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Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's elder brother, Mr Philip Mnangagwa (84), has died. Family spokesperson Mr Patrick Mnangagwa said Mr Mnangagwa died on Tuesday after a long illness at his home in Shurugwi.

"The Mnangagwa family wishes to announce the death of Mr Philip Mnangagwa, who had become the second eldest boy in the larger Mnangagwa family. Philip was born on August 23, 1932 in Zvishavane and passed away on the same day in 2016 (at 84), after a long illness," he said.

"Philip was politically active in supporting the liberation struggle while he was a teacher in Zimbabwe as well as in Zambia. He remained active until he became ill. He was resettled during the land reform programme at Mavhu-Mashava area of Shurugwi just after Gwenhoro Dam from Gweru."

Mr Mnangagwa is survived by wife Margret, seven children - four sons and three daughters - 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Mourners are gathered at Plot Number 50, Mavhu-Mashava resettlement area in Shurugwi.

He is expected to be buried tomorrow (Friday) at 10am at Mavhu-Mashava.

SOURCE: http://www.petmaxflame.com/2016/08/zimbabwe-vps-brother-dies.html
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Jennifer Lawrence retains her spot atop the money pile for the second year running with $46million followed by Melissa McCarthy with $33million while Scarlet Johansen comes in third with $25million.

Bollywood star, Deepika Padukone rounds up the top ten with $10million.

The figures cover from June 1, 2015 to June 1 of this year, before fees and taxes.

Full list below:
1. Jennifer Lawrence, $46 million
2. Melissa McCarthy, $33 million
3. Scarlett Johansson, $25 million
4. Jennifer Aniston, $21 million
5. Fan Bingbing, $17 million
6. Charlize Theron, $16.5 million
7. Amy Adams, $13.5 million
8. Julia Roberts, $12 million
9. Mila Kunis, $11 million
10. Deepika Padukone, $10 million

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North Korea has fired another ballistic missile from a submarine off its east coast.

US officials say the KN-11 missile was launched from waters near Sinpo and flew about 500 kilometres before falling into the Sea of Japan.

The US State Department condemned the recent missile launch by the North Korea and vowed to raise concerns at the UN

The South’s military said it “seemed to be aimed at raising military tension in response to the Seoul-Washington military drill”, BBC reports.

It said it would “sternly and strongly respond to any provocation by North Korea”.

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The Football Association has charged Burnley striker Andre Gray with misconduct in relation to comments he made on social media in 2012.

The charge concerns offensive tweets Gray sent when he was playing for non-league Hinckley United, which resurfaced in the aftermath of his debut Premier League goal against Liverpool on Saturday.

The 25-year-old subsequently released a statement in which he offered an “unreserved apology” to anyone offended by the Twitter posts and said that he was a different person now, one who did not “hold the beliefs written in those tweets whatsoever”.

The FA released a statement on Wednesday which read:
“Burnley’s Andre Gray has been charged with misconduct in respect of social media comments made between 9 January 2012 and 11 March 2012.

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Turkey has begun attacking Islamic state (IS) targets, in Northern Syria amid reports that Syrian rebels are also set to launch an offensive against the group.

Artillery positioned inside Turkey, fired on ISIS as well as Kurdish militia targets in the towns of Jarablus and Manbij.

The attack follows from the blast which occurred on Saturday at a Kurdish wedding in the Northern area of Gaziantep, killing at least 50 people and leaving many injured.

Some 1,500 Turkish-backed Syrian rebels, are thought to be in the Turkish town of Gaziantep waiting to attack.

Analysts say the imminent offensive may have spurred the suicide bombing believed to have been carried out by Isis.

However, Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says, the identity of the bomber, initially thought to be a child, has not yet been established.

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Arsenal are reportedly lining up an offer for another Algerian winger, Yacine Brahimi after failure to sign co-teammate, Riyad Mahrez.

Having failed to bring Riayd Mahrez to the Emirates stadium, Arsene Wenger is said to be keen on a transfer for FC Porto winger, Yacine Brahimi in order to bolster his attacking options.

Yacine Brahimi who is a fan favourite at the Portuguese club may hope to move his career a bit on upward as joining the North London club in the Premier league might give him more exposure as a player.

Arsenal hopes of luring Riyad Mahrez to the Emirates Stadium was squashed after the 2016 PFA Player of the year signed a new five-year contract with Leicester city. All attentions are now towards Brahimi was left out of Porto’s Champions League qualifier mid-week as transfer talks are reportedly on going for the winger.

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Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and surprise package Hull City maintained their 100 percent records in the Premier League this weekend, but champions Leicester City and Arsenal remain winless.

Here are the five things we learnt:

1) Paul Pogba made his second Manchester United debut in Friday’s 2-0 win over Southampton following his world-record 89 million pounds (105 million euros, $116 million) return from Juventus, catching the eye with his purposeful running and shooting. With the rangy Pogba, the gangly Marouane Fellaini, the strapping Eric Bailly and towering striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic — who scored twice — also in the starting XI, United look a more physically imposing team than they have for some time. United no longer instil dread in their opponents as they did under legendary former manager Alex Ferguson, but they look ready to go toe-to-toe with anyone under Jose Mourinho.

2) Chelsea’s Costa is back to his best/worst Chelsea have won both their opening league games 2-1. On both occasions, Diego Costa scored a late winner. On both occasions, he was fortunate to still be on the pitch at the time. Against West Ham United, he netted an 89th-minute winner after avoiding a second booking for a wild lunge on goalkeeper Adrian. At Watford on Saturday, he was booked for dissent — as he had been against West Ham — before escaping punishment for an apparent dive on the edge of the hosts’ box. With three minutes remaining he raced onto Cesc Fabregas’s through ball and tucked the winner past Watford goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes. Costa’s 20 goals inspired Chelsea to the title in 2015. He looked a shadow of himself last season, but if Chelsea are to mount a sustained title challenge in 2016-17, new manager Antonio Conte will hope the troublesome Spain international continues to play on the edge.

3) Stoke no longer provide England’s acid test When Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona were weaving their dazzling patterns across the top-flight playing fields of Spain in the latter part of the last decade, a common refrain in England was: “Yes, but could they do it on a wet, windy afternoon in Stoke?” Guardiola took his Manchester City team to Stoke City’s newly renamed Bet365 Stadium at the weekend and the weather was appropriately unpleasant. But with Stoke manager Mark Hughes trying to introduce a more expansive playing style, the Potters are no longer the fearsome prospect they were under former manager Tony Pulis. They proved no match for Guardiola’s men as Sergio Aguero and new recruit Nolito each scored twice in a one-sided 4-1 victory.

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The top three highest-paid Premier League footballers in the 2016/17 season have been revealed.

As it appears, Manchester United now have one of the highest wage bills in the league with 3 of their star players topping the list.

The salaries may be eye-watering, but it’s worth remembering that the Premier League is the most watched football league in the world, and club income is accordingly huge.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic wants to conquer the English Premier League. The 34-year-old Sweden, who had interest from MLS, reunited with former boss and fellow iconic ego Jose Mourinho at Manchester United.

The striker signed a one-year contract worth approximately £250k+ per week.

Salary Per Week: £250,000+
Annually: £13.1m

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney was formerly the highest-paid Premier League player before the start of the new season. The Manchester United captain has scored 178 goals for United since joining them in 2004.

Salary Per Week: £260,000
Annually: £13.5m


Paul Pogba

Paul Pogba’s £290,000-a-week wages make him the highest-paid player in the Premier League ahead of Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Just four years after the club declined to pay him £65,000 a week, Pogba is now paid more than four times that amount to surpass Wayne Rooney as the Premier League’s highest earner.

Back in 2012, United were alarmed by the demands that Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola was making on behalf of a youngster who had made only seven first-team appearances, all as substitute. Now the story is different.

Salary Per Week: £290,000
Annually: £15.33m

SOURCE: http://www.petmaxflame.com/2016/08/top-3-highest-paid-premier-league.html

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is starting to make good on his promise to create a supercharged charity organization.

In December of last year, Zuckerberg moved some of his Facebook shares to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a for-profit corporation whose mission is to "advance human potential and promote equality for all children in the next generation."

But this week, those Facebook shares actually turned into cash.

The charity group made $95 million by selling 767,905 shares on Wednesday and Thursday, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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The rapper/designer has 21 pop up stores launching around the world Friday selling "The Life of Pablo" merchandise named after his latest album.

According to Vogue, the gear will include t-shirts and hoodies with the name of each city where the temporary stores will be open through the weekend.

If other countries are any example, crowds should be expected to hit the pop up shops with a vengeance.

In Melbourne, Australia hundreds of people stretched in a line around the block waiting to get their hands on the fashions. Kanye's clothes have writings done in Gothic font by the artist Cali Thornhill.

One Instagram photo from Melbourne showed the front of the line at the store with a caption that read "Ben Ye, 19, has waited all night to get his hands on some Pablo gear. He's a big Kanye fan, too."

More than 50 people slept outside overnight in Sydney, Australia to get their hands on some of the clothing, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

The rules at the Sydney store are that only a trio customers are allowed at a time, no touching of the merchandise and a maximum of items can be purchased.

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Magarini residents are living in fear of attacks by wild animals after a lion killed a 10-year-old girl at Kulesa village, Kilifi County, Kenya on Tuesday night.

The incident is said to have happened at around 3a.m when Winnie Makupe was sleeping in their grass-thatched house together with her family.

"We were awoken by screams after a lion sneaked into our house and grabbed Makupe with its jaws and ran into the thick bush," narrated the victims' grandfather Katana Karisa outside Malindi hospital mortuary.

Mr Karisa said efforts to rescue her were futile as the hungry lion could recharge and chase them.

"Neighbours, who heard the screams, joined us while armed with pangas, bows and arrows," he said adding that "but by this time, the lion had already vanished into the bushes and screams of our dear one had also diminished."

The search for the girl in the hope of finding her alive was later joined by police and Kenya Wildlife Service officers.

"We found a traumatising scene of the girls' remains a kilometre away from the home at around 11am," he said.

Earlier, Mtoroni residents also rescued a 14-year-old school boy Kelvin Mbingwa from a lion that attacked him in broad daylight.

Area ward representative Stanley Kenga called for government intervention in order to end human-wildlife conflict.

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Dream Team VI have failed to qualify for the Rio Olympics finals as they lost 2 – 0 to Germany on Wednesday night.

The Germans got the winning edge over the Nigerians with an early goal from Lukas Klostermann.

Efforts by Coach Samson Siasia’s boys to level the score were unsuccessful as the first half ended 1 – 0.

The Nigerians seemed more prepared to fight for the finals ticket in the second half as they came out stronger than they were earlier.

However, Germany’s Nils Petersen truncated the hope of the Dream Team with his 89th minute goal.

The Germans would contend for the championship title with host country, Brazil who beat Honduras 6 – 0.

SOURCE: http://www.petmaxflame.com/2016/08/rio-olympic-germany-thwart-nigerias.html

Mark Zuckerberg has led Facebook to become one of the most valuable and respected companies in the world. But despite all of his successes, he rarely talks about the challenges he's faced along the way.

In a new interview with Y Combinator president Sam Altman, published on Tuesday, Zuckerberg showed a more vulnerable side when he discussed some of the low points in Facebook's early history, as well as some of his failings.

"One of the hardest parts for me was when Yahoo offered to buy the company for a lot of money," Zuckerberg said. "That was the turning point in the company."

That was 2006. Facebook was about 2-years-old and had 10 million users. Yahoo wanted the company for $1 billion.

Although a lot of people believed Facebook should take the offer, Zuckerberg said he and co-founder Dustin Moskovitz ultimately decided to keep growing the business on their own terms.

"The part that was painful wasn't turning down the offer," he said. "It was the fact that after that, huge amounts of the company quit because they didn't believe in what we were doing."

Facebook's whole management team was gone within a year.

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U.S Republican Presidential nominee, Donald Trump, says that he will enforce an “extreme vetting” of immigrants if he is voted to the White House.

In a speech in Ohio, Mr Trump outlined his plans to combat Islamic extremism, including a new screening test for arrivals to the United States.

He says applicants will be tested to determine if they share western liberal values and religious tolerance.

Trump also said that in implementing his call for a temporary ban on Muslims immigrating to the country, he would institute “extreme vetting” as well as a new screening test to try to catch people who intend to do harm to the United States.

He has also called for the shutting down of access to the internet and social media for those aligned with Islamic State, which holds territory in Syria and Iraq.

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Berkshire Hathway, the conglomerate run by Buffett, disclosed in a regulatory filing on Monday that it had 15.2 million shares of Apple as of the end of June, or just under $1.5 billion worth.

That marks a 55% increase from the 9.8 million shares Berkshire had in the first quarter.

Berkshire first disclosed purchasing $1 billion worth of Apple stock in a May filing. The timing could not have been worse: Apple stock slumped in the June quarter on concerns about the company facing year-over-year iPhone sales declines.

But Apple stock has since rebounded from the low $90-range in May to a closing price of $109 on Monday.

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The Federal Government has begun implementation of the 2.5 million Dollars World Bank, assisted 3rd National Urban Water Sector Reform Project in Makurdi, Benue State.

The acting National Coordinator, Mr Fasoye Adewale, disclosed this at a meeting with Governor Samuel Ortom when he visited him at the Government House to extract political commitment from the state government for the project.

Governor Ortom and the General Manager of the Benue State Water Board, Mr Mike Zdungu, pledge their political and administrative support to see the project through, after 5.2 billion Naira was committed to the water project, by previous administrations, without adequate supply to the metropolis.

At the end of the meeting, officials spoke on evolving a sustainable water policy that will guarantee success, as the Federal Government seeks improvement of water sanitation in the state.

Apart from the seasonal flooding caused by heavy down pour and the rising water level, the River Benue serves a very useful purpose like marine training for the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineering, local mining of building sand and fishing by the local Jukun tribes.

Other useful purpose of the massive River Benue, is the purification and treatment of the unclean water for domestic use for residents of the state.

Over the years, the challenges of water to the metropolis has been a daunting task. This is why the team from the Federal Ministry of Water Resources have stepped in.

The acting National Coordinator, Mr Fasoye Adewale also present the governor with keys to a Toyota Hilux van donated by the Federal Government to drive the project in Benue state.

SOURCE: http://www.petmaxflame.com/2016/08/fg-world-bank-begin-benue-water-project.html

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it generated N385.7 billion revenue from January to June this year.

This was against the N438.2 billion generated in the same period in 2015.

The NSC Public Relations Officer, Mr Wale Adeniyi, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview on Monday in Abuja.

Adeniyi said that the service generated N197.7 billion from import duties in cash and generated N203 million from import duty in non-cash receipts as Negotiable Duty Credit Certificate (NDCC).

He said that N21.876 billion was generated from excise duty; N910. 995 million from fees; N41. 418 billion from federation account levies and N49. 357 billion from non-federation accounts levies.

Adeniyi said that the service generated N74. 282 billion from Value Added Tax (VAT) during the period.

He said that the decrease of N525.5 million in the revenue generated was due to economic recession.

"Access to foreign exchange and the drastic fall in the value of naira have also affected the service's revenue generation," he said.

The NCS said that the removal of the 41 items from the CBN foreign exchange window affected the revenue generation by the service.

"However, there are positive indications that the economy may bounce back in the last quarter of the year."

"We (customs) are working with Western neighbour of Benin Republic to strengthen our transit trade, particularly with vehicles.

"So, we expect that this will have a positive effect on our service revenue generation in the last quarter."

SOURCE: http://www.petmaxflame.com/2016/08/nigeria-customs-generate-n3857-billion.html

Nigerian-American singer, Jidenna will tour the African continent for a series of exclusive performances, album release parties and the filming of a BBC documentary, which will chronicle his homecoming journey to Nigeria.

Jidenna has signed deals with American record labels Epic Records, together with its African branches - Sony Music West Africa and Sony Music South Africa.

Speaking on the album, Jidenna says “The record as a whole represents all my experiences of the many worlds I’ve lived in and traveled through from Lagos to Los Angeles.”

The singer kicks off his trip to Africa in late August.

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola dropped goalkeeper Joe Hart in favour of Willy Caballero for his opening Premier League game against Sunderland on Saturday.

Guardiola has been linked with German goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who plays for his former club Barcelona, and cast doubt on Hart’s future during a press conference on Friday.

“Joe is a player I’m so happy about his qualities, his behaviour, what he means to this club,” Guardiola said.

“After, we are going to decide inside the doors. Now, he is a player of us.”

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The English Premier League title holders, Leicester City have started the season on a negative note, falling a goal behind to newly promoted team, Hull City.

Hull City forward, Adama Diomande, opened the scoring on the stroke of halftime.

Two minutes into the second half, Riyad Mahrez, last season’s Premier League Football Association’s player of the year, levelled up for Leicester from the penalty spot.

Scottish midfielder, Robert Snodgrass, sealed the game for the home team in the 57th minute after a mistake by Leicester goalkeeper, Kasper Schmeichel.

However, the defending champions fought hard to get an equaliser but to no avail as Hull City claimed the first three points of the 2016/2017 campaign.

READ MORE: http://www.petmaxflame.com/2016/08/newly-promoted-hull-city-shock.html

Six people have died after a small plane crashed into trees at Virginia airport and burst into flames.

Authorities confirmed there were no survivors in the fiery crash after the aircraft struck the treeline at the end of the runway at Shannon Airport near Fredericksburg.

Horrified train passengers witnessed the plane crash on Friday afternoon. They told police the aircraft had immediately burst into flames after it crashed and was completely destroyed.

Police say they will not release the names of the passengers and crew who were killed in the incident until they have notified their next of kin.

But authorities confirmed that all six people had been from out of state.

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Lionel Messi has confirmed in a statement his intention to return to the Argentina national team for “love” of his country, despite earlier vowing to retire in frustration, he said on Friday..

The 29-year-old Barcelona star made the decision to retire from international football after another heartbreaking loss in the final of the 2016 Copa America.

His earlier vow to quit had dismayed Argentina’s demanding football fans, many of whom held street rallies and posted online messages begging him not to go.

Having spoken with new Argentine boss Edgardo Bauza, Messi has now made the decision to represent his country once again.

"I see there are lots of problems in Argentine football and I do not want to create another," he explained through a statement released on Friday.

"I do not want to cause any harm, I have always tried to do the opposite and help wherever I could.

"We have to fix a lot of things in Argentine football, but I'd rather do that from the inside and not criticising from the outside."

READ MORE: http://www.petmaxflame.com/2016/08/messi-returns-to-argentina-after-nearly.html

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Twenty-three Egyptian workers kidnapped in Libya were freed and returned to their country on Friday, Egyptian state television reported.

One of the freed Egyptians told state television they had been kidnapped by people demanding ransom, in an interview at a border crossing between the neighbouring North African countries.

State television reported they were freed by "Libyan special forces in coordination with the Egyptian general intelligence service".

It aired footage of the workers arriving at the border crossing, waving Egyptian flags and prostrating themselves to God in gratitude.

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The Football Association has revealed Paul Pogba is suspended for Manchester United’s opening Premier League game of the season against Bournemouth on Sunday.

The midfielder joined United from Juventus for £89m in the early hours of Tuesday morning and there had been speculation he could make his debut against the Cherries despite taking a holiday in the United States following France’s Euro 2016 final defeat to Portugal and only starting pre-season training this week.

However, his name has appeared on a list of four players tweeted out by the FA as suspended for this weekend’s fixtures, including his United team-mate Chris Smalling.

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Vector's G.R.A.P Music signs first artiste to record label - a rapper who goes by the name AO

Originally from Anambra State, the rap act was born and raised in Lagos till he left for the U.S. where he lived for 15 years and then returned to Nigeria about 4 years ago.

The rapper has been buzzing in the underground scene for a while, dropping a mixtape along the way.

AO has performed with Vector at the most recent Headies 2015 Awards and is gearing up soon to drop his official debut single ‘Walahi Walahi’ which features Jesse Jagz and Vector.

SOURCE: http://www.petmaxflame.com/2016/08/vector-signs-first-artist-to-record.html

Donald Trump on Wednesday, accused President Barack Obama of founding the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group, ISIS. The Republican candidate emphasized the president's full legal name: Barack Hussein Obama, in the latest attack on the White House campaign trail.

"In many respects, you know, they honour President Obama," Trump said during a raucous campaign rally outside Fort Lauderdale, Florida. "He is the founder of ISIS."

He repeated the allegation three times.

"He's the founder of ISIS, okay?" he added. "He's the founder. He founded ISIS."

Trump has long blamed Obama and his former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for pursuing Middle East policies that created a power vacuum in Iraq that was exploited by ISIL. He has sharply criticised Obama for announcing that he would pull US troops out of Iraq, a decision that many Obama critics say created the kind of instability in which groups such as ISIL thrive.

"We should never have gotten out the way we got out." he added. "We unleashed terrible fury all over the Middle East. Instead of allowing some small forces behind to maybe just maybe, keep it under control, we pulled it out."

The New York businessman went on to criticise Clinton, his Democratic party rival for the presidency.

"And I would say, the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton," he said. Trump railed at both Obama and Clinton for refusing to put a name to radical Islamic terrorism.

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