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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has revealed that he expects Memphis Depay to leave the club during the January transfer window. The 22-year-old is deemed surplus to requirements at Old Trafford and is yet to start a Premier League match since Mourinho's arrival in the summer. Depay has not even been included in a matchday squad in the league for more than a month, and Mourinho admitted that his past team selections have been based on the assumption that the winger will leave in January. "I have to say that in the past couple of months my decisions in relation to Memphis were influenced by the feelings and information that he would like to leave in January and that we were going to have a real offer that we would be willing to accept," he told reporters. "That obviously influences me. If I know, if I have the feeling that a player is leaving - if I have to give chances and develop other players - then I go to [Jesse] Lingard, [Henrikh] Mkhitaryan, [Anthony]

 Actor and professional wrestler, Dwayne Johnsosn, AKA The Rock, has shared a sad story about all that his dad suffered at a very young age and how it has shaped his life. Read the touching story below;      “Bought my dad a Christmas gift and surprised him. He's had a hard life. This one felt good. My dad, Rocky Johnson is a minimalist. Always has been. Never asks me for much and over the years his needs are always the barest. Crazy story, my dad's dad died when he was 13yrs old.     That Christmas, my dad's mom had her new boyfriend over for Christmas dinner. Her boyfriend got drunk and pissed on the turkey. My dad went outside, got a shovel, drew a line in the snow and said if you cross that line I'll kill you. The drunk crossed it and my dad laid him cold as a block of ice. Cops were called. They told my dad's mom that when her boyfriend regains consciousness, he's gonna kill your son so one of them has got to go. In front of the entire family, my dad'

 Russian president Vladimir Putin has decided not to retaliate against the US for expelling 35 Russian diplomats and imposing sanctions on two of the country's intelligence agencies on Thursday. He made this statement after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the country planned to expel 35 U.S. diplomatic staff from Moscow and close two facilities used by the U.S. embassy in Russia. The RIA news agency quoted Putin as saying that he would consider the actions of President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office next month, when deciding on further steps in Russia-U.S. relations. A move President-elect Trump approved. He took to his Twitter account to Praise Putin for his decision, saying he was a smart man. He then tweeted later in the day mocking CNN and NBC News.

Police in Vienna on Thursday, December 29th, arrested 50 people in connection with a Nigerian drug ring which operated in the Austrian capital. Investigators said they had been on the trail of the gang for the past three years, and that in that time it has netted a profit of over €6 million. 21 kilos of illegal drugs, mainly cocaine and heroin, were seized during the raids. However, police told a press conference on Friday that the gang would probably cut the drugs with other substances to increase the amount that could be sold on the street to around 100 kilos. The drugs were mainly sold in Vienna by Nigerian dealers. Detective Georg Rabensteiner said that 100 kilos of drugs would "cover" demand in Vienna for a few months. Police first became aware of the gang's existence at the end of 2012, when a Nigerian man was caught smuggling €250,000 in cash hidden within cars which were brought from Vienna to Nigeria. An investigation revealed that the money came from drug traf

 Few months ago, LIB reported that one of the sons of Maiduguri billionaire Alhaji Mohammed Indimi is engaged to a Maiduguri beauty. See post here:  The Indimi sisters sort of confirmed the impending wedding of their brother to the beautiful daughter of former Borno State governor, Ali Modu Sheriff.  They have been posting photos of Hadiza Sheriff, a Harvard graduate, with the presumed hashtags on Instagram.

Kourtney Kardashian shared photos of her mum, Kris Jenner and former step dad, Caitlyn Jenner wearing matching outfits at her mum's Christmas party on her website, kourtneykardashian.com. She also shared other photos from the party. She wrote:     "My mom and dad have thrown a Christmas Eve party ever since I was born. The party has definitely grown over the years: Santa Claus comes to visit, along with his reindeer, elves to decorate gingerbread houses and Christmas carolers. With Christmas being my favorite holiday, I look forward to the party all year! It's really special to have loved the party as a child and now to be able to share it with my own children. All of our family and friends were there to celebrate this year, and I wanted to share the photos with all of my subscribers".

'Civilian activists who took to the street at the beginning of the revolution were considered by the regime as very dangerous people' [Reuters] For the crime of providing food to displaced Aleppans, her friends say, activist Zilal Salhani became one among tens of thousands of political prisoners left to an uncertain fate in Syria's jails. Arrested at 19 by regime forces in Aleppo in July 2012, Salhani has now spent her university years in a series of shadowy government detention centres. She was convicted of supporting "terrorists", but according to friend Mohammad Shbeeb, Salhani was always peaceful. Before her detention, the Free Syrian Army had recently taken certain areas in and around Aleppo, prompting retaliatory government air strikes. Salhani, an engineering student who had been an active participant in civil demonstrations against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, took food to those displaced by the heavy fighting and helped them to find sh

US president Barack Obama slapped sanctions on Moscow and gave 35 Russian diplomats just 72 hours to leave the United States over alleged Russian interference in the US election. Russia's foreign minister recommended Moscow does the same, but Russian president Vladimir Putin decided against that. Putin wants to know where President-elect Donald Trump stands on the issue. US intelligence agencies accuse Russia of cyber attacks in the recent election aimed at helping Trump defeat Hillary Clinton for the presidency. Trump has praised Putin's leadership in the past - so will his first move in the White House be to lift the sanctions? Presenter: Richelle Carey Guests: Thomas Pickering - Former US ambassador to Russia and the UN Mark Sleboda - International relations and security analyst Lilit Gevorgyan - Russia economic analyst at the think-tank, IHS Markit Source: Al Jazeera

 Amiridis, a 59-year-old career diplomat, was named as ambassador to Brazil this year this year [AFP] Greece's ambassador to Brazil was murdered in a plot hatched by his Brazilian wife and her police officer lover, who confessed to the crime, officials said. The envoy, Kyriakos Amiridis, 59, was killed on Monday by the officer, Sergio Gomez Moreira, Rio homicide division chief Evaristo Pontes told a news conference on Friday. Amiridis's charred body was found on Thursday in Rio in his burned-out rental car, a day after his Brazilian wife, Francoise de Souza Oliveira, declared him missing. Oliveira, 40, and Moreira, 29, both admitted to having an affair, police said. The pair is in custody, along with Moreira's 24-year-old cousin, Eduardo Tedeschi, who allegedly also took part. According to the homicide division chief, Oliveira denied participating in the murder itself, but confessed she knew of the crime. Family vacation Amiridis, who was named ambassador this year, had

At least 27 people were killed and 57 others wounded as two bombs exploded in the centre of Baghdad, according to police officials. Police said the blasts went off on Saturday near car spare parts shops in Al Sinak during the morning rush. One of them was triggered by a suicide bomber, the other was a planted explosive, an Interior Ministry official told the Reuters news agency. The first blast took place at the market's entrance and the second was inside the area, police said. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group (ISIL, also known as ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack. Baghdad has been on high alert since October 17, the start of Iraq's largest military operation in years to retake ISIL's stronghold of Mosul in the country's north. ISIL took Mosul in 2014, and has launched several attacks in Baghdad in recent months. The area that was targeted on Saturday is packed with wholesale markets and usually teeming with daily workers unloading vans and whe

At least 15 Boko Haram fighters were killed in Borno on Friday as Nigerian troops of Operation Lafiya Dole and Boko Haram terrorists engaged in prolonged fierce battle in Borno State. Military insiders told PREMIUM TIMES the battle ensued at 6 a.m this morning and did not end until after 9 a.m. Our sources said the battle began when fighters of the terror group launched a surprise attack on troops location in Rann, in northern Borno, shooting sporadically. Troops from 3 Battalion and 112 Task Force Battalion are stationed in the area, our sources said. The soldiers responded promptly, killing an unknown number of the terrorists, and wounding several others. The battle raged for over two hours, and when the dust settled, several terrorists were found dead. One of our sources said more than 15 of the Boko Haram fighters were killed in action. Another said the figure was much higher, saying many other terrorists escaped from the scene with gunshot wounds. Both sources however said four

TripleMG star, Tekno added three more awards to his cabinet yesternight when he walked home as the biggest winner at the Soundcity MVP award festival. The 'Pana' singer took to social media to show off his awards for this year which includes a MAMA Award, an AFRIMMA award and 3 Soundcity MVP's. The young producer defended his lyrics and manhood while receiving the award for his 'Pana' song, Tekno said; 'God bless you, God bless me, God bless your father and mother and the cassava is very big'.

Newly Elected Abia Speaker, Kennedy Njoku Resigns The political drama playing out in Abia State, South-East Nigeria, has taken another twist. Minutes ago, Bishop Kennedy Njoku, who was yesterday elected Speaker of the 6th Abia State House of Assembly, announced his resignation “on personal grounds”.

A 72-year-old man arrested in Iwo, Osun state for removing a human skull from a cemetery says he made a mistake. Idris Ajao claimed to be a bricklayer, but said a herbalist Tajudeen Jawesola had assigned him to exhume skulls from graves in the cemetery in return for N10,000. Police, acting on a tipoff, deployed around the cemetery and arrested him with a skull. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Fimihan Adeoye said police detectives got the hint about the atrocities of Ajao and trailed him until he was caught with the skull. Ajao told Daily Trust, “Mistake has no master.” “It was Jawesola that asked me to get the human skull for him. Everybody knows Jawesola to be herbalist and he wanted to use the human skull to do his work. He said he would give me N10, 000. I should not have listened to him. It is a mistake”. Police are still on the trail for Jawesola.

A man from Likoni in Mombasa County, Kenya suffered serious burns after his wife threw hot cooking oil on him on Sunday, December 25. According to eDaily, Evelyn Atieno had accused her husband Bruce Omondi of infidelity – and on the fateful day she bought two liters of cooking oil from a shop, boiled it and poured it on his head, chest, and private parts before escaping. Confirming the incident, Likoni OCPD Willy Simba said police are looking for Atieno, who remains at large. Simba says Atieno, 30, burned her husband Sunday morning while he was still asleep following a Saturday night disagreement over food and the man’s alleged philandering habits. According to neighbours, the couple has been wrangling quite much recently. Omondi said his wife has – for the past three years – been threatening him with unspecified action, adding that he has been a victim of domestic violence since getting married to Atieno. Omondi was rushed to a local hospital in Likoni before being referred to Coast

Apostle Suleman explodes with 50 Prophecies, says Aso Rock forces planning to poison Aisha Buhari ...Osinbajo 'll survive two impeachment attempts ...Recession 'll become depression in 2017 ...Buhari will be bereaved ...A great man of God 'll die ...FG will fight the Church like never before in January President of Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle John Suleman has released 50 shocking prophecies for the year 2017. The Prophecies were contained in a statement signed by his Advisor (Public Communications), Phrank Shaibu, on Friday in Abuja. The cleric said "forces" in Aso Rock were "planning to poison the current First Lady (Aisha Buhari)." According to him, the same "forces" would "alienate Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) and make attempts to remove him from office but God will humble Buhari in 2017." "A former First Lady of Nigeria needs prayers over her health. Forces in Aso Rock are planning to poison current First Lady (Aisha

Outrage has been sparked following the alleged killing of a Nigerian man by security men in South Africa. Mr. Tochukwu Nnadi popularly known as King -was allegedly squeezed on the throat to dead by SA Interpol early hours of yesterday for selling drugs after being handcuffed...According to reports. the brother who was called to the scene trying to find out why his brother was brutally killed in such a manner was also shot and taken to custody without explanation.

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, may have finally been removed from office. His redeployment back to Nigerian Police Force (NPF) was to pave way for a fresh person to be presented by President Muhammadu Buhari as the nominee to head the anti-graft agency before the Senate. The Guardian gathered to make the situation look like a routine exercise, some senior Police officers would be re-deployed by the Police hierarchy to resume as conventional Police officers. It was equally reliably gathered yesterday that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has already issued a leter to Magu on the development and directed that he hands over to the Director of Operations in the Commission. Magu’s nomination was recently rejected by the Senate following allegation of graft levelled against him by the Department of State Security Service (DSS).

The Central Bank of Nigeria has not printed small naira denominations for about a year now, causing the scarcity of the notes in the economy, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Sources at the CBN hinted that for a year now, the apex bank had not awarded contracts for the printing of the notes such as N5, N10, N20 and N50, which was usually done abroad. NAN gathered that the recently printed notes in circulation, N200, N500 and N1,000, were produced by the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc. The NSPM produces currency notes and coins for the CBN and a wide range of security documents for the federal, state and local government establishments, commercial banks and blue chip companies. According to the NSPM website, the company has the ability to print over 40 million notes weekly. However, the sources said the high cost of printing banknotes was the reason the apex bank did not give out contracts for their production. “The cost of printing N50 is almost the same as N1,000. Pri

Amnesty International, AI, has condemned the execution of three death row prisoners by the Edo State government on December 23, 2016. The organisation also urged the Nigerian authorities, including state governments to return to a moratorium on executions, with a view of abolishing the death penalty.

It was revealed yesterday that the 47 Sports Utility Vehicles and 100 motorcycles the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recently recovered from a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Power were bought for former President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign in the 2015 general election. The sum of N1.5 billion with which the vehicles were acquired was allegedly sourced from the diverted N27 billion insurance premium of deceased workers of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN). All the vehicles were said to have been paid for by the former Permanent Secretary, Dr. Godknows Igali, to aid the campaign efforts of the Goodluck/Sambo Campaign Organisation in the build-up to the presidential election. The EFCC was said to have intercepted the vehicles and motorcycles after an alarm was raised by an artisan. An EFCC source said yesterday that there was “overwhelming evidence” against the former Perm Sec. Another source, who spoke in confidence, said the 47 vehicles were sei

The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, has said that the days of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, are numbered, calling on his remaining members to surrender to the troops. This is just as no fewer than 15 Boko Haram insurgents were killed by troops on Friday in a battle at Rann in Borno State. Sources said five soldiers were also critically injured. The Director, Defence Information, Brig.Gen. Rabe Abubakar, in an interview with our correspondent, said arrested Boko Haram members were already supplying the military with vital information. Abubakar added that Boko Haram members should not allow Shekau to deceive them any longer, as his days were numbered. He said, “The Boko Haram insurgents are applying medicine after death. After all, we are aware that such video was done before we took over Sambisa Forest. Therefore, the release of the video is not surprising to us. “The insurgents are defeated and those arrested are giving us the vital information that will aid our mop-up operations

A new report on Thursday said despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s attempt at ensuring transparency in the oil sector, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, still withholds billions in oil revenues from the government account. The report by the Natural Resource Governance Institute, titled “NNPC still holds blank check” said that within the first six months of the Buhari administration, the NNPC withheld over $4.2 billion (about N824.7 billion) out of a total of $6.3 billion (N1.24 trillion) revenues realised from crude oil sales in the second half of 2015. The withheld revenues represented about 66 per cent of the total revenue – $1.4 billion earnings from Nigeria’s regular crude oil exports for the period; $3.4 billion from domestic crude oil sales, and $1.5 billion from oil sold from the corporation’s upstream subsidiary, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC oil fields. The report said only $2.1 billion (about N413.7 billion) was transferred to the Federat

EKPEYE ethnic group in Ahoada East and Ahoada West Local Governments Areas of Rivers State said on Thursday that their community lost over 400 of its indigenes within two years to cult-related killings.  One of the leaders in the area and a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Chibudom Nwuche, disclosed this when he paid a solidarity visit to Eze Ekpeye Logbo, His Royal Majesty, Eze Robinson O. Robinson, to mark the Yuletide at his hometown in Odiereke community, Ahoada West LGA. Speaking at the monarch’s palace, Nwuche said the communities of Ekpeye were still in shock over the recent cult killings in the area. Nwuche explained that several innocent citizens of the area were killed with some of them beheaded, even as he observed that peace had returned because of the amnesty programme of the state government.

Over 40,000 bags of rice seized by the Nigeria Customs Service have been shared to Internally Displaced  Persons’ camps, its Comptroller-General, Col. Hameed Ali, has stated. The NCS CG, represented by its Deputy Comptroller-General, Mr. Umar Ilya, said this on Thursday in Abuja, during a joint press briefing with the acting Director-General of National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and Control, Mrs. Yetunde Oni, on the outcome of laboratory tests conducted on the confiscated plastic rice allegedly imported into the country. At the event, Oni explained that no plastic rice was imported into the country. She, however, said the seized rice was “contaminated with microorganisms above permissible limit.” “Based on the above laboratory result, the product is not plastic but rice contaminated with micro-organisms above permissible limit, hence the seized rice consignment is unsatisfactory and therefore unwholesome for human consumption. The consignment upon handover by the Ni

The Federal Government said on Thursday that it had recovered 40 brand new SUV cars from a former permanent secretary. It said that the unnamed former permanent secretary appropriated the vehicles to himself after leaving office. It, therefore, said it would be wrong for it to be accused of fighting corruption without any clear strategy. Rather, it said it was being guided by a well-articulated strategy in its fight against corruption in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,  stated this in a statement. Mohammed said, “The strategy has proven so effective and that it has led to, among others, the recovery of 40 brand new SUVs and other vehicles from one former Permanent Secretary who single-handedly appropriated the vehicles to himself when he left office.” He said the Federal Government was not just fixated on prosecution alone but was also taking preventive measures to make corruption unattractive. Mohammed listed the strict enforcement of the T

A new video of the factional leader of the Boko Haram terror group, Abubakar Shekau, surfaced online on Thursday, where the fleeing militant leader urged President Muhammadu Buhari to repent while mocking the Nigerian military for claims that it had defeated the terror sect. In the 25-minute video, released by the Paris-based AFP, Shekau, who spoke in Hausa and Arabic, debunked claims of victory by the military. The video, which Shekau claimed was made on Christmas Day, had the sect leader and some of his armed-hooded lieutenants with military hardware in the background. He said the announcement by the military that it had won the war was an excuse for their exhaustion. Shekau said, “My message is to you Buhari. Your age is up to 72 years, fear Allah. Allah’s Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), while in Medina, wrote letters to leaders. “There was one who repented and became a Muslim; Buhari, repent. In this old age, you have been tied; if you don’t repent, you will see. Wallahi (By Allah), if

Read the statement below...     Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has accused the Department of State Service (DSS) of recording telephone conversations of Nigerians perceived as critical of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress (APC) government, editing the conversations and leaking same to Sahara Reporters, which has now become the official propaganda platform of the federal government. Governor Fayose, who said he was not bothered by the new sinister antic of the federal government, added that; "Rather than sitting down and be monitoring peoples phones, the federal government should provide food for Nigerians and save the lives of those that are being killed in Southern Kaduna and other places." The governor, who reacted to his telephone conversation with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike that was published by Sahara Reporters today, through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said; “If the President an

 Tennis champ Serena Williams has announced she's engaged to boyfriend of 15 months, Reddit co-founder, Alexis Ohanian.The 34-year-old champion revealed her engagement story on Reddit – with this short poem below..

Makhala Ramaela got a pair of pit bull dogs for protection after her house was burglarized several times. The 47-year-old from G Section in Botshabelo, South Africa, was last Saturday, viciously mauled by the same dogs. Makhala, who is recovering at Pelonomi Hospital in Bloemfontein, is puzzled by what made her beloved dogs turn against her. She said she had been living alone for a long time and thugs were terrorising her. Five years ago she decided to get the dogs. The dogs – a bitch named Siby and a male named Rex – eventually built a loving and protective relationship with her.     "I managed to tame them and fed them every morning before work. My dogs loved me. I would find them peering over the devils’ fork waiting for me after work. They would jump with joy as I entered the yard," she said. But on Saturday the dogs attacked her viciously.     "I was shocked and realised something was not right. I screamed for help as the dogs started to attack. I thought I could

A total number of 297,623 lines was added to Nigeria’s internet subscriber base in one month, courtesy of grandmasters of data, Globacom, which moved from 26,887,929 data customers in September to 27,185,552 in October. This was gleaned from telecom industry statistics published on the website of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) which showed that Globacom was the only network that recorded an increase in its internet subscriber base in the month of October, 2016. On the contrary, MTN and Etisalat had their subscriber figures whittled down during the period, while Airtel did not record any increase in the month under review. Globacom’s increase in internet subscriber base has, therefore, reconfirmed its position as the number one company in Nigeria’s data market, thus living up to the payoff, “Grand masters of Data.” It will be recalled that Globacom became the first network to launch a nationwide rollout of the 4G LTE advanced network in October through which subscribers on t