EPL: Manchester United’s squad against Southampton released [Full list]

Manchester United have released their line-up to tackle Southampton in the Premier League fixture slated for Saturday evening. According to Manchester Evening News, the Red Devils†coach, Jose Mourinho released a provisional list of 22 players. United head to the game after defeating Young Boys 1-0 in the Champions League encounter on Tuesday. Below is […]

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Tyra Banks Picks Side In Nicki Minaj And Cardi B Beef?

Except you are living under a rock, then you can’t say you haven’t heard about the Nicki Minaj and Cardi B’s beef which has been ongoing for months now.

With several celebrities taking sides, it appears retired supermodel, Tyra Banks who has ventured into the rap game herself may have just picked a side.

TMZ caught up with Banks earlier in the week and in the process of giving herself a new rap name, Banks might have inadvertently taken sides in the raging war between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj.

NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 06: Rapper Cardi B is seen arriving to Jeremy Scott SS19 fashion show at Gallery I at Spring Studios on September 6, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)<br />NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 09: Nicki Minaj attends Opening Ceremony – Front Row – September 2018 – New York Fashion Week at Le Poisson Rouge on September 9, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

The “America Next Top Model” star who dropped her new “Be A Star” remix straight-up declares herself Tyra B. Although this was probably made in jest, the visual for the song sees Banks dropping bars with many fans noticing that her rap game sounds very Cardi-esque.

It is noteworthy that Banks has previously said she channelled Cardi B and Nicki Minaj for her new single. The song is from her new film, “Life-Size 2” in which Banks reprises her role of a Barbie-like doll come to life.

Watch the video below and you be the judge.

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Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury: 40 seconds of 'Bronze Bomber' shouting at you

Deontay Wilder fights Tyson Fury in Los Angeles on Saturday night, and you can expect to hear a lot of the American’s favourite ‘bomb squad’ catchphrase.
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Yobe State University (YSU) Supplementary UTME Admission List for 2018/2019 Academic Session

Yobe State University, YSU supplementary UTME admission list for the 2018/2019 academic session.The management of the Yobe State University (YSU) …

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2019: Buhari In Order To Withhold Assent To Electoral Act Amendment Bill – Lawan

ABUJA – Senate majority leader, Ahmad Lawan has said President Muhammadu Buhari has the right to withhold assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill as he could be vetting it in order to identify grey areas.

Senator Ahmad who is a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the ruling party in the country said that President Buhari cannot be stampeded into signing the bill into law as he has to take his time to scrutinize what was passed and sent to him.

He said the Senate corrected all the observations raised by the President when he returned the bill to the National Assembly and that even without the assent of the President, the 2006 Electoral Act was in perfect order to guide the nation in having a transparent election in 2019.

He made the observations on Friday after the jumat prayers at the mosque inside the Presidential Villa.

His words, “The electoral bill you are talking about has been sent back twice or thrice, that is to tell you that the president is willing to sign the bill provided it meets certain conditions that will make our electoral processes better and more sane.

“So, the President is studying this bill, it is not like you will send it to him and he will immediately sign. This is a sign that he is really interested in what we sent back to him. It is for him and his advisers to read through line by line and see how best the electoral process can be enhanced.

“So, I donâ€t think we have ran out of time, in fact I think we should encourage the president and those helping him to complete going through the bill before he signs. What is the problem? We still have the 2006 Electoral Act as amended that we used in 2015 for an election that was adjudged to be free, fair and an improved process. We donâ€t necessarily put so much pressure and unneeded criticism of the president when he is yet to complete his analysis of what has been sent to him. He needs to take his time.

“And I will advise, even though I am not one of his advisers, that he goes through what has been sent to him line by line, understand whatever his advisers will tell him and of what we have sent will make the elections in 2019 better, then he signs but if however he discovers some provisions that will bring contradictions and controversies, he can can withhold assent. Iâ€m not advocating that he withholds assent but if he does, that is his right. I want to tell you that the APC caucus in the National Assembly stands with Mr. President on this.”

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World AIDs Day: WHO Calls For Regular Test For People Living With HIV

ABUJA – Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director, World Health Organisation (WHO), has said HIV testing is essential in expanding treatment and ensuring that all people living with HIV can live healthy and productive lives.

She added that, it is also crucial in ensuring that 90% of people living with HIV know their HIV status; 90% of people diagnosed with HIV receive antiretroviral therapy; and 90% of people living with HIV, and who are on treatment, achieve viral load suppression. HIV testing empowers people to make choices about HIV prevention specifically how to protect themselves and their loved ones.

She made this known in her message to commemorate 2018 World AIDS Day saying, the world community will come together to mark the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day with this yearâ€s theme as: ‘Know your status.†The only way to determine a personâ€s HIV status is for them to have an HIV test.

According to her, “Significant progress has been made in the AIDS response since 1988, and today four in five (20.8 million) people living with HIV in the African Region know their status. In addition, more than three in five (15.3 million) people are accessing life-saving antiretroviral therapy.  There is a more than 30% reduction in AIDS related deaths since 2010 and people living with HIV are living longer, healthier lives thanks to the sustained access to antiretroviral therapy.

“However, this progress is not uniform in our Region. For example, in West and Central Africa, only one in two (2.9 million) people living with HIV know their status. That is why WHO, partners and member states in the sub-region are working together to accelerate the expansion of HIV testing programmes in order to reach people living with HIV who do not know their status and ensuring that they are linked to quality and prevention services.

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Former US president George H.W. Bush dies at 94

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 31, 1992 US President George Bush speaks 01 November 1992 to a large group of supporters during a campaign stop at the Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Connecticut. – Former US president George H.W. Bush, who helped steer America through the end of the Cold War, has died at age 94, his family announced late Friday November 30, 2018. "Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro and I are saddened to announce that after 94 remarkable years, our dear Dad has died," his son, former president George W. Bush, said in a statement released on Twitter by a family spokesman. (Photo by J. David AKE / AFP)

Former US president George H.W. Bush, who helped steer America through the end of the Cold War, died Friday at age 94, his family announced.

“Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro and I are saddened to announce that after 94 remarkable years, our dear Dad has died,” his son, former president George W. Bush, said in a statement released on Twitter by a family spokesman.

“George H.W. Bush was a man of the highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for.”

Bush’s passing comes just months after the death in April of his wife and revered first lady Barbara Bush — his “most beloved woman in the world” — to whom he was married for 73 years.

He is survived by his five children and 17 grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements will be announced in due course, a family spokesman said.

The US leader was a foreign policy stalwart who declared a “new world order” in 1990 and drove Iraq from Kuwait but saw his military intervention in the Middle East serve as a harbinger of chaos to come.

The decorated war pilot and former CIA chief suffered the ignominy of being a one-term president, denied a second term over a weak economy when he lost the 1992 election to upstart Democrat Bill Clinton.

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Labour ministry recommends NAF tailoring workshop for N-Power Programme

Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar

The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment on Friday recommended the Nigerian Air Force Investment Limited (NAFIL) Tailoring Workshop for the basic and advance training of N-Power programme participants.

The Director Skills Acquisition of the ministry, Alhaji Muhammed Jibiya made the recommendation during the accreditation of tailoring workshop in Kaduna.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop was inaugurated on June 11, 2017 to provide tailoring services to air force personnel and civilians.Jibia said, “we were here sometime in September, and we were satisfied with facility and the equipment we saw on ground and that is why we are here today to accredit the NAFIL workshop.�He lauded the initiative of the Nigerian Air Force for coming up with such a workshop and called on other forces to emulate from the NAF.

In his remarks, the Managing Director of NAFIL, AVM Abubakar Bagari said the programme was the initiative of the Chief of Air staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. Bagari added that the programme is aimed at making the Nigerian Air Force self sufficient in uniform production and boost the capacity of personnel.

� This is also to reinforce the culture of self reliance, enhance professional performance and enforce the culture of prudent management of resources.“For the period of about one year and five months, the workshop has produced over 52, 000 pares of uniform for the Nigerians Air Force and other security agencies.�

He recalled that the workshop was initially planned to be set up in partnership with a foreign company, of which NAFIL would have contributed N300 million.“But later the plan changed due to the policy of the force to enforce the culture of self reliance and today we were able to achieve this with N45 million without any partnership.

“With this initiative, we have been able to train and retrain our personnel in the field of tailoring�, he added.Also, the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Air Training Command Kaduna, AVM Mohammed Suleiman said NAF is poised to enhance skills acquisition of its personnel for self reliance.

Suleiman also explained that discipline and proper military training requires proper kitting which starts from the standard and quality of personnel uniforms.He noted that the Airforce had hitherto faced the challenge of low quality uniforms for its personnel, stressing that with the workshop, which is an initiative of the Chief of Air Staff, the challenge has now become a thing of the past.NAN report that no fewer than 113 NAF personnel and civilians are currently working in the workshop.

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2018: 35.6m Foreigners Visit Turkey In First 10 Months

Turkeyâ€s Culture and Tourism Ministry said on Friday that no fewer than 35.6 million foreigners visited Turkey in the first 10 months in 2018.

In the January-October period, the number of foreign tourists increased by 22.4 per cent compared to some 29 million in the same period in 2017.

According to official data, Antalya, the Mediterranean resort city, was on the top of popular destination list with 12 million foreign visitors during the period, followed by Istanbul, the biggest city in Turkey, with 11.3 million foreign visitors.

Turkeyâ€s total tourism income increased by one per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2018, reaching $11.5 billion, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said.

Earlier this month, Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, told Anadolu Agency that the increase in the number of tourists showed that the tourism sector had experienced a rapid recovery.

“It looks like we will pass the 40 million foreign tourists mark and break Turkeyâ€s record by the end of this year,â€â€ he said.

“I am expecting a 23 per cent increase in 2019.

“I hope we will reach the target of 48 million foreign tourists,â€â€ Ersoy added.

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National Assembly Staff Set For Five-Day Protest Over Unpaid Salary Arrears

The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has concluded arrangements to ground activities at the National Assembly between December 4 and 8, 2018.

According to the association, the protest is a result of the failure of the management to address issues bordering on salary arrears and promotions.

This was disclosed at the end of the emergency congress of the association held on Thursday in Abuja.

The association resolved that picketing of the National Assembly will commence between 8am and 2pm daily, to press home their demands and get feedback on the Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure (CONLESS).

A communiqué signed by the Secretary General of the association, Suleiman Haruna, noted that PASAN has issued a two-week ultimatum to NASS to fulfill its demands, or else, they would embark on the strike.

“The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives should take urgent steps to nominate the would-be members of NASS Service Commission for appointment. That all pending staff promotions and conversion letters be released with arrears due fully paid on or before December 31st, among other requests,” the communiqué read.

Bature Musa, Chairman of the Association, also confirmed the decision of the congress, noting that the picketing would go on as planned, unless the management addresses their demands.

In October, more than 50 legislative aides had welcomed the lawmakers back from their annual recess with a protest at the chambers†lobby, Bearing placards with various inscriptions, they claimed they had not been paid salaries, Duty Tour Allowances (DTA) and other entitlements.

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Hummels to miss Bayern Munich's trip to Werder Bremen

The centre-back will play no part in his side’s Bundesliga clash on Saturday after missing training with a stomach bug

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State House wants release of N1.2bn to pay contractors

The management of the State House has appealed for the release of N1.2 billion which is the balance of the N3.3 billion budgeted for capital budget for State House in the 2018 fiscal year.

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Nigeria Customs seizes N3.06bn worth of tramadol, other drugs at Onne port

Mr Augustine Chidi, the Deputy Comptroller General of Customs in-charge of Enforcement, Investigation and Inspection, announced the seizure in Port Harcourt.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized nine 40ft containers of tramadol and other controlled drugs with duty paid value of N3.06 billion at Onne Port, Rivers.

Mr Augustine Chidi, the Deputy Comptroller General of Customs in-charge of Enforcement, Investigation and Inspection, announced the seizure in Port Harcourt.

Chidi said the containers were falsely declared as containing PVC ball valves and general goods.

“You will recall that last week, Nigerian Customs Service announced the seizure of 50 containers in Lagos.

“This brings to a total of 59 containers of controlled drugs so far seized within this month,â€â€ Chidi said.â€�

He said that the importation contravened “Section 46 of Customs and Excise Management Act Cap 45 LFNâ€â€.

Chidi said that the Comptroller General of Customs, retired Col. Hameed Ali, ordered a thorough investigation to bring perpetrators to justice.

“Let me assure you that the NCS will not relent on its role of contributing to national economic and security well-being of Nigerians by ensuring that items that can negatively affect the citizenry are not allowed into the country,â€â€ he said.

According to him, NCS is increasingly relying on intelligence and technology to make it difficult for smugglers to have their way.

He called on the public, especially border community dwellers and port users to desist from importing illicit goods.

Chidi also called for public support for better performance by NCS and expressed concern that Nigeria was experiencing increasing attempts by unpatriotic elements to smuggle dangerous drugs into the country.

He said the increasing smuggling of controlled drugs into the country could be traced to the Christmas and New Year season as well as the coming elections in 2019.

According to him unscrupulous business men were exploiting the market provided by the seasons and elections in which some politicians might want to engage the youth in unwholesome activities.

“These elements are morally bankrupt and willing to make money at the expense of human lives. We must stop them as we all have a duty to protect our nation,â€â€ he said.

Meanwhile, the Controller, Area II Command of NCS, Comptroller Aliyu Saidu, said the command would perform better when it received one of the three scanners approved by the Federal Executive Council for the customs.

“It will greatly assist our command in checking crime and increase our revenue base,â€â€ Saidu said.

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Watch: Ariana Grande Releases Star-Studded "Thank U, Next" Visual

Music star, Ariana Grande has finally released the much anticipated visual for her hit song, “Thank U, Next” song.

She recently teased a star-studded trailer for the video of the song which is about some of her exes and all they have taught her.

The visual is not a disappointment as she channels her strength and sultriness while singing about being strong enough for herself.

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Tragedy: Father Hacked To Death By Son In EnuguÂ

The Enugu State Police Command has commenced investigation into the alleged killing of a man identified as Osita Nwachukwu by his son, Chibuike Nwachukwu.

The commandâ€s spokesman, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, a Superintendent of Police, made this known in a statement on Friday in Enugu.

Amaraizu said that the incident occurred at about 5.30 a.m. on Friday at Enugu-Agu village in Amuri community in Nkanu West Local Government Area.

“A son identified as Chibuike Nwachukwu, about 25 years old, has allegedly hacked his father, Mr Osita Nwachukwu, about 60 years old, to death with a matchete over a yet-to-be established issue.

“The alleged incident has thrown the entire Amuri community into mourning today,â€â€ he said.

Amaraizu stated that the suspect had been nabbed by the police and was already helping the command in investigation of the matter.

He said that the body of the deceased had been deposited in a hospital mortuary in the community for autopsy.

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