBU WILL NEVER RULE NIGERIA” – PRESIDENT, AREWA YOUTH CONGRESS, AFIYO
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Comrade Eliot Afiyo is a man of many caps. He is a senior pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God. He leads the Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) as its national chairman. He is the President of Arewa Youths Congress of Nigeria and the Secretary General, Association of West Africa Monarchs. He spoke on the controversy encapsulating the Ruga project – pointing to the project as a ploy by corrupt and desperate politicians to hoodwink Nigerians and President Buhari. He also spoke on the politics of 2023. He predicts APC will win in 2023. He gave his reasons. He also does not see Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ever becoming Nigeria’s president.

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https://247ureports.com/2019/07/indebt-interview-ruga-was-a-hoax-tinubu-will-never-rule-nigeria-arewa-youth-leader-afiyo/

BAUCHI GOV TAKES NEW WIFE FROM LEBANON
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Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has got married to a new bride believed to be a Lebanese national living in Nigeria.

Disclosing in his Facebook page on Friday, Ladan Salihu, who is a spokesman to the governor, said the wedding...
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Source: https://247ureports.com/2019/07/bauchi-gov-takes-new-wife-from-lebanon/

ANAMBRA APC ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO NATIONAL APC
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The first salvo was thrown by a former member of the Federal House of Representatives, Chief Fort Dike who represented Ihiala. He lamented that he would have spoken with the VP and other leaders in his entourage in audience so that they hear it first hand and direct.

He was sharp and direct- “our members are hungry, angry and ashamed at the way we are being treated in Anambra state as members of APC. This is the first time since I joined politics in 1979 that members of the ruling party would be so relegated.

According to him, “party democracy is never run by gangs, cliques or cabals.” He was consequently carried shoulder high as the audience went into an uncontrollable applause, for apparently speaking the minds of all.
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https://247ureports.com/2019/07/anambra-apc-issues-ultimatum-to-national-apc/

APC IS SET TO LOSE KOGI – BY BENSON OJODALE ADUKU
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Even before the ballot for the November 2019 gubernatorial election is cast, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is already on its way to losing Kogi state.

One would think the APC have learned their lessons from the mistakes they made in Zamfara and Rivers that cost them dearly in those states, but it appears they are set on repeating them in Kogi state as they continue to turn away from decisively stemming the crisis that has been brimming since the fateful general elections in 2015 that saw one candidate win the gubernatorial election but another take over his victory; a development that led to cracks that continues to cause frictions within Kogi APC, especially now that the primaries and main election are just months away.
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https://247ureports.com/2019/07/apc-is-set-to-lose-kogi-by-benson-ojodale-aduku/

HOW ABIA POLY RECTOR DEFRAUDED TETFUND OF MILLIONS
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A fraud of unimaginable proportion has been discovered at the Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, as the Rector of the institution, Prof. Ezionye Eboh and his management team have converted books donated to the Polytechnic and presented them as procured with TETFUND intervention.

The books donated to the institution by ‘Books for Africa’ (BFA) and Sir Emeka Offor Foundation in 2012 were defaced, mutilated and presented as books sponsored by Tetfund intervention 2014/2015.
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https://247ureports.com/2019/07/how-abia-poly-rector-defrauded-tetfund/

YORUBA YOUTH GROUP GIVES BUHARI 14 DAYS ULTIMATUM
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We are also by this letter warning all Yoruba leaders hobnobbing with this devilish government and their agents to desist as they will not be able to withstand the tsunami that is coming. It will sweep them and their children. The Yoruba youths are fed up and we have decided to take our destiny in our hands.
We are aware that your government controls the security apparatus in the Nigeria state and that you are capable of declaring pyton-dance, or crocodile tears or whatever. But be aware that we are fully prepared for whatever you decide to do.
*Our Message is simple, Fulani Herdsmen just leave our land within 14 days, or else, we will start defending ourselves*
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https://247ureports.com/2019/07/yoruba-youth-group-gives-buhari-14-days-ultimatum/

BREAKING NEWS: OBASANJO WRITES PMB OPEN LETTER
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Dear President and General Buhari,

I am constrained to write to you this open letter. I decided to make it an open letter because the issue is very weighty and must be greatly worrisome to all concerned Nigerians and that means all right-thinking Nigerians and those resident in Nigeria. Since the issue is of momentous concern to all well-meaning and all right-thinking Nigerians, it must be of great concern to you, and collective thinking and dialoguing is the best way of finding an appropriate and adequate solution to the problem....
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https://247ureports.com/2019/07/breaking-news-obasanjo-writes-pmb-open-letter/

ROHR SAYS EAGLES LOST TO A BETTER TEAM
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“Unfortunately, we conceded a goal in the last minute. I think the players wanted to go to extra-time believing that perhaps Algeria will get tired and we could win the match in extra time

“It was a wonderful game. We lost it, so we are not happy. Congrats to the winners. They were the better team in the first half.
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https://247ureports.com/2019/07/rohr-says-eagles-lost-to-a-better-team/

BURATAI RESHUFFLES ARMY
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai has approved new postings and appointments for officers of the Nigerian Army.A statement by Col. Sagir Musa, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, on Sunday in Abuja, said the new postings was a routine exercise to reinvigorate the system.
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https://247ureports.com/2019/07/buratai-reshuffles-army/

FASORANTI’S DAUGHTER: NIGERIA MAY DESCEND INTO ANARCHY, WARNS OHANAEZE
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo warns that this latest murder is capable of throwing our country into uncontrollable break down of law and order. The hasty conclusion by the Federal Government that she was killed by armed robbers and not the suspected herdsmen who are known to have laid siege on all parts of the country perpetrating acts of banditry and killings further exacerbates the already tense situation.
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Source: http://247ureports.com/2019/07/fasorantis-daughter-nigeria-may-descend-into-anarchy-warns-ohanaeze/

OBASEKI DROPS 8 COMMISSIONERS, NOMINATES 6 REPLACEMENTS, APPOINTS 5 SPECIAL ADVISERS
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Wednesday announced a major shakeup in his cabinet, dropping eight commissioners in the reshuffle.

This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Osarodion Ogie.

The statement also announced the nomination of six persons for appointment as commissioners and the appointment of five Special Advisers.

The state said: “The Edo State Government has approved the reshuffle of the State Executive Council (EXCO), with the Commissioners named below relieved of their appointments with effect from the date of this announcement.”
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http://247ureports.com/2019/07/obaseki-drops-8-commissioners-nominates-6-replacements-appoints-5-special-advisers/

SENATOR ABBO ELISHA IS AN HIV CARRIER
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Findings have revealed Senator Elisha Abbo who assaulted woman in Abuja shop is an HIV Positive carrier.

The information is already in the Wikipedia.

He was addressed in the Wikipedia as violent Senator.
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http://247ureports.com/2019/07/senator-abbo-elisha-is-an-hiv-carrier/

BREAKING NEWS: REPS EXCHANGE BLOWS OVER COMPOSITION OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
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The normal proceedings at the House of Representatives was stalled on Wednesday over the composition o principal officers of minority parties.

The opposition parties mainly the PDP protested and moved towards the high table as the Speaker Hon Femi Gbajabiamila was about reading the names.
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http://247ureports.com/2019/07/breaking-news-reps-exchange-blows-over-composition-of-principal-officers/

MOB SETS POLICE STATION ABLAZE OVER ALLEGED KILLING OF YOUTH IN IMO COMMUNITY
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Angry youths in Umuoke Obowo in Imo have set the police station in the town ablaze, following alleged killing of a young man in the community by a policeman.

The youths went on rampage, following the killing of one Ikenna Ogbunigwe by a police officer in the town on Monday. They burnt down the police station.

Ogbunigwe, a native of Umuoke, Obowo in the Obowo Local Government Area of the state was confirmed dead at the Mercy Hospital in Umuoke after he was rushed to the hospital by some youths.
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http://247ureports.com/2019/07/mob-sets-police-station-ablaze-over-alleged-killing-of-youth-in-imo-community/

NO ‘RUGA’ IN SOUTH-EAST, SOUTH-SOUTH, SAYS GOV. UMAHI
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Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi says that there is no plan to establish Ruga settlement in any part of the South-East and South-South zones of Nigeria.

Umahi disclosed this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Emma Uzor, in Abakaliki on Sunday.

Umahi, chairman of the South-East Governors Forum’s reaction followed controversies and insinuations trailing Federal Government’s alleged plan for establishment of Ruga settlements in some states.
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http://247ureports.com/2019/06/no-ruga-in-south-east-south-south-says-gov-umahi/

EVERY NIGERIAN IN KANO IS AN INDIGENE, DECLARES EMIR OF KANO
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The Emir of Kano, His Highness, Muhammad Sanusi 11 on Sunday declared that there is nothing like non-indigeneship in Kano, insisting that everybody residing in the ancient commercial city remain a bonafide indigene irrespective of ethnic, cultural and religious background.

The Emir who spoke during the 10th anniversary/Ofala 2019 festival of Eze Ndigbo Kano, His Royal Highness, Chief (Dr.) Boniface Ibekwe, held at Ado Bayero Square, Sabon Gary, noted that, “the wealth and prosperity of Kano is based on its ability as a cosmopolitan city.
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http://247ureports.com/2019/06/every-nigerian-in-kano-is-an-indigene-declares-emir-of-kano/

BREAKING NEWS: ATIKU FILES N2.5BN LIBEL SUIT AGAINST BUHARI’S AIDE, LAURETTA ONOCHIE
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A former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has carried out his threat to sue President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, for her alleged libellous tweet via her Twitter handle on May 7, 2019.

The post allegedly suggested that Atiku was on the watch list of security operatives in the United Arab Emirates and had travelled to shop for terrorists in the Middle East.

Atiku, through his lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), filed a N2.5bn suit against Onochie before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on June 26.
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http://247ureports.com/2019/06/breaking-news-atiku-files-n2-5bn-libel-suit-against-buharis-aide-lauretta-onochie/

BREAKING NEWS: MASKED DSS OFFICIALS, POLICE, ARMY SURROUND COZA
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Operatives of the Department of State Services wearing hooded masks, the Nigerian Army, the Nigeria Police Force and officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have surrounded the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly in Guzape, Abuja, The PUNCH can report.

Our correspondent, who is currently at the scene, observed at least 50 security operatives with patrol vehicles on either side of the road on Nasir el-Rufai crescent where the church is located.

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http://247ureports.com/2019/06/breaking-news-masked-dss-officials-police-army-surround-coza/

EKITI BOILS AS FULANI HERDSMEN KILL HUNTER
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There was a massive demonstration in Orin-Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State on Saturday when residents of the community trooped out to protest the killing of a hunter by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

The hunter, Emmanuel Ilori was said to have been killed at the midnight while hunting for animals with some of his colleagues.

This gory incident occurred barely 48hrs after a female undergraduate identified as Maria was killed in her father’s farm in Ise-Ekiti by unknown gunmen.
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http://247ureports.com/2019/06/ekiti-boils-as-fulani-herdsmen-kill-hunter/

FULANI HERDSMEN CAUGHT LIVING INSIDE FORESTS OF NANKA/AWGBU, ANAMBRA STATE
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When 247ureports.com paid a visit to the farmland, a young Fulani grazer was seen with fifty [50] cows and cattles moving across active farmlands. The young Fulani grazer – estimated age of 15years – told our correspondent that he was with his family and that he was born in Awgbu [a community in Orumba North LGA in south senatorial district of Anambra]. He then pointed towards the direction of Amaokpala and has his elder brother had taken other cows towards that direction. He excused himself and move his cows quickly towards the direction.
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http://247ureports.com/2017/01/fulani-herdsmen-invades-farmlands-in-old-aguata-anambra/

ROHR TO SHUFFLE SUPER EAGLES FOR MADAGASCAR
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Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr pledged to ring the changes for his team’s final Africa Cup of Nations group game against surprise package Madagascar to stoke competition in the squad.

The Super Eagles are guaranteed a place in the last 16 but need a point on Sunday in Alexandria to secure top spot in Group B and set up a meeting with a third-place finisher in the next round.

Nigeria will play against Madagascar at...
http://247ureports.com/2019/06/rohr-to-shuffle-super-eagles-for-madagascar/

BREAKING NEWS: PANIC AS TRIBUNAL CONSIDERS VOTE RECOUNT OF GOVERNORSHIP, SENATORIAL AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN KADUNA
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The informant indicated the Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasiru El Rufai may be aware of the likelihood of the unfolding ruling, as a result, have become panicked, and have made frantic efforts to reach out to the INEC electoral officers. Our sources however reveals that all attempts to ‘reach out’ to the INEC officers failed to yield expected results.
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http://247ureports.com/2019/06/breaking-news-panic-as-tribunal-considers-vote-recount-of-governorship-senatorial-and-presidential-elections-in-kaduna/

BREAKING NEWS: IRAN EXECUTES ‘DEFENCE MINISTRY CONTRACTOR’ OVER SPYING FOR CIA
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Iran has executed a “defence ministry contractor” convicted of spying for the CIA, semi-official news agency ISNA reported Saturday.

“The execution sentence was carried out for Jalal Haji Zavar, a contractor for the defence ministry’s aerospace organisation who spied for the CIA and the American government,” ISNA reported, quoting the Iranian military.
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http://247ureports.com/2019/06/breaking-news-iran-executes-defence-ministry-contractor-over-spying-for-cia/

“I DARE MIYETTI TO CREATE FULANI VIGILANTE IN SOUTH EAST” – NNAMDI KANU
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I condemn in totality, both in letter and spirit the underhand agreement between South East Governors and Fulani terrorists that led to the idiotic call by Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), the fouth most deadly terror group in the world, for the establishment of Fulani terrorist vigilante groups in Igboland Biafra.

Without much ado, I wish to state as follows:
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http://247ureports.com/2019/06/i-dare-miyetti-to-create-fulani-vigilante-in-south-east-nnamdi-kanu/

BUHARI WAS ‘UNWILLING’ TO CONTEST FOR SECOND TERM – PRESIDENCY SOURCE
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Almost exactly two months before the April 9, 2018 public declaration that he will contest for second term in office, in February 2018, President Buhari informed a few of his close associates of what he was pondering. He informed a close circle of friends that included the Governor of Kaduna, Nasiru El Rufai, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Mamman Daura, Billionaire Mangal, some security top personnel among others - of the likelihood of his stepping down from the office.
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Source: http://247ureports.com/2019/06/buhari-was-unwillingly-to-contest-for-second-term-presidency-source/

TRUMP APPROVED MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRAN — BUT PULLED BACK THURSDAY NIGHT: NEW YORK TIMES
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Even as the military machinery cranked up to launch an attack on Iran on his orders in response to the shooting down of an unmanned American spy drone, Mr. Trump called it off, opting for restraint over retaliation, at least for now. The argument may not be over. Administration officials would not divulge many details of the discussion. But no one doubted this could be a defining juncture in Mr. Trump’s presidency.
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Source: http://247ureports.com/2019/06/trump-approved-military-strikes-against-iran-but-pulled-back-thursday-night-new-york-times/