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Why Victor Moses is not playing for Chelsea — Mourinho

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Jose Mourinho has disclosed that Super Eagles’ star, Victor Moses is injured and will not be part of the team to face Brown Ideye’s West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. ‘Moses is still injured and Oscar is still injured,’ said the Portuguese. ‘I don’t know if the new players are available for Sunday yet.’ Moses against New York Red Bulls He reported Thibaut Courtois, available again following his one-match suspension, will return to the starting line-up on Sunday.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Resigns, Clearing Way for Elections in Bid to Uphold Bailout Deal

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Premier’s gamble is expected to lead to his re-election in September ENLARGE Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, in front, arrives Thursday at the presidential palace in Athens, where he handed his resignation to President Prokopis Pavlopoulos. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned in a bid to trigger snap elections and return to power stronger, plunging his country into weeks of political paralysis just as it seemed to have scraped through a summer of fraught bailout talks and near-bankruptcy.

Mourinho said he needed me to make Chelsea stronger – Pedro

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was a major factor in persuading Pedro to join the Premier League champions. The former Barcelona winger, who was a target of Manchester United, made the £21m move from Spain on Thursday. “He phoned me a few times and said he needed me to make the team stronger,” the 28-year-old told Chelsea.com.

‘Obesity master switch’ for burning fat discovered

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Eating on the move may trigger weight gain in dieters SCIENTISTS who analyzed the cell-level circuits surrounding the activity of the FTO gene – the one most strongly associated with obesity – have discovered a metabolic pathway that appears to exert overall control over whether our fat cells store or burn calories.

Buhari Won't Probe Fashola And Tinubu -APC

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The Lagos state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC on Thursday said that President Muhammadu Buhari will not probe former Governors, Babatunde Fashola and Bola Tinubu.  The APC made the disclosure while reacting to a call from Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who called on the President to probe the duo. A statement by Joe Igbokwe, Lagos APC said, ''Why is Bode George finding it difficult to believe that the game is over for him in Nigeria politics talk less of Lagos State?.

Buhari - End of Boko Haram in Sight

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President Muhammadu Buhari has reaffirmed his conviction that the end of the Boko Haram insurgency is in sight, given the added vigour with which the war against the terrorist sect is now being prosecuted by Nigeria and her allies. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, quoted Buhari as saying this at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday while

Governors to Hold Talks with Ban Ki-Moon on MDGs

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Mr. Ban Ki-Moon PDP govs ask DSS to stop selective persecution Stakeholders adopt final report on MDGs Iyobosa Uwugiaren and Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
 The 36 state governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will on Sunday meet with the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, to discuss issues relating to sustainable development.