Zinedine Zidane expects to be offered Manchester United job

Former Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has reportedly told his friends that he is expected to be offered Manchester United job should embattled Jose Mourinho gets fired.

Since Zidane left Real Madrid after winning the Champions League title last season, he has not yet gotten another club for him to manage.

Jose Mourinho and Manchester United chief Ed Woodward are said to have been involved in a row over the signing of some players that the ex Chelsea coach wants at Old Trafford.

A row with Frenchman Paul Pogba and a dismal defeat to Brighton only made life more difficult for Jose Mourinho at Manchester United this season.And the Mail report that ex-Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane would take the job after deciding he wants to work in the Premier League.

Earlier. Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho reportedly told friends that he would have quit any other club by now.

Mourinho is said to be frustrated by what he sees as a lack of backing from vice chairman Ed Woodward, which prompted him to tell friends he would have walked out in protest.

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Irate youths set Osun police station ablaze, protest against alleged killing of resident by SARS

Some irate youths on Friday, August 24, set a police station ablaze in Iwo, Osun state, for the alleged killing of an undergraduate, Tunde Nofiu, by an officer attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in the state.

Our source in Osun state, reports that Nofiu was on holidays in the town when the ugly incident happened.

It was gathered that the student who was going to Iwo from Olupona was shot dead on Thursday night, August 23, and the incident led to a protest by the angry youths.                                              

The name of the school of the deceased could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report.

But it was gathered that the youths of the town gathered and set ablaze Iwo police area command on Friday morning, August 24.

The officer were said to have escaped the scene after killing Nofiu.

The angry youths made bonfires around strategic locations in the town.

The commissioner of police in Osun state, Finihan Adeoye, was quoted to have said that he could not give the exact account of what happened.

Meanwhile.Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had previously directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, to immediately overhaul the management and activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

It was reported that the personal assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on new media, Bashir Ahmad, made it known in a tweet on Tuesday, August 14.

He said: "Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, orders immediate overhaul of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)."

Osinbajo said that based on the persistent complaints and reports on the activities of SARS that border on allegations of human rights violations, there should be overhaul of the management and activities of SARS to ensure that any unit that would emerge from the process should be intelligence-driven.

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South Korean appeal court gives ex-President Park 25-year jail term

A South Korean appeal court has reportedly increased the prison sentence for former President Park Geun-hye to 25 years in a case bordering on the corruption scandal that ended her rule in 2017.

Park became South Korea's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office when she was removed by the constitutional court over a corruption scandal.

The 66-year-old ex-president was sentenced to 24 years in prison and an 18bn won fine ($16m) by a lower court in April in a ruling that the prosecution appealed.

On Friday, August 24, Aljazeera reports that the Seoul high court found that Park colluded with her friend, Choi Soon-sil, to receive tens of billions of won from major conglomerates to help Choi's family and fund non-profit foundations owned by her, according to the court documents.

The court also increased her fine by 2 billion won ($1.78m) to 20 billion won ($17.8m).

“Such unethical dealings between political power and financial power harms the essence of democracy and distorts order in the market economy, giving the people a grave sense of loss and deep distrust of our society,”presiding judge Kim Mun-suk reportedly said in the ruling.

“A strict penalty is unavoidable.”

In July, another South Korean court reportedly sentenced Park to eight years in prison in a separate case arising from the same scandal, finding her guilty on charges of causing the loss of government funds and interfering in a 2016 parliamentary election.

Park has been defended by state attorneys after her former defence team quit en masse last year in protest against a Seoul court's handling of her case, including the extension of her detention.

The former president has been in jail since March 31, 2017, but has denied wrongdoing and was not present in court.

She returned to South Korea's presidential palace in 2012 as the country's first woman leader more than three decades after she left it following the assassination of her father.

Previously South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday, February 27, sought a 30-year prison sentence for Park Geun-hye.

Park is standing trial for alleged bribery, abuse of power and other crimes in a groundbreaking corruption case that marked a stunning fall from grace for the country’s first female leader.

The prosecution's recommendation came two weeks after Choi Soon-sil, a close friend of Park who was at the centre of the scandal, was jailed for 20 years for taking bribes from "chaebol", or conglomerates, including electronics powerhouse Samsung and retail giant Lotte.

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Saraki, Melaye, Bruce storm Ijebu ode for Ojude Oba festival

Senate president Bukola Saraki, alongside fellow senators, Dino Melaye, Ben-Murray Bruce and others arrived at the venue of the Ojude-Oba festival amidst wild jubilation from guests.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the recently defected senator, Saraki arrived at the Oba Sikiru Adetona Golden Jubilee Centre, Ijebu-Ode, venue of the Ojude-Oba, as the special guest of honor for the event.

His entrance erased doubts over his presence, having raised controversy in some quarters over his choice for the 2018 edition of the festival.

Upon arrival, Saraki went round the pavilion to acknowledge cheers from the crowd before eventually making his way to the reserved area to pay homage to the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona and other dignitaries.

Saraki greeting Oba Sikiru Adetona at the Ojude Oba festival. Photo source: Twitter, Saraki

In spite of the rain, guests were seen in their numbers to savour the occasion, which was majorly sponsored by telecommunications giant, Globacom.

The Ojude-Oba is held yearly two days after Eid-el-Kabir celebrations, as an age-old tradition of Ijebu indigenes in honour of the town’s monarch.

Saraki arriving the venue of the Ojude Oba festival. Photo source: Twitter, Bukola Saraki

Different age-grade groups, known as the “Regberegbe”, attend in different colourful outfits, bearing gifts for the Awujale.

Other side attractions are the mock wars and horse display by various warlord families, as tourists from within and outside the country bask in the allure of the annual event.

Saraki at the Ojude Oba festival. Photo source: Twitter Bukola Saraki

Earlier the Senate President Bukola Saraki held a harmonization meeting between old and new members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state, expressing confidence that the party would win the next general election and produce a new president for Nigeria 2019.

While addressing ward and local government delegates from the old and new members of the PDP in Kwara state during a harmonisation meeting in Ilorin on Wednesday, August 22, Saraki said that, “the future is better and brighter than the past,” promising to ensure cohesion between the two sets of party members.

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Nigerians ranked 8th most hardworking foreigners in US

Nigerians working in the United States have been ranked the eighth most hardworking foreigners in the country, a US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2016 reveals.

In the report published by Bloomberg, Nigerians scored 71.0% in the list of the hardest and most skilled immigrant groups in the US.

Ghana topped the chart with 75.2% while Bulgaria and Kenya were ranked second and third with 74.2% and 73.4% respectively. Other African countries in the report’s top 10 are Ethiopia (4th), Egypt (5th), and Liberia (9th).

Nigerians ranked 8th most hardworking foreigners in US

The report shows Africans, in general, are the most productive immigrants in the US ahead of those from Mexico and Central America, who constitute more than 70% of foreign nationals in that country.

“If we want more high-skilled, hardworking, English-speaking, ready-to-integrate immigrants, it looks like the most obvious place to find them is in African countries where English is widely spoken,” Bloomberg journalist Justin Fox said.

The report also ranked Nigeria 8th among the most-educated immigrant groups in the US.

Nigerians ranked 8th most hardworking foreigners in US

According to the report, Kenya, Nigeria, Nepal and Ghana have the highest number of citizens pursuing higher education in the US after Saudi Arabia.

Immigrants from Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana are near the top in both employment-population ratio and higher-education enrollment, the report indicates.

Meanwhile,following President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant statements and policies, some Nigerian immigrants had started looking for ways out of the United States.

Some of the migrants, from Nigeria, Haiti, and other countries, were reportedly trooping to Canada to seek greener pastures.

CBC News, a Canadian media, reported that a group of Nigerians, about 12 of them, were seen trying to cross to Canada, from America.

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President Buhari reportedly makes final decision on sacked DSS boss Daura

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly ruled out the reinstatement of the former director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura, who was removed by then-acting president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.

The Nation reports that this is despite pressure from some members of the president’s kitchen cabinet.

A source reportedly said the president has no plan to bring back Daura and that the argument has now shifted to the possible retention of the new acting director-general, Mathew Seiyefa.

The source said: “The forces pushing for Daura’s reinstatement have lost the battle because the President has foreclosed his return. The President has no plans to bring back Daura under any guise. He believes this administration is one and will not overrule his deputy. He is a man of discipline and not an ethnic bigot.

“What happened is that some ministers, a few kitchen cabinet members and influential people close to the President sneaked into London to meet with Buhari to overturn Daura’s sack. They alleged that Prof. Yemi Osinbajo sacked Daura before informing the President who was on vacation.

“They were not aware that the President and the Vice President had discussed the fate of Daura and some security chiefs at least two weeks before the President proceeded on vacation in London. The two leaders had agreed on the need to effect a few changes. Osinbajo acted in line with the template set by his boss and acted appropriately.”

A former head of state and a minister reportedly spoke to the president while he was still in London advising him not to reinstate Daura.

“A former Head of State and a minister in the kitchen cabinet advised the President to ignore these influential forces pushing for Daura’s return in view of the democratic mileage the administration scored with his removal after the unauthorised invasion of the National Assembly by hooded DSS operatives.

“The ex-Head of State warned on the diplomatic and international implications of reinstating Daura. The Minister also minced no words in confronting those who wanted the ex-DG back in office," the source added.

A source also said President Buhari was in support of the decision made by Osinbajo.

The source said: “While it is true that the Vice President sacked Daura before informing the President, it was in line with the earlier decision by the two leaders to tinker with the security apparatchik.

“There was a template which the President would have worked on after the vacation which Osinbajo implemented. Osinbajo informed the President of the action he took and the President endorsed it because the Presidency is one.

“So, when Daura acted against democratic norms, he was invited to the Presidential Villa by the Acting President. While seated in a part of Osinbajo’s office, waiting to see the VP, his removal.

“He was then escorted out of the back exit of the VP’s wing to a safe house for debriefing. There were no altercations in any manner between the VP and Daura.”

Meanwhile, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is said to be preparing to probe the sacked director general of the Directorate of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura, over an alleged N17 billion fraud.

It was learnt that the money was left behind by Daura’s predecessor, Ita Ekpeyong. It was alleged that Ekpeyong received N20 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the end of former president Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

Daily Trust reports that Ekpeyong allegedly converted N17 billion into United States of America (USA) dollars, which he left behind when he handed over to Daura.

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Eid el kabir:Koyewon sues for peace

Muslims need to have a breakthrough in achieving the goal of lslam and ensure the best of sociologsociological behavior, psychological respect and functional technological consciousness in other to ensure life of comfort and attainment of peace in the social and tranquillity of the mind with a clear understanding of scripture and as well keep good neighbourliness that will ensure good alignment with the divine _(pious life).
Chief Olaiya Babalola aka Koyewon chairman Moniya Divisional Headquarters Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) made the assertion today Monday 20th 2018 in his Eid el kabir messages.
The sucurity expert and lslamic cleric stressed the need to role model the best practices for mankind starting from individual homes, society, government and global cohesion.
According to him the benefit of unity in lslam cannot be over emphasized while peace focus is also a matter of must that to be achieved.
While congratulatcongratulating Muslims on the eid el kabir he urge them to be moderate and security conscious during and after the festival.
He enjoin his PCRC members to be at alart
and ensure that they give useful information to the police where ever there is any security breach.

3-year-old girl kissed by Pope Francis recovered from ‘terminal’ tumour

Parents experience a lot of distress when their little ones suffer from an illness. They therefore look for hope wherever they can.

A little girl identified as Gianna Masciantonio had a tumour growing on her brain, and her parents had been advised to start preparing for her burial because it did not seem like she had long to live.

Months after she was diagnosed, she met with the pope in the US while he was on a visit, this was in 2015. She was carried above the crowd, and Pope Francis had reportedly leaned out of his Popemobile, and kissed the little girls' head, unaware of her illness. It was also said that he blessed her with the sign of the cross.

Pope Francis kissing little Gianna in the US in 2015 Photo source: The Sun UK

According to reports from The Sun UK, Gianna’s family received a call from a cancer specialist, Ira Dunkel, just two months after Gianna was kissed by the pope. She went through chemotherapy for 15 months, and the tumour began to shrink.

A recovering 3-year-old Gianna at the hospital Photo source: The Sun UK

From all indications, three-year-old Gianna is now fine, and she is set to resume school soon. Her family, and her parents, identified as Kristen and Joey Masciantonio, reportedly donated $50,000 to the hospital where she had her treatment.

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Eid el Kabir: Omofoye calls for Unity of Purpose

The five pillars of lslam is an application of principles to moderate human activities for excellent processing and goal getting result to have a well ordered society full of peace and development, on this note religious faithful has been advised not only follow the  lessons of lleya festival excersise but also have full understanding and deep knowledge of the five pillars of lslam.
Oyo state chairman of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) Rev. Peter Omofoye made the declaration today monday 20th August 2018 in his Eid el Kabir messages to the people.
Further the cleric observed that five pillars of lslam with its principles and applications goal is to establishes the culture of fear of God through upholding principles of ethics and due process in the promotion of merits to set standard in doing things.
Omofoye however noted that challenges before religious faithful now is how to reconcile, harmonize and unite them even when they are not the same, adding that despite the fact that, "we are not operating same curricular but still working towards same goal of attainment of peace even when our approaches differ but based on clean slate of Holiness and transparency'.
He then call for unity of purpose between the faithful in other to be able to build up strength, love, cooperation, service and togetherness.
Omofoye urge government of all nations to have patriots at the helm of their affairs with credible leadership that will run people focused government for functional education, effective religion and systems with positive impact on the society.
While congratulating the muslems worldwide on the occasion of eid el kabir he urge PCRC members and the people of Oyo state to be moderate and security conscious during and after the eid el kabir festival.
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