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Bernie Sanders, set to address the Democratic National Convention tomorrow night, will make the case for his former rival Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. There will be no Ted Cruz moment for Sanders; his conscience says to pull the lever for Clinton. His spokesperson released a statement this morning: In an opening night address on Monday at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will make it clear that Hillary Clinton is by far superior to Donald Trump on every major issue from economics and health care to education and the environment. Sanders will stress that the most progressive platform in Democratic Party history includes agreements he reached with Clinton to dramatically expand health care access and to make public colleges tuition-free for students from families with annual incomes up to $125,000 a year. In his remarks, Sanders also plans to rip into Trump for siding with the Koch brothers and echoing fossil fuel industry claims that ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not ban Russia from participating in the Rio Games and has not suspended the Russian Olympic Committee, the Russian state news agency TASS quoted an IOC source as saying on Sunday. The decision to allow or bar Russian sportspeople from competing at the Games in August will be taken by international sports federations, TASS cited the source as saying.  (Reuters) 

President of  FIFA Gianni Infantino and the Secretary General, Ms Fatma Samba Samoura will arrive in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja on Sunday for a two –day working visit. The duo, to be accompanied by a couple of aides, will be received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by NFF President Amaju Pinnick, members of the NFF Board and Management, and a host of other prominent figures in Nigeria football. A welcome cocktail for the FIFA President and Secretary General will hold at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja later on Sunday. On Monday, Mr. Infantino and Ms Samoura, led by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Barr. Solomon Dalung and NFF President Pinnick will pay a courtesy call on His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa. A number of FA presidents from other African countries, who are expected in Nigeria to join the NFF in welcoming the FIFA chieftains, will also be at the Villa. Also on Monday, Infantino and S...

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Kano was thrown into shock Sunday morning following the death of an illustrious politician and former Deputy Governor of Kano state, Engr Magaji Abdullahi. Magaji Abdullahi. Abdullahi, 69 was a grassroot politician and served as Deputy to Governor Ibrahim Shekarau between 2003-2007. A political aide to the late political icon, Abdullahi Kwakwatawa told Vanguard that late Magaji Abdullahi died in the hospital Sunday morning after a protracted illness. The deceased was a one-time commissioner for Works, Housing and Transport between 1989 and 1990, and later commissioner for Water Resources. Abdullahi came into limelight when he contested for the governorship of Kano State under the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1991. In 1999, Abdullahi defeated Sen. Kabiru Gaya in the APP governorship primaries, but lost to Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso. He later became Malam Ibrahim Shekarau’s running mate in 2003 and served as Deputy Governor under APP and later ANPP from 2003 to 2007. The deceas...

THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, today (Sunday), confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim that the Federal Government was actually dialoguing with Niger Delta militants through the oil companies and law enforcement agents. Spokesperson of the group, Jomo Gbomo, in a press statement, said: “The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) wishes to confirm that indeed it has been in preliminary talks with the Federal Government through oil companies and law-enforcement agencies as revealed by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, July 21, 2016.” “These preliminary talks are the precursor to a wider dialogue between the Federal Government and the MEND Aaron 2 peace initiative, which will seek to find solutions to the short, medium and long-term future of the Niger Delta region. “The Federal Government made it clear during our meetings that a negotiation with criminals is out of the question,” MEND said. It added: “The Niger Delta Avengers, ...

Update: The Art of Rap festival set for Sunday, July 24, has been moved to San Francisco’s Regency Ballroom, 1290 Sutter St. All Warfield tickets will be honored at the Regency Ballroom show, officials said. From the first ad libs of hype man Flavor Flav in “You’re Gonna Get Yours” on the 1987 debut album “Yo! Bum Rush the Show,” the hip-hop group Public Enemy established itself as a pioneering collective, combining the politics of the street with some of the hardest beats in the genre, thanks to the producing collective known as the Bomb Squad. Today, the group continues to innovate, even as commercial radio is more likely to celebrate rap songs tested in strip clubs than on boomboxes. Almost 30 years removed from that debut album, Public Enemy is charting a path for the genre’s elder statesmen, while answering an important question: In hip-hop, where “new” is the coin of the realm, how does one sustain a lifelong career? “We couldn’t really look at rap artists and say...