Arsenal appear to be a step closer to signing Henry Onyekuru Arsenal have agreed a £6.8m fee with Belgian club KAS Eupen for Nigeria striker Henry Onyekuru, according to Sky sources.
The Gunners have been in talks with the Belgian club since last week , having led a string of Premier League teams interested in the 19-year- old.
Personal terms have not yet been agreed with the player's representatives, Sky sources understand, but he is an avid Arsenal fan and understood to be keen on the move.
The former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke has on today revealed his passion to change the country by becoming the president.
The former governor made his presidential ambition known while speaking at a programme, “The Nigerian Symposium for Emerging Leaders”, held in Lagos.
Donald Duke who revealed he would not hesitate to grab the opportunity of becoming Nigeria’s president should the opportunity present itself further revealed that he once aspired to the position but did not emerge the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Restating his committment to his goal, the former governor explained that his preference for the presidential seat has been the main reason why he decided to forgot any federal legislative seat.
He said: “I do not have the flair for the legislature, standing up and sitting down at the chambers to raise a point.
That was why I did not contest for the Senate but the presidency, after serving out term as governor. “I have contested the presidency before; I will still give it a shot when the opportunity presents itself I believe I still have the energy in me.”
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"I don't know why I struggled in the beginning. I felt a bit nervous and unsure. But I mustered up the energy needed and started the helicopter moving."
“For the last two years, he has been decisive. He was key in so many matches in the Champions League, he’s in the final. Cristiano’s numbers can’t be ignored.”
“Both of them are fantastic. “I love Messi with the ball at his feet, he scores goals and does all the rest too. But Cristiano’s numbers can’t be ignored. “It’s a cruel comparison. Both of them deserve respect.”
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Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia buried a man neck-deep and stoned him to death allegedly for cheating on his two wives.
Dayow Mohamed Hassan, 44, was killed in the southern village of Ramo Adey in front of hundreds of onlookers.
Moalim Geedow, the regional governor representing the al Qaeda-linked insurgency, said Hassan was buried in a hole then pelted with stones.
He said: 'The man was married with two wives and children. He was publicly stoned to death today for committing adultery according to the Islamic sharia.
The man had a third woman who was a divorcee. He did not have her according to sharia.
He deceived her, saying that he went to a sheikh and that he married her. However, when the woman got pregnant, the two families debated and there was no trace of valid matrimony.
The court ruled he did not marry her legally and he was stoned to death." Since 2006, Al-Shabaab has been fighting a violent insurgency in Somalia to overthrow the government and impose its own strict interpretation of Islamic law.
In recent years the terrorist group has lost control of many towns and cities to a 22,000-strong force of African Union peacekeepers.
However, the group retains a presence in many villages and remains capable of launching deadly attacks.
This will not be the first time a man is being partially buried and then stoned to death for adultery by Islamist militants.
In 2009, in the same Somalia, Mohamed Abukar Ibrahim, a 48- year-old, was buried in a hole up to his chest and pelted with rocks until he died in Afgoye, some 20 miles south-west of the capital of Mogadishu.
The people in Shogunle, Oshodi was in a state of turmoil yesterday.
According to a Thomasloadite, the chaos began at about mid-day when an APC primary taking place at Shogunle town hall in Oshodi turned violent ultimately leading to the death of a popular politician and NURTW top- shot, Rasaq Bello otherwise called 'Hamburger'.
Reports have it that late Rasaq Bello was allegedly shot dead by members of a rival gang allegedly led by Samson Agbetoye, popularly called Golden.
Following Hamburger's death, a resident of the area said that violent clashes erupted and a car was burnt around Ayinke Junction.
We also gather that unknown touts stormed the home of the leader of the rival gang 'Golden' who has since fled and they killed his mother.
Another source confirmed to us that the popular Ladipo market has been shutdown and heavy presence of Police patrol vans has been seen all around Oshodi.
Until his death, Hamburger was the Lagos State Treasurer of Tricycle Operators, a branch of NURTW. He was recently made a chief when he was installed as the Akinrogun of Shogunle.
If you're residing in Shogunle, Oshodi area please, be watchful. Don't forget to inform others.
A suspect in the poisoning death of the North Korean leader's half brother wrote to her parents from jail, asking them to pray for her but saying "don't think about me too much."
Siti Aisyah, an Indonesian mother who worked in Malaysia, appeared in court Tuesday along with a second suspect, Doan Thi Huong of Vietnam.
Their trial was formally transferred to the High Court as the lower court had no jurisdiction to hear a murder case.
They are the only people who have been arrested in the assassination of Kim Jong Nam at the Kuala Lumpur airport on Feb. 13.
The suspects are accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim's face in the crowded airport terminal; he died soon afterward.
The women have said they were duped into thinking they were playing a harmless prank for a hidden- camera show.
Yusron Ambary, counsellor at the Indonesian Embassy, said Siti wrote a letter to her parents recently, asking them not to worry about her.
"I am in good health. Just pray. Don't think about me too much. Keep healthy and pray at night.
I have a lot of people helping me. The embassy officials always come to see me, my lawyers also. Don't worry. Pray for me so that the case will be over soon and I can go back home.
Send my love to my son Rio," he read from the letter to reporters outside the courtroom. Armed escorts accompanied the women, who smiled at their embassy representatives as they were brought to the dock.
Prosecutor Iskandar Ahmad said the date for their first appearance in the High Court would usually be within a month.
The suspects would then enter pleas and the trial would have to start within 90 days, Iskandar said. The court was also informed that lawyer Jagjit Singh was appointed by the North Korean Embassy to monitor the case for them.
Singh told reporters later that he was engaged to "protect the interest" of the North Korean government. He didn't elaborate.
Police have said four North Korean suspects fled Malaysia the day of the attack. Defense lawyers fear the women will be scapegoats because other people believed to have knowledge of the case left the country.
Siti's lawyer, Gooi Soon Seng, earlier complained to the court that prosecutors and police have failed to provide them the evidence including airport CCTV footages despite repeated request.
Iskandar assured the court that prosecutors will supply the material before the trial begins.
Gooi however, said failure to disclose material evidence to the defense at the earliest opportunity could undermine the defense case.
"At the end of the day, what we want is justice, not play hide-and-seek," he said.
Although Malaysia never directly accused North Korea of carrying out the attack, speculation is rampant that Pyongyang orchestrated a hit on a long- exiled member of its ruling elite.
Although Kim, who was estranged from his family, was not an obvious political threat, he may have been seen as a potential rival in the country's dynastic dictatorship.
North Korea has denounced such speculation and has never acknowledged the victim was a member of its ruling family.
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who spied for the CIA before his drug trafficking and brutal regime sparked a U.S. invasion in 1989, has died aged 83.
President Juan Carlos Varela announced Noriega's death on Twitter late on Monday, and said his passing marked the closing of a chapter in Panama's history.
Noriega, who ruled Panama from 1983 to 1989, spied for the Central Intelligence Agency until the United States invaded and toppled his corrupt government, ending a criminal career that saw him working with drug traffickers like Pablo Escobar.
Noriega was initially sentenced in the United States in 1992 but was serving a sentence for murder in Panama when he died.
The wily military ruler of the Central American nation made world headlines as his relationship with Washington soured, culminating in the United States sending nearly 28,000 troops to seize Panama City and capture him in a house-to-house hunt.
Noriega spent the rest of his life in custody between the United States, France and Panama for crimes ranging from murder to racketeering and drug-running.
The former dictator had undergone an operation in March to remove a brain tumor but suffered a hemorrhage and had been in a coma since a second surgical intervention.
A government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Noriega died at around 11 p.m. local time after his condition suddenly worsened.
With the knowledge of U.S. officials, Noriega formed "the hemisphere's first narcokleptocracy," a U.S. Senate subcommittee report said, calling him, "the best example in recent U.S. foreign policy of how a foreign leader is able to manipulate the United States to the detriment of our own interests."
After his capture, Noriega tried to turn the tables on the United States, saying it had worked hand in glove with him.
World most expensive player, Paul Pogba who had a successful season with Manchester United went to the Holy land to praise his creator.
The superstar was pictured with the Imam Of Medina Mosque Huzaif
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Super Eagles forward Olarewaju Kayode has been voted the best player in the Austrian Bundesliga taking after his breathtaking performances for Austria Wien this season.
The 24-year-old Nigerian, additionally finished as top scorer in the Austrian league with 17 goals and making it a total of 24 goals in all competitions this season, scoring 5 goals in the Europa League and 2 in the Austrian Cup to wrap up a fine season, which earned him Super Eagles call-up.
Kayode was absent in Austria Wein’s 6-1 triumph over Admira on Sunday subsequent to being suspended for the second successive yellow card he got against Salzburg.
The Generali Arena equip finished second on the Bundesliga table behind RedBull Salzburg with 63 points and will play in the Europa League next season.
Kayode is as of now in camp with the Super Eagles as they plan for their international friendly game against the Sparrow Hawks of Togo on June 1.
The Austria Wein forward is relied upon to get his second cap when Nigeria take up the Sparrow Hawks of Togo subsequent to missing Eagle’s first game against Corsica on Friday because of club responsibilities.
Photos which emerged online, indicate that the former first lady of Edo state, Iara Oshiomhole, might be pregnant for APCnchieftain, Adams Oshiomhole.
Iara Oshiomole, the pretty wife of the former Governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole, was pictured recently as she turned up at her husband’s 65th birthday looking pregnant.
The photos which emerged online, have been trailed by mixed reactions and many people are happy that the Cape Verdean beauty will soon bear a child for the APC influential
politician.
'I just thought, 'Holy s**t, I'm 30 years old, I better get this together, I better get married. I think a lot of girls do go through that where they freak out thinking they're getting old and have to figure it out, all their friends are having kids. It was more of that situation.'Kim said after marrying Kris just 8 months after they began dating, she knew she had made a mistake. And she knew the marriage was a mistake just a few days into it.
'According to verified sources close to Phyno’s camp, the rapper was working on incorporating Island-ready production on his sophomore album to tap into the international market. He was in talks with Remo (the producer), who sent him the song to work with. “The guy sent the song to us, and we wanted to work together, but something happened and we couldn’t use it,” a source told Pulse'.The Pulseng report continues to say,
'due to issues regarding remuneration, clearances and demands, Phyno and Remo did not work together. But Phyno liked the idea of the sound, so he sought the help of producer Benjamz, who reconstructed the single, and brought on Mr Eazi and Decarlo to collaborate and release the record. Remo, who had totally abandoned the Phyno project, still has his music, and so when Pia Mia tapped him and Jeremih for a new record, they had this one ready-made for her to record and release'.This report and alleged source from Phyno's camp didn't go down well with the rapper who immediately took has to twitter to call out Pulse and indirectly threaten legal actions.
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