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<h1>Speaker of the House of Representatives,</h1>

He said the player should put their best foot forward as they prepare for their first match with Croatia in the on Saturday, June 16.

Dogara stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, June 15, by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Turaki Hassan.

He appealed to the players to put all they have got into ensuring that they win the group matches and advance to next stage of the competition.

The Speaker added that "over the years, football has been a major source of unity in Nigeria, we should, therefore, collectively pray for the Super Eagles as they brace up for the match against Croatia.

"Super Eagles proved to be a strong team during the qualifiers with their record and we expect them to replicate same zeal, spirit and patriotism in the World Cup."

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He said with team work and commitment, the Super Eagles would surely triumph over their opponents in the group and knockout stages of the World Cup.

Dogara also urged Nigerians to pray for the Super Eagles, noting that football is the major source of unity in the country.

Dogara tells Super Eagles to make Nigerians proud

The police questioned  Bollore over his group's acquisition of rights to operate ports in Africa, legal sources told AFP.

The business tycoon, who only a few days ago  stepped down as chairman of media giant Vivendi, was allegedly involved in  corrupt business practices in the African countries, including Nigeria, where he owns transport and logistics businesses that boasts of 25,000 employees.

The 66-year-old CEO of the Bollore Group, which also has interests in construction, media, advertising and shipping, was taken into custody as part of an investigation into the group’s management of Lome port in Togo and Conakry port in Guinea, reports said.

Shares in his holding company Groupe Bollore SA fell around six percent on the news of his police interrogation, while shares in Vivendi also fell around one percent.

Local press reported that Bollore was being quizzed in Nanterre, on the western outskirts of Paris.

But Bollore group as a company denied any wrongdoing.

"The Bollore group formally denies that its subsidiary at the time SDV Afrique is guilty of any irregularities," said a statement later sent to AFP.

The police questioned Bollore over his group's acquisition of rights to operate ports in Africa, legal sources told AFP.

French billionaire businessman detained over alleged corruption in Africa

In line with its goal for gender parity, the International festival had released its catalogue of female filmmakers.

Out of 13 films on the line-up, six female filmmakers are featured, and Rafiki was the only Kenyan entry, making it the first time a Kenyan feature film would make it to the festival.

Rafiki filmmaker and creator Wanuri Kahiu described her film as "a story about all that is good and difficult about being in love so that for those fortunate moments we are lifted above our prejudices".

According to the film's press kit, Rafiki was inspired by the short story that won the 2007 Caine Prize: 'Jambula Tree', by Monica Arac de Nyeko, a coming-of-age story about two girls in love, set in Uganda.

The filmmaker noted that making a film about two women in love that was set in Kenya was challenging a deep-rooted culture of cynicism about same-sex relationships

She recalled the ant-gay campaigns that were ongoing in East Africa during the five years of developing the project.

Wanuri mentioned  Uganda's proposed "Kill the Gays" Bill, which called for the death penalty for all Ugandans found guilty of "aggravated homosexuality".

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Rafiki is the story of friendship, love, loyalty and the aspirations of two young women, Kena and Ziki, whose families happen to be on opposing sides of the political divide.

This disparity is the basis for the struggles they must endure as they attempt to support each other in the pursuit of their dreams.

The filmmaker noted that making a film about two women in love that was set in Kenya was tough.

Kenyan feature film debuts at Cannes Festival

Barbara's death was announced by her husband, George H.W. Bush,  the 41st president of the United States.

She had been suffering from congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease before she finally died.

Barbara had rejected further medical treatment following series of hospitalizations, including one in early 2017 when she and her husband were both patients at Houston Methodist Hospital.

She is the second woman in U.S. history to be a wife and mother of the country's president.

Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams, was the first US First Lady to hold a similar place in American history.

Barbara's son George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43rd president eight years after she and her husband left the White House.

She had been suffering from congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease  before she finally passed.

Former US First Lady dies at 92

<h1>A Southwest Airlines plane on Tuesday, April 17, developed engine issues mid-air and had to make an emergency landing at the</h1>

According to passengers and traffic controllers, the aircraft abruptly depressurized when a piece of an engine flew into it and broke a window.

A total of 143 passengers and five crew were reportedly aboard the Southwest's Boeing 737-700.

"One passenger, a woman, was partially … was drawn out towards the out of the plane … was pulled back in by other passengers", One passenger's father-in-law, relaying information from his daughter, said in a phone interview with NBC10.

Another passenger, Amanda Bourman, wrote on Instagram that one person died from a heart attack following the incident.

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The flight reportedly took off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City and was heading to Dallas, Texas.

The left engine of the plane was said to have blown shortly after takeoff.

According to an altitude tracking tool on Flight Aware, the plane was flying around 32,500 feet when the incident happened. The plane descended by more than 3,000 feet per minute until the pilots leveled out around 10,000 feet.

Pieces of shrapnel flew into the plane's fuselage and at least one window, the passengers and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.

A female passenger was said to have been sucked out of the plane when the window imploded but was pulled back in by other passengers.

Dallas-bound plane makes emergency landing after suffering engine failure

<h1>At least five persons have been killed following a</h1>

A security personnel, Col. Abdirizak Ahmed,told AP thateight others were injured in the explosion which occurred during a local match in the port town of Barawe, Southern <a href="http://www.pulse.ng/news/world/in-somalia-report-finds-512-died-in-deadliest-somalia-bombing-id7677470.html" id="222a0f34-e37f-5583-8341-ff5c0bc52784">Somalia</a> on Thursday, April 12, 2018.

Ahmed said most people are seriously wounded and are being treated at a local hospital.

Eyewitnesses claimed the bomb was buried in the sandy stadium.

The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Barawe was once a key al-Shabab stronghold before Somali and African Union forces seized the town and drove out the militants, who had banned sports activities in areas under their control.

5 persons have been reported dead after bomb blast at a packed stadium in Somalia.

Bomb blast at packed stadium kills 5 football fans

<h1>The suspected female shooter at the</h1>

Police said the woman was found dead in the building with a "self-inflicted wound."

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San Bruno police had warned people on Twitter to stay away from the area housing the headquarters of the Google-owned video sharing service near San Francisco.

According to the White House, President Donald Trump is aware of the situation, adding that the administration was monitoring the incident.

Some YouTube employees recounted the ordeal on Twitter.

"We were sitting in a meeting and then we heard people running because it was rumbling the floor. First thought was earthquake,"  Todd Sherman tweeted.

"I looked down and saw blood drips on the floor and stairs. Peeked around for threats and then we headed downstairs and out the front."

The shooter has not been identified and motive is unknown as at the time of filing this report.

Three persons are reportedly in critical condition and one dead. The shooter was said to have killed herself after shooting two women and one man.

The shooter was said to have opened fire on the building, leaving four dead.

Suspected female shooter at YouTube headquarters reported dead

<h1>A shooter on Tuesday, April 3, reportedly opened fire at the headquarters of video streaming giant</h1>

Some staff of the company raised the alarm on Twitter, saying they heard gunshots and saw people running to safety.

A YouTube employee, Vadim Lavrusik, wrote; "Active shooter at YouTube HQ. Heard shots and saw people running while at my desk. Now barricaded inside a room with coworkers."

A few minutes later he tweeted that he’s safe and has been evacuated from the building.

Another staff, Todd Sherman, said he saw splashes of blood.

"I looked down and saw blood drips on the floor and stairs. Peaked around for threats and then we headed downstairs and out the front," he said.

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Google, owners of YouTube, also said it is investigating a possible "gunfire incident".

According to BBC, unconfirmed reports from local media said the shooter is a woman.

Victims have reportedly been taken to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

The police are said to be on the scene.

Some staff of the company raised the alarm on Twitter, saying they heard gunshots and saw people running for cover

Active shooter reported at tech company's headquarters in California

"I've decided to suspend implementation of this accord and to rethink the terms of the accord," Netanyahu wrote on his Facebook page, saying his move was in response to criticism of the deal.

Israel had announced a deal with the UNHCR to cancel a controversial plan to deport African migrants and replace it with one that would see thousands sent to Western countries.

The new accord would at the same time allow thousands more of the mainly Sudanese and Eritrean migrants to remain in Israel at least temporarily.

The migrants have become a political issue, with religious and conservative politicians portraying the presence of Muslim and Christian Africans as a threat to Israel's Jewish character.

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A group of residents of southern Tel Aviv, where many of the migrants have settled, immediately denounced the new plan in a statement, calling it "a shame for the state of Israel".

Netanyahu said he would meet on Tuesday with residents of southern Tel Aviv.

Several ministers also said they opposed the accord with the UNHCR, on which they had not been informed before the announcement by Netanyahu's office.

The deal announced by Netanyahu's office appeared to end the possibility that many would be forcibly deported.

Instead, it would see a minimum of 16,250 migrants resettled in Western nations including Canada, Germany and Italy.

"The agreement stipulates that for each migrant who leaves the country, we commit to give temporary residence status to another," Netanyahu himself said in a televised address.

Germany and Italy, however, said they were unaware of any such resettlement deal for African migrants from Israel.

Netanyahu in January announced the implementation of a programme to remove migrants who entered illegally, giving them a choice between leaving voluntarily or facing indefinite imprisonment with eventual forced expulsion.

According to interior ministry figures, there are currently some 42,000 African migrants in Israel, half of them children, women or men with families, who were not facing immediate deportation.

As the migrants could face danger or imprisonment if returned to their homelands, Israel offered to relocate them to an unnamed African country, which deportees and aid workers said was Rwanda or Uganda.

But Netanyahu said that he had to abandon the initial plan because the option of sending them to a third country "no longer exists".

Rwanda and Uganda have said they would not accept those deported against their will.

Migrants began entering Israel through what was then a porous Egyptian border in 2007. The border has since been strengthened, all but ending illegal crossings.

The new accord would at the same time allow thousands more of the mainly Sudanese and Eritrean migrants to remain in Israel at least temporarily.

Israeli Prime Minister suspends Israel-UN deal on resettling African migrants

He passed away at the age of 76, BBC quoted a spokesman for his family as saying.

"He was a great scientist... whose work and legacy will live on for many years", his children said in a statement.

The Nobel Prize-winning author was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge.

One his popular science books is 'A Brief History of Time'.

Hawking was known for his ground-breaking work with black holes and relativity, often called Hawking radiation.

British scientist dies at 76

<h1>Fourteen suspected militiamen and one soldier have been killed in a resurgence of violence in</h1>

"Kamwina Nsapu militiamen arrived in the administrative centre of Lombelu (on Monday) and made a surprise attack on an army combat patrol," Andre Kapiola, Lombelu sector chief in Kasai Central, told AFP.

Violence in Kasai first erupted after a tribal chieftain known as the Kamwina Nsapu, who rebelled against the regime of President Joseph Kabila, was killed in August 2016.

Fourteen suspected militiamen and one soldier have been killed in a resurgence of violence in DR Congo.

15 dead in fresh violence

<h1>South African lawmakers on Thursday selected</h1>

Ramaphosa was chosen without a vote after being the only candidate nominated, chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng told assembled lawmakers at a special sitting of the parliament in Cape Town.

The announcement brought loud cheers from ANC lawmakers, with Ramaphosa due to address the parliament later during proceedings.

Zuma resigned on Wednesday as the ANC finally turned against him after a nine-year reign dominated by corruption scandals, economic slowdown and plummeting electoral popularity.

Zuma railed against the ANC for "recalling" him from office and - when he at first refused to resign - then threatening to oust him via a parliament no-confidence vote.

In an earlier TV interview on Wednesday, Zuma said he had received "very unfair" treatment from the party that he joined in 1959 and in which he had fought for decades against apartheid white-minority rule.

Zuma had been in a power struggle with Ramaphosa, his deputy president.

Zuma’s hold over the ANC was broken in December when his chosen successor - his former wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma - narrowly lost to Ramaphosa in a vote to become the new party leader.

Ramaphosa was chosen without a vote after being the only candidate nominated, chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng told assembled lawmakers.

Cyril Ramaphosa elected South African President after Zuma's resignation

<h1>Its been five years the Nigerian entertainment industry suffered a shocking blow on Valentines day - pop star</h1>

Goldie had attended the Grammys in the US and returned to Lagos on February 14, 2013 seemingly hale and hearty, only to suddenly suffer a heart attack that she never recovered from.

Goldie was declared dead on arrival at the Reddington Hospital in Victoria Island, Lagos.

According to an autopsy done on February 19, 2013, and signed by Dr. O.O Oyewole of the Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Goldie died of 'hypertensive heart disease' which triggered 'intracerebellar haemorrhage.'

The autopsy report had put to rest the speculations that the musician died of doping complications, a suggestion her widower, Andrew Harvey, quickly dismissed.

"Goldie never used drugs in the last 10 years I knew her and I was as close as you could get,"  Harvey had said.

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Goldie was a contestant at the Big Brother Africa 2012. She was known for her flamboyant and daring fashion statements and her up-tempo songs, which were a combination of afrobeat, house and dance music. How your favourite celebs showed love for their partners on the gram!'

A very good and close friend to the late singer, media personality, Derele Edun in a long write up, remembered Goldie on the fifth year of her demise. He took to his Instagram page where he posted a photo of himself beside Goldie's grave with a caption to the photo

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"Dearest friend,You have been dead for FIVE YEARS now. I can’t say it has been easy learning to live without you. Heading into year FIVE, I can say I have started to make real progress. I can talk about your death without crying. I can look people in the eye and tell them how you died. And now I finally feel like I can be honest with you. Okay, not with you per se, but I can be honest with myself about you. I’ve come to terms with the fact that I will never see you again. It was incredibly difficult to reconcile my desire to see you again with my belief that there is no afterlife. I used to look for you everywhere, hoping that you were watching over me and sending me signs. But I don’t need you to linger anymore. I am finally at ease with your passing."It shouldn’t have been a secret that I loved you for being more than a friend and closer than family. While I was completely satisfied with what I thought was the ideal platonic male/female relationship, I know others thought that we could be perfect for each other. How serendipitous it would have been! It pains me to admit that I think about you more now than I did when you were alive. I stare into your negative space and fear that one day I will go twenty-four hours without pausing to remember you. I let your tense slide from present to past and even past perfect."While it is frightening to think of what comes next, somehow, in your own way, you’ve prepared me for it. You were my first friend and my first eulogy. I think it would make you, the eternal optimist that you were, happy to know that your friendship keeps making me a better, stronger person. You showed me that I can function in the face of tragedy. You taught me the vocabulary of grief so I can comfort others when they need it. I never would have asked for it to be this way, but if this is what I can take from it, I will. So, dearest friend, that’s all I have to share for now. I’ll raise a glass for your 38th birthday this October, and, as always, I’ll keep you in my thots."P.S: I wore YOUR DRESS to ur graveside. It's ripped here and there (You'll pull my hair out for this) but it's cos I'v been dancing  in it all day long!RIP GOLDIE," he wrote.

It's been 5 years since Goldie shocked Nigerians with the news of her untimely death

5 years ago today, we lost a pop princess

<h1>Multiple casualties have been reported after a gun man opened fire on students at a High School in Florida,</h1>

Authorities said the incident occurred around  2:30 p.m. at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday, February 14, 2018.

Police said an active shooter is to still at large.

"Avoid the area of Stoneman Douglas HS. #BSO is currently working a developing incident regarding a report of active shooter," Broward  County Sheriff Office wrote on twitter.

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According to Buzzfeed, one male student, who was not identified, said that he was on the campus at the time of the shooting, adding that other students near him heard an alarm go off and initially they thought the school was staging some sort drill. Then they heard gun shots.

"We heard pops, the student said, and from the other side of the school we see the whole school running out," he said.

A statement released by the school district said the shooting happened closed to dismissal time - when students heard what sounded like gunfire, the school was placed on lockdown.

Police believe they know who the gunman is and have described him as a student and member of the JROTC program. Authorities said he was wearing a hoodie and has red hair.

Police believe they know who the gunman is, saying he was wearing a hoodie and has red hair.

Gunman opens fire on High School students, casualties reported

<h1>Zimbabwes main opposition leader</h1>

BBC quoted  a senior official in his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party to have confirmed Tsvangirai's death.

He was said to have died on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, in South Africa after suffering from colon cancer.

The former prime minister was aged 65.

"He died this evening. The family communicated this to me," MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri told Reuters.

Tsvangirai had a long political struggle against former President Robert Mugabe.

He was beaten jailed a couple of times.

Tsvangirai's illness reportedly divided the MDC with some party officials fighting to succeed him.

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He was said to have died on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, in South Africa after suffering from colon cancer.

Zimbabwe's opposition leader dies at 65

Bennell, 64, had been accused of sexually assaulting more 10 children between 1979 and 1990.

He was on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, found guilty on 27 counts of indecent assault, seven counts of rape and two counts of attempted rape.

According to Skysports, the jury is still deliberating on seven counts against two complainants and will resume their deliberations on Wednesday morning.

There were 48 counts on the original indictment, but the jury was ordered to return not guilty verdicts on three of those - two other counts were alternative charges so they will not now be dealt with.

In the course of the trial, Bennell was described as a "child molester on an industrial scale" who would not just groom his victims, but also their families.

Some of the victims who had been undergone coaching under the suspect said Bennell had a "power hold" over them as they dreamed of becoming professional footballers.

According to a victim, there were at least four men who had been coached by Bennell, including former Wales manager Gary Speed, who had gone on to take their own lives.

But the jury said there was no proof to link the deaths to Bennell.

The court heard transcripts of police interviews in which the ex-coach admitted having a "grooming process" and being attracted to teenage boys, although he denied the new allegations and said his accusers were "jumping on the bandwagon" following publicity.

His lawyers, Eleanor Laws QC, described him as being a "sitting target" after being convicted of child sexual abuse in the 1990s and in 2015.

Bennell was on Tuesday, found guilty on 27 counts of indecent assault, seven counts of rape and two counts of attempted rape.

Ex-UK football coach found guilty of indecent assault, rape

<h1>At least 11 people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide car bomb attack on a checkpoint in southeastern Yemen run by local forces backed by the</h1>

Reuters quoted residents as saying gunmen opened fire on the checkpoint after a suicide bomber drove his booby-trapped car into the checkpoint northeast of Ataq, the capital of the province of Shabwa.

According to Officials , 11 people died in the attack and three were wounded, while residents put the death toll at 12.

The attack came as southern separatists battled Yemeni government forces for control of the interim capital of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s government in Aden.

The clashes risked a separate fight by a Saudi-led campaign against Iran-aligned Houthis in northern Yemen.

No one or group has claimed responsibility for the attack as at the time of filing this report.

The attack, however, is identical to previous operations by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which operates in the area.

The Shabwa Elite Force, which was set up and trained by the United Arab Emirates as part of its fight against Islamist militants, drove AQAP militants out of Ataq in a major military operation in August last year.

The UAE is part of the Saudi-led coalition that intervened in the Yemen civil war in 2015 to try to restore Hadi to power after the Houthis advanced on Aden and forced him to flee into exile.

At least 11 people were reported dead after a suicide car bomb attacked a checkpoint in southeastern Yemen.

11 reportedly killed in suicide attack at checkpoint

The event, which was held in Los Angeles, California, United States, was hosted, for the first time, byactress Kristen Bell.

She kick-started the ceremony by taking a jab at US First Lady, Melania Trump.

"There has never been a host for this awards show before. First time. First person. First lady. I honestly never thought I would grow up to be the first lady, but you know what, I kind of like it. I think my first initiative as first lady will be cyberbullying because I have yet to see any progress on that problem quite yet," CNN quoted Bell as saying.

Although Bell did not mention Mrs. Trump's name, she was obviously making reference to the First Lady, who had said that combating cyberbullying would be her key focus during her time in the White House.

The big winner of the night was "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" with trophies for best ensemble cast and best actress for Frances McDormand for her portrayal as a grieving mother.

Gary Oldman continued his winning streak, taking home the Lead Actor award, for his role in "Darkest Hour" in which he portrayed Winston Churchill.

See the full list of winners below:

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Timothee Chalamet, "Call Me by Your Name"

James Franco, "The Disaster Artist"

Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour" - WINNER

Denzel Washington, "Roman J. Israel, Esq."

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Judi Dench, "Victoria &amp; Abdul"

The 2018 SAG Awards host, Kristen Bell subtly criticised the US First Lady for her failure in combating cyberbullying, which was her promise before occupying the White House.