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President Donald Trump's son-in-law has said neither he nor anyone in the Trump campaign team colluded with Russian officials over the US election. Jared Kushner said he had no improper contacts and did not rely on Russian funds to finance business activities. Mr Kushner released his opening statement ahead of giving testimony before a Senate panel on Monday. The Senate, the House and a special counsel are all investigating Russian interference in the election. Mr Kushner, 36, is a senior adviser to the president and was in charge of the Trump campaign's digital strategy. He is married to Mr Trump's daughter, Ivanka. Mr Kushner, who keeps a very low media profile, was due to attend a closed-door session on Monday before the Senate Intelligence Committee, and then appear before the House version on Tuesday. In the statement  to both congressional committees he released on Monday, he says: "I did not collude, nor know of anyone else in the campaign who collu...

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Sunday ​said President Muhammadu Buhari ​was getting better. NANS President, Chinonso Obasi, in a statement, said his conversation with the presidency on July 22 showed that Buhari was recuperating fast and would be back soon. ​His words: ​“My telephone conversation with the presidency yesterday from London has given more hope that President Buhari will soon be back, alive and able to return to his presidential seat. “In the course of conversation, I realised that Nigerians need more love to survive the machinations of the ungodly and ill-wishers. “This is the time Nigerians have to be more patriotic than political as issues of national interest should be more paramount. “PMB is our father and deserves our goodwill and solidarity, if by any reason we’re not comfortable with his absence due to medical vacation, let every Nigerian observe due process in their agitation.’’ The NANS president appealed to all Nigerians and particularly tho...

Police are hunting for a man who attacked five people with a chainsaw in the Swiss town of Schaffhausen. Franz Wrousis is alleged to have launched his assault at a health insurance office shortly after 10:30 local time (08:30 GMT). The attack sparked a manhunt involving more than 100 officers from both Switzerland and Germany. Police say the 51-year-old, who lives in the woods, is dangerous and believed to be still armed with the chainsaw. His exact motives are still not clear, but police Major Ravi Landolt told a news conference: "This is not an attack against a hypothetical person. This is clearly against people from the insurer." Mr Wrousis, who has two previous convictions for weapons offences, is reported to have entered the offices in Schaffhausen on Monday morning. He then allegedly attacked a number of people working in the branch of health insurance company CSS. At least one employee was left with serious injuries, but is now out of danger. On Mond...

The parents of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard have ended their legal challenge to take him to the US for experimental treatment. A lawyer representing Chris Gard and Connie Yates told the High Court "time had run out" for the baby. Mr Gard said it meant his "sweet, gorgeous, innocent little boy" will not reach his first birthday on 4 August. "To let our beautiful little Charlie go" is "the hardest thing we'll ever have to do", his mother said. Charlie's parents said they made the decision because a US doctor said it was now too late to give Charlie nucleoside therapy. We only wanted to give him a chance of life," Ms Yates told the court in a statement. "A whole lot of time has been wasted," she added. "We are sorry we could not save you." A lawyer representing Chris Gard and Connie Yates told the High Court that "time had run out" for the baby. It means Charlie will not reach his...

Barring any last-minute change, electricity consumers in Nigeria are to pay between N2.89 and N7.45 per kilowatt hour (kwh) increase in the new cost reflective tariff slated for announcement before October, New Telegraph has learnt. Investigations showed that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), an agency in charge of the tariff, which completed receipts of complaints on the tariff review after expiration of 30-day window, is “awaiting final signal” from Presidency before it would announce the new tariff. The Federal Government had, checks by this newspaper revealed, already yielded to pressure from power investors to go ahead with the major tariff review, which reflects the “current economic realities.” Referring to the hike as marginal increase, a draft copy of the tariff sighted by New Telegraph showed that the monthly/quarterly review is expected to be reflected differently by the 11 electricity distribution companies. “There are five factors considered for the ne...

Days after the deadline Pope Francis gave priests of Ahiara diocese, Mbaise,  Imo , to write and apologise to  Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke  elapsed their Bishop, he has begun to respond to each of them. “The pope promised he would write back, and he’s doing so,” said  Cardinal John Onaiyekan  of  Abuja . The prelate, who’s been the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Ahiara, also said that the letters “are not passing though me,” so he doesn’t know their content, and added that he probably won’t until the process of delivering the letters is over, NAN reports. Speaking to  Crux  over the phone on Friday, Onaiyekan also said that he hopes Okpaleke, who was appointed to Ahiara by Benedict XVI in 2012, is accepted by the time the process is over. “I hope that my brothers will recognize him,” he said. “I’m waiting and praying, hoping that this long crisis will come to an end.” The letters from the Vatican, which addresses each priest ...

   Morata said he isn't "disappointed about anything" and confirmed that, if all goes to plan, he'll be a Chelsea player tomorrow Alvaro Morata  has broken his silence after Chelsea  confirmed they had agreed terms with the  Real Madrid  forward. The 24-year-old, who had been strongly linked with a move to Manchester United prior to them signing Romelu Lukaku, looked set to remain at Los Blancos when that deal fell through. But Antonio Conte's Blues side, who are keen to sign a replacement for Diego Costa ahead of the new season, stepped up their interest in the forward. After agreeing terms with the Stamford Bridge club, Morata revealed he has no regrets from his time at the Bernabeu, adding that he can't wait to join Chelsea.

   Innoson Motors Goes Continental As Mayor of Bamako Leads A Delegation From Mali To Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing, Nnewi To Purchase about 400 Innoson Motors Today, the Chairman of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Co Ltd, Chief Dr. Innocent Chukwuma OFR is set to receive a delegation from Mali led by the Mayor of Bamako, Mr. Harimakan Keita for a factory tour of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Plant in Nnewi. The visit which was facilitated by the Nigerian Export Promotion Council ably led by Segun Awolowo will also see the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing on purchasing about 400 Innoson IVM vehicles that will be exported to Mali. The Malian delegation also includes The Charge D’ affaires, Nigeria Embassy, Mali, Zayyad Abdusalami, Honorable Minister of Employment and Professional Training Mali, Director of Regulation Urban Transport of Bamako, CEO of TAXI Plus Mali, CEO GINCO Group Mali. Earlier on yesterday, the delegation ...

  President Donald Trump has said the new Republican healthcare policy should be to allow the current law to collapse. "As I have always said, let ObamaCare fail and then come together and do a great healthcare plan. Stay tuned!" he tweeted. Support for the Republican Senate bill fell apart on Monday when two more senators said they could not back it. The party's Senate leader, Mitch McConnell, immediately vowed to hold a vote to repeal Obamacare only. During a speech from the Senate floor on Tuesday, Mr McConnell said Republicans would "push forward" with a plan to repeal Obamacare and replace it with a "two-year, stable transition" period to give Congress time to come up with a replacement plan. "We should not give up," Mr McConnell said. "Passing this legislation will provide an opportunity for senators of all parties to engage with a fresh start and a new beginning for the American people." President Trump ba...

  The size and weight of a T. rex would have prevented it from moving faster than 20km/h (12mph), research suggests. University of Manchester scientists used a new computer simulation to assess the speed of the massive biped. Based on T. rex 's muscles alone, the model came up with a maximum speed of 30km/h, but this dropped to 20km/h when skeletal strength was assessed too. Had it moved from a brisk walk to a sprint, the dinosaur's legs would have snapped under the weight of its body. " T. rex is everyone's favourite dinosaur, and palaeontologists have been arguing for years about how fast it could run because this would tell us something about its hunting style and the way it caught its prey,'' said Prof William Sellers. ''This project used a highly realistic computer simulation to predict how T. rex moved, and it shows that running would have been impossible because its skeleton just isn't strong enough. ''That means that T....

  Increased sales of the F-35 fighter jet have helped Lockheed Martin, the biggest supplier of defence equipment to the US military, to report better-than-expected profits. The F-35, formerly known as the Joint Strike Fighter, is being built by the US defence giant in partnership with other countries, including the UK. Lockheed Martin reported a 5% rise in second-quarter profits to $942m. The company also raised its sales and profit forecasts for 2017. The company said sales in its aeronautics business, its most important division, were up by almost 20% in the second quarter of the year. The F-35 programme is the US defence department's most expensive, something President Donald Trump singled out last year for criticism. The UK has so far ordered 24 of the jets, the first of which are due to go into service with the RAF and the Royal Navy next year. The short take-off and vertical landing planes, which will be known as the Lightning II, are set to be deployed on...

The reviews are in - and most film critics have heaped praise on Christopher Nolan's World War II film Dunkirk. It stars Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, and of course, One Direction star Harry Styles. The film is set in 1940 and is about the famous rescue of 338,000 Allied troops from the beaches of Dunkirk, France. The film is released across the UK on Friday. So is it the the best film of the year so far? Here's what the experts think: Peter Debruge - Variety Though the subject matter is leagues (and decades) removed from the likes of Inception and The Dark Knight, the result is so clearly a Christopher Nolan film - from its immersive, full-body suspense to the sophisticated way he manipulates time and space - that his fans will eagerly follow en masse to witness the achievement. And what an achievement it is! Read the full review here. Robbie Collin - The Telegraph Like all great war films, it's every bit as transfixing up close: at t...

   Bregoli will be sentenced next month in a hearing. The internet sensation hasn't addressed her legal drama, but her father spoke out against her wild antics, telling reporters that he thinks it's a bad idea for Bregoli to live in Los Angeles with her mother, Barbara Bregoli. "I am the only parent in this relationship with Danielle that is trying to see the best thing for this child," Ira Peskowitz said. "To have her be an asset to the community, to understand what love is and to understand what family is about."   NBC reports that Bregoli could also face charges for a battery incident earlier this year after she and her friends were caught on surveillance video attacking a group of women outside of Kavasutra Kava Bar. Bregoli became famous last year after her mom brought her on Dr. Phil's show to address her out-of-control behavior. During the segment, Bregoli got upset with the audience and threatened to fight ...

   DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A young Saudi woman sparked a sensation online over the weekend by posting a video of herself in a miniskirt and crop top walking around in public, with some Saudis calling for her arrest and others rushing to her defense. State-linked news websites reported on Monday that officials in the deeply conservative Muslim country are looking into taking possible action against the woman, who violated the kingdom's rules of dress. Women in Saudi Arabia must wear long, loose robes known as abayas in public. Most also cover their hair and face with a black veil, though exceptions are made for visiting dignitaries. The video, first shared on Snapchat, shows her walking around an empty historic fort in Ushaiager, a village north of the capital, Riyadh, in the desert region of Najd, where many of Saudi Arabia's most conservative tribes and families are from. Competing Twitter hashtags emerged, with one demanding the woman...

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  Deadpool generated the most complaints to the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) in 2016, the body has revealed. The Marvel film, which was rated 15, received 51 complaints that focused on the level of "bloody violence". It also attracted complaints about sex references and strong language. Suicide Squad, the DC Comics film, received 31 complaints. Referring to Deadpool, the BBFC said in a statement : "Though the violence is strong and frequently bloody, this often occurs during fast-paced action sequences with little focus on detail." "There is also a comic tone to the violence, and the film's fantastical setting further distances it from reality." The BBFC explained that although strong sex references do occur throughout the film, "most of these are in the form of comic verbal quips or innuendo." Despite complaints, 2016 saw Deadpool, starring Ryan Reynolds, become one of the highest-grossing films of all time, gene...

1. Start jogging every morning in areas where there are a lot of male joggers too, your future husband might be keeping fit. 2. If you drive, drop your ride occasionally and take a bus or taxi - and respond if the taxi driver is bold enough to ask you a few non-business related questions. 3. Smile back at every guy who smiles at you - it doesn't make you stupid, it shows you're friendly and welcoming. 4. Listen to dating programmes on radio and TV stations, or the good ones and pick up your phone to call-in occasionally. 5. Your colleague could be the solution; so why not humble yourself at your place of work? 6. Attend social gathering and pick the right ones to get you a husband material or you might end up with a player again; you obviously don't want that. 7. If you're active in your religious gathering, pay attention to that member who admires you and encourage him to ask that question - no too dey do holy holy. 8. Seek a change of environment, residence, ...

  Trade in bones and other parts of lions that are made to appear as tiger products is thriving in Chinese and South East Asian markets, a leading wildlife group says. China's ban on the sale of tiger products has led to unscrupulous traders substituting them with lion parts, the UK-based Environment Investigation Agency (EIA) said. South Africa is the largest exporter of lion parts to Asia, it added. EIA is pushing for the trade to be banned, saying it encourages poaching. It released its report as a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) begins in Switzerland. Cites allows limited trade on body parts of lions bred in captivity. The South African government last month announced an export quota of 800 skeletons, causing concern among conservation organizations

  The BBC Somali Service has just announced the inaugural winner of its Young Female Poet of the Year Award, in celebrations to mark its 60th anniversary. Twenty-three-year-old Deeqa Nouh Yonis, a second year university student, beat over 100 others to win the coveted award. Her winning poem is about the significance of pastoralism in the the Somali culture and its traditional food. The contest was open to all those aged between 16 and 35 with no restrictions on their level of experience or location. The winning poem will be read live on air later today. Poetry is popular in Somali culture and BBC Somali, which was an audience of 3.6 million, hopes the award will boost the profile of a new generation of women poets as well as increasing the female audience for the service.

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  Zimbabwe will need $274m to fund next year's presidential and parliamentary elections, the Reuters news agency reports. It says the head of the electoral commission, Rita Makarau, gave the figure while addressing a parliamentary committee. The country is currently suffering a cash shortage but Ms Makarau said that she was confident that the money would be found, Reuters adds. President Robert Mugabe has been in power since 1980 and is set to run for another five-year term in 2018.

Peter Okoye (P'square) has reacted the recent call for his arrest made by the APC Youth Renaissance group. The group, in a statement signed by its national secretary, Collins Edwin, described Peter Okoye as a "son of darkness" for ‘insulting the Federal government of Nigeria' over abroad video shooting ban. In response, Peter Okoye tweeted: "Abeg make him Oder Egusi,pounded yam and goat meat join for the arrest. I knw those youth will start from 70 and above. Onye ala. #Ndiala" Source: http://www.cambellsblog.com/2017/07/abroad-video-shooting-ban-peter-okoye.html 24 Likes 3 Shares

  Uganda's Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo is well-known for his pronouncements on homosexual and heterosexual sex, as well as what he believes are appropriate ways to dress. Today, Uganda's parliament has been debating the safety of children and, in a tweet that's been retweeted on the official Uganda parliament's Twitter account, the minister appears to have said that the large majority of children become homosexual in school: We were intrigued to learn more, but, at least according to the Twitter account, Minister Lukodo did not provide any evidence. In 2015, the minister called for police to raid guesthouses used for "lunchtime sex".   The BBC Somali Service has just announced the inaugural winner of its Young Female Poet of the Year Award, in celebrations to mark its 60th anniversary. Twenty-three-year-old Deeqa Nouh Yonis, a second year university student, beat over 100 others to win the coveted award. Her winning poem is about the significanc...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has slammed the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over its ongoing calls for the restructuring of Nigeria. The party wondered why PDP suddenly woke up to realize that Nigeria needed to be restrucutured but failed to do so while it was in power between 1999-2015. Speaking with Nation, Hon. Hilliard Etta, the National Vice Chairman (Southsouth) of the party said, Nigerians needed to give the APC time as it would surely fulfill all electioneering campaign promises. He said, “I don’t know if it is essentially about the APC. But some Nigerians are very quick to enter judgement when it comes to APC. The APC has been in power for two years and in these two years, you are aware of what has attended our presidency. It is disingenuous for people to now look at the APC and say those types of things that they say. “If is unfortunately because, whenever these things are done, I think they are just amplifying or reciting the propaganda of ...