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'WE CAN'T ACCEPT THIS!' - MONACO ULTRAS SLAM MBAPPE OVER WAGE DEMANDS

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The France international has reportedly asked for big money to extend his stay at the Ligue 1 club amid interest from the likes of PSG and Real Madrid

Monaco's ultras have delivered a firm message to Kylian Mbappe, insisting that they are concerned about reports of his excessive wage demands.

ZIDANE'S MADRID ALL-STARS WILL BE BETTER THAN PEP'S BARceolona

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Even Guardiola's tiki-taka legends couldn't retain their European crown and the question now is can anyone stop Real winning three in a row?

JANUZAJ TO DEDICATE FIRST SOCIEDAD GOAL TO FORMER MAN UTD BOSS VAN GAAL

Adnan Januzaj does not have fond memories of Louis van Gaal, but has special plans for the Dutchman when he opens his Real Sociedad account.

EXTRA TIME: DIDIER DROGBA RETURNS TO CHELSEA TRAINING GROUND

The Blues legend who enjoyed a trophy-laden career in the Stamford Bridge was welcomed by Antonio Conte’s men at their Cobham Training Centre

Didier Drogba paid a surprise visit to the Cobham Training Centre and met with Chelsea players at their training session on Wednesday.

Chile's Atacama desert: World's driest place in bloom after surprise rain

Chile's Atacama desert: World's
driest place in bloom after
surprise rain

After intense and unexpected rain fell in the north of Chile,
parts of the usually arid Atacama desert have turned into a
carpet of flowers.

The "desierto florido" (flowering desert) phenomenon usually occurs
every five to seven years when rains cause buried seeds to germinate
and flower.

But this bloom comes just two years after a a particularly colourful flowering
in 2015.

A US couple says they can see Jesus Christ watching over their child in a pregnancy ultrasound.

The Pennsylvania pair said a man dressed in a robe with a crown of thorns is looking at their baby from the far left of the image.

"When they gave it to us, um, to me it's Jesus," mother Alicia Zeek told a local news station.

She said the ultrasound gave them comfort after complications with two other pregnancies.

Taylor Swift announces
new
album, called Reputation

Exactly three years after Taylor Swift released her fifth studio album
1989 - she's back.

She's just posted a tweet which reveals her new record is called
Reputation and will be released on 10 November.

All the photos have also returned to her social media profiles after

mysteriously disappearing last Friday.

It's her sixth studio album and led to the hashtag #TS6 to trend on Twitter at points since her "blackout" at the end of last week and this week.

Triple talaq: India court bans Islamic instant divorce

India's top court has ruled the practice of instant divorce in Islam unconstitutional, marking a major victory for women's rights activists.

In a 3-2 majority verdict, the court called the practice "un-Islamic".

India is one of a handful of countries where a Muslim man can divorce his wife in minutes by saying the word talaq (divorce) three times.

The landmark court decision came in response to petitions challenging the so-called "triple talaq" custom.

Johnson & Johnson faces $417m payout in latest talc case

Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $417m (£323.4m) to a woman who says she developed ovarian cancer after using products such as baby powder.

The California jury's decision marks the largest award yet in a string of lawsuits that claim the firm did not adequately warn about cancer risks from talc-based products.

A spokeswoman for Johnson & Johnson defended the products' safety.

The firm plans to appeal, as it has in previous cases.

ROONEY FINALLY RETIRES FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAVING ENGLAND WITH 53 GOALS FOR THE COUNTRY BEING TOP SCORER TOO.

he Everton striker was asked by England boss Gareth Southgate to be involved against Malta and Slovakia.

"Every time I was selected was a real privilege but I believe now is the time to bow out," said the 31-year-old.

The former Manchester United captain scored 53 times in 119 internationals.

Why 9mobile customers are experiencing service disruptions – Official

The management of 9mobile have provided a reason why some subscribers are experiencing disruption in services.
Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Ltd., EMTS, trading as 9mobile, announced a network outage in one of its data centres as the reason for the service disruption.

JAMB fixes cut off marks for universities, polytechnics, colleges of education

JAMB fixes cut off marks for universities, polytechnics, colleges of education.2017

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has fixed minimum cut off marks for Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.
The minimum cut off marks for admissions into universities in Nigeria was set for 120, polytechnics and colleges of education pegged at 100, while that of innovative enterprising institutes was pegged at 110.
Institutions are, however, at liberty to raise their cut off marks for admission above the minimum set by JAMB.

Ogun Police arrest 9 fleeing cultists with charms and weapons (Photo)

The Ogun State police command has arrested nine cultists who were reported on the run and have all have confessed to being members of the Eiye fraternity at Iperu Remo and Isara areas of the state.

The recent arrest comes a months after the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) had raided the base of the cultists at Iperu Remo, a group which is being led by one Taiwo Oluwaseun Boyeko popularly known as Omo Ile Aje.

Media Personality and author, Toke Makinwa has now taken a major stop into the Nigerian movie industry - Nollywood. She disclosed this in a post on her Instagram page, praising God for opening doors for her.

Uruguay Argentina to announce joint 2030 World Cup bid

Uruguay and Argentina will officially launch their joint bid for the 2030 World Cup next week at a ceremony involving the country’s two leaders, Uruguay President Tabare Vazquez said on Monday.

capital projects in 2016, says Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said on Monday that the Federal Government spent about N1.3 trillion on capital projects in 2016, the highest in the history of the country.

Osinbajo disclosed this at a plenary of the 2017 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) National Conference in Lagos with the theme, “African Business: Penetrating through Institution Building.”

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to take paternity leave

Founder of Facebook,Mark Zuckerberg, has said that he would be taking two months of paternity leave after the birth of his second daughter.

Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Fatai Owoseni

An auxiliary nurse, Mrs. Folashade Idoko, has been accused of stabbing her husband to death in Lagos. The incident occurred around 11p.m. on Sunday at their Ayetoro residence in Oto-Awori Local Council of the state.

It was gathered that the deceased allegedly suffered years of domestic violence from his wife but kept quiet about it. The couple have two children, a three-year-old boy and one-year old girl.

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ROONEY JOINS SHEARER IN PREMIER LEAGUE'S 200 CLUB

ROONEY JOINS SHEARER IN PREMIER LEAGUE'S 200 league goal

MOURINHO TELLS RASHFORD TO EMBRACE BOO BOYS

The Special One believes the young English striker needs to learn how to cope with dissent from the crowd

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho wants Marcus Rashford to learn to enjoy being targeted by opposition fans, insisting it is a compliment.

Rashford was booed as United finished strongly to rout Swansea City 4-0 at Liberty Stadium in Premier League action on Saturday.

The High People’s Court of Guangdong Province, China, has finally confirmed a death sentence with two years probation on a Nigerian, Mr. Ikechukwu Peter Obiekezie, who was reportedly found guilty of smuggling 1410.9 grams of cocaine into China.

NEYMAR ALREADY LOOKING A €222M BARGAIN FOR PSG AFTER DAZZLING DEBUT AT PARC DES PRINCES

The Brazilian superstar bagged two goals and three assists during a thrilling first home appearance for his new side, a 6-2 win over Toulouse

Neymar’s charm offensive in Paris continued at pace on Sunday evening as he helped PSG top Ligue 1 at the end of a complete matchday for the first time in 15 months. Already his €222 million transfer fee from Barcelona is looking like money well spent.

President Buhari writes National Assembly on resumption of duties.

Biafra National Guard threatens FG on release IPOB members, says days of reckoning is close

By Jamal agent 003
ENUGU – THE leader of Biafra National Guard, BNG, General, Innocent Orji, has warned the Federal government to, as a matter of urgency, release all the Pro-Biafra agitators incarcerated in various prisons because freedom fighting is not a crime.

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Senate recovers N120billion, gives rice farms allegedly involved in revenue scam ultimatum

- The Nigerian Senate joint committee on Customs excise, tariff and marine transport are distinguishing themselves as a relevant committee

- The committee is probing the revenue scam that involves many popular companies

Panic over claims Pope Francis may shut down 163 parishes of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, derobe priests in Imo

- For four years, some parishes of the Roman Catholic Church in Imo have been without a bishop

- Pope Francis had tried to mediate in the issue and even forced the priests to write a letter of apology

- While this is ongoing, parishioners have continued to mourn those killed inside a church in Ozubulu in Anambra state

There is serious panic in Nigeria over reports Pope Francis is seriously considering shutting down a total of 163 parishes of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara in Imo state following the alleged stubborn refusal of of some priests to accept the appointment of Peter Okpalaeke as bishop.

Nicki Minaj's butt doesn't get all the glory—her boobs want some attention, too!

So what's a girl to do?! Post a boobilicious selfie, of course! And on Sunday, the 31-year-old "Anaconda" rapper did just that, sharing not one but two cleavage-filled pics on Instagram. Nicki looked sexy, sure, but her plunging lacy black bra didn't leave much to the imagination...

At least 23 people have been killed and dozens injured after at least eight carriages of a train derailed in northern India.

Carriages slammed into each other as the train came off the rails near Muzaffarnagar district, in the state of Uttar Pradesh and about 80 miles north of India's capital New Delhi.

The train had been heading to the Hindu holy city of Haridwar.

Anand Kumar, a senior police officer in the state, said more than 80 people were injured.

Billionaire Elon Musk has added his voice to more than 100 tech leaders in a letter to the United Nations warning that "killer robots" could become weapons of terror.

Urging the UN to take action, 116 artificial intelligence leaders and robotics companies from across 26 countries signed the open letter.

Launching the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), the tech founders state: "Lethal autonomous weapons threaten to become the third revolution in warfare."

A handful of worshippers prayed quietly on the red carpet of the An Nour Mosque in Ripoll.

Off to one side in the offices, well-meaning elders of the institution that serves a mostly Moroccan congregation grappled with the notion that their last imam is suspected of being at the centre of the latest terror attacks in Spain.

Worse still, some young men whom they knew - who were occasional visitors to prayers - had been killers, and been killed.

"It's been a big shock... it hurt us a lot what happened in Barcelona.

North America is preparing for a once-in-a-century total solar eclipse which will plunge large parts of the United States into darkness.

FROM Lisa Holland, Senior News Correspondent, in Seoul, South Korea

North Korea has warned the US will be "pouring gasolene on the fire" by conducting a war game with its long-time southern foe.

The 10-day joint military exercise with South Korea has been condemned by Pyongyang as "reckless behaviour driving the situation into the uncontrollable phase of a nuclear war".

It views the annual drills, which have now got under way, as a provocation and a practice for invasion.

Sport | Football How long can Messi wait for Barca to get their act together?

Sport | Football

How long can Messi wait for Barca to get their act together?

By jamal razaq | 21 August 2017 | 4:26 am

Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi . / AFP / JOSEP LAGO

For the first three minutes of Wednesday’s Spanish Super Cup second leg, Lionel Messi was flat out. The Argentine chased down every ball, every pass as his Barcelona team set about trying to claw back a 3-1 deficit from the first leg defeat to Real Madrid. With Marco Asensio’s goal after four minutes, though, Messi deflated.

Thursday, August 24, 2017

'WE CAN'T ACCEPT THIS!' - MONACO ULTRAS SLAM MBAPPE OVER WAGE DEMANDS

JANUZAJ TO DEDICATE FIRST SOCIEDAD GOAL TO FORMER MAN UTD BOSS VAN GAAL Adnan Januzaj does not have fond memories of Louis van Gaal, but has special plans for the Dutchman when he opens his Real Sociedad account.

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Taylor Swift announces new album, called Reputation