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    Sports Serena Williams cruises in US Open first round – TODAY.NG

    Serena Williams was ruthless on her return to the US Open on Monday, opening her bid for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title with a 6-4, 6-0 first-round victory over Magda Linette... read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2MVBuRf Get More Nigeria Sports News
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    Politics Okorocha orders new chairmen to reside at council headquarters – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    The newly elected chairmen of the 27 local councils in Imo State were sworn-in yesterday at the Sam Mbakwe Expanded Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Owerri. Governor Rochas Okorocha, however, directed them to reside at … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria...
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    Politics Gov Al-Makura Appoints Overseers For 18 Dev’t Areas – Leadership Newspaper

    The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, yesterday received the nomination of 18 overseers for the state’s development areas for screening and confirmation, as submitted to it by the governor. The Speaker of the House, Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, announced this in Lafia after the Majority...
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    Politics Ortom charges Akume to show scorecard before seeking re-election – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has advised his estranged political godfather, George Akume to stop castigating him and present his scorecard for the past 12 years before seeking re-election to the National Assembly. Ortom, … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and...
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    World New facial recognition tech catches first impostor at D.C. airport – NBC News

    WASHINGTON — Facial recognition technology caught an impostor trying to enter the U.S. on a fake passport that may have passed at face value with humans, federal officials said Thursday. And the groundbreaking arrest came on just the third day the biometric technology has been used at...
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    Sports ‘Nigeria Losing N1bn In Sport Tourism Weekly’ – Leadership Newspaper

    The Director of Tripberry, Mr. Vinod Kaurani has said Nigeria is currently losing at least one billion naira weekly for not harnessing its potentials in Sports Tourism, saying the losses may continue unless some measures are put in place to reverse the trend. Speaking at the African sports …...
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    Politics Nigerians react to Trump’s alleged reference to Buhari as ‘lifeless’ – Punch Newspapers

    Nigerians have expressed diverse opinions about a report in the Financial Times alleging that America’s President Donald Trump referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as ‘lifeless,’ after their meeting last April in the White House..... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2MZ4c3s...
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    Metro LAUTECH’s crisis: ASUU heads to court – Newtelegraph

    Worried by the unresolved crisis rocking Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set to challenge the Governors of Oyo and Osun states, the … Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/2wlAT1F Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Metro Only 10% Nigerian schools have functional library – Aina – Newtelegraph

    Lenrie Olatokunbo Aina, the National Librarian/Chief Executive Officer of the National Library of Nigeria, speaks with REGINA OTOKPA about ongoing efforts to reposition library services, challenges of poor reading habit among Nigerians, and plans to bring back library... Read more via...
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    Metro Applicant Dies Inside Ikoyi Passport Office Toilet – Nairaland

    An applicant seeking Nigerian international passport has died in Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Passport office, Ikoyi, Lagos. The applicant was said to have arrived the passport office at about 7.am in company of his wife and they were asked to wait till 9.am when they would be attended...
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    Metro Lagos: ADP Tackles Ambode, Visionscape Over Unpaid Salaries Of Street Sweepers – Ladun Liadi’s Blog

    The main opposition political party in Lagos State, Action Democratic Party (ADP) has called on the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode to immediately attend to the several months of unpaid Salaries of Street sweepers who stormed the state capital in protest today. The … Read more...
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    Politics Denying Ayade ticket’ll destroy PDP in C’River – Okon – Newtelegraph

    Ntufam John Okon is a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State and currently the chairman of Seven Alive Southern Senatorial District Support Group. In this interview with CLEMENT JAMES, he speaks on 2019 governorship poll in Cross River and the Ben Ayade...
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    Politics Be careful with public funds, Okorocha tells newly sworn-in chairmen – Vanguard News

    The twenty-seven local government area chairmen elected in Imo State were yesterday sworn-in by Justice Theophilus Nzeukwu, a representative of the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Pascal Nnadi who is on vacation overseas. The event took place … Read more via Vanguard News –...
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    Politics Lagos PDP crisis deepens as Bode George, Salvador part ways – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    The crisis rocking the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got worse yesterday, as the state chairman, Mr. Moshood El-Salvador and the former national deputy chairman, Chief Olabode George, openly castigated each other at separate … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...
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    Politics Senators take on Buhari, say rule of law is sacrosanct – Vanguard News

    Senators, yesterday, took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari for elevating national interest above the rule of law. According to the senators, the rule of law is sacrosanct and the grundnorm of any democracy. Senate Deputy Minority Leader, … Read more via Vanguard News –...
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    World Califonia Hits $2.7T GDP And Overtakes Britain As Fifth Largest Economy – Nairaland

    California’s economy has overtaken that of the United Kingdom to become the world’s fifth largest, according to new federal data made public on Friday. The Golden State’s gross domestic product rose by $127 billion from 2016 to 2017, surpassing $2.7 trillion, driven by strong productivity...
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    World Ramaphosa to host UK Prime Minister Theresa May – News24 South Africa

    President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to host United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May in Cape Town on Tuesday. May, who is on a working visit to South Africa, is also expected to deliver the keynote address at the event on the Foreshore.... Read more via News24 South Africa –...
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    World Tokyo stocks close higher as Asian bourses rally – NaijaBizCom.Com

    Tokyo markets closed higher on Monday helped by a relatively cheaper yen against the dollar and rallies in other Asian markets. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.88 percent or 197.87 points to close at 22,799.64 while the broader Topix index ended up 1.16 percent or 19.75 points at …...
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    World Under pressure, Trump tersely recognizes McCain, lowers flag – Yahoo News

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Glowering in public and near-silent for two days, President Donald Trump relented under pressure Monday by tersely recognizing Sen. John McCain’s “service to our country” and re-lowering the White House flag.... Read more via Yahoo News – Latest News & Headlines –...
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    World Ivanka Trump Smiles With Pastor Who Thinks Marriage Equality Is Satan’s Work – The Daily Beast

    It was an evening that featured a room full of LGBT prejudice and hatred, and in the photographs Ivanka Trump, alleged one-time supporter of LGBT equality, looked like she was enjoying every second. Jim Garlow, senior pastor of Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego, California, … Read more...
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