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The soccer star bought the three-story brick house in England 11 years ago Having left Manchester United almost a decade ago, it’s no surprise that international soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is ready to bid farewell to his home in the affluent English village of Alderley Edge, just 15 miles away from his former playing ground at Old Trafford. Mr. Ronaldo, who now plays forward for Italian club Juventus, listed the five-bedroom, three-story brick house on Monday for £3.25 million (US$4.1 million), according to listing records. The Portuguese footballer is set to take a £600,000 loss if it sells for that…

Left vs. right. Woke vs. the unwoke. Red State Jesus vs. Blue State Jesus. There are some leaders who see faith and politics strictly as an either/or competition: You win by turning out your side and crushing the opposition. But the Rev. William J. Barber II, who has been called “the closest person we have to MLK” in contemporary America, has refined a third mode of activism called “fusion politics.” It creates political coalitions that often transcend the conservative vs. progressive binary. Barber, a MacArthur “genius grant” recipient, says a coalition of the “rejected stones” of America—the poor, immigrants, working-class whites, religious minorities, people of color and members…

Unidentified gunmen early hours of Saturday attacked Oguta Police station and killed one of the police officers (name withheld) and set ablaze the station. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Henry Okoye, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri. However, he said the gunmen were engaged by the operatives and they were overpowered by the superior fire of the officers that forced the hoodlums to flee. However, the police said security operations are still ongoing to trail the hoodlums. According to police, “Our operatives in the early hours of today engage some gunmen who battled Oguta Divisional Headquarters. The gunmen fled…

The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, has confirmed the outbreak of diphtheria disease has killed at least 35 persons in the country. Dr Adetifa said this during a programme on Arise Television on Friday night. The NCDC had in an advisory issued on Friday said it had responded to reports of diphtheria cases in Lagos and Kano States and was monitoring the situation in Osun and Yobe States where cases are now being picked up. Diphtheria is a serious bacterial infection caused by the bacterium called Corynebacterium species that affects the…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed reports of diphtheria cases in Lagos and Kano states. The NCDC also said it was monitoring the situation in Osun and Yobe states where cases are now being picked up. Diphtheria is a highly contagious, infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Corynebacterium diphtheriae which makes a toxin. It is a toxin that can cause people to get very sick. The infection affects the nose, throat, and sometimes, the skin of an individual. Diphtheria is fatal in five to 10 percent of cases, with a higher mortality rate in…

Several persons including two members of the Benue State House of Assembly were injured when the convoy of the state governor, Samuel Ortom, was involved in a car crash. The accident occurred on Friday morning when the governor and the Peoples Democratic Party supporters were traveling to the Utokon community of Ado Local Government Area in continuation of the party governorship campaign rally. Our correspondent reports that the incident occurred when the driver of a branded bus fully loaded with PDP supporters lost control and rammed into three vehicles; a Jeep, a security vehicle, and another bus in the convoy.…

Google’s parent company Alphabet will cut 12,000 jobs, in the latest staff redundancies to hit the tech industry. Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said he took “full responsibility” for the cuts, in an internal email. The cuts will affect 6% of Alphabet’s workforce worldwide, in teams including recruitment and engineering. This comes days after Microsoft announced 10,000 jobs would be lost, and weeks after Amazon announced 18,000 job cuts. Mr. Pichai thanked staff for “working so hard” in their roles, adding that their “contributions have been invaluable”. He wrote: “While this transition won’t be easy, we’re going to support…

UN peacekeepers in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have found dozens of bodies in mass graves. The discovery comes after a series of attacks by armed groups in the region of Ituri. A UN spokesman, Farhan Haq, said the bodies of 42 people including women and children had been discovered in the village of Nyamamba, and a further seven men in the village of Mbogi. The peacekeepers had launched patrols in the area after reports of attacks by Codeco militias. Its fighters are mainly from the Lendu farming community which has long been in conflict with Hema…

More countries have answered President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call to send further arms to Ukraine. Several European nations promised new military aid packages following a meeting on Thursday at Tapa Army Base in Estonia. The UK said a further 600 Brimstone missiles will be donated to Ukraine as it attempts to repel the Russian army. The announcement comes ahead of a crunch meeting on Friday involving 50 countries to co-ordinate arms supplies. Representatives from 11 nations met near Tallinn on Thursday to discuss a range of new packages to help Ukraine recapture territory and fend off any further Russian advances. Nine…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday said the late philanthropist, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola was denied presidency in Nigeria because of “bad belle,” which simply translates as envy or bad blood. Obasanjo stated this while speaking at the Centenary Celebrations of Baptist Boys’ High School (BBHS) in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. In his speech, which was titled, ‘Eyin Ni Iwe Wa: You Are Our Epistle,” Obasanjo expressed gratitude to the school for producing a galaxy of men and leaders like himself and MKO Abiola. Obasanjo urged youths to aspire to the office of the President to make it…