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The federal government and the 36 states have agreed to share $1.7billion of the $2billion balance in the Excess Crude Account. After the amount, which is about N391billion,is shared, there will be just about $.3billion remaining in the account which was created to help the two tiers of government save for raining days.

Shabab militants killed 14 people and wounded 11 in the northeastern Kenyan town of Mandera on Tuesday, a government official said, the latest attack in the region by the Somali Islamist group. The attack took place around 2 a.m. at a camel market, according to residents, and most of the victims were miners from other parts of Kenya. “I can confirm an Al Shabaab attack in Mandera early this morning,” the police inspector general, Joseph Boinnet, said on Twitter . “Regrettably 14 persons dead and 11 injured.”

Boxer stripped of WBO welterweight world title for failing to comply with rules Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been stripped of the welterweight world title he won after beating Filipino Manny Pacquiao this year for failing to comply with rules, the World Boxing Organization said on Monday. Mayweather, who improved to 48-0 by beating Pacquiao in May, missed a deadline by which he had to pay a $200,000 sanctioning fee from the fight and vacate the junior middleweight title he also held, the WBO said in a statement.

According to TMZ, Kourtney Kardashian has dumped her partner of nine years, Scott Disick, after becoming fed up of his partying. (Bang) The humiliated reality TV star reportedly split up with the father of her three children after becoming tired of his endless partying. He has also been spotted getting close to his stylist ex Chloe Bartoli in Europe.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved more than N400 billion as an intervention fund to end the lingering crisis of unpaid workers’ salaries in about 18 states of the federation. According to Channels Television, the relief package also includes about N300 billion soft loan for states for the purpose of paying the backlog, About $2.1 billion of the money was said to be sourced from the recent Liquefied Natural Gas proceeds to the federation account.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has promised to name Stephen Keshi’s replacement in two weeks. This was disclosed on Monday by the NFF General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi. “Within the next one week or two, we should name a new coach,” Sanusi said. “We have a very important qualifier in September and we don’t want to waste too much time before we announce a substantive coach to take over.”

The Associated Press has secured some documents from Bill Cosby’s 2005 rape case. In the documents, Cosby admits under oath that he bought Quaaludes with the intention of giving them to women he wanted to fornicate with. The 77-year-old comedian was testifying under oath in a lawsuit filed by a former Temple University employee. He testified he gave her three half-pills of Benadryl.

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai on Monday announced termination of the State/Local Government Joint Account. El-Rufai, who made the disclosure while swearing-in chairmen of the Interim Management Committees of the 23 local councils, added that his government would remit 10 per cent of its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to local government councils. He urged the appointees to work hard to ensure that the yearning of the people were met.

Sisters at war…. Serena (left) and Venus Williams swap ends of the court during their women’s singles fourth round match at the All England Tennis Club, Wimbledon…yesterday. PHOTO: AFP On what has been described as ‘Manic Monday’ by tennis fans and analysts, yesterday saw the last 32 male and female players in the world take to the stage for the last 16 spots in the quarterfinal stage of the ongoing Wimbledon.

Stephen Keshi Panel report confirmed Big Boss applied for Ivory Coast job One of the reasons that caused Stephen Keshi his Super Eagles job, three months after his reappointment, was that he allegedly mortified the iconic number 10 shirt which he handed to an unknown player, during Nigeria’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Chad in Kaduna on June 13.

Manchester United have reportedly already agreed terms with Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos, which would see the defender earn a staggering €55 million (£39.1 million) over the course of five years at Old Trafford. That’s according Carlos Forjanes and Agustin Martin of AS, who write that “the centre-back has already reached an agreement with the English club.” The piece goes on to state the aforementioned salary is well in excess of the €7.5 million (£5.3 million) yearly offer made by Los Blancos; it’s also noted that Ramos wants an annual wage of €10 million (£7.1 million).

Jos, Nigeria - At least 44 people were killed in twin bomb blasts in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the emergency services said on Monday, after a wave of mass casualty attacks blamed on Boko Haram militants. Sunday's bombings took the death toll from raids, explosions and suicide attacks to 267 this month alone and to 524 since Muhammadu Buhari became president on May 29, according to an AFP count.

Bolton Wanderers have signed defender Derik Osede from Real Madrid on a three-year deal. Osede, 22, who is eligible to play for Nigeria through his paternal parents, has joined the Championship side having seen out his contract at Real. The deal is subject to international clearance.

The Management of the Ogun State-owned soccer outfit, Gateway United, has sacked the club’s chief coach, Olabode Awakan, with immediate effect. The sack of Awakan was contained in a statement signed by the media officer of the club, Rotimi Oduniyi on Monday.