US says time for talk on N.Korea is over

Washington (AFP) - The time for talk on North Korea is "over", the United States said, spurning a UN response to Pyongyang's latest ICBM launch in favour of bomber flights and missile defence system tests.

Nikki Haley, the US envoy to the United Nations, said there was "no point" in holding a fruitless emergency Security Council session, warning that another weak council resolution would be "worse than nothing" in light of the North's repeated violations.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un boasted of his country's ability to strike any target in the US after an intercontinental ballistic missile test Friday which weapons experts said could even bring New York into range -- a major challenge to President Donald Trump.

US strategic bombers on Saturday flew over the Korean peninsula in a direct response to the launch, and on Sunday American forces successfully tested a missile interception system which the US hopes will be installed on the Korean peninsula.

Nigeria Scaling Up Boko Haram Fight, Seeking Abducted Oil Workers

A still image taken from a video released by suspected Boko Haram militants on July 29, 2017, shows three kidnapped members of an oil exploration team in northeastern Nigeria.

ABUJA — 

Nigeria has scaled up its military response to the Boko Haram insurgency and will secure the northeast, the acting president's spokesman said on Sunday, adding that the search for oil workers abducted by suspected members of the jihadist group will go on.

Seven's the charm: Dressel ties Phelps' record with 7th gold

Caeleb Dressel won his seventh gold medal of the world championships Sunday, putting the U.S. team ahead to stay with another dominating swim in the 4x100-meter medley relay.

Twenty-four hours after becoming the first swimmer to win three golds in one night at a major international meet, Dressel joined Phelps in another elite club: seven golds at the second-biggest meet after the Olympics.

Former Iranian president Ahmadinejad facing sentencing over misuse of funds

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran's former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, faces sentences on seven verdicts of misusing billions of dollars in government funds while in office, the public prosecutor at Iran’s Supreme Audit Court said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday.

In one case, dating back to Ahmadinejad’s second term in office between 2009 and 2013, the misused funds amounted to more than two billion dollars, the prosecutor, Fayaz Shojaie, said in his interview with the newspaper Etemaad. 

The verdicts have been announced to the parliament, Shojaie said. The Supreme Audit Court operates under the supervision of the Iranian parliament.

Governors silent after meeting Buhari in London

State Governors, Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo, left); David Umahi (Ebonyi); Kashim Shettima (Borno); Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara); President Muhammadu Buhari; Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel; his counterparts in Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje and Benue, Samuel Ortom during their visit to the President in Abuja  House,  London…yesterday.

Transfer fee, Personal terms agreed: 21-year-old forward set to become Arsenal’s third summer signing

Arsenal are reportedly close to completing a deal to sign French winger Thomas Lemar for a fee reportedly around £45m, according to the Sun.

The France international has been underlined as the top option to bolster the wider position, and the Gunners remain hopeful of sealing a transfer agreement with the French club.

Traders flee as flood wreaks havoc in Onitsha market

Traders at the Onitsha International Electronics Market, Anambra State, are counting their losses following the  flooding, which submerged the market.

    It left in its trail a decomposing corpse it collected from an unknown source. Two buildings under construction also collapsed in Owelle Aja area of Obosi while vehicles, houses and properties were destroyed.

The flood is believed to have been caused by blocked drainage system.

Trump launches £10,000,000,000 warship that can sail for 20 years without refuelling

Donald Trump has just launched a massive aircraft carrier that he says will make America’s enemies ‘shake with fear’.

The carrier, USS Gerald R Ford, weighs 100,000 tonnes, cost £9.9billion, and can apparently sail for 20 years without needing to refuel.

Speaking at the ship’s launch in Norfolk, Virginia, the US president said: ‘I hereby place United States Ship Gerald R Ford in commission.

Edo Govt to partner NDPHC on bulk power supply

Edo Government says it is partnering with the Niger Delta Power Holding Co Mpany (NDPHC) on a bulk power supply arrangement to boost electricity distribution to industries around the state.

Gov. Obaseki disclosed this when he received the executive management team of NDPHC on courtesy/ business visit at Government House in Benin on Friday.

FG urged to release, place Dasuki on security surveillance

The federal government has been urged to release and place former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) on security surveillance if he is suspected to be a threat.

In a statement released on Friday in Abuja, a security‎ expert and Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Jackson Lekan Ojo, said that Dasuki's continuous detention was no longer lawful but seen as "political vendetta."

N30trn fraud at ports: Senate gives those involved 4 days to come clean

THE Senate, yesterday, gave those it described as “port cabal” that swindled Nigeria of over N30 trillion in recent times, four days to come clean or face prosecution.

Federal Court Orders Forfeiture Of Diezani's $37.5m Property In Banana Island

Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday ordered the temporary forfeiture of a property located at Banana Island, Lagos bought for $37.5million in 2013 by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke to federal government.

I’m ready to go to jail — Diezani

Former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is being investigated for a series of multi-billion dollar fraud and money laundering offences in Nigeria, the United Kingdom and America has threatened to squeal on her associates, Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore.

Calabar tank explosion death toll rises to 12

The death toll of the fire outbreak that occurred at Linc Oil and Gas depot in Calabar on Sunday morning has increased to 11 from nine, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Hafiz Inuwa, had on Sunday confirmed that nine persons died as a result of the inferno.

A visit by NAN to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCHT) on Monday showed that seven persons were currently receiving treatment at the intensive care unit of the hospital.

Cameroon army vessel capsizes at sea, dozens missing: security sources

Yaoundé (AFP) - A Cameroon army vessel transporting "dozens" of troops from the elite Rapid Intervention Brigade capsized on Sunday off the country's southwestern coast, a security source told AFP.

The boat "capsized on Sunday between the city of Limbe and Bakassi. There were dozens of troops on board, including a colonel," the source told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The Rapid Intervention Brigade is in the front line of Cameroon's fight against Boko Haram jihadists in the far north.

Roger Federer wins record eighth Wimbledon title against Marin Cilic

Roger Federer, as ruthless as he had to be – and as lovely to watch as ever – took only an hour and 41 minutes to win his eighth Wimbledon title, 14 years after his first, and left his wounded opponent, Marin Cilic, in a bedazzled heap on Centre Court.

“It’s magical,” Federer said courtside. “I can’t believe it yet. It’s too much. I kept on believing and dreaming and here I am today for my eighth title. I hope to be back to defend it next year.”

US prosecutors are going after the luxury assets of Nigeria’s ex-oil minister and her associates

Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former minister of petroleum, has become emblematic of the rampant corruption that held sway in Nigeria under Goodluck Jonathan’s administration and a new US Justice Department (DOJ) lawsuit is providing more insight into the scale of theft of Nigeria’s oil riches under her watch.The civil lawsuit, brought by DOJ’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, is seeking to recover $144 million in assets, including a $50 million luxury condo apartment in New York and a $80 million yacht. Prosecutors say both assets were proceeds from bribes paid by two Nigerian businessmen for lucrative Nigerian oil contracts. The lawsuit seeks the forfeiture of both assets.

Lionel Messi Enjoys Caribbean Honeymoon with Wife and Sons

Lionel Messi's having a great week -- like super duper great -- and the celebration's continuing for him on his honeymoon in the Caribbean.

Rooney passes Everton medical, will sign two-year deal

Wayne Rooney has passed the final test and will complete a move back to Everton.
Rooney’s medical went well, and the report says the England captain will become Everton’s top-paid player on a two-year deal which will pay him $193,000 per week.
Rooney’s deal is tied into Manchester United’s desire to land Romelu Lukaku.

Governor tells ill Nigerian president to quit

Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari faced a fresh call to quit Thursday, nearly two months after he left the country on indefinite sick leave.

"I want to say that it's time that the president throws in the towel and resigns and allows his country to move forward," Ekiti state governor Ayo Fayose told reporters.

Buhari, 74, has not been seen since May 7, when he left Abuja for London to undergo treatment for an undisclosed medical condition.

He had previously spent nearly two months in the British capital in January and February, returning to Abuja looking gaunt and frail, and saying he had "never been so ill".

Lionel Messi marries childhood sweetheart in Argentina

Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi married his childhood sweetheart Antonella Roccuzzo in Argentina on Friday in what the local media is calling “the wedding of the century.”