BREAKING NEWS ....NIGERIA

Former President Goodluck Jonathan is to lead the African Union Elections Observation Mission, AUEOM, to the Zambian general elections scheduled take place on October 11, 2016. A statement posted on AU’s website yesterday stated that Jonathan would be leading members of the short term mission to join the continental body’s deployment of long term election experts who are already on ground in Zambia, adding that the chairperson of African Union Commission, AUC, approved it. The statement read, “The Chairperson of the AUC has approved the deployment of African Union Elections Observation Mission, AUEOM, to the General Elections scheduled to place in the Republic of Zambia on October 11, 2016. “The deployment of the AUEOM will take place in two phases. The first phase comprise the deployment of long term election experts and took place from July 14 to August 22, 2016 and it is made up of 10 observers. “For the first time, the AU long term experts include election/ legal political/media/c

David De Gea is excited by the arrival of Zlatan Ibrahimovic at Manchester United and expects the former Sweden striker to settle into Premier League life quickly. Ibrahimovic, 34, scored in the first four minutes of his United debut during the 5-2 friendly win against Galatasaray. And De Gea has been impressed by what he has seen of his new teammate in training and on the pitch so far. De Gea told MUTV: “It’s really good to have Zlatan already here, training with the team. You can see he’s a top player. He’s massive, very big, with a lot of quality and of course he is a top striker. “I think he will settle in very quickly. You can look and it seems like he has been playing here many years already and it’s the same with the other guys we’ve signed.” De Gea believes United’s trio of summer signings, which includes Eric Bailly and Henrikh Mkhitaryan as well as Ibrahimovic, have energised the squad and he is looking forward to the Community Shield against Premier League champions Leicest

Togo’s President, Faure Gnassingbe, is in Lagos for a visit to the Dangote Refinery at the Lekki Trade Zone. President Gnassingbe on Tuesday arrived the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. The President and his entourage were received by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enalemah, President of Dangote Group, Alahaji Alinko Dangote and some members of the business community. President Gnassingbe’s visit to the refinery is premised on a possible business partnership between Dangote Group and the West African country.

Liverpool wonder-kid Sheyi Ojo netted their consolation goal against Italian giants AS Roma on Thursday night. English Premier League (EPL) giants suffered a narrow 2-1 defeat to Roma in the International Champions Cup game. The pre-season encounter was played at the Busch Stadium, a baseball park located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America (U.S.A). Ojo, who restored parity for the Reds towards the half-time break with a great header, is looking forward to the 2016/17 campaign. “Dejan (Lovren) headed the ball across, I just assumed he was going to do that and luckily for me I was there to head it into the net,” Ojo told Liverpool’s official website. “The most important thing is the team and everyone got fitter and we are getting stronger and looking forward to the new season.” The 19-year-old whose full name is Oluwaseyi Babajide Ojo, recently represented England at the 2016 UEFA Under-19 Championships in Germany. The England-born winger is still eligible to play for Nig

The head of an international criminal network behind thousands of online frauds has been arrested in a joint operation by INTERPOL and the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). The 40-year-old Nigerian national, known as ‘Mike’, is believed to be behind scams totalling more than USD 60 million involving hundreds of victims worldwide. In one case, a target was conned into paying out USD 15.4 million. The network compromised email accounts of small to medium businesses around the world including in Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Romania, South Africa, Thailand and the US, with the financial victims mainly other companies dealing with these compromised accounts. Heading a network of at least 40 individuals across Nigeria, Malaysia and South Africa which both provided malware and carried out the frauds, the alleged mastermind also had money laundering contacts in China, Europe and the US who provided bank account details for the illicit cash flow. Following his ar