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Gareth Bale End Champion League Drought

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The Wales international netted his first Champions League goal in almost two years as Los Blancos hit five against Warsaw on Tuesday. The Real Madrid veteran striker Gareth Bale score his first Champions League goal in two years as Los Blancos defeat  Warsaw 5-1  on Tuesday. Gareth Bale  who has netted so many times for club and country in recent times, ended a personal goal drought while in Champions League action for Real Madrid The veteran striker already had three domestic efforts to his name heading into midweek, but will have been aware of an unfortunate lack of end product in European competition. In fact, prior to a meeting with Legia Warsaw, Bale had gone close to two years without finding the target in continental competition. That streak has now been ended, since December 2014 against Ludogorat Razgrad with just 16 minutes required to break the deadlock at Santiago Bernabeu. Bale’s early strike opened the floodgates for Rea...

"Stop Muttering" Barack Obama Told Donald Trump

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United State President Barack Obama has told Donald Trump to "stop muttering" as he rejected his claim that next month's White House election will be rigged. He said Mr Trump's attempt to discredit a poll before it has even taken place was "unprecedented" for a US presidential candidate. Also "unprecedented", said Mr Obama, was the Republican candidate's "flattery" of Russia's president. Mr Trump is facing sinking poll numbers and accusations of sexual assault. The businessman-turned-politician has claimed the 8 November election will be "absolutely rigged" for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. But in a White House Rose Garden news conference on Tuesday alongside visiting Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Mr Obama said his assertions were "based on no facts" "I'd advise Mr Trump to stop muttering and try to make his case to get votes," Mr Obama said. "By the way,...

Oscar Pistorius Attend Four Hours Funeral

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Oscar Pistorius has been allowed out of prison for four hours to attend a family funeral . The former athlete, who fatally shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, attended his grandmother's funeral on Friday flanked by an elite security unit. Gerti Pistorius was 92 when she died on 8 October, according to Netwerk24. Manelisi Wolela, a spokesman for the Correctional Services Department, said Pistorius was given leave to attend the funeral as he was classified as a "low risk" offender. Pistorius is serving six years jail at the Kgosi Mampuru II jail in Pretoria. The double amputee never denied shooting and killing Ms Steenkamp, a law graduate and model, at his home in Pretoria but always insisted he mistook her for an intruder when he fired four Black Talon bullets through the toilet door. He says he realised his mistake when he broke down the door with a cricket bat, by which time it was too late.

University of Lagos Authorities Rusticate 198 Students

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The University of Lagos a uthorities  have expelled 125 students and rusticated 198 others for various offences, including examination malpractices during last academic session. The lists of the affected students were published on the university’s website on Sunday. The institution’s Deputy Registrar (Information), Mr Toyin Adebule, confirmed the expulsion and estimation to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos yesterday, Adebule told NAN that the university “will soon publish and display the names and photographs of the students in the media’’. He said that the action was in line with the university’s zero tolerance on malpractices and other vices in campus. “Yes we have published some names on our website and these students will be punished in various degrees, depending on the severity. “Last session, a number of students were caught in various forms of malpractices during their examinations. “Some were found cheating during the examination with “micro she...

United State Ban Traveling With Samsung Galaxy Note 7 On Air

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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones has been ban from all planes in the United States following the allegation on the devices catching fire easily. The order from the country's Transportation Department bars owners from carrying on the phones or taking them in baggage during flights from 5pm UK time equivalent to 10pm in Nigeria on Saturday.  It warned that people who packed the devices in checked luggage raised the risk of "a catastrophic incident", and passengers caught attempting to bring them on a plane could be fined or have them confiscated.  Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said: "We recognise that banning these phones from airlines will inconvenience some passengers, but the safety of all those aboard an aircraft must take priority. "We are taking this additional step because even one fire incident inflight poses a high risk of severe personal injury and puts many lives at risk.

Man United World Signing Pogba Not Performing Like £100million Player Says Scholes

The former Manchester United player Paul Scholes says Man U world record signing Paul Pogba is not performing like the player the club bought for £100million. ‘It’s been a little bit of a struggle for him so far,’ said BT Sport pundit Scholes. ‘Tonight, again, wasn’t his best performance. I think it will come. It’s still very early days. ‘I don’t really know what position he’s playing at the minute. Has he got a position? Has he been told to play where he wants? ‘He seems to be a little all over the place at times. I think he’s trying to do too much on the ball. ‘He’s trying to beat three or four players. He’s running with the ball. He should keep it simple for now. ‘That’s not the player Manchester United bought. They didn’t buy a Lionel Messi to go and beat five players and stick it in the top corner all the time. They bought a powerful, strong midfield player who can take the ball. He’s got skill, he can pass it forward, he can run.’ Pogba also came under fire from Sky Sports...

Lagos State Governor Donate N5million to Two Students in RSW Programme

Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, donated N5 million to two Lagos State College of Health Technology students who designed new technology of generating Biogas through the treatment of animal waste. The students, including Sarunmi Oluwafemi and Dada Samuel, were among the 422 successful graduates of the Ready, Set, Work (RSW) programme of the state government targeted to equip graduates of tertiary institutions in the state with necessary entrepreneurial skills and to make them emerge as ready products for the increasingly competitive labour market, as well as job creators. Oluwafemi and Samuel, who emerged as first place winners of the pitch competition of the programme, were also on Thursday, equally given N1million seed funding and placed on N100,000 monthly working capital for six months, all geared towards encouraging their business idea to grow. The business idea, which is Biogas production, involves the treatment of animal waste in order to generate Biogas which can be...