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Nigeria deports 3 Koreans for Immigration offences The Federal Government of Nigeria has deported three Koreans namely; Lee Yoo Song, Lee Byeung Woo and Moon Een Soo for Immigration related offences. The statement by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptropller of Immigration King Ekpedeme on Wednesday, said the trio were sent packing on the 20th of July, 2016. He said the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahaman Dambuzau, in exercising the powers conferred on him by sections 45(2) and (3) and  44( 1e) of the Immigration Act 2015, signed the Deportation Order. With the deportation order in force, the three (3) Koreans will not be eligible to enter Nigeria again through any port in the next ten years. Ekpedeme therefore, cautioned all expatriates and their employers in Nigeria to respect the laws of the country as the Nigeria Immigration Service is determined to implement all aspect of immigration laws in public interest. He however, ...

Alhaja Zainab Asari Dokubo, the first wife of Mujahid Dokubo Asari is dead. She died alongside a friend in a motor accident on her way to Ibadan. Alhaji Ishaq Kunle Sanni, chairman Oyo state Muslim community, who confirmed the death in a statement said Zainab was already a Muslim years before she married Dokubo. He recalled that Zainab, who lived in Ibadan had to relocate to Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa when she was appointed Secretary of the Muslims Pilgrims Board. “Even then, there was hardly any month she was not in Ibadan for one Islamic programme or the other. “She was a member of many Islamic organisations in Ibadan including Oluyole Muslim community under the Imamship of Imam Mudashir Bada. “It is interesting she was coming to her preferred town Ibadan when she met her destiny. “She was survived by four children Amirah, Hassan, Hussain and Osama. “May Allah accept her multifarious and multidimensional jihad as acts Ibadah and admit her to jannat Firdaous,” Alhaji Sanni said.Sour...

This musical collaboration sounds like a beautiful dark twisted fantasy. Kanye West is getting praise from Calvin Harris following their respected feud with Taylor Swift, E! News reports. The Scottish DJ, who blasted ex-girlfriend Swift for taking credit for writing one of his songs, is now supporting her arch enemy Yeezus dubbing him, "brilliant with music," according to E! News. The feeling might be mutual. A source tells E! that West and wife Kim Kardashian also find Harris to be a talented musician. Harris was recently spotted with Kardashian, whom he was reportedly excited to see, at Jennifer Lopez's 47th birthday party in Las Vegas. If Harris and West record a song together it might hit a sour note with Swift. The "Bad Blood" singer accused Kardashian and her husband of "character assignation" after Kim K posted videos of the "Mean" singer allegedly approving lyrics to West's song "Famous" in which he ca...

While Bernie Sanders supporters turned out in droves to the Democratic convention, many are chanting another name in the streets of Philadelphia as the senator steps back into the party fold: Jill Stein.  All but an afterthought for much of the primary season, the Green Party candidate's political stock has risen in recent days as Sanders supporters search for an alternative. Stein herself has maintained a presence on the sidelines of the Philadelphia chaos, even marching with protesters Tuesday after Hillary Clinton was nominated. "Those who are in tears, whose hearts have been broken, I’m going [to rallies] to really reassure them that their work has not been in vain," Stein told FoxNews.com on Wednesday.   But she's not shy about inviting those supporters to join her cause.   “We are going to continue this movement,” Stein told a cheering crowd near City Hall Tuesday. She said her campaign was ready to embrace Sanders’ supporters, ...

  Turkey has shut down dozens of media organisations and discharged almost 1,700 military personnel following the failed coup attempt. Three news agencies, 16 television channels and 45 daily newspapers, among others, have been ordered to be shut down, CNN Turk reported. Turkish authorities also announced a total of 1,684 military personnel have been discharged. Meanwhile, eight officers who fled in a helicopter to Greece have said they 'fear for their lives' as their application for asylum is considered. The men - two commanders, four captains and two sergeants - requested asylum in Greece after landing a military helicopter in the northern city of Alexandroupoli four days after the attempted government takeover on July 15. They have been sentenced to two months in prison, suspended, for illegally entering Greece, but say their treatment in their home country will be far worse. Vassilis Terzidis, who is representing the men, said they 'fear for...

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook Inc. (FB) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $2.05 billion. On a per-share basis, the Menlo Park, California-based company said it had profit of 71 cents. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, were 97 cents per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 15 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 81 cents per share. The social media company posted revenue of $6.44 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Eleven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $6.01 billion. Facebook shares have increased 18 percent since the beginning of the year, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index has increased 6 percent. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $123.13, a rise of 31 percent in the last 12 months.

Jay Z's got 99 problems, but Photoshop ain't one. The rapper caught his reflection in the mirror of an elevator while leaning sideways trying to take a snap Beyoncé during their recent trip to Paris. And of course, the internet was amused. "Jay posing like he was the one taking the selfie in the first place and bey is just in the way of his slayage," one fan wrote. "You know what I just realized? Beyoncé doesn't make Jay Z take these pictures. Jay Z makes Beyoncé take em," another said. Some were jealous, comparing it to their new relationship goals. "Jay-Z's role in this picture exemplifies literally the only thing that makes me think I should get myself a man," a user said. "I need my boyfriend to be professional like how Jay Z is with Beyonce," another tweeted. Many dubbed him the new "Instagram Husband," a man who is forced by his social-media obsessed better-half to take photos of her posing s...

The final burial rites of former Super Eagles captain and coach, Stephen Keshi, will begin in Benin City, Edo State on Thursday. According to  thenff.com , the Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday confirmed that the final rites would now be confined to Edo and Delta States. The NFF delegation to the final rites will be led by the President, Amaju Pinnick and will include Frank Ilaboya (Chairman of the Edo State Football Association). Meanwhile, family sources have also confirmed that Keshi's remains will be interred at his hometown, Ilah, on Friday. Keshi died in Benin City on Wednesday, 8th June at the age of 54. He captained the Super Eagles for 11 years, winning the Africa Cup of Nations gold in Tunisia 1994. In 2013, as Coach of the Super Eagles, Keshi lifted the Cup of Nations in South Africa after Nigeria defeated Burkina Faso 1-0 in the final. Keshi also took the Eagles to the Round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil 2014, and led the team to the FIFA Confederation...

 Fourteen years after the Abuja Airport Runway was due for reconstruction, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the interim repair of the runway and a major reconstruction of it. The Minister of State for Aviation, Alhaji Hadi Sirika at a press briefing after an inspection tour of the runway, told Journalists that the federal government cannot continue to fund the nation’s airports including the Abuja airport except to adopt for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model for the country’s airports. He said that there had not been any major repair on the runway since it was constructed in 1982 which ordinarily was to last for only 20 years, adding that since the 20 years elapsed in 2002, nor serious repairs had been carried out. Sirika said that the approval would follow due process which might take a while but stated that a Transaction Adviser would be engaged to undertake the entire process from bidding to contracting the reconstruction of the runway. He assured that federal g...

 Fourteen years after the Abuja Airport Runway was due for reconstruction, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the interim repair of the runway and a major reconstruction of it. The Minister of State for Aviation, Alhaji Hadi Sirika at a press briefing after an inspection tour of the runway, told Journalists that the federal government cannot continue to fund the nation’s airports including the Abuja airport except to adopt for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model for the country’s airports. He said that there had not been any major repair on the runway since it was constructed in 1982 which ordinarily was to last for only 20 years, adding that since the 20 years elapsed in 2002, nor serious repairs had been carried out. Sirika said that the approval would follow due process which might take a while but stated that a Transaction Adviser would be engaged to undertake the entire process from bidding to contracting the reconstruction of the runway. He assured that federal g...

 The Directorate of State Security Services, DSS, in Kogi State, Wednesday paraded four suspected kidnappers terrorising the state in recent time. The DSS said it has in couple of weeks back also nabbed more than 10 other suspects, six of which they said have been arraigned in court, while this other four operating in full military combat uniforms will also be arraigned today. Parading the suspect before newsmen, The State Director of the command, Mr Joseph Okpo, disclosed that the four, who were member of the six-man gang operating along Abuja-Lokoja highway, were arrested last week; with his men still on the trail of the rest two. He said the arrested suspects; Haruna Saleh, Kabiru Shuaibu, Mumuni Adamu and Tukur Shuaibu, who specialised in robbery and kidnapping along the major roads had confessed to be involved in some operations on Maraba-Jos Road, Malufashi on Zaria-Kaduna and Jaji-Zaria Road all in full military uniform. He explained that the suspects were apprehended on...

 Pope Francis said Wednesday the world was at war but argued that religion was not the cause, as he arrived in Poland a day after jihadists murdered a Catholic priest in France. “We must not be afraid to say the truth, the world is at war because it has lost peace,” the pontiff told journalists aboard a flight from the Rome to Krakow. “When I speak of war I speak of wars over interests, money, resources, not religion. All religions want peace, it’s the others who want war.” The brutal killing of the elderly priest during mass in France on Tuesday, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group, has cast a shadow over Francis’s trip to headline a gathering of young Catholics from across the globe in the city of Krakow. “This holy priest who died in the moment of offering prayers for the church is one (victim). But how many Christians, innocents, children?” Francis told journalists travelling with him. “The word we hear a lot is insecurity, but the real word is war. The world ha...

 Trump said anyone who found the hacked emails would be 'rewarded mightily by our press' Donald Trump has "actively encouraged" foreign powers to hack his presidential rival Hillary Clinton, her camp says. Mrs Clinton did not hand over 30,000 emails as part of an investigation into her private email server as they contained private details. "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing," Mr Trump said on Wednesday. "I think you'll be rewarded mightily by our press." The emails would contain some "beauties", he said. His appeal comes as Russia stands accused of hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for Mr Trump's benefit. Both Russia and Mr Trump deny the allegation. "This has to be the first time that a major presidential candidate has actively encouraged a foreign power to conduct espionage against his political opponent," Jake Sullivan, Mrs...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned hearing in an N8 billion copyright infringement suit filed against Ecobank Nigeria Limited till 21 September. The suit was filed by Rolling Innovations and Investment Limited and its Managing Director Anthony Osamudiamen. In a statement of claims (Suit No. FHC/L/CS/452/2016), filed against bank, the company and Novia, alleged that their copyright to a suite of computer programmes was breached by Ecobank. According to the plaintiffs, their intellectual property, titled "Patient Specification for Innovation Spend and Save Concept," which consists of seven programmes, with each suite housing a literary work for which copyright subsists. The plaintiffs also stated that between June 2008 and 2010, they communicated confidential information to Ecobank, concerning the concept during negotiations for a partnership agreement regarding development and implementation of the scheme. They further claimed that the said confidential infor...

Operation Delta Safe,’ the joint military force deployed to the Niger Delta, on Wednesday reacted to threats from the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) who claim that they will declare a Niger Delta Republic on August 1. The NDA had also said that it was prepared to take on the Nigerian military. In what appeared to be a reaction to the threats posed by the claims, the military said that it was adequately prepared to deal with the renewed violence by militants in the region. Rear Admiral Joseph Okojie, Commander of the operation, said during a press conference that the military has to capacity to flush out militants but were compelled to respect the dialogue option adopted by the federal government. It will be recalled that the Defence Headquarters had scaled down the military option and declared a ceasefire in order to pave way for dialogue with the militants. A few days ago, President Muhamadu Buhari told the outgoing German Ambassador that the federal government was in talks with the Nige...

Google officially  announced  this morning the launch of “Family Library” – a program that allows up to six family members to share their purchases from Google Play across devices. This includes the ability to share music, movies, TV shows, books, apps and games across Android phones and tablets, and, in some cases, across the web, iOS, and other connected TV platforms like Roku, Android TV, Samsung and LG Smart TVs and more. Family Library’s pending launch had been rumored for months, and was prematurely reported as having gone live earlier in July. However, Google is only today kicking off the official rollout, we’re told. Over the next few days, the service will become available in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S. Alongside the launch, Google is also expanding access to its  Google Play Music family plan , which lets up to six family members stream songs for $14.99 per month. ...

On Tuesday, the Bayelsa State governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja upheld the election of Governor Seriake Dickson as governor. The ruling on the petition filed during the election tribunal by the APC and its governorship candidate, Mr. Timipre Sylva, held that the supplementary election that took place on January 9, 2016, was proper and valid. But Sylva who spoke through his lawyer, Felix Okorotie, immediately after the judgment described it as a miscarriage of justice. In his reaction, Media Adviser to Sylva, Mr. Doifie‎ Buokoribo, accused the tribunal justices of bias as he expressed optimism that the judgment would be overturned by the higher courts. "This judgment cannot stand. We tested their judgment before up to the Supreme Court and we won, this very one cannot be an exception”. The Bayelsa State Governorship Electoral Tribunal sitting in Abuja Tuesday upheld the election of Seriake Dickson as the governor of the state. The tribunal held that from the evidence...

The Latest on the Democratic National Convention (all times EDT): 11:52 a.m. Donald Trump says that President Barack Obama has been "the most ignorant president in our history" and "a disaster." Trump is lashing out at the president at a press conference in Florida. Obama has cast Trump as dangerous and unprepared to lead the country. The president said in an interview that aired Wednesday that Trump lacks "basic knowledge about the world" and has shown no interest in learning more about it. Trump, in turn, says the president has been a "disaster" who came into office knowing nothing and knows less today. He says Obama, "will go down as one of the worst presidents in history." --- 11:40 a.m. Donald Trump says his son will not run for mayor of New York City next year. Trump, the GOP nominee for president, said Wednesday that his son Donald Trump Jr. "likes to win" and suggested that it would be difficult for any Republican to ...

Image copyrightNORFOLK POLICEImage captionA week on from the attempted abduction, police have released e-fits of the two suspects thought to be involved Police investigating the attempted abduction of an RAF serviceman have released e-fits of the men they suspect were involved. The victim was threatened with a knife near RAF Marham in Norfolk on 20 July. Attempts were also made to pull him into a car but he managed to fight the men off, headbutting one of them. Norfolk Police has released the images a week on from the attack. The force says it is possible the suspects were part of a "larger team". The first suspect is described as of "Middle Eastern appearance", between 20 and 30 years old, approximately 6ft (1.8m) tall, with a well-groomed beard. The second man, who is of similar appearance, is slightly younger, about 5ft 10in (1.78m) tall and was clean-shaven with short, dark hair. BBC

A video showing police searching a University of Iowa footballer at gunpoint while he played Pokemon Go - in what he described as 'the first time I've ever feared for my life' - has been released. The footage, taken on a body camera, shows officers approaching six-foot-two defensive end Faith Ekakitie in a public park. Ekakitie was wearing headphones, and did not understand why he was being stopped by armed police. After being searched, the young athlete posted a viral Facebook status about last Wednesday's incident, in which he described his terror but praised the professionalism of the officers. A short time before he was stopped, an attempted armed robbery had happened at a nearby bank, and the suspect was described as a 'large, black male who was dressed in all black and wearing something on his head'. In the newly-released footage, a female cop is heard telling Ekakitie, who weighs 290 pounds: 'It's probably not you, but we've got to double ch...

Bill O'Reilly has defended the use of slaves to build the White House, saying they were 'well-fed and had decent lodging'. The controversial Fox News host made the comments on his O'Reilly Factor show a day after Michelle Obama spoke about watching her daughters growing up in a house built by slaves. The First Lady said she was proud to see Sasha and Malia Obama grow up in the White House during her speech at the Democratic National Convention. Fact-checking Mrs Obama's claims, O'Reilly said slaves worked from 1792 to 1800 to build the presidential lodgings in Washington, DC, but claimed they were treated well. During the First Lady's speech at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, she said: 'I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves. 'I watch my daughters - two beautiful, intelligent, black young women - playing with their dogs on the White House lawn.' O'Reilly agreed that forced labor was used in the const...