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Nigeria's Olympics campaign in table tennis is over but not without some world recognition for the country's Segun Toriola.

The trio of Aruna Quadri, Toriola and Bode Abiodun were roundly beaten 3-0 by China in the men's team event.

Having proved bookmakers wrong in the singles' event in which Nigeria produced the first African to make it to the quarter finals, expectation were high in some quarters but the defending Olympic champions, China, gave no room for errors as they dominated the match from start to finish.

Quadri, who played the second game, was the only player who forced a fourth set against Ma Long ending their match at 3-1.

With the defeat, Table Tennis event has ended for Nigeria at these Games with the team ranked 9th. The women's team did not qualify for the team event.

Despite the disappointment of an early exit there was something to cheer on the night following the special recognition accorded legend, Toriola.

A colourful presentation was held at the Riocentro Pavilion 3 in Rio where Toriola was joined by three other table tennis stars that have competed in seven Olympic Games; Zoran Primorac (Croatia), Jörgen Persson (Sweden) and Jean-Michel Saive (Belgium) as well as ITTF helmsman.

For Toriola, he hopes that his award can inspire more athletes to aim for the best in their career.

"It is a privilege to be next to you both and receive such recognition. I am proud to be in the 7 club with such champions and I hope I can inspire more kids to start playing table tennis around the world. Thank you ITTF for this trophy and everyone for your kind words," an elated Toriola said after the award."

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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Nigeria says it has effected only one change in its guidelines for admission into higher tertiary institutions.

It said that the change was in line with the stoppage of the conduct of post-UTME by higher institutions.

The new Registrar of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, made the clarification on Friday while addressing reporters during a visit to the JAMB zonal headquarters in Benin City, the capital of Edo State.

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Pope Francis surprised 20 former prostitutes on Friday by knocking on their door in Rome and popping in for a chat.

The Argentine, who has repeatedly described the human trafficking behind much prostitution as “a crime against humanity”, sat down with the group, including four women from Albania, seven from Nigeria and six from Romania. The other three hailed from Italy, Tunisia and the Ukraine, according to a Vatican statement.

The women, all aged around 30, are being sheltered by a Catholic association in an apartment in the Italian capital after being rescued from their pimps.

The 79-year old listened for over an hour to the stories of the former sex slaves, “all of whom suffered serious physical abuse and live under protection,” the Vatican said.

The visit fell under what have been termed Francis’s “Fridays of Mercy”, whereby he carries out one unscheduled act of mercy a month on a Friday — mainly in or near Rome — throughout the pope’s Jubilee year, which started in December and runs to November.

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who is them
is them greater than my neighbor that just divorced

After 11 months of marriage, Jhene Aiko has reportedly filed for a divorce from her US based -Nigerian producer husband Dot da Genius.

According to E! News, the two were officially married in 2014 and they quietly separated in 2015.

Documents obtained show that the singer states “irreconcilable differences” as her reason for the divorce while also denying spousal support.

TMZ reported that in the past couple of months, while promoting their mixtape “Twenty88”, Big Sean and Jhene Aiko have sparked relationship rumours with their chemistry on and off the stage.

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Members of the extradition unit of Interpol have arrested a wanted United States fugitive, who has been on the run since 2009.

Nichole Michelle King (44) had been on the most wanted for sentencing after she was found guilty on three offences relating to fraud and embezzlement of funds from her employer.

"In June this year, authorities in the US requested the Interpol unit to arrest and extradite King. The fugitive was arrested at her rental house in Brakpan, Gauteng, on Wednesday and she subsequently appeared before the Brakpan Magistrate's Court," Hawks spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Robert Netshiunda said on Friday.

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The Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, a billionaire land owner whose estates sprawl across the ritzy London neighborhoods of Mayfair and Belgravia, has died at the age of 64.

Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor was one of the U.K.'s richest men, worth as much as $12.3 billion.

Over nearly 300 years, his family turned a collection of swampland, pastures and orchards in southern England into some of the most expensive real estate in the world.

The duke died Tuesday at a hospital in northern England after suddenly falling ill at his Abbeystead Estate, according to Grosvenor Group, the real estate firm he controlled.

British media said his 25-year old son, Hugh Grosvenor, will inherit the title and fortune.


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German tactician Gernot Rohr has signed a two-year deal to become the Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles of Nigeria.

The Nigeria Football Federation made the announcement via twitter on Tuesday.

“Mr. Gernot Rohr signs two-year contract to work with the NFF as Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles.” NFF wrote on its twitter handle.

The German before his appointment was working on development programmes for the German Football Federation.

He is expected to live and work in Nigeria, and also, with indigenous assistants.

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A Google employee from New York City who disappeared on an afternoon jog while visiting her mother in Massachusetts has been found murdered in the woods.

Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said Monday that 27-year-old Vanessa Marcotte was reported missing after failing to return from a run between 1pm and 4pm in Princeton.

Her body was discovered at around 8.20pm Sunday by a state police K9 unit near Brooks Station Road, about a half-mile from her mother’s home.

A source told Fox25 in Boston that investigators were examining the possibility that Marcotte was sexually assaulted and set on fire, with burns to her hands, head and feet.

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Iran has executed an Iranian nuclear scientist detained in 2010 when he returned home from the United States, after a court convicted him of spying for Washington, a spokesman for the judiciary said on Sunday.

“Through his connection with the United States, (Shahram) Amiri gave vital information about the country to the enemy,” Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei told a weekly news conference, state news agency IRNA reported.

Mohseni Ejei said a court had sentenced Amiri to death and the sentence had been upheld by Iran’s Supreme court, IRNA said.

Amiri, a university researcher working for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, disappeared during a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in 2009, and later surfaced in the United States. But he returned to Iran in 2010 and received a hero’s welcome before being arrested.

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Thursday said that internet users on Nigeria’s telecommunications networks have reduced to 92,281,921, as at June 2016.

The commission made this known in its monthly Internet Subscriber Data, which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

A breakdown of the data showed that internet users on both the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), and the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks reduced by 81,415.

It further said that 92,363,336 subscribers surfed the internet in May, but that only 92,281,921 did in June.

The data showed that out of the 92,281,921 internet users in June, 92,181,178 were on the GSM networks, while 100,743 users were on the CDMA. Of the 92,181,178 internet users on the GSM networks in the month under review, the document showed that MTN Nigeria had 32,974,177 customers browsing on its network.

It stated that MTN suffered a decrease of 134,609 internet subscribers in June, after it recorded 33,108,786 users in the month of May.

According to the report, Globacom had 26,628,065 customers surfing the net in June, showing an increase of 272,674 from its May’s record of 26,355,391.


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Chief technology officer Chris Urmson, who has been with the project since it began in 2009, announced his departure Friday afternoon in a Medium post. Urmson did not give a reason for leaving and didn't say where he would would head next.

"After leading our cars through the human equivalent of 150 years of driving and helping our project make the leap from pure research to developing a product that we hope someday anyone will be able to use, I am ready for a fresh challenge," Urmson said in the post.

When Google first launched its then-secret project to build self-driving cars, it hired a core team of 15 engineers, including Urmson. Led by Sebastian Thrun, the group went from driving modified Prius cars on closed courses, to testing custom-built Google vehicles on public roads in states like California and Nevada.

The self-driving car group is part of X, a stand-alone division under parent company Alphabet

When Thrun left the group in 2013, Urmson took over as the project lead. Last year, the group brought on former Hyundai America CEO John

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Liverpool Midfielder, James Milner, on Friday, confirmed his retirement from international football.

“I would like to thank Sam for taking the time to come and see me in person and have the conversation face-to-face, regarding my international future and role within the England set-up,” Milner told TheFa.

“I think the decision we have reached is all about common sense. I wish Sam, the players, staff and supporters success in the future.”

Meanwhile, the new England Manager, Sam Allardyce, said he respects the decision of the midfielder and wished him well as he continues his club career.

“James has had the chance to reflect on his international career in recent months and consider his next steps, particularly with a young family at home and having allowed himself little free time away from the professional game in the past 15 years,” Allardyce said.

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At least one woman has died and five others injured in a knife attack in Russell Square, Central London.

This comes a day after city officials announced that they were deploying extra police officers across the city.

One of the victims, a woman in her 60s, was treated at the scene but was pronounced dead a short time later.

A 19-year-old man was arrested after a Taser was discharged by an officer. The Metropolitan Police says his mental health is a “significant factor” in the events.

“Early indications suggest that mental health is a significant factor in this case and that is one major line of inquiry,” London Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley told reporters.

“But of course at this stage we should keep an open mind regarding motive and consequently terrorism as a motivation remains but one line of inquiry for us to explore,” he added.

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Spanish champions Barcelona have beaten their English counterparts, Leicester City 4 – 2 in the International Champions Cup.

Munir El Haddadi set the Catalan giants on the lead on Wednesday night with a fantastic goal in the 26th minute of the match.

This seem to have boosted the morale of Luis Enrique’s boys just as Luis Suarez doubled their advantage eight minutes later.

Haddadi subsequently netted the third from Suarez’s assist as the half time whistle was blown.

Nigerian forward, Ahmed Musa, came off the bench to give Leicester City a hope of survival with two goals in less than 23 minutes from the start of the concluding half.

However, Rafael Mujica’s goal truncated the equalising dream and put the game beyond the English champions six minutes to the end of the match.

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nrexzy:
Trump is a Junkie

President Barack Obama on Tuesday blasted Donald Trump, saying he was unfit to be president and even criticized the Republican party for supporting Trump.

Trump has now fired back at Obama saying he and Clinton are responsible for destabilizing the Middle East and helping ISIS grow.

"Hillary Clinton has proven herself unfit to serve in any government office," a Trump statement said.

"Obama-Clinton have single-handedly destabilized the Middle East, handed Iraq, Libya and Syria to ISIS, and allowed our personnel to be slaughtered at Benghazi."

Later on, in an interview with WJLA, Trump continued;

"He's a terrible president. He'll probably go down as the worst president in the history of our country. He's been a total disaster."

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The 43-year-old is wary that he has

Turkey's football authorities have fired 94 officials including referees in the wake of the July 15 coup that tried to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the football federation said on Tuesday.

"Our federation deemed it necessary to dismiss 94 people, including regional and nationally-ranked referees and assistant referees, regional refereeing committee members and national and regional observers," the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) said in a statement.

The statement gave no further details but the Hurriyet daily said one of the referees affected was an official on duty in the Super Lig top flight, without giving a name.

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Argentina has appointed Sao Paulo manager, Edgardo Bauza has the coach of its national team.

This is according to the Argentina Football Federation (AFA).

“The appointment was announced by the acting President of the Federation on Monday, said Armando Perez.

“Edgardo Bauza was formalized as the new coach of the senior team. It was chosen by several features.”

The former Argtentine defender has won two Copa Libertadores titles as coach, one with Quito in 2008 and one in 2014 with San Lorenzo.

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IamOpemipo:
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Pop star D'banj has left the Mike Adenuga-led telecom company Globacom and has signed for MTN.

According to report, the self-acclaimed 'The Entertainer' parted ways with GLO a few weeks ago and signed the dotted line with MTN making him a brand ambassador for the company.

"The deal happened a few weeks ago and Dbanj is very happy about it" a source said.

In 2009 D'banj signed an endorsement deal with GLO and it was reported to be worth N70million

The following year D'banj reportedly asked for more money which ultimately led to the telcom dumping him and signing Psquare for a contract worth over N100m.

Three years later D'banj bumped into Mike Adenuga which led to the singer re-signing with the telecom.

His endorsement deal with GLO has now expired and the telecommunications outfit is not enthusiastic on extending D'banj's contract.

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The software giant will layoff about 2,850 people over the next year as it continues to unwind its smartphone hardware business. Microsoft disclosed the news in a regulatory filing on Thursday.

The new cuts come on the heels of 1,850 layoffs announced two months ago, and about 7,800 losses a year ago.

However, Microsoft went through its biggest round of layoffs in the company's history when it cut 18,000 positions in 2014, due mostly to its Nokia deal. The company acquired the hardware and services division of Finland-based Nokia the year before for a reported €5.4 billion ($7.2 billion).

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History was made in mid-July. Africa's first sustainable biofuel powered flights successfully flew between Johannesburg and Cape Town.

The South African Airways (SAA) and Mango Boeing 737-800s used biofuel to power their engines on 15 July 2016. The fuel is made from a tobacco plant cultivated in Limpopo. Under Project Solaris, the plant, also named Solaris, produces small leaves, flowers and seeds which are crushed to extract a vegetable crude oil. It is a nicotine-free, hybridised tobacco plant.

Growing the crops locally had contributed to the country's National Development Plan of economic and rural development, said Musa Zwane, SAA's acting CEO. He also noted that the project had established a regional bio jet fuel supply chain, something of which we could be proud.

Nico Bezuidenhout, Mango CEO, echoed Zwane's pride. "The project also shows how, when various role players come together and collaborate, success is imminent," he said.

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Manchester United midfielder, Bastian Schweinsteiger, has announced that he would like to retire from the German National Team after 12 years of service.

He stated this in an Open letter, posted on the Die Mannshaft website on Friday.

“I have recently asked the coach to not nominate me for the national team anymore because I would like to retire,” he stated.

“I was allowed to collect 120 caps for my country and I lived some moments which have been indescribably beautiful and successful.

“Jogi Low knew how much Euro 2016 in France meant to me because I really wanted to win that title we have not been able to win since 1996.

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fikky2013:
May the Lord grant them speedy recovery.

I trust God to intervene in Nigeria's problem. We will all survive it.

Amen ooo

Na wa ooo

Insurgents believed to be part of Boko Haram have attacked a team from the United Nations (UN) in an area close to Bama, Borno State.

According to report, the attacks occurred on Thursday during an inspection of a camp for internally displaced people (IDP) made by donor agencies.

A source who was close to the action has revealed that troops from the Nigerian intervened timeously in the attack, forcing insurgents to retreat while saving those who had been injured.

"Boko Haram fighters numbering over 50, armed with anti aircraft gun (machine gun mounted on open truck), suddenly emerged just after Kawuri village and rained bullets on the UN motorcade.

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The Turkish government has appealed to the Federal government of Nigeria to close down the 17 Nigerian-Turkish International Colleges (NTIC) in Nigeria, saying they all belong to Fetullah Gulen accused of sponsoring the July 15th failed military coup in Turkey.

The Turkish High Commissioner to Nigeria, Hakan Cakil, disclosed this while hosting the vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Shehu Sani yesterday July 28th.

“We have formally and verbally made our demand to the Nigerian government through the Foreign Affairs Minister. My country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs has spoken to Mr. Geoffrey Onyema on this. We are requesting for the close down of all the 17 schools.

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Go and sin no more