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Jon Super/Associated Press Liverpool have reportedly settled on a £15 million fee for winger Jordon Ibe and have allowed him to hold talks with Bournemouth. James Pearce of the Liverpool Echo relayed the news on Thursday:

Pat Riley is "SADDDDDDD!!!" that Dwyane Wade is joining the Chicago Bulls. J. Pat Carter/AP Dwyane Wade shocked the NBA world on Wednesday night when it was reported that he will leave the Miami Heat and sign a 2-year, $47 million contract with the Chicago Bulls.

Head coach of Nigeria’s U-23 team, Samson Siasia, has called on the president of the country, Muhammadu Buhari, to come to their rescue, saying “we cannot be going for Gold and we are begging for money.” The country’s team to this year’s Olympic Games, are currently training in Atlanta, USA, but Siasia has spoken out about some of the challenges they are facing.

A group, the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), has urged the Federal Government to restructure the various aviation agencies for efficient service delivery. NUATE’s Assistant General Secretary, Mr Olayinka Abioye, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.

Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Ethiopia A Kuwaiti newspaper says his convoy was re-routed in Nairobi on Tuesday Mr Netanyahu, who is now in Ethiopia, said he 'knew nothing' about it Security is high because of the threat from al-Shabaab and other Islamists

President John Mahama of Ghana has on Wednesday faulted the delay in the delivery of the crude oil ordered from Nigeria as the rationale behind the intermittent power outage in the some parts of the country. Speaking during eid-el-fitr speech at a ceremony in Accra, Mahama said the sabotage of oil terminals in Nigeria occasioned the delay in the supply of crude oil, which Ghana ordered last month.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are reportedly “fight constantly” just a couple of years into their marriage. According to a new report, Kim Kardashian feels trapped in her marriage, which has allegedly been plagued by West’s “immature antics,” which have been seen frequently by his fans and followers on Twitter.

When Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, threatened to withdraw the licenses of banks if they continued to lay off staff, I thought he was taking a joke too far. Why meddle with the banks when the government has enough problems? Aren’t the government’s poor economic choices partly responsible for the difficulties the banks are facing? In any case, why should the banks – privately owned banks for that matter – bear the brunt of the government’s inability to keep its promise of creating jobs?

Emmanuel Chidi Namdi and his wife, Chinyery ANigerian asylum seeker has been beaten to death after stepping in to defend his wife from an apparently racist attack by a right-wing football fan in a small town in northern Italy.

Sheriff's faction said it will file contempt proceedings against the committee before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caretaker committee chairman, Ahmed Makarfi. Aderonke Bamidele  The caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) headed by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, on Wednesday, July 6, formally took over the national secretariat of the party. But the embattled chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, insists the handover is illegal, saying his judicial actions against Makarfi’s caretaker committee stands. Sheriff's faction said it will file contempt proceedings against the committee before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.

On the various properties linked to him, he said bought them legitimately and duly declared them in his assets declaration form. Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state 20Read  Governor, Ayodele Fayose, of Ekiti State, says PresidentMuhammadu Buhari is using a "corrupt" Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to fight corruption. As contained in a statement issued on Wednesday, July 6, by his spokesman, Lere Olayinka, the Governor said the said the President must start his anti-corruption from his inner circle - the All Progressives Congress (APC).

 How time flies.Twenty years ago, the world celebrated Nigeria here. 24 hours after Chioma Ajunwa won Nigeria’s first and only individual Olympic gold medal, the only Dream Team Nigeria ever had dazzled to Nigeria’s second gold. It was in soccer. It was the first time an African country would clinch such diadem. History was made. Truly, it was a Dream Team. Nwankwo Kanu , Daniel Amokachi, Victor Ikpeba, Taribo West, Uche Okechukwu, Mobi Oparaku, Garba Lawal, Sunday Oliseh etc. The array of stars earned them the name Americans gave their Basketball team that boasted their best ever. Nigeria copied them but subsequent Olympic teams have erroneously been tagged Dream Team.

 Britain’s Andy Murray survived a major mid-match blip to beat France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets on Centre Court at Wimbledon. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian Kevin Mitchell at Wimbledon The vapour trails of Roger Federer’s extraordinary comeback against Marin Cilicwere still fresh on Centre Court when Andy Murray fought through the gloaming to survive a brutal five-set examination of his resolve by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for a place in the Wimbledon semi-finals against Tomas Berdych on Friday. It was by far his toughest match of the tournament – rightly so, against the highest-ranked player of the five he has faced – before he prevailed 7-6 (12-10), 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1 in three hours and 53 minutes of high drama.

The Wales defence can only watch as Cristiano Ronaldo heads in the opening goal of the Euro 2016 semi-final for Portugal. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters Gareth Bale had made the point that Wales’s historic run to the Euro 2016 semi-final had somehow not felt real. “In a way it doesn’t,” he said earlier in the week. As the madness swirled on the outside and the national fervour pulsed back at home, they had gone game by game, living inside their bubble. This was the night when it popped, when the brutal reality intervened and when Cristiano Ronaldo decided it was time he made a grand statement at this championship. There had been the fear among the Wales support that, after some erratic performances,

Former PM says claims Australia went to war on a lie are untrue: ‘There were errors in intelligence but there was no lie’  Responding to the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war, John Howard says that while intelligence breaches had been discovered since the conflict, he stood by the decision his government took. Photograph: David Moir/EPA John Howard has defending committing Australian troops to the Iraq war saying he believed the decision was “justified at the time” and was not based on a lie. “In the years that have gone by there’s been this constant claim that we went to war based on a lie,” Howard said. “There was no lie. There were errors in intelligence but there was no lie.”

The lawyer said Ogah's interest in becoming the Governor is not because of money but a genuine passion to make sustainable impact in the state. INEC recognises Uche Ogah as Abia Governor People's Democratic Party's governorship aspirant in Abia State, Dr. Uche Ogah, has said that his demand to be sworn in as the state Governor following a court order, is not out of desperation. He said he was validly victorious in court and not “a hurriedly executed legal ambush for the acquisition of political power as being insinuated by some persons.”

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday said the leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was caused by “hand of God.” Oshiomhole also advised the opposition party to stop blaming the All Progressives Congress (APC) for its woes. Addressing some Muslims at an event to mark the Eid el Fitri celebration at the Government House in Benin, he said: “Today, you can see confusion inside the party that brought Nigeria to its knees. Can you not see the hand of God? They said they would rule for 60 years. Now 16 years later, they are out