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                      It was a high tempo match but it lived up to expectation. It was Paris Saint Germain first champions league final for Bayern Munich it was there 11th champions league final. In a match which  Bayern Munich had 61 percent possession they have to toil to find the net. But in this final the goal did not come from Lewandowski nor Gnarby. The only goal came from a 24 year old French man and a former Paris Saint Germain player Kingsley Coman to sink the French champion.                              Bayern Munich win places them alongside Liverpool football club as six times champions of Europe. Bayern also created a new record for being the first team to win every game en route to Europe PSG with their Qatari billions was unable to win the Champions league in their first ever final and just like Manchester City football club Europe's...

  There is pandemic which has killed over 150K Americans, police unlawfully killing African Americans, California destroyed by wildfire, a president who is thinking of ways to stay on in power, an election which is dividing the nation and now an asteroid zooming towards the US just a day before the election.  The asteroid is  known as 2018VP1 is projected to come close to Earth on November 2. According to Center for Near Earth Objects Studies at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It was first identified at Palomar Observatory in California in 2018. "Asteroid 2018VP1 is very small, approximately 6.5 feet, and poses no threat to Earth. If it were to enter our planet's atmosphere, it would disintegrate due to its extremely small size," NASA said in a statement. "NASA has been directed by Congress to discover 90% of the near-Earth asteroids larger than 140 meters (459 feet) in size and reports on asteroids of any size." NASA says that, "based on 21 observati...

  Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has accused Ghanaian authorities of officially endorsing xenophobia with their action against Nigerians and nationals of other countries. He said the Ghanian government was carrying out xenophobic acts against citizens of its long-time ally. Abaribe’s reaction was contained in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by his spokesman, Uchenna Awom. Recently, Ghanaian officials sealed shops belonging to Nigerian traders in Accra over $1million equity stipulated by the Ghana Investment Promotions Council. Abaribe told Ghana to “prove us wrong by putting a halt to further closure of the shops and attacks on Nigerians in compliance to the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS) protocol”. The lawmaker called the closure of business a willful denigration of sub-regional brotherhood and one that is in clear conflict with ECOWAS protocol. “So what’s the point of having an economic community if at the end of the day each country resolves to make laws and reg...

      " Success can be as simple as the warm feeling you get when you smile at a stranger, someone you know must be lonely, and having that stranger return your smile."  - Justice Maryanne Trump Barry

  Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed a law barring government schools from excluding girls, who fall pregnant, from attending lessons. Teachers are also no longer allowed to cane pupils, under amendments to the Education Act, which became law on Saturday. The new law also says that no pupil shall be excluded from school for non-payment of school fees. Prior to the amendments of the law, school authorities could expel a girl for falling pregnant but spare the boy responsible for the same pregnancy, which was seen as discriminatory against the girl-child. The educationists welcomed the amendments as progressive. Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Cain Mathema, said he was excited that the President had signed the new law. “The President has just signed the law and we will fully enforce the provisions for the furtherance of education in the country. “We believe the Act is progressive legislation,’’ he said. Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta)’s Chief Executive O...

                     President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council of University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr Wale Babalakin, SAN and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, over the lingering crisis. A visitation panel was constituted : To review the report of the Council committee of review on expenditure of the University of Lagos since May 2017 and make appropriate recommendations after affording all those indicted an opportunity to defend themselves; To examine the steps taking by the council leading to the removal of the Vice Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe and ascertaining whether due process was followed as stipulated in the Universities(Miscellaneous provisions) (Amendment) Act 2003 and the principle of fair hearing adhered to; To determine whether the process(if any) leading to the appointment of the Ag. Vice Chancellor for university was consistent with the pr...

  Thread See new Tweets Tweet NCDC @NCDCgov · 30m 340 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria ; Kaduna-63 FCT-51 Plateau-38 Lagos-33 Delta-25 Gombe-21 Adamawa-21 Edo-20 Katsina-17 Akwa Ibom-11 Ekiti-10 Rivers-9 Ondo-5 Ebonyi-4 Cross River-3 Ogun-3 Sokoto-2 Imo-2 Nasarawa-2 51,304 confirmed 37,885 discharged 996 deaths

      Police on Thursday invited the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Obadiah Mailafia for questioning over his statement linking a governor to Boko Haram insurgency in the North East part of the country. In a letter dated August 20, 2020, and signed by a Deputy Commissioner of  Police  (Admin), Umar Mamman Sanda, Mailafiya is expected to appear at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, by 11:00 a.m. on August 24. The Department of State Services (DSS) had earlier questioned the ex-CBN official on the matter. Obadiah told an Abuja based radio station, InfoFM, on August 10 that some repentant Boko Haram members confirmed to him and a few other individuals that a serving governor from the northern part of the country was the commander of the terror group in Nigeria.

  Taylor Swift has made an impromptu donation of  £23,000 to a London-based student struggling to raise the funds to take up a maths course at the University of Warwick. Vitoria Mario's online fundraising page details how she has lived in the UK for four years after moving from Portugal. At the time the Wildest Dream singer made her donation Vitoria had collected half of her £40,000 fund raising target. But she is not eligible for maintenance loans or grants. Vitoria said: "I was worrying too much about the money, what I have to do and if I have to look for a job. She actually made my dream come true." The American singer, wrote a message on Vitoria's fundraising page as she confirmed her donation as Swift wrote: "Vitoria, I came across your story online and am so inspired by your drive and dedication to turning your dreams into reality. "I want to gift you the rest of your goal amount. Good luck with everything you do! Love, Taylor." Vitoria said her f...

      Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) had withdrawn its invitation to El-Rufai via a tweet on its official Twitter handle following protests from some lawyers. It read: “The National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association at its ongoing meeting resolves that the invitation to the Kaduna State Governor, H.E. Nasir El-Rufai, by the 2020 Annual General Conference Planning committee be withdrawn and decision communicated to the Governor.” Reacting, SERAP, in a tweet via its official Twitter account, also urged the NBA not to invite Nigerian governors until President Muhammadu Buhari obeys all outstanding court orders. “We welcome the decision by @NigBarAssoc to withdraw its invitation to Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai on ground of poor human rights record,” SERAP tweeted. “We also call on NBA NOT to invite @NigeriaGov /its reps to its events until President Buhari obeys ALL outstanding court orders.”

       Thread See new Tweets Tweet NCDC @NCDCgov · 1h 476 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria ; Lagos-235 FCT-44 Kaduna-41 Borno-33 Plateau-28 Abia-13 Edo-13 Rivers-12 Imo-11 Oyo-10 Kano-9 Kwara-7 Enugu-5 Katsina-5 Gombe-4 Ogun-4 Nasarawa-1 Zamfara-1 50,964 confirmed 37,569 discharged 992 death