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Chamakh Among International Call-Ups
Four more Crystal Palace players have been called up to represent their countries next week. Mile Jedinak, Marouane Chamakh, Damien Delaney and Kagisho Dikgacoi have all been named in their respective nation's squads, taking the total number of Eagles internationals to 12. Their inclusions come after Wayne Hennessey, Danny Gabbidon, Joe Ledley, Jonny Williams, Barry Bannan, Jonny Parr, Adrian Mariappa and Adlene Guedioura all received call-ups earlier this week, as previously reported here on cpfc.co.uk. Palace captain Mile Jedinak (pictured above) heads up the latest quartet, as the midfielder gets set to join up with the Australia squad for a friendly against Ecuador at Millwall's home, The Den. The Socceroos take on their fellow World Cup qualifiers as a warm-up for this summer's showpiece in Brazil, where the Aussies come up against World Cup holders Spain, the Netherlands and Chile in a tough group. Marouane Chamakh has been recalled t...
Ukraine warns Russia against aggression in Crimea
Ukrainian interim President Olexander Turchynov has warned Russia against any “military aggression” in Crimea, BBC reports. He said Russia’s troops from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet should not move outside their naval base in Sevastopol. The warning comes after unknown armed men seized Crimea’s regional parliament and the government headquarters of the autonomous Russian-majority region. Meanwhile, the Crimean parliament has said it wants to hold a referendum on greater self-rule. Such a vote would be a challenge to the new powers in the Ukraine capital Kiev, the BBC Mark Lowen reports from the Crimean regional capital Simferopol. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk told the BBC, “We ask our Russian partners to… stick to their obligations, we believe Russia would never intervene into Ukrainian domestic affairs and will refrain from any steps that would split Ukraine. “We are committed to having Ukraine as one united country. We will puni...
Activists demand sacking of Jonathan’s social media aide
Online activists have called for the sacking of the Special Assistant to the President on New Media, Mr. Reno Omokri, over a controversial article traced to him. The article had linked suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, to Boko Haram activities. Tech-savvy individuals complained that the electronic mail circulated to bloggers and written with the address wendellsimlin@yahoo.com had the digital footprints of the presidential aide. The property of the Word document in the email was discovered to have conspicuously contained the name of the presidential aide as its author. The first paragraph of the article entitled, ‘Increased tempo of Boko Haram/terrorist activity in the wake of the Sanusi Saga,’ which has now circulated widely online reads, “In the wake of the saga involving the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, there has been an increase in the tempo of terrorist activities carried out by the Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Har...
Economy: Reps summon Okonjo-Iweala again
http://www.punchng.com/news/economy-reps-summon-okonjo-iweala-again/
Atiku joins APC, says PDP is beyond redemption
A former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party . Abubakar said his resignation letter would be delivered to the PDP on Monday (today). He also said, in a statement he personally signed, that he was joining the opposition political party , the All Progressives Congress. The statement came after the nationwide consultation that the former Vice-President embarked on in the last few weeks. The consultation was as a result of the visit of the APC leaders to his Abuja residence on December 18, 2013. The APC leaders had asked him to ditch the ruling party. In the statement, Abubakar listed some of the grievances he had against the PDP to include the refusal of the leadership of the party to listen to his numerous complaints. For example, he said that in 2006, he and his supporters were pushed out of the PDP, a pa...
NDLEA arrests man with 107 ATM cards
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said on Saturday it arrested a man with 107 automated teller machine cards in his possession at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos. A statement by NDLEA said its officers discovered the ATM cards in the man’s luggage during the outward screening of passengers travelling to Istanbul, Turkey aboard Turkish Airlines. It was discovered that the man also had two international passports bearing photographs of him, but with different names. The NDLEA Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar, said the man, aged 36, was apprehended for dual-identity and also because of the discovered cards. “He had a Nigerian passport with the name Funsho Oladimeji Babatunde and a Turkish passport with the name Kosar Kursat, both bearing his photographs. The cards found in his luggage are 68 Citi Mastercard cards and 39 Citi Visa cards,” Umar said in the statement. The suspect reportedly told investigators he was taking the cards ...