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  Britons will shape the future of the United Kingdom and Europe on Thursday when they decide whether to stay in the European Union following a campaign that has shown the potency of anti-establishment feeling in the West. The vote comes a week after the murder of a lawmaker in the street left many voters wondering whether the campaign rhetoric on both sides - warnings of economic disaster versus uncontrolled immigration - had gone too far in a country considered a paragon of stability.

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu. The anti-graft agency has equally arrested the chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited, Jide Omokore.

  THE nine-member Local Government Caretaker Committee in Akwa Ibom State inaugurated in July 2015, will be dissolved soon as the one year tenure expires next month. The state governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel announced this, weekend, during the monthly prayer meeting held at Latter House Chapel, Governors Lodge, Uyo.

Nigeria’s Senate has accused the government of “short-changing” the country by reducing the fine of mobile phone giant MTN from an original $5.2bn to $1.7bn. The Senate had summoned top government officials, to explain what it describes as the “ridiculous settlement payment plan of the fine imposed on MTN Nigeria by the Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC). The NCC had directed all telecom providers in the country to register subscribers and disconnect erring subscribers. MTN did not meet the deadline to do so.

Former Barcelona midfielder Deco feels the current top two footballers in the world – Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo – are not as talented as former Brazil ace Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho, who won two League titles and the 2006 Uefa Champions league with Barcelona, won the 2004 and 2005 Ballon d’Or – three less than current holder Messi, and one less than the Argentine’s perennial rival Ronaldo.

—A group, Niger Delta Patriotic Front, NDPF, yesterday, warned the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu not to burn his fingers with his ongoing negotiations for peace with stakeholders in Niger Delta region, especially with the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, saying they are a band of renegades. The group in a statement by Mr. Joel Tamarakepreye, Director of Information, asked Nigerians not to be deceived by antics of the Avengers,

Data will be analysed on two black boxes from the EgyptAir flight that crashed into the sea in May. Egypt's Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee have started work on the black box flight recorders from the EgyptAir plane that crashed in May.

Donald Trump has previously called for a boycott on Apple products.Photo: AP The company, along with other tech giants like Facebook, Google and Microsoft, usually contributes technology and funding to both the Republican and Democratic national conventions, where each party officially nominates their candidate for President.

—The Nigerian Army said, yesterday, that troops of Forward Operation Base, FOB, Ningi of 33 Artillery Brigade killed three rustlers and freed three hostages during a patrol at Dutsen Dumburum, Ningi Local Government Area, Bauchi State.

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