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Real Madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, has reportedly asked the club to allow him leave the Santiago Bernabeu next year. The LaLiga champions have set an asking price of no more than €100million.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU) have evacuated 134 more Nigerians from Libya. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South-West Zone, confirmed the development on Saturday in Lagos. Farinloye said the new batch of returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Friday at 10.20 p.m.

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Niger Delta Development Commission (Establishment) Amendment Act, 2017. The Act includes the gas producing and gas processing companies in the list of agencies that are contributing to the Niger Delta Development Commission in addition to the Oil companies in a bid to increase funding of the Commission for effective discharge of its duties. Previously, the NDDC Acts excluded the gas companies.  The Act makes it explicit that the Gas companies have to be included. This is to diversify the sources of funding for the NDDC for the economic wellbeing of the region. According to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, (senate), Senator Ita Enang, the Federal Capital Appropriation Act also assented to, authorises the Federal Capital Territory Administration to legally and legitimately provide funds out of its Statutory Revenue Fund for recurrent and capital expenditure. The statement noted that ...

The Nigerian Army has announced major sake-up of some senior officers. Those redeployed include major generals and brigadier generals. The redeployment takes effect from 2nd January 2018. A statement announcing the development read: “The Nigerian Army has today Friday 29th December 2017, released the 2017 Fourth Quarter Postings and Appointments of its Officers. It will be recalled that recently some senior officers were promoted to the ranks of Brigadier Generals and Major Generals respectively, while some have also left service on completion of mandatory years of service in the Army. The posting is also aimed at injecting new hands to further actualize the vision of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TY Buratai, which is “to have a professionally responsive Nigerian Army in the discharge of its Constitutional roles”.

JOSE MOURINHO has laid it right on the line for Manchester United fans. The club will never give up trying to keep pace with neighbours Manchester City but, the reality is, it is tough. Boss Mourinho uses one example of having to play Romelu Lukaku when he needs a rest — due to a lack of striking alternatives — while City can chop and change. Mourinho said: “I don’t want to take any credit from what City are doing. But it’s difficult. “Is it possible? Yes. But if you don’t have that financial profile of club where there are no limits, there is only one way — patience and calm and time. “For example, we bought a striker in the summer — a very good striker — but that was to replace Zlatan. It was not him and Zlatan in the best of their form from day one.” City have been able to rotate Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus all season.

An official source told Broadcaster Radio Free Asia: "He killed himself only a few hours after he was placed in solitary confinement at the State Security Department in Sinuiju city. “He died before he could be questioned about the reasons for his escape, who had helped him, and what his route had been."

BELLA Thorne goes totally nude for a spectacularly sexy dressing room snap to see out the year as she looks back on her 2017 highlights. The stunning former Disney star, 20, stripped to her birthday suit and just managed to cover her modesty as she perched beside a rail of clothes, in a snap taken during New York Fashion Week. The American actress is known for posting provocative images, often showing off a lot of flesh, but this must be her raciest post to date.

The Nigerian President; Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday signed six bills including the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act, 2017 and the Niger Delta Development Commission (Establishment) Amendment Act, 2017 into laws. Sen. Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), made this known to State House correspondents in Abuja on Friday. According to him, the Gunshot Act specifically stipulates that a person with gunshot shall be received for immediate and adequate treatment by any hospital in Nigeria with or without initial monetary deposit.

Diddy is the top-earning musician on the planet, pulling in a career-best $130 million pretax this year. His total got a boost from his Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour, his Ciroc vodka deal and the sale of one-third of his Sean John clothing line for an estimated $70 million. List of top 20 earners below: 1. Sean “Diddy” Combs ($130 million) 2. Beyonce ($105 million) 3. Drake ($94 million) 4. Jay Z ($42 million)

Singer, Oritsefemi's wife, Nabila, has reacted to a claim by a non-fan of her hubby alleging that she was once a prostitute. Read here.

The President Trump administration has dismissed all of the remaining members of the Obama-appointed Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). This comes months after a half-dozen members resigned in protest of the Trump administration's position on health policies. The Washington Blade reported that the firings came without warning by way of a FedEx letter and were unexpected by most of its membership. 

In his  largest set of appointments since assuming office President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday appointed 209 board chairmen and 1,258 board members. Among the list of 209 Chairmen was Senator Francis Okpozo who according to the list, will be the Chairman of the Nigerian Press Council. SEE FULL LIST HERE What is however shocking is that Senator Francis Okpozo is dead.

Nigerian singer, Oritsefemi who has been under fire lately following his shade on Wizkid and Davido’s show , has reacted to his follower’s comment, who alleged that his wife is an Ikeja Prostitute. His follower wrote; "Your wife wey boys don Bleep finish for Ikeja that year lol. For your info his wife is a known prostitute that use to hustle in Ikeja". 

In another push to reduce city's harming emissions and its notorious smog ,China will effectively ban the local production of a total of 553 passenger car models starting from January 1. The announcement was made by the China Vehicle Technology Service Center, and affects vehicles that don't meet the country's fuel consumption and emissions requirements. The full list of banned cars is unknown,but it includes models from Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Chevrolet, Volkswagen, and many more. Vehicles with internal codes FV7145LCDBG (Audi), BJ7302ETAL2 (Mercedes) and SGM7161DAA2 (Chevrolet), all of which are sedans, are affected by the sanction.

Mob justice was meted out to a Zimbabwean widower, Luscious Chiturumani, for disrespecting his late wife, Sibongile Mthetwa, at her funeral service by having sex with a prostitute who he claimed is his sister. The man who was given a courtesy room for them to rest as family, but however they ran out of luck after they woke for early morning sex. It was gathered that by 6am, a man who leaned close to their room’s window to smoke heard the lady moaning, and alerted others. The two were then caught red-handed in the act, as the alerted crowd stormed the room with no locks.

Bashir Gwandu, the friend of President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, is also fighting for survival at the intensive care unit of Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja.

A spokesperson for the Gadaffi family has said that Saif al-Islam Gadaffi, the son of the former Libyan leader will contest in the upcoming presidential elections. Basem al-Hashimi al-Soul told influential local media agency, Egypt Today, that Saif al-Islam has the support and credentials required to end the chaos that has gripped Libya since the overthrow of his father Muammar Gadaffi in 2011.   “Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the former Libyan president, enjoys the support of major tribes in Libya so he can run for the upcoming presidential elections due in 2018,” said Libyan Tribal Chief and spokesperson of the Gaddafi family, Basem al-Hashimi al-Soul.

FRENCH giants Paris Saint-Germain have reportedly joined the race to sign Marouane Fellaini. The Manchester United midfielder is out of contract at the end of the season. And Belgian newspaper La Derniere Heure claims he could be set to leave Old Trafford on a free transfer after rejecting a new deal in September. Red Devils boss Jose Mourinho is a big fan of Fellaini and wants him to remain at the club. The pair have recently held crisis talks and it’s believed the 30-year-old has received another contract offer boasting weekly wages of £150,000.

THIBAUT COURTOIS has reportedly offered himself to Real Madrid. Writing in AS, Guillem Balague claims the goalkeeper wants to leave Chelsea and has already touted his services to Zinedine Zidane’s side. Courtois has 18 months to run on his current Blues deal but apparently wants to return to the Spanish capital after spending three years at Atletico. The 25-year-old’s partner and children already live in the city, and Courtois is said to “dream” of going back “home” after four seasons in London.

A man identified as Chuks Samson from Ogidi Town in Anambra State was seen roaming the streets of Lagos after arriving Nigeria on the 5th of December 2017 aboard Emirates Airline from London.

A Nigerian man identified as Obinna, died this morning after suffering a heart attack. He was said to have fled to his friend's house to hide as Indonesian immigration officers were after him.

According to the Publicity Secretary of the Nigeria Referees Association, Kelechi Mejuobi, FIFA has presented badges to 29 Nigerian referees. They are 22 men and 7 women referees. He said the male referees consist of 14 centre referees and assistant referees, four futsal referees and four beach soccer referees. He said the seven women are all football referees and assistant referees.

Today in Lokoja,Kogi state,deadly kidnappers including the overall commander of kidnappers in Kogi state Halti Bello and 20 of  his gang members terrorizing Okene-Lokoja road, Okene-Kabba road,Ajaokuta axis Of Kogi state and also responsible for the recent kidnapping and murder of a Portuguese expatriate and many innocent Nigerians in Kogi and Edo States were arrested jointly by IRT and Kogi State Police Command. Many AK47 riffles and other weapons were recovered.

Four prison inmates have been confimed dead while 36 others escaped in a jailbreak that took place at the Ikot Ekpene Prison in Akwa-Ibom state yesterday December 27th.

Liverpool have agreed to sign Netherlands international Virgil van Dijk from Southampton for a reported world record fee for a defender, both Premier League clubs said on Wednesday. “The Reds have agreed a deal with the south coast club, and the player himself, that will see the 26-year-old defender move to Anfield when the transfer window re-opens on January 1, 2018,” Liverpool said in a statement.

According to what the music art posted on his Twitter handle.

The family of President Muhammadu Buhari is seriously considering flying their son abroad for advanced medical treatment, TheCable can report. Yusuf, who was involved in a bike accident at Gwarinmpa in Abuja on Tuesday night, is currently at Cedacrest Hospital in the nation’s capital. When press men visited the hospital on Wednesday evening, armed mobile policemen were seen guarding the place. Yusuf sustained a head injury and broke a limb in the accident, which made him undergo a surgery.

The Indian government has ordered all civil servants in the country to declare their assets by January, otherwise they will lose promotions as well as foreign tours and postings. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has recently written to all government departments to ensure submission of Immovable Property Returns (IPRs) by Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers working with them by Jan. 31, 2018.

ROBERTO FIRMINO pocketed an astonishing amount of money after his Boxing Day double against Swansea. The Brazilian was on target along with Philippe Coutinho, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as Liverpool moved back into the top four. But while the Reds were celebrating the three points, Firmino would have been celebrating the £85,000 (N41,140,000) bonus he triggered after his 15th and 16th goals of the season. He has a clause written into his Liverpool contract that means he gets cash incentives to keep him hitting the back of the net.

US satellites have spotted Chinese tankers transferring oil to North Korean ships 30 times in three months - despite strict UN trade embargoes, it has been claimed.  Overhead images appear to show ships from the two countries shackled together for a fuel transfer in the West Sea off China. Such ship-to-ship trades are banned under a UN Security Council resolution adopted in September. But according to South Korean government sources, American satellites have pictured large vessels from both China and North Korea illegally trading in a stretch of the West Sea on multiple occasions. One picture, reportedly taken on October 19, shows a ship called Ryesonggang 1 connected to a Chinese vessel, The Chosun Ilbo reports. The US Treasury Department later placed six North Korean shipping and trading companies and 20 of their vessels on sanctions list.

Former Ballon d’Or winner, George Weah, has been announced as the President-elect of Liberia, West Africa. The 51-year-old former World Footballer of the Year won thirteen out of fifteen counties. His 73-year-old opponent and current vice president, Joseph Boakai got only two counties. Weah becomes the 25th President of Liberia. The ex-Liberian international played for Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan, Chelsea and Manchester City and later returned to France with Marseille. He is the only African to win the coveted Ballon d’Or. Weah also won the UEFA Champions League Top Scorer award, Coupe de France, Ligue1, Coupe de la Ligue, Serie A title, English FA Cup among others.

According to new reports, people who spend unreasonable hours playing video games could soon be diagnosed with a mental health disorder! The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a statment that it will add gaming disorder to its international classification of diseases next year, which means, doctors can now diagnose someone with the condition of having mental illness if they play video games excessively.

Former first lady Maryam Abacha, senate president Bukola Saraki and his wife Toyin, Sokoto state governor Aminu Tambuwal, Bauchi state governor Mohammed Abubakar, NNPC boss, Maikanti Baru, former media aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan and others were part of the guest at the birthday day party of the speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, who turned 50 yesterday December 26th.

The Trump administration says it has negotiated a significant cut in the United Nations budget to the United Nation. The U.S. Mission to the United Nations said on Sunday that the U.N.'s 2018-2019 budget would be slashed by over $285 million, which is 25% of what they give to the U.N. The mission said reductions would also be made to the U.N.'s management and support functions.

Pop singer, Rihanna is mourning the death of her cousin, Tavon Kaiseen Alleyne, 21 who was shot-to-death in Barbados on Tuesday, December 26, just a day after they spent Christmas together. Posting a series of photos with her cousin, the 29-year-old heartbroken 'Wild Thoughts' singer wrote to her 59million Instagram followers:

Selling newly minted naira notes is an offence that attracts six months imprisonment and seven suspects are now in police net for trading and hawking newly minted naira notes in Onitsha, Anambra state. According to the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Garba Umar, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has raised alarm over the illegal activity going on for a while now unchecked and calls for swift action to arrest the culprits who even brazenly display them in public as a product. Garba while addressing the press over the matter cites sections 20 and 21 of the CBN Act that makes it an offence for anyone to sell or hawk naira or coin issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria, cautions citizens to desist from abusing the naira and says those arrested will be prosecuted.

Singer, Tiwa Savage recently shared her experience at the runway of the Lagos International Airport, in a social media post. She revealed that her plane was robbed while it was still in the runway.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has offered a lifetime scholarship to a talented 12-Year old musician, Master Nengi Jaja. The scholarship worth N40million will cover the education of Master Jaja from Secondary School up to University Level. Governor Wike announced the Scholarship on Sunday; 24th December 2017 at the State Ecumenical Centre in Port Harcourt during the Thanksgiving Service in honour of Prince Uche Secondus where the young musician performed soul lifting songs. The governor directed the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Province 5 to open an account for the musician in laision with his family for the purpose of his training.