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Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that the Nigerian government lied about deploying 100 Airforce jets, to look for the Dapchi school girls that have been abducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.

Writing on his Twitter page, Fani-Kayode described comments from the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, as “another of his crazy illusion and more evidence of his deep-seated delusions”.

“When our mendacious Min. of Information,lying Lai Mohammed,said 100 Airforce jets had been deployed to look for the Dapchi girls I knew it was yet another of his crazy hallucinations and more evidence of his deep-seated delusions. The Airforce themselves have refuted his claim,” he tweeted.

According to reports, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) had earlier deployed more platforms to the North-east for the search, as the security agencies ramp up their efforts to locate and rescue the girls.



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Arsene Wenger’s reign as Arsenal boss hit a new low on Sunday after the Gunners were comfortably beaten in the Carabao Cup final 3-0 at the hands of Manchester City.

Arsenal looked second best for virtually the whole affair and left Gary Neville fuming on commentary for their failure to even run during a cup final at Wembley.

Goals from Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany and David Silva did the damage on the day and it seemed as though Jack Wilshere was the only Gunner to come out of the game with any credit for Arsenal fans on Twitter.

Wenger has now lost his third League Cup final and it seems as though the Carabao Cup will be one trophy that forever eludes the Frenchman.

Although he has one more year on his deal at the Emirates Stadium, most Arsenal fans are questioning whether he should remain in charge at all.
Craig Bellamy said in the studio after the final at Wembley that he believes Arsenal may have missed the boat on a whole host of top quality managers that have now joined their rivals.

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President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, who was involved in motor-bike accident in Abuja, has returned from medical treatment abroad.



Yusuf arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at the early hours of Thursday and was received by the Minister of Health (State) Dr. Osagie, while at the Villa he was welcomed by family members, Wife of the Vice President, the Interior minister , Governor Yaya Bello & associates.



The wife of the President, Aisha, also expressed her profound appreciation to Nigerians for the successful return of her son.



Mrs Buhari, who expressed her appreciation on her Facebook Page and tweeter handle on Thursday in Abuja, said the Buhari family remained grateful to all Nigerians for their constant prayers for recovery of Yusuf Buhari.


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Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte says it is “A pity ” that Nemanja Matic is now a Manchester United player.



Matic played a key role in the Blues’ Premier League title success last season before being allowed to complete a £40m move to rivals United in the summer.



Chelsea will be reunited with their former midfielder when they visit Old Trafford on Nissan Super Sunday, live on Sky Sports Premier League, and Conte has expressed his regret at the Serbia international’s departure from Stamford Bridge.



“About this player I can talk only really well because he played with us last season,” said Conte.



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PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILL (before the crowd) public speaking involves talking in front of group of people. it may be informative or entertainment.

public speaking is just like a performance which happens daily basis and we can’t escape it in life Are you a student?… Remember you go for your presentation and is a public speaking. As a student, mastering of public speaking is useful because you may need it in some point in life. learning what to do and not what to do on stage. Apart from being students, we need to know the public speaking skills because once we go into the work field, our speech sells our market. public speaking (skills) are important in all areas of life.

THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT PUBLIC SPEAKING:

PREPARE: before you go to a stage, the first thing you do is prepare, don’t just assume that you know what to speak about, part of preparation means certain words you can’t pronounce well, you check it out in the dictionary because your audience might know better than you do. preparing deals with research. when you prepare well. you deliver well.

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In short space of time, the Reds will play two massive Premier League matches rivals against Chelsea and Liverpool, as well as the UEFA Champions League last-16 second leg against Sevilla and the Emirates FA Cup quarter-final against Brighton and Hove Albion.



“I think the tomorrow at Old Trafford will be amazing,” Jose told MUTV’s Helen Evans. “Two big matches against two direct rivals in the Premier League, two knockout matches that, if things go well, can leave us in the quarter-final of the Champions League and the semi-final of the FA Cup.



“Sometimes we have periods with three, four consecutive away matches but this time we have four matches at home, with Crystal Palace away in between, but four big matches at Old Trafford.”



The boss also admitted to MUTV that he cannot believe how quickly the season is going and how cup competition success can congest the match schedule. United’s current schedule contains 12 matches, including the final 10 Premier League matches, and that total could potentially rise to 19.



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MilitaryTroops in Borno killed five Boko Haram gang and captured a top commander of the group in the ongoing operation in Sambisa Forest and the Lake Chad basin.

Col. Onyeama Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations of Operation Lafiya Dole, in a statement in Maiduguri, said troops also rescued three civilians, recovered vehicles and high calibre ammunition in various operations in the past two days.

Nwachukwu said on Thursday, the troops engaged and neutralised a number of fleeing insurgents while attempting to escape the military blocking position.

Unfortunately, two soldiers were injured in the process; they had been evacuated by the Nigerian Air Force and are responding to treatment,” he said



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Confusion reigned on Thursday as there was conflicting information from several government sources about the fate of students who were declared missing after a Boko Haram attack on Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, Bursari Local Government Area, Yobe State.



It remained unclear whether the terrorists actually abducted any girl or the students scampered into the bush upon sensing an attack from Boko Haram fighters. Also shrouded in confusion is the number of girls missing, and whether any of them had returned or been rescued.



None of these issues was cleared on Thursday even as the state Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, visited Dapchi community, declaring emphatically that none of the missing girls had neither returned nor been rescued by security agencies.



Also speaking on the incident, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the federal government was unsure of the situation on the ground, pleading for more time to ascertain the facts of the matter.
“On the issue of the number of missing girls, we cannot give what we are not sure of, until we hear from their parents, we cannot say this is the number. Give us a few more time please,” Mohammed told reporters shortly after he arrived at the school in Dapchi on Thursday afternoon.



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Governor Ayodele Fayose has taken a swipe at the Federal Government over what he perceives as lies being told to Nigerians in the case involving over 50 students who disappeared from the Government Girls Science Technical College in Dapchi, Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe State, after Boko Haram attacked the school.

He said this in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Mr Lere Olayinka on Thursday, shortly after the news of the abduction broke.

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President Mohammadu Buhari on Thursday asked governors on the role of the All Progressive Congress, (APC) to give him more time to decide whether or not he was going for 2019 presidential election.

The President told the governors led by Imo State governors, Rochas Okorocha at a meeting held at the First Lady Conference Room in the villa Abuja that he yet to decide whether to contest for 2019 election.

Buhari, according to Okorocha, in an interview with Statehouse correspondent said the president asked to be giving more time to decide.

“We discussed so many issues that affect the nation, our party and Mr President’s ambition to run for 2019 elections.

Anyhow, Mr President in his usual manner has requested that we give him time and that he will address the nation and the caucus of the party very soon.

“So we should be full of expectations that Mr President will make officially known to Nigerians his intentions.

“But we hope that his response will be in line with what the governors are thinking, The governors had earlier in the day attended a National Council of State meeting.


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FORMER Military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, former Presidents Goodluck Ebere Jonathan, Alhaji Shehu Shagari and Chief Ernest Shonekan were conspicuously absent on Thursday’s Council of States meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

This is as the Senate President, Bukola Saraki was hailed on arrival by the Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal as he sauntered into the venue of the meeting.

Only three former Presidents, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Generals. Yakubu Gowon, and Abdulsalami Abubakar were at the venue alongside President Muhammadu Buhari.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo arrived after the national anthem and the opening prayers were said.

The meeting was the third Council of States meeting held under the democratic administration of President Buhari.

The Council of States meeting is always attended by former Presidents or head of States, serving and former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, serving Senate President and Speaker, House of Representatives as well as State governors. Aside President Buhari and the three other past presidents, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President, Bukola Saraki and four former Chief Justices of Nigeria were seated at the Council Chamber, the venue.



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Government Day Secondary School Sankalawa in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State teacher has allegedly flogged a student to death.



The deputy speaker Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar-Gummi, who spoke under matters of urgent public importance during the assembly’s sitting in Gusau, said that the house had received several reports on the issue.



According to him, another incident at Government Female Day Secondary School, Kwatarkwashi, has led to the injury of a student in the school after the Vice Principal allegedly subjected her to heavy punishment.



“These problems apart from discouraging our children from acquiring education, also revealed poor attitude to work on the part of teachers in this state,” Gumni said.



He urged the assembly to invite the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology to explain steps taken to address the issues.



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The Yobe State Government has announced that the Nigerian Military have rescued some of the abducted Government Girls Science Technical College (Wednesday night.

The girls, according to a statement signed by Abdullahi Bego the Director-General Press Affairs to Governor Ibrahim Gaidam, were rescued and are now safe and they are receiving medical care “

The Yobe State Government hereby informs the public that some of the girls at Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) whose school was attacked by Boko Haram terrorists last Monday have been rescued by gallant officers and men of the Nigerian Army from the terrorists who abducted them.


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Crisis hits the Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a bad turn for them.



The new agreement list of the State Executive Council (SEC) of the party, which was released by the national leadership on Tuesday, was said to have jolted the Senator Rashidi Ladoja faction.

The faction reportedly conceded some slots to the faction headed by Seyi Makinde against the former’s expectation.

While the list convey 14 slots to Ladoja’s faction, 12 went to Makinde’s faction. The positions of the State Chairman, Women Leader, Publicity Secretary, Legal Adviser, Vice Chairmen I and II went to Ladoja; the position of State Secretary and many other assistantship positions went to Makinde.

The two factions had organised parallel congresses late last year when they could not agree on a sharing formula.

It was gathered that the national leadership of the party took the decision to ensure that party members have a sense of belonging.

But the decision reportedly jolted the Ladoja faction so much.


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One dead and 21 others, including two Mobile Policemen, injured in a communal clash between the people of Offa in Offa Local Government, and the people of Ijagbo in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State, yesterday.

During the clash that took several hours, exchange of gunfire between local hunters from both communities made people run for safety as most of the villagers left their homes to look for shade in another nearby community.

When the clash was over, Offa Central Hotel was destroyed, while some properties were burnt. It was gathered that the crisis was as a result of claims to Oyun Baptist High School in Ijagbo by the Offa people, while a source attributed it to a land bordering the two communities.


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Chelsea seems happy for a famous victory over the Spanish team after a near-perfect tactical performance but one mistake proved costly.



Antonio Conte had stressed before kick-off that Chelsea needed to be perfect in order to beat an exceptional Barcelona side flying high at the top of La Liga and led by Lionel Messi.



“I think that, for sure, we have to play a perfect game against Barcelona if we want to win, “Chelsea manger said ahead of the game.



“I think that they earned the right to be the favourites this season for what they have been doing for many years in football in the world. For us, we have to try to work, to try and do our best.



“Then, at the end of the game, if we are very good to win the game, it will be okay. Otherwise, it means that Barcelona were better than us.”

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Political and traditional leaders from Benue and Nasarawa states, yesterday, met with Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, at Force Headquarters, Abuja, with a move to restore peace.



At the meeting, the IGP disclosed that after the period of skirmishes and confrontation between herdsmen and farmers over grazing activities as well as that of border communities in Nasarawa and Benue states, the security situation has returned to iy normal state and have come to stay.

The reconciliation meeting, the IGP said information reaching him from the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Operations, DIG Habila, in Benue State showed that the security situation had normalized.



While praying that the security challenges that resulted in the crisis never occur again, the IGP commended political and traditional rulers of both states for their contributions towards the existing peace.



said: “This meeting should be conducted as a kind of reconciliation meeting. We are not here to apportion blame rather We must have peace and sanity in these areas that we are experiencing crisis.”

Benue deputy governor In his address, leader said: “We, from Benue State, are here for a meeting of brothers aimed at bringing peace to the ordinary people of Benue and Nasarawa states. “Both states were created from the Benue-Plateau State.



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The Federal High Court Abuja Division , on Tuesday, agreed on separate trial for the ‘missing’ leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu.

Justice Binta Nyako gave the Federal Government court he nod to sever charges against Kanu from that of his co-defendants.

Malizumedia gather that Kanu whereabouts has remained unknown since September last year, was hitherto facing a five-count treasonable felony charge alongside four other pro-Biafra agitators- Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu, David Nwawuisi and Bright Chimezie.


Kanu was arrested by security operatives on October 14, 2015, upon his arrival from the United Kingdom.

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The world’s most expensive pair of shoes with a 5.51 Billion Naira ($15.1-million) price tag.

The shoe was design and made by UK designer Debbie Wingham whose previous creations have included the world’s most expensive dress.

Wingham is famed for her opulent and luxurious creations for celebrities, royalty and the well-heeled.

The world’s most expensive shoes are valued at £11.4 million and were commissioned for a birthday gift.

They are perfectly symmetrical and feature extremely rare large pink and blue diamonds, these stones alone are worth in excess of £980,000.

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The greedy activities of herdsmen in the South-West have left tales of woes and many persons, including aged farmers butchered to death on their farms while their wives and female children are not only raped but also killed and vital body parts taken away.

the families of those murdered on their farms were left to bury their dismembered bodies and made to live with such a bad memory. Also destroyed in the geo-political zone are hundreds of hectares of farmlands and in many cases cash and food crops burnt. Herdsmen are also accused of rampant kidnapping of residents.

Farmers are abandoning their farms in droves because of the unending activities of herdsmen who lead their cattle to graze on the farmlands.

Notable personalities such as a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Chief Olu Falae, had suffered untold hardship in the hands of suspected herdsmen.

His massive farm, located at Ilado in Akure North, Ondo State, has been set ablaze by the assailants many times.



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The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said Nigerian democracy has remained work in progress that requires concerted efforts and selfless leadership to achieve the desired results and dividends.

Osinbajo stated this yesterday at the inaugural flagship lecture of the Kukah Centre, held at the Shehu Yar’Adua Conference Centre, Abuja.

He continued, that democracy like in all countries, including the oldest democracies, keep on throwing up new challenges and raising “the biggest lessons of recent years.”

He said: “As elections and referenda threw up now and then unprecedented scenarios across the world; the narrowness of the Brexit vote for example and the way it has subsequently divided the United Kingdom and the electoral rise of populist right wing and even extremist tendencies are all examples of great threats to democracy.”



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Daimler AG has reported January sales of over 190,000 units in the Mercedes-Benz passenger cars segment, making it the most successful start to a year in the company’s history. With this new sales record which also represents a growth of 8.4%, Mercedes-Benz started the year 2018 as successfully as it concluded the year 2017 and has defended its position as the bestselling premium brand with the newest registrations.

Reflecting on this feat with delight, Britta Seeger, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG responsible for Mercedes-Benz cars marketing and sales said “With more than 193,000 Mercedes Benz cars sold in January, we achieved the most successful start to a year in the company’s history. And with the presentation of the new G-Class, we had an emotional start to the new year”. I am delighted that we are setting standards not only with our unit sales, but also for example with the new smart configurator with real-time 3D car visualization. In this way, we are offering our customers an innovative platform upon which they can configure their future car.”


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18 persons had died in a fresh attack by gunmen in Birane village in Zurmi Local Government Area of the state says the Police Command in Zamfara.

The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Muhammad Shehu opened up this in a statement issued to newsmen in Gusau on Thursday.

Shehu said on Feb. 13, hunters from Birani village of Zurmi local government area intercepted and accosted a herder in the bush with some suspected stolen cattle and sheep.


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The Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) in Lagos State are setting a target of one million new members ahead of the 2019 election in the state.



Mr Moshood Salvador the Lagos State Chairman, said this on Thursday at the state Secretariat of the party in Ikeja.



In his address to the party’s councillorship and chairmanship aspirants in the last council polls in the state.



“Our target is to have one million new members ahead of the election and that can be done with commitment of existing members.



“We should go all out and get members into the party. We should embark on mobilisation of members,” he said.



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447 out of the 686 foreign trained doctors who wrote the assessment test of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) failed.

The Federal Government decried the poor performance of the foreign trained medical and dental graduates as only 249 were successful in the examination conducted in November 2017.

Prof. Isaac Adewole, Minister of Health, said in Abuja on Thursday at the induction of the 243 successful medical doctors and six dental graduates that participated at the remedial course and assessment.

The examination was conducted at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) in Nov. 2017. NAN reports

It is aimed at ensuring that the standard of training obtained abroad by candidates measured up to the standard of training in Nigeria.

It is also geared toward ensuring the overall health and well-being of Nigerians and other people living in the country.

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Cristiano Ronaldo helped to overturn Adrien Rabiot’s opener at the Santiago Bernabeu to give Real Madrid the edge over Paris Saint-Germain.



Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid came from a goal down to beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.



Adrien Rabiot’s away goal had put the Ligue 1 leaders in front in the Champions League last-16 tie, but Ronaldo’s double and Marcelo’s late strike gave the home side the victory.



The clash has been billed as potentially critical to the futures of head coaches Zinedine Zidane and Unai Emery, with both under pressure to deliver the biggest prize in European football this season, but the Madrid boss will be the happier ahead of the return fixture at Parc des Princes.


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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, has decried the destruction of the university’s multi-million-naira research and training farms by herdsmen, who also poisoned the dam with chemicals.

According to the university weekly bulletin issued yesterday, the management of the institution last Thursday held a security meeting with the leaders of the 11 Fulani settlements on the university land.

The publication quoted the vice-chancellor as saying that economic trees’ were destroyed by cattle grazing on the vast land of the institution.
The meeting was attended by representatives of law enforcement agencies comprising of the Nigerian Police Force, the Department of State Security Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).


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Obafemi Martins who is popular among fans for his powerful shots and blistering pace, has shown off another side of his life which is his love for flashy cars.

Super Eagles striker, Obafemi Martins, who plays for Chinese side, Shanghai Shenhua who scored seven goals in 13 games in the Chinese Super League last season, has flaunted one of his prized possession on social media.

The 33-year-old who could get a chance to play a part in Nigeria’s World Cup campaign in Russia according to head coach Gernot Rohr, took to his Instagram to share a photo of his son in his Lamborghini Aventador with an emoji that replicates family.


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A woman From Arizona has woken up with different accents three times in the past seven years said doctors traced the unusual condition to a rare disease.

Michelle Myers, a former beauty queen and mother of seven from Buckeye, said she has never even left the United States, but she woke from a headache-induced nap about seven years ago to find she was speaking with an Irish accent.

Myers said the accent lasted about a week, but about three years later the same thing happened again and she woke with an Australian accent, which also lasted about a week.

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Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has named Uche Nwosu his Chief of Staff, as his successor in 2019.



The governor, at a meeting with members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Owerri Municipal Council Area, said his decision that Nwosu has “the qualities of an ideal leader”.



He said Nwosu is yet to inform him if he is nursing any governorship ambition.



In his statement : “The monumental achievements of my administration will not be left in the hand of any how person. The Chief of Staff has not told me he wants to run for the governorship but if he does signify, I will support him.


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Governors are yet to comply with the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) – former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s feed to Nigeria’s leadership quandary.

CNM had claimed that 13 of the 36 governors would embrace it.

Malizumedia gathered that the exception of a southern governor whose commitment is “fluid”, no governor has joined the movement.

The development is troubling some of the coordinators of the organization, which Obasanjo hopes could transmit into a party.


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The Brazilian full-back believes that his follow the move to the Santiago Bernabeu from PSG in the future

Marcelo believes former Barcelona star Neymar will eventually join Real Madrid.

Neymar only completed his world-record €222 million transfer to Paris Saint-Germain last August but the has Neymar already been linked with a sensational switch to Madrid.

Marcelo has tipped his Brazil team-mate to return to Spain via the Santiago Bernabeu.


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