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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hit back Thursday at suggestions he is afraid to spend in the transfer market amid concerns the Gunners are losing ground to other leading Premier League clubs. The north London club, who were last crowned Premier League champions back in 2004, are estimated to have cash reserves in the region of £200 million ($263 million, 232 million euros).But their only signing this summer has been that of Switzerland midfielder Granit Xhaka for a reported £30 million from Borussia Moenchengladbach. That is in stark contrast to the transfer activity elsewhere, including Manchester United’s world-record £89 million move to bring the French midfielder Paul Pogba back to Old Trafford from Juventus amid several signings. With centre-backs Gabriel and Per Mertesacker injured, veteran French manager Wenger decided against recalling defender Laurent Koscielny, as well as Olivier Giroud and Mesut Ozil, for Sunday’s Premier League opener against Liverpool after they were al...

Popular Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) according to reports has been linked with talks with the federal government of Nigeria. In a statement issued Wednesday, the militants have willingly agreed to heed the call to dialogue with the Federal Government and expressed the hope that government will be sincere in the latest dialogue move. The militants equally expressed concern that the dialogue will come out with results that will yield lasting peace, equity, justice and harmony among all ethnic nationalities in Nigeria. “The body has collectively and willingly agreed to heed the clarion call to dialogue with the Federal Government, while admonishing Nigerians and the world to keenly follow and watch out for which of the two sides – President Muhammadu Buhari, APC-led Federal Government or the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) that may default in terms of openness, honesty and sincerity in abiding by the rules and spirit of dialogue”, the statement said. It explained that the Niger Delta Avenge...

Unemployment in the UK according to recent reports has just risen high. Total UK unemployment dropped between April and June in the run-up to the Brexit vote, official figures indicate. The UK's jobless total fell by 52,000 to 1.64 million, and the unemployment rate remained at 4.9%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.The number of people on the claimant count in July, the first month since the UK's vote to leave the EU, was 763,600, down 8,600 from June.Wages excluding bonuses rose 2.3% in the three months to June, the ONS said. Including bonuses, earnings growth was 2.4%."The labour market continued on a strong trend in the second quarter of 2016, with a new record employment rate," said ONS statistician David Freeman. "However, little of today's data cover the period since the result of the EU referendum became known, with only claimant count and vacancies going beyond June - to July for the former and to May-July for the latter," he ...

American born Pop singer Lady Gaga and actor Bradley Cooper are to co-star in a remake of the classic Hollywood drama A Star is Born, Warner Bros has confirmed. According to bbc Cooper will make his directorial debut on the film, which will also mark Lady Gaga's first lead role in a feature. Lady Gaga will compose and perform new songs in the film, which tells of an aspiring starlet's relationship with a leading man whose star is on the wane. Previous versions of the story starred Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand. Lady Gaga, who was nominated for an Oscar for song 'Til It Happens To You, has previously starred in films including Machete Kills and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Earlier this year, the 30-year-old won a Golden Globe for her work in the latest season of US anthology series American Horror Story.Writing on Twitter, Gaga - real name Stefani Germanotta - said she was "elated" to be working with "brilliant visionary artist" Cooper. In a s...

Popular transgender and father to reality tv star kim kardashian Catlyn Jenner according to reports has just canceled his reality TV series "i am cait" following decline in views of the show. The programme followed the former Olympic athlete after she made the transition to a woman after previously living as Bruce. The show launched with 2.7 million US viewers last year, but the average audience has now sunk to about 700,000. E! said that "Caitlyn and E! have mutually decided not to move forward" with another series. Jenner will continue to appear on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, which also features her daughters Kendall and Kylie and step-daughters Kim, Kourtney and Khloe. Earlier this year, it was revealed that Jenner will appear in the third series of Amazon's Transparent.

Ghana second commercial oil field, the Deep Water Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme, will start pumping oil today "thursday". Joe Mensah, Vice-President and Country Director for American oil exploration company, KOSMOS Energy, said on Wednesday in Accra that the new field would be inaugurated by Ghana’s President, John Mahama. Mensah said this during a press briefing that the Floating Production Storage and Offloading Atta Mills, which would be used on the TEN field, is designed for a capacity of 80,000 barrels of oil per day. He said that the production between first oil in August 2016 and the end of this year would be 23,000 bpd.He said, “Ghana has so much and if we do things right, the country will never go hungry.“The government of Ghana has operating interest of 15 per cent with the other partners holding the rest.“They are Tullow Oil, 47.18 per cent; Kosmos Energy, 17 per cent Anadarko, 17 per cent; and Petro S.A, 3.82 per cent.” Mensah indicated that the associated gas pro...

Three roundabouts along the Lekki-Epe Expressway are to be removed, the Lagos State government said on Wednesday. According to business dayThe state also announced its readiness to begin the construction of a fly-over in the popular Pen Cinema junction in Agege, aimed at freeing the area of its perennial traffic jam.The Pen Cinema fly-over is the third of such infrastructure to be undertaken by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration after the ones at Abule-Egba and Ajah roundabout.Steve Ayorinde, the state commissioner for information and strategy, who briefed State House correspondents on the resolved of the government to execute the projects, said plans were also underway to deploy 13,000 closed circuit cameras (CCTvs) across the metropolis.Also expected, according to Ayorinde, is the installation of additional 6,000 streetlights and security sensors for surveillance and crime prevention across the state from October 2016.He said the planned removal of the three roundabou...

After defeating African rivals "Nigeria", Germany is reported to face world cup rival " Brazil " in the Olympics finals. Neymar scored after only 14 seconds - the fastest goal in Olympic football history - as Brazil thrashed Honduras 6-0 to reach the men's final in Rio.The hosts will next face Germany, 7-1 winners against Brazil at the 2014 World Cup, as goals from Lukas Klostermann and Nils Petersen gave the European side a 2-0 win over Nigeria. Neymar and Gabriel Jesus scored twice for Brazil in their convincing victory. Marquinhos and Luan also scored to take them into their fourth Olympic final. Brazil have never won gold in the men's football competition, losing in the finals in 1984, 1988 and 2012. Saturday's game will kick off at 21:30 BST and be played in front of a capacity crowd of 78,000 at the Maracana.

Ghana second commercial oil field, the Deep Water Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme, will start pumping oil today "thursday". Joe Mensah, Vice-President and Country Director for American oil exploration company, KOSMOS Energy, said on Wednesday in Accra that the new field would be inaugurated by Ghana’s President, John Mahama. Mensah said this during a press briefing that the Floating Production Storage and Offloading Atta Mills, which would be used on the TEN field, is designed for a capacity of 80,000 barrels of oil per day. He said that the production between first oil in August 2016 and the end of this year would be 23,000 bpd.He said, “Ghana has so much and if we do things right, the country will never go hungry.“The government of Ghana has operating interest of 15 per cent with the other partners holding the rest.“They are Tullow Oil, 47.18 per cent; Kosmos Energy, 17 per cent Anadarko, 17 per cent; and Petro S.A, 3.82 per cent.” Mensah indicated that the associated gas pro...

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state was reportedly placed under house arrest, hence stopping him from attending the aborted national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Governor Ayodele Fayose says he was placed under house arrest in Port Harcourt, hence, denied the opportunity to attend the PDP national convention. Fayose said he was stopped from attending the national convention of the PDP, in Port Harcourt, Rivers state Wednesday by security operatives that blocked the gate to the old old Presidential lodge in Rivers state Government House, Port Harcourt where he lodged. The Ekiti state governor said the security operatives blocked the gate with an armoured personnel career (APC).A statement by his media aide, Mr Leye Olayinka described the alleged action of the security aides as a clear case of “house of arrest”.The media aide said all appeals to the security personnel at the gate to allow the governor go out to attend the convention were ignored.The governor ...

Insurgency in Nigeria seem to be on rampage as alleged militants group "boko haram" kills more Nigerians in a recent attack. About 5 traders have been killed by Boko Haram insurgents in an ambush on a highway in the northeast that was recently reopened after coming under repeated attack from the Islamist group.A military source on Wednesday, August 17, said a convoy of vehicles carrying immigration officials and a group of traders were travelling from Gamboru, on the border with Cameroon, to the city of Maiduguri when they came under fire on Monday.An army officer who spoke to AFP on the condition of anonymity said: “Three (immigration) officers were hit and injured in the fire exchange. The immigration men drove off towards Maiduguri, leaving the traders behind,”The five traders had joined the official convoy thinking it would be a safer way to reach the Borno state capital than travelling the notorious road alone. The highway was closed for safety reasons at the height ...

The desperate need to survive seems to be on rampage as three Nigerians pilgrims where caught fore smuggling drugs into Saudi Arabia. Three Nigerians have been arrested by the Saudi Arabian authority for smuggling drugs to the country.NAN reports that the three suspects were in the country for the Hajj exercise and were found in possession of substance suspected to be cocaine. Hajia Fatima Abolore-Jimoh who is the executive secretary of the Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board confirmed the arrest of the Nigerians who are also from Kwara.She said they were arrested in Madina and were among the first batch of 505 pilgrims from the state.She said they were still in the custody of Saudi Arabian authorities but did not disclose their identities.described the arrest as unfortunate and painful as they made several appeals to the pilgrims to be good ambassadors of Kwara and Nigeria.In spite of the unfortunate incidence, other pilgrims were described as hale and in good spirit.She added that...

Top Spanish side Barcelona has just began the season with a whooping defeat to their rival sevilla to win the Spanish cup. Arda Turan scored twice and Lionel Messi once as Barcelona earned a 3-0 second-leg victory over Sevilla to win the Spanish Super Cup 5-0 on aggregate. Turkey midfielder Turan slotted in the first goal at the Nou Camp from Messi's through pass in the 10th minute.Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo then saved Vicente Iborra's penalty after Samuel Umtiti handled.Turan chipped in his second shortly after the break, with Messi guiding in a sublime header for the third.It is the first time Barcelona have won the Spanish Super Cup since 2013.The two-legged match usually pitches the league champions against the Copa del Rey winners. However, as Luis Enrique's team won both trophies last season, Sevilla took part as Copa del Rey runners-up.Both sides begin their La Liga season on Saturday, with champions Barcelona at home to Real Betis, while Sevilla, who fin...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has upheld the judgment sacking of Ali Modu Sheriff as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The court, presided over by Justice Nwamaka Ogbonnaya, reaffirmed the sack on the ground that the judgment of Justice Valentine Ashi, which nullified his appointment on June 29 has not been set aside or vacated and is therefore subsisting. See twitter reactions BREAKING!!! Federal High Court, Abuja declares that Sen Sheriff is not a valid chairman of PDP & restrains him from parading himself as such — PDP Nigeria (@PdpNigeria) August 17, 2016 The court ordered Sen Ali Modu Sheriff to stop parading himself as chairman of our party or doing any acts in furtherance of this claim — PDP Nigeria (@PdpNigeria) August 17, 2016 The court, presided over by Justice Nwamaka Ogbonnaya, held that the judgment selivered Justice Valentine Yashi is still subsisting & valid — PDP Nigeria (@PdpNigeria) August 17, 2016 A Federal High Court...

Infidelity is indeed one of the factor that leads to broken marriage, An incident that happened between Mr Andrew ndubisi 49 , a business man and his wife sure says more. Mr Andrew Ndubisi, a 49-year-old businessman on Wednesday, August 17 prayed an Igando customary court in Lagos state to dissolve his marriage to his wife, Saraphina.Ndubisi said Saraphina is a very promiscuous woman, one that no man would pray to have as a wife.The petitioner also said that his wife was secretive, as she had two previous children to two other men before they were married.Andrew said she failed to bring it to his knowledge. “My wife had two boys from two men but did not tell me before we married. “After our marriage, she brought them to live with us and I was paying their school fees.” “My wife is promiscuous, she dates different men,” Ndubisi told the court. He also alleged that the wife had an affair with their pastor. He accused his wife who had a daughter for him in their four-year marriage ...

Infidelity is indeed one of the factor that leads to broken marriage, An incident that happened between Mr Andrew ndubisi 49 , a business man and his wife sure says more. Mr Andrew Ndubisi, a 49-year-old businessman on Wednesday, August 17 prayed an Igando customary court in Lagos state to dissolve his marriage to his wife, Saraphina.Ndubisi said Saraphina is a very promiscuous woman, one that no man would pray to have as a wife.The petitioner also said that his wife was secretive, as she had two previous children to two other men before they were married.Andrew said she failed to bring it to his knowledge. “My wife had two boys from two men but did not tell me before we married. “After our marriage, she brought them to live with us and I was paying their school fees.” “My wife is promiscuous, she dates different men,” Ndubisi told the court. He also alleged that the wife had an affair with their pastor. He accused his wife who had a daughter for him in their four-year marriage ...

Current state of insecurity rises as performers where ordered to remain in Rio de janerio, Brazi. A judge in Brazil has issued an order preventing US swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen from leaving the country after police queried their evidence in a robbery case. Lochte, Feigen and two other members of the US swimming team said they had been robbed at gunpoint in a taxi in Rio.But police say their account of when they arrived at the Olympic village does not square with CCTV recordings.Lochte's lawyer told the BBC he got back to the US two days ago."He arrived back before the judge issued anything," said Jeffrey Ostrow."He was never asked to remain for further investigation or for any other purpose after he met with Brazilian authorities after he gave a statement."The swimmer's Twitter account shows footage of him arriving back in the United States on Monday.Lochte is one of the most successful swimmers in history, with 12 Olympic medals and he once ha...

Current state of insecurity rises as performers where ordered to remain in Rio de janerio, Brazi. A judge in Brazil has issued an order preventing US swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen from leaving the country after police queried their evidence in a robbery case. Lochte, Feigen and two other members of the US swimming team said they had been robbed at gunpoint in a taxi in Rio.But police say their account of when they arrived at the Olympic village does not square with CCTV recordings.Lochte's lawyer told the BBC he got back to the US two days ago."He arrived back before the judge issued anything," said Jeffrey Ostrow."He was never asked to remain for further investigation or for any other purpose after he met with Brazilian authorities after he gave a statement."The swimmer's Twitter account shows footage of him arriving back in the United States on Monday.Lochte is one of the most successful swimmers in history, with 12 Olympic medals and he once ha...

Coffee consumption is indeed one of the basic norms around the world today Many people can off the top of their head, give you several reasons why you should not drink coffee, however few have been able to praise the drinking of it. However, there are several reasons why you should never stop drinking coffee, here are 5 of such reasons: 1. Physical performance It has been scientifically proven that coffee improves the body performance. Having  a cup of black coffee about an hour before workout can improve your performance by 11-12%. This is because caffeine increases adrenaline levels in your blood. Adrenaline is of course the  hormone which helps you to prepare for physical exertion. 2. Losing weight Coffee can also help the body lose weight. How? Coffee contains magnesium and potassium, which helps the human body use insulin, regulating blood sugar levels and reducing your craving for sugary treats and snacks. 3. Burn fat and stay focused Coffee also helps you stay focuse...

Top Spanish side Barcelona has just began the season with a whooping defeat to their rival sevilla to win the Spanish cup. Arda Turan scored twice and Lionel Messi once as Barcelona earned a 3-0 second-leg victory over Sevilla to win the Spanish Super Cup 5-0 on aggregate. Turkey midfielder Turan slotted in the first goal at the Nou Camp from Messi's through pass in the 10th minute.Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo then saved Vicente Iborra's penalty after Samuel Umtiti handled.Turan chipped in his second shortly after the break, with Messi guiding in a sublime header for the third.It is the first time Barcelona have won the Spanish Super Cup since 2013.The two-legged match usually pitches the league champions against the Copa del Rey winners. However, as Luis Enrique's team won both trophies last season, Sevilla took part as Copa del Rey runners-up.Both sides begin their La Liga season on Saturday, with champions Barcelona at home to Real Betis, while Sevilla, who fin...

The Police in Ogun State, yesterday, released unconditionally, the 30-year-old trader, Joe Fortemose  Chinakwe, who was arrested last Saturday for naming his pet dog ‘Buhari’. According to vanguard The embattled trader, who was visibly angry after his three-day incarceration in police cell, was let off the hook around 5pm on Tuesday after the intervention of both the Serkin Hausa and President-General of non-indigenes in the state. It was learned that the prompt intervention of the elders made the complainant to withdraw the case he reported against the trader at Sango-Ota division which was later transferred to Police headquarters at Eleweran. However, police sources said both the complainant and suspect were made to sign an undertaking not to cause any breach of peace again. Speaking to Vanguard after this release, the trader, a father of two from the Niger Delta, who trades on second hand clothing lamented that he was made to suffer for no just cause. Complainant from Niger R...

The present state of the nations economy seems not to be putting the guaranty trust bank down as more profit is recorded. Guaranty Trust Bank, GTBank Plc has recorded N91.38 billion Profit Before Tax, PBT for the half year audited  results ended June 30, 2016 According to the result released on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE yesterday, the bank recorded positive growth across most of the key financial metrics, as its gross earnings for the period grew by 37 per cent to N209.9billion from N 153billion reported in the June 2015. It was driven primarily by growth in fee & commission income as well as foreign exchange income. The profit before tax which stood at N 91.38billion, represented a growth of 45 per cent over ¦ 63.11billion recorded in the corresponding period of June 2015.The bank’s loan book grew by 14 per cent from N1.373trillion recorded as at December 2015 to N 1.562trillion in June 2016 with corresponding growth in total deposits which increased by 23 ...

Team Nigeria seems to be on fire as they crash Denmark to get their one way ticket to the semi finals. Team Nigeria captain Mikel Obi scored a goal and set up Aminu Umar as Nigeria’s U-23 national team on Saturday night defeated Denmark 2-0 in Salvador to reach the semi-finals of the men’s football event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.Nigeria will now play Germany, who defeated Portugal 4-0, in the semi-final on Wednesday in Sao Paulo.The U-23 team, the 1996 football champions of the Games, set up a clash with the Europeans, who were beaten 4-0 by Brazil in their final Group A game. Group B leaders Nigeria had defeated Japan and Sweden 5-4 and 1-0 respectively, before losing their final Group B game to Colombia 2-0.It was a revenge of sorts for the African champions, who were thrashed 6-2 by the Danes at the Suwon Invitational tournament in South Korea in June.Coach Samson Siasia brought on Aminu Umar for the injured Oghenekaro Etebo, while South Africa-based goalkeeper, who kept in t...

Infrastructural development is said to be on high rate as Gombe state, nigeria signs nigerias first solar power deal. The Bank of Industry has signed a N360m solar power agreement with the Gombe State Government for the deployment of pay-as-you-go solar home systems in selected rural communities of the state. Gombe is one of the states that benefitted from the first phase of the BoI/United Nations Development Programme’s rural electrification scheme involving one community in each of the six geopolitical zonesThe success of that project prompted the Gombe State Governor, Dr. Ibrahim Dankwambo, to seek its replication in other nine local government areas of the state.The project, which is expected to commence with the deployment of stand-alone solar home systems, will be jointly funded by the BoI and the state government to the tune of N180m each. Speaking during the agreement signing ceremony, the Acting Managing Director, BoI, Mr. Waheed Olagunju, said the project would help boost...

New Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola opened his Premier League managerial debut with a hard fought 2-1 victory over Sunderland at the Etihad Stadium. Sergio Aguero opened the scoring for the Citizens from a resulting spot-kick  Patrick van Aanholt fouled Raheem Sterling in the box after just four minutes. Sergio Aguero scores from the penalty spot to put City ahead against Sunderland Sunderland fought back to restore parity after a neat passing game from substitute Adnan Januzaj and Jack Rodwell who found Jermain Defoe in the middle to slot home the equalizer However, it was City who had the last laugh after Black Cats’ new signing Patrick McNair scored an own goal to give Guardiola his first win in the Premier League. Guardiola surprisingly left England number one Joe Hart on the bench but gave the most expensive defender John Stones a starting shirt just four days after making the big money move.Ilkay Gudogan and Leroy Sane were not listed for the match as Yaya Toure and Ni...

Despite crisis plagueing top terrorist group boko haram, special adviser to the federal government of Nigeria in a recent occasion has warned the Nigerian army to be at alert. The calls came on the heels of erstwhile Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau’s threat last week to attack President Muhammadu Buhari and the Islamic State’s announcement of a new leader for the sect.o The new leader, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, was named to replace Shekau. Audio recordings later posted online by al-Barnawi and Shekau following the announcement indicated that two factions of the sect had emerged.Reacting to the development, a member of the American Society of Industrial Security, Prof. Femi Adegbulu, warned the government not to consider the division in the terrorist camp as a sign of Boko Haram being weakened.Adegbulu said, “I’m just wondering if government is looking at the larger picture in all the unfolding drama. For instance, is anybody looking at the fact that Kano has all the trappings of beco...