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The Senate on Tuesday cleared 10 ministerial nominees forwarded to the upper legislative house by President Muhammadu Buhari last month.

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the former president of Nigeria has said that Nigeria will win the war against Boko Haram the same way the country defeated Biafra secessionist during the civil war. The civil war which occurred from 1967 to 1970 was an attempt by some states to break away from Nigeria and establish an independent Biafra state. According to Daily Trust, the former president expressed optimism that the country would put an end to the insurgency. He said this on Monday,

In Nacho Monreal Arsenal have one of the most consistent left backs in Europe @SanketGooner Arsenal star Nacho Monreal has signed a new three-year deal with the club despite being linked with a move to Athletic Bilbao in the summer, according to the Daily Mail, as reported by the Metro. The 29-year-old looks to have now snubbed speculation for any sort of exit after he managed to hold down a regular role under manager Arsene Wenger.

As Brendan Rodgers thinks upon his Liverpool career after being sacked the Sunday evening before last he must wonder how it could have gone all so differently, more specifically his failure in trying to awake one of England’s greatest football clubs from its slumber. There were glimmers of success for Rodgers at Merseyside red (that one is for Pro Evolution fans) and a whole collection of ifs, buts and maybes, the pinnacle of which was that title challenge of 2013/2014 where Liverpool came so close to obtaining their holy grail, the Premier League title, until they quite literally ‘slipped’ up.

As Nigerians, in less than two hours from now, await Senate President Bukola Saraki’s official announcement of President Buhari’s second list of ministerial nominees, as well as the screening of the first list of 21 nominees, the Senate has insisted that it has jettisoned the tradition of ‘bow and go’ for nominees.