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The first daughter of late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Yeni Kuti has made a shocking revelation. The dancer who just found a new love revealed that she has stopped smoking. Though hard to believe, the mother-of-one revealed that quit smoking three years ago so as to stay alive for her only daughter, Rolari. Yeni said: “Before my daughter went into the university, I used to smoke and suffer chest pains. I was like ‘if I continue smoking I may die before my daughter graduates’. “That was the inspiration I needed to stop smoking because for years, I had been telling myself that I would stop smoking on the first day of January, but by January 4 I was still smoking.

111mins: Now's the time, Anthony. Didier Deschamps has opted to take off Moussa Sissoko, replacing him with Manchester United striker Anthony Martial. The biggest game of his fledgling career by some way. PORTUGAL LEAD! Would you believe it, Portugal substitute Eder has put his side ahead and WHAT A STRIKE it is! The former Swansea striker, average during his time at the Liberty Stadium, has let fly from 25 yards out and found the bottom left-hand corner of Hugo Lloris' goal!

Giuseppe Bellini/Getty Images The annual transfer speculation surrounding Juventus star Paul Pogba has returned, with the latest rumours suggesting former club Manchester United have lodged an offer for the midfielder. The Mirror's Steve Bates reported on Sunday that "Juan Mata has been offered to Juventus in a bid by Manchester United to land £100 million-rated [Pogba]."

This spring, filmmaker-actor Matt Ross and his wife, writer-photographer-chef Phyllis Grant, took their children, 9-year-old Dash and 13-year-old Bella, on a field trip. It was unlike any that most kids — especially kids growing up in a place like Berkeley, far away from the Hollywood film industry — ever get to experience. The children accompanied their parents to the Cannes Film Festival, where “Captain Fantastic,” Ross’ drama starring Viggo Mortensen as a man raising his offspring off the grid, played to a 10-minute standing ovation and won the festival’s Un Certain Regard directing award. The movie opens Friday, July 15, in the Bay Area.

Lionel Messi convicted of tax fraud by a Barcelona court on Wednesday Barcelona superstar was handed a 21-month jail term along with his father Neymar defended the Ballon D'or winner and said Messi is his idol The Brazilian superstar recently signed a new five-year-deal with Barcelona Neymar has come out in support of his Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi and said that football without the Argentine superstar 'is not football.'

  Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, is expected to begin a three-day official visit to Nigeria on Monday, a statement has said. The statement, issued by the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, in Abuja, said Moeti’s visit was at the invitation of the Federal Government. Adewole said that the objective of the visit was to strengthen the collaboration between WHO and Nigeria. He said during the visit, Moeti would hold discussions with senior government officials and key stakeholders on health development in Nigeria and the African region.

Nigeria U-20 men’s team the Flying Eagles defeated Sudan 2-1 in the first leg, final round of the 2017 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday. Sudan took the lead in the 27th minute in Omdurman before Samuel Chukwueze drew the Flying Eagles level on 67 minutes. And in the 86th minute Victor Osimhen secured the win for the Flying Eagles. The return leg comes up in Nigeria in two weeks time.

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the Police to carry out mass arrest in the state on Monday. The Governor said on Sunday that the Police have begun indiscriminate arrest of top officials of the government, leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as well as members of the State House of Assembly. The mass arrest, which he said would begin on Monday, according to him, is based on petitions alleged to have been written against him by the All Progressives Congress (APC) over governorship election conducted in the state in 2014.

ESPN Portugal was a big underdog against host-nation France in the final of the European championship and their hopes took a huge blow early in the match as Cristiano Ronaldo had to be replaced after injuring his knee. The injury came in just the eighth minute of the match as Dimitri Payet's hard challenge on Ronaldo resulted in the players' knees colliding. Ronaldo immediately went down grabbing in his left knee. Replays showed that Ronaldo's knee seems to buckle during the collision.

(iStock) Addis Ababa - Ethiopia has blocked social media sites for the next few days, after questions from end-of-year exams were posted online last month, sparking a national scandal and leading to their annulment. A government spokesperson said the ban was aimed at stopping students taking university entrance exams this week from being "distracted". Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Viber have been inaccessible in the Horn of Africa nation since Saturday morning.

File Photo: Peul (Fulani) herdsmen from Macina cross the Niger river with their cattle.  Hundreds of gunmen suspected to herdsmen on Saturday evening attacked Beji town in Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State killing four people. The armed men also burnt 15 houses, four cars and 17 motorcycles. Apart from these the armed men also destroyed the barns in which food items were stored.

Hamza Bin laden, 23, says the 'sinful crime' of his father's death will not go unpunished in newly-released audio calling for terrorist attacks Dubbed the 'Crown Prince of Terror,' Hamza says his father's 2011 death will not go unpunished

Madonna in Malawi on Sunday visited the construction of a children's wing at a hospital that her charity is funding in this southern African country's largest city, Blantyre.

Policemen stand guard prior the Euro 2016 final soccer match between Portugal and France at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, Sunday, July 10, 2016.  France and Portugal fans from as far afield as Switzerland and the South Pacific gathered Sunday at the Stade de France stadium or took in the sights in Paris as they prepared to watch their teams meet in the European Championship final.

Journalist and governorship candidate of the Progressive People Alliance (PPA) in the September 10 Edo State governorship election, Mr. Thomas Sadoh, has declared his readiness to snatch power from politicians and provide the basic necessities of life to commoners in the state.

Oyo State Government has reopened some of the public schools it shut down due to a recent mass protest that turned violent. Students of public schools had on June 6, embarked on a mass protest in a bid to register their displeasure over the State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi’s proposed public private partnership policy on education in Ibadan, the state capital.

  From the sectionAfr Share Image copyright CCTV Image caption Chinese peacekeepers were deployed as violence broke out on Friday South Sudan is "back to war", a spokesman for the vice-president has told the BBC, as rival factions clash and hundreds have been reported killed. Forces loyal to Vice-President Riek Machar say government troops attacked their positions in the capital, Juba.

  Arsène Wenger was back in training with Arsenal last week and will definitely see out his contract which runs until June 2017. Photograph: Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images

 Protesters in Minneapolis call for justice for Philando Castile Protests continue to spread across US cities against the killing of black men by police, following recent deaths in Minnesota and Louisiana. Roads were blocked and missiles thrown in Minnesota, while armed New Black Panther Party members confronted police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

 Police say more than 120 officers were injured and 86 demonstrators have been detained during leftist riots in the German capital which police call "the most aggressive and violent protests in the last five years." Berlin police said in a statement Sunday that protesters threw bottles, cobblestones and fireworks, destroyed cars and attacked officers. It wasn't immediately clear how serious the injuries were, or how many rioters were injured in the clashes.

Civilians flee fighting in February when gunmen opened fire at a U.N. camp. Gunfire from "heavy weaponry" was exchanged outside a United Nations building on the outskirts of South Sudan's capital Juba on Sunday, in fresh violence after a day of relative calm, the U.N. mission to the country said. The mission sent out a series of tweets at about 8:25 a.m. (1:25 a.m. ET) describing "gunshots" and a "heavily armed exchange" outside a U.N. compound.

Pictures by Sir Edmud A project contracting company, China CAMC Engineering Limited is set to partner Anambra State in four key sectors of development. A delegation from the company and some finance partners facilitated by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) revealed this during a courtesy call on the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano.

Photo: Denis Farrell, AP Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu takes part in a Mass as Tutu celebrates four decades of episcopal ministry at a special thanksgiving Mass at St Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg, Sunday July 10, 2016.  Nobel peace prize winner Desmond Tutu on Sunday celebrated four decades of service as a bishop at a mass at St. Mary's Cathedral and central Johannesburg.

Executive Chairman of Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, Mr. Debo Adeniran Executive Chairman of Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, Mr. Debo Adeniran, tells BAYO AKINLOYE that Lagos State Government’s renewed enforcement of Street Trading and Illegal Market Prohibition Law 2003 is unfair and unwarranted Why are you against Lagos State’s renewed enforcement of the Street Trading and Illegal Market Prohibition Law? The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders is opposed to the promulgation of the anti-street hawking law in the first place because Nigeria, and Lagos in particular, has a preponderance of poor people who live on less than a dollar a day.

When Jaap Stam's new team took the field at Boreham Wood's tidy Meadow Park ground yesterday, all eyes were on a figure in the home team's attack. A figure familiar to Reading fans, to boot.

Instagram/sajadgharibii It's been a busy week for an Iranian weight lifter who looks strikingly similar to the Hulk. After multiple reports from both Iranian news outlets and international media that Sajad Gharibi, also known as "the Persian Hercules,

U.S. President Barack Obama waves next to Spain’s King Felipe as he arrives at the Torrejon military air base in Madrid, Spain Saturday, July 9, 2016. On what is expected to be his last presidential visit to Europe, Obama is visiting Madrid for his first presidential visit to Spain. (Paul White/Associated Press)

A Cambodian political analyst who was a well-known government critic was shot dead Sunday morning in what police say was a personal dispute over money. Kem Ley, 45, was killed at a gas station mini-mart complex in Phnom Penh and his attacker was arrested shortly after,

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s fledgling war on corruption has reached a critical juncture. In a case that has generated outrage, the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has been accused of buying two houses in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), is hoping to convince interim coach of the Super Eagles, Salisu Yusuf, to work with a foreign manager. Yusuf had earlier made it clear he is fed up of being an assistant and wants the role on permanent basis.

A former Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ogbonnaya Onovo has condemned the retirement of senior officers by the Police Service Commission, PCS, describing the trend as dangerous.

Dr Maikanti Kacalla Baru Dr. Maikanti Kachalla Baru assumes office as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) helmsman at a time the country struggles with low oil prices, delayed projects, declining oil investments and a devastating militant insurgency. Sourcing funds to meet the corporation’s needs and lower its future liabilities, as well as fixing its costliest problems, are tough hurdles before Dr. Baru. President Muhammadu Buhari recently appointed Dr. Maikanti K. Baru as the Group Managing Detector (GMD) of the NNPC. He is the seventh GMD in the last six years, replacing Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who held the position for 11 months.

The militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), has claimed responsibility for the blowing up of Italian oil installation Eni, also known as Agip oil company in Bayelsa State. The explosion, now known to be a bomb, occurred on Friday. In the early morning hours of Friday multiple explosions rocked the Nembe 1, 2, 3, lines and Tebedaba Brass trunk line in Bayelsa State and Rivers State. An NDA statement found on its website, authored by NDA Spokesman Mudoch Agbinibo, said “At about the of 3am to 5am the Niger Delta Avengers blowup Nembe 1, 2, 3 and Tebedaba brass trunk-line in Bayelsa/River States.”

Francis Johnson, the National President of PENGASSAN The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), yesterday, said its ongoing strike would continue indefinitely, unless the Federal Government takes urgent steps to revive the nation’s collapsing oil sector. There are, however, expectations that a meeting between the union and the Federal Government, scheduled for tomorrow, would yield positive results. The association held a meeting, yesterday, with a view to articulating its position at Monday’s meeting. Its National Executive Council will also meet on Tuesday in Abuja, to deliberate on the outcome of Monday’s parley.

  Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has replied former Governor Segun Oni for criticising his style of governance and calling him names during a radio interview. Fayose accused the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress, of doublespeak, saying the ex-governor once spoke the ill of his successor and Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who he (Oni) is now friends with in the APC. Fayose asked why Oni, whom he restored all his rights and privileges as a former governor of the state, would now be on the side of a man (Fayemi) who denied him same.

Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade Militants under the aegis of Bakassi Strike Force (BSF) have reportedly set up a parallel administration in Bakassi and Akpabuyo Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Cross River State. For the past two years, civil and traditional authorities have been displaced by the militants, who many believe are also responsible for cases of kidnapping, armed robbery and other crimes in the area, and in Calabar, the state capital.

Some Ijaw elders and traditional rulers under the aegis of Bayelsa Elders for Progress, Peace and Good Governance, have accused some of aides of President Muhammadu Buhari of frustrating the federal government’s proposed dialogue with militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA. The monarchs and the elders, while commending the president’s resolve to spearhead the dialogue, expressed worries over the alleged show of deceit, insincerity among the presidential aides from the Niger Delta.

Sunday night’s final at the Stade de France will feature two nations with several players whose families have made their homes in the modern Europe  Six of the France team that started the semi-final against Germany were of African heritage, including PSG’s Blaise Matuidi, front row, second from left. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images Faria Rivelino could be forgiven for having split loyalties when France take on Portugal on Sunday night in the Euro 2016 final. The father of the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Blaise Matuidi moved to Toulouse in the early 1980s with his wife Élise to escape the Angolan Civil War, before eventually settling in the capital.

Obama to return early from a European tour to a country simmering with tension and a racial divide that seems to be widening in the wake of more killings  A police officer attends a vigil outside Dallas police headquarters. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images From a perch about 300 yards to the east of the Texas school book depository where Lee Harvey Oswald took his fateful aim in 1963, another American sniper this week fired shots on to the streets of Dallas that have echoed around the United States. The assassination of five police officers by a black army veteran who told authorities he “wanted to kill white people” threatens to snap tense relations between law enforcement and African Americans that have now been at breaking point for almost two years.

expect interest rates might be cut for the first time since 2009. Even if not, the MPC’s long holiday looks to be over Mark Carney with actor Jude Law, in the royal box at Wimbledon on 8 July. Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP As Everton fan Mark Carney has learned since becoming governor of the Bank of England, being a member of the monetary policy committee is a little bit like being Ross Barkley on international duty. The country gives you a squad number and likes you to show up at the odd team meeting – but that’s about it. Yet, having done nothing since last moving interest rates in March 2009, this week sees the MPC meet amid City suggestions that its members may finally need to limber up for a run-out.

Chinese government data shows consumer prices in June rose at the slowest pace in six months, suggesting the world's second-largest economy is still experiencing weak consumer demand amid a broad downturn. The National Bureau of Statistics said Sunday China's consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.9 percent in June from a year earlier. Although the rate was slightly above analyst expectations, it remained far below the 3 percent target set by Chinese officials for 2016 and offers the central bank flexibility to enact a new round of stimulus in the latter half of the year.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has given President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration two weeks to open talks with its “Reach out to ‘Aaron Team’ or face consequences. MEND also responded to a recent piece titled ‘President Buhari sharpens focus on Niger Delta’, authored by Garba Shehu, presidential assistant on media and publicity. Garba had lambasted the Niger Delta Avengers for “killing soldiers and policemen, kidnapping and killing of oil company workers and asking oil companies to stop operations and pack out of the Niger Delta region”.

Iraqi government forces on Saturday recaptured an air base in northern Iraq from ISIS, a victory hailed by the prime minister as a key step ahead of the long-awaited operation to push the militants from the northern city of Mosul. In a statement issued on his website, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi described the air base in the town of Qayara as an “important base to liberate Mosul” and called on the city’s residents “to get ready for the liberation of their areas.”

Australia’s prime minister said on Sunday that his conservative coalition government was re-elected for a second three-year term, after a chaotic national election that left the country in a state of political paralysis for more than a week. Officials had scrambled to sort out who had won the tight race. Vote counting was still underway from the July 2 ballot, but Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said his conservative Liberal Party-led coalition had secured a victory, and that opposition leader Bill Shorten had called him earlier to congratulate him on being re-elected.

Adrian Clarke takes a look at how the Welsh side can improve this season Rediscovering a clear identity would help Swansea City in the season ahead. Always distinguishable under previous managerial regimes as a team who wanted to dominate possession, the Welsh side’s approach was more of a mish-mash last term. Using six different formations, they regularly switched from a front-foot to back-foot style, and would only opt to press high up the pitch in certain contests. Finding a style that best suits Francesco Guidolin's squad, and giving it time to develop and breathe is probably advisable.

© Goran Tomasevic / Reuters The UN Security Council has condemned renewed violence in South Sudan after at least 100 people were killed in gun battles across the capital, Juba, on the eve of the country's fifth independence anniversary. Gunfire in the capital erupted outside the presidential palace at around 4:20pm on Friday as President Salva Kiir had been holding a meeting to discuss a previous clash in which five government soldiers were killed the day before.

Deschamps was captain of the side who won the 1998 World Cup and his achievements as a manager have further endeared him to a French public confident he can oversee victory against Portugal in the Euro 2016 final Didier Deschamps gave France a belief they could beat Germany that was absent during their World Cup quarter-final defeat in 2014. Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images “We don’t let anything go. Not now, eh? Not now.” So barked Didier Deschamps in the Stade de France at crunch time. The staccato message, delivered with intense conviction, was spelled out at half-time of the 1998 World Cup final. France were leading Brazil. Identikit headed goals from Zinedine Zidane had done the damage. Almost too good to be true.