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See the £25million yacht Roman Abramovich reportedly gave Russia president Vladimir Putin Russian businessman, investor, politician and owner of Chelsea football club, Roman Abramovich gave a £25 million yacht to Russian president Vladmir Putin, new reports claim. Dmitry Skarga, a former head of Russia’s state shipping company, Sovcomflot, said the boat was a gift from Abramovich, who transferred it to the president via an intermediary associate. The pair have long been friends but Putin's critics feel he has unknown energy business deals with the Chelsea owner. “It's a fact that Mr Abramovich, through his employee transferred a yacht to Mr Putin,” Mr Skarga told Panorama. Mr Skarga also alleged that the yacht is run and maintained with state funds, even though it is Mr Putin’s personal property. The allegations come as a top American official openly accused Mr Putin of corruption and direct embezzlement of state funds. There has been a lot of speculation

– Arsene Wenger have tried to buy a midfielder According to the Tuttomercatoweb,  Napoli have rejected Arsenal’s bid for Napoli midfielder Jorginho. The source reports that the Gunners have been eyeing the 24-year-old for some time and were hopeful of making him their second signing of the January window following the arrival of Mohamed Elneny. It stated: “Napoli are reluctant to sell with the Scudetto up for grabs, while the player himself only signed a new deal in December. Arsene Wenger is likely to return with another bid in the summer, however, when the Italian outfit would be more likely to allow the Brazilian to leave.”

The agitation for the recognition for an independent Biafra state took a disappointing dip as the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) revealed that they do not accept the Biafran passport because the supposed independent country is not recognised. The Movement for the Actualisation of a Sovereign State Of Biafra (MASSSOB) had insisted a fortnight ago that the Biafran passport was valid all over the world except Nigeria and urged its supposed citizens to use it to secure visa for international travel. MASSOB through Sunny Okereafor, the national director of information explained that the travel document costs N5,000 while its renewal costs N2,000. “I assure you that the Biafran passport is valid. Except Nigeria, other countries of the world accept Biafran passport and allow our citizens to travel with it. In Europe, North and South America, Biafran passport is accepted. Nigeria is the only country that seizes Biafran passport. Go to neighb

— JAMB has fixed a closing date for the sales of UTME forms. — Final preparations for the examination have been made. — There is no fixed date for the examination proper. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has fixed a closing date for the 2016 registration. JAMB said on Tuesday, January 26, that the sale of application documents for the examination would close on Friday, January 29 and the website will subsequently be shut on Friday, February 5. The board further informed that the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), will be conducted between the end of February and March, no exact date has been fixed. NAN reports that the deadline notice was contained in a statement issued by the board’s head of media and information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made available in Lagos. According to the statement, JAMB has put necessary machinery in motion to conduct the 2016 UTME. Benjamin stated that the all Computer Based Test (CBT) mode examinatio

About 30 people have been reported killed in Adamawa state, following renewed clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers within the state. A clash between Fulani herdsmen and farmers have left 30 dead in Adamawa state. According to Premium Times, a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), in charge of Vunokilang police station in Girei local government area of Adamawa state was among the 30 people killed in an attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Sunday, January 24. The suspected herdsmen raided four villages: Demsare, Wunamokoh, Dikajam and Taboungo in what is believed to be a vengeance mission over an existing feud with farmers in the area. Several houses and other property in the villages were also burnt in the attack. The DPO, Okozie Okereofor, who was deployed to the state about two months ago, was said to have been ambushed when he was leading police officers to the disputed area. He was killed in the eventual shootout with the gunmen. The corpse of the slai

Arsenal 0-1 Chelsea: Why Wenger was wrong to take off Giroud By Jermaine Jenas MOTD2 pundit Arsenal played well and showed great character with 10 men against Chelsea, but taking striker Olivier Giroud off after 22 minutes was a mistake that cost them the chance to get something from the game. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had to sacrifice an attacking player to bring on another defender when Per Mertesacker was sent off for a professional foul, but I think his choice shocked everyone. Giroud is Arsenal's top scorer with 12 goals in 24 league games this season The fans and Giroud himself made it very clear what they thought of the decision, and I agreed with them. I can honestly say I have never seen tha

  Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, has been flown abroad for medical attention. The Embattled leader was flown to France for treatment of gun shot injuries he suffered during the encounter between his supporters and members of the Nigerian army last year. According to The Vanguard, the news was confirmed by military sources in Abuja on Saturday, January 23. Several security sources who are knowledgeable in the matter, revealed that due to the seriousness of the injuries the Shiite leader sustained a clash with the army, he was secretly flown to France by the Nigerian government some weeks ago for treatment before being returned to the country two weeks ago. Since the clash between the sect and the Military, his whereabouts has been shrouded in secrecy until it was revealed that he was moved from Kaduna to a safe house in Abuja belonging to one of the security services. One of the sources said: “It is true that the federal government fl

History | Kashim Ibrahim Library Established in 1962, the University Library System of Ahmadu Bello University comprises the Kashim Ibrahim Library (the main Library) and eleven other satellite libraries located in different campuses of the University. The Library has a total holding of over 1.2 million volumes of books and 66,000 periodical titles. The University library has always been at the centre of research and scholarship playing a major role in acquiring, processing and lending library materials and responding to patrons inquires. The library management in the past few years has been striving to upgrade the IT skills of the staff to enable them cope with challenges of the information age. Recently, thanks mostly to donations by the MacArthur Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation, rapid progress has been made not only in updating the collection, but also in automating the resources and services of the Library system. Today, online and CD-ROM searches are a c