UEFA Champions League: We have submitted our squad list - Manchester City

Manchester City have Submitted their Champions League group stage squad to the competition's governing body.

Below are the names submitted my the Pellegrini-lead squad;

Sergio Aguero

Wilfred Bony

Willy Caballero

Gael Clichy

Kevin De Bruyne
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Adesina assumes duty at AfDB, promises to curb inequality

Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina assumed duty as the 8th President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group yesterday with a promise to reduce inequality between regions and countries on the continent.
Speaking at the investiture in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Adesina said by unlocking the potentials of small, medium and large businesses, Africa will fast track industrial growth and development.
“Like the skyline of a city, we will create space for the small, medium and large businesses.

Dr. Akinwunmi A. Adesina 

 As businesses pay taxes, domestic resource mobilization will grow to support national and regional development from within Africa.

 The bank will prioritize the development of the private sector to drive the industrialization of Africa,” Adesina said in his speech at the ceremony.
He said his regime will build the African private sector to create wealth, noting that by developing financial markets and leveraging private capital markets, businesses will be able to access long term financing crucial to invest in needed machinery, equipment and working capital. 
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Odegbami in for the FIFA Presidency race

One of Nigeria’s greatest footballer of all time, Segun ‘Mathematical’ Odegbami, has joined the race to succeed Sepp Blatter, as FIFA president at the election scheduled to take place on February 26, 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Segun Odegbami

Blatter stepped down as FIFA President last June following a spate of scandals that led to the arrest of several key stakeholders in the world governing body of the game.

According to Segun Odegbami, “The current scandal at FIFA is the organisation’s worst crisis in its 111 years of existence. Moving forward, FIFA thus require a new era of leadership that can restore the dignity of the noble sport and that of this esteemed international institution with global followership.”

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Breaking news: ICPC probes former govs Amaechi, Kwankwaso, Chime, Shema

The independent Corrupt Practices and other offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced investigations of four former governors following petition against them. 

The four governors are former governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers, Sullivan Chime of Enugu, Ibrahim Shema of Katsina and Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano. 

Already four teams have been raised to visit the states to check the books of the states to establish the allegations against the governors. 

Sources at the commission told Vanguard that the teams departed Abuja Monday morning to the various states to carry out their investigations.

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FORMER PRESIDENT JONATHAN’S 24 ACHIEVEMENTS IN HIS FIRST 100 DAYS

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has reeled out the achievements of the Jonathan administration within the first 100 days of the life of the administration.

All Progressives Congress, APC, had yesterday blamed former President Goodluck Jonathan for the inability of the Muhammadu Buhari administration to record tangible achievements in 100 days of coming to office.
Below are 24 recorded achievements of Jonathan in his first 100days.

1. Nigeria’s oil industry expanded by 20% and we reclaimed our position as Africa’s largest oil exporter which hitherto had been lost to Angola.
2. Recognized by OPEC in July as the second largest oil exporter, second only to Saudi Arabia. It is the first time Nigeria has recorded such a feat.

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PMB’s Anti-corruption War, Turning Point For Intellectualism – Bogoro

PMB’s Anti-corruption War, Turning Point For Intellectualism – Bogoro

Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Professor Sulaiman Elias Bogoro, has said that the anti-corruption war of President Mohanmadu Buhari, if pursued to logical conclusion and effectiveness, could constitute the turning point to making intellectualism and knowledge as the key factors to help in moving Nigeria from the hitherto perceived culture of impunity.

Making this known at opening ceremony of the second phase of the International Workshop on Research and Development and Innovation organized an the University of Dayton, Ohio by the African Leadership Institute USA and TETFUND, Bogoro said discipline in governance and leadership by example as well as the aggressive fight against all forms of corruption were likely the key drivers of philosophy of governance enunciated by the president.

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SILENCING MEDIA FREEDOM: BLOGGER ARRESTED, GRANTED 3 MILLION NAIRA BAIL

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of N3m to a blogger, Seun Oloketuyi.
He was arraigned by the police for allegedly publishing a defamatory story against the Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc. Nnamdi Okonkwo.


Oloketuyi had been detained in Ikoyi Prisons since August 25, 2015 after he was arraigned on two counts of “malicious publication” against Okonkwo before Justice Mohammed Yunusa.

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