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<b>ABUJA, NIGERIA - President Muhammadu Buhari gave an assurance Saturday in Abuja that his administration will ensure that all cases of political assassinations, intimidation and kidnappings in the country are thoroughly investigated and the perpetrators speedily brought to justice, irrespective of their political affiliations.</b></div>
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Addressing State Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at a parley in the Presidential Villa, President Buhari declared that he remains fully committed to providing a level playing field for all Nigerians to get on with their daily lives or participate in electing their leaders, without fear of intimidation.</div>
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The President said that his administration will continuously strengthen Nigeria’s criminal justice system to curb the reign of injustice and impunity in the country.</div>
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At every point, the law must be supreme and everyone must respect the law, if our democratic system is to survive. </blockquote>
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Injustice cannot survive for long. Justice will ultimately prevail. We will make sure that those saddled with the responsibility of ensuring justice and equity do not rest on their oars. </blockquote>
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The only way we can sustain our democracy is to ensure that the law remains supreme at all times. If the law is upheld, people will have confidence that they can vote for who they want to vote for, without intimidation or threats. People must have protection to exercise their rights freely or we could be headed for anarchy. </blockquote>
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The police and the judiciary must ensure that justice is done in the country. We won’t allow impunity to continue in certain states, where the rights of the people are being violated. </blockquote>
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I have a personal commitment to fair play and respect of personal rights. This government will do all that is possible to enforce that. </blockquote>
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My address to National Executive Council of the APC was very clear. We are now in the frontline. We are the party in government. We must lead by good example and consolidate on the gains of our democratic system, President Buhari said.</blockquote>
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The President urged the APC State Chairmen and other political leaders in the country to keep to prescribed legal processes for the resolution of political disputes and never resort to violence, criminality and other forms of unacceptable behavior in seeking redress for any perceived injustice.</div>
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He also called on the state chairmen to work with the party’s elected officials to ensure that the APC delivers on its promise of better living conditions for all Nigerians.</div>
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The leader of the delegation and Chairman of the APC in Kano State, Umar Dogowa, said that the APC State Chairmen were on a visit to the Presidential Villa to reaffirm their support for President Buhari and his administration .</div>
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Dogowa assured the President that the state chairmen would uphold the values of the party, promote peace and unity in the country, and also ensure that APC elected members fulfill their promises to Nigerians.</div>
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Some of the APC State Chairmen in states controlled by other parties had complained to President Buhari of political intimidation and harassment.</div>
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[BREAKING]: COPA America: Chile Beats Argentina In Final

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<b>SANTIAGO, CHILE - COPA America 2015 hosts, Chile have won the final after beating Argentina 4 - 1 on penalties.</b></div>
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Both teams have played 120 minutes with neither side finding the back of the net.</div>
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[BREAKING]: England Beats Germany To Win FIFA Women World Cup Bronze

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<b>The England women football team, the Lioness, made history today after beating their German counterparts to win the third-place final at the Canada 2015 FIFA Women World Cup.</b></div>
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England won by a lone goal scored via penalty in the second half of the extra time after both teams have played goalless draw during 90 minutes.</div>
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DSS Demotes Marilyn Ogar, 44 Others

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<b>ABUJA, NIGERIA - Newly appointed Director General of the Department of State Security (DSS), Lawal Musa Daura, has demoted Marilyn Ogar, the agency’s former spokesperson, via a memo.</b></div>
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Apart from demoting Ms. Ogar, the acting DSS director general also directed the demotion of numerous other officers of the agency who were just promoted in March in what was seen as a politically motivated exercise.</div>
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Ms. Ogar was seen as a controversial official of the DSS who often made statements that were deemed partisan. Her promotion was viewed as a reward for doing dirty political jobs for former President Goodluck Jonathan and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).</div>
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Promotions of officers in the DSS are usually done at the end of each year, but Ms. Ogar and 44 others were promoted last March. Even so, their promotion was not made public until May.</div>
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<b><a href="http://saharareporters.com/2015/07/04/dss-director-demotes-marilyn-ogar-others-promoted-past-administration">SaharaReporters</a></b> learned that Ms. Ogar is currently on vacation, and is reportedly visiting her children resident in the US. In addition to her premature promotion, Ms. Ogar was also offered a generous scholarship to do a PhD in the UK, according to one source at the agency.</div>
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Mr. Daura also fired Abdulrahman Mani, the Chief Security Officer to President Muhammadu Buhari and immediately replaced him with Bashir Abubakar, an Assistant Director in the Bayelsa State command of the DSS.</div>
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Mr. Mani was then posted to Ebonyi State.</div>
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[JUST IN]: NFF Sacks Super Eagles Coach Stephen Keshi

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<b>ABUJA, NIGERIA - The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has terminated the appointment of Stephen Keshi as Head Coach of the Senior National Football Team, the Super Eagles.</b></div>
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A statement by the NFF Executive Committee on Saturday said the decision was made "having thoroughly reviewed the reports/findings of the NFF Disciplinary Committee and NFF Technical and Development Committee, as well as having reviewed the actions and inactions of Mr. Stephen Keshi, in the performance of his duties as Super Eagles Head Coach".</div>
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The Federation said Keshi was found to "lack the required commitment to achieve the Federation's objectives as set out in the coach's employment contract".</div>
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Stephen Keshi was <a href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32385914">appointed the Super Eagles coach for the third time</a> on April 21, 2015.</div>
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[OPINION]: The Travails Of Ogbeni Aregbesola - By Dele Momodu

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<b>Fellow Nigerians, let me start with an adage I first heard from the generalissimo himself, Aare Ona Kakanfo Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola: “The bigger the head, the bigger the headache”. On July 7, 2015 it would be 17 years since the great businessman and martyr of our democracy departed this turbulent world but I’ve never forgotten the wisdom buried in those words which rushed to my mind as I sat to craft this piece.</b></div>
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Writing of 7/7, I remember the victims of that horrific tragedy which occurred on that day, 10 years ago, in 2005 when four bombs went off in Central London leading to murder and mayhem. Two out of the 52 people that lost their lives were Nigerian, 55 year old Ojara Ikeagwu and 26 year old Anthony Fatayi-Williams. I pray for the sweet repose of those innocent souls and my dearest mentor, MKO. Incidentally these three outstanding symbols of the hope of our nation have never been properly honoured here in Nigera. We should take a leaf from how the British honoured our son and daughter back in 2005 and even until today and how they gave military treatment and nationwide minute silence to 30 of their citizens massacred on a Tunisian beach. When we learn to imbibe such values and give honour where it is due, our country will surely become a better place.</div>
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Back to my main topic of today, you may be wondering why Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s headache is my business. My dear father, Jacob Momodu, migrated from his village of Ihievbe, Owan East Local Government of Edo State, long before I was born. How he settled in the ancient town of Ile-Ife will forever remain a mystery as he died (in 1973) at the beginning of my teenage years, before I could ask questions about his adventurous spirit. My dad met a beautiful woman called Gladys, from Gbongan Olufi in the State of Osun, and swept her off her feet. I’m the only product of their whirlwind romance.</div>
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By now I’m sure you can begin to feel my strong link to the State of Osun. I was born in Ile-Ife and had all my education up to post-graduate studies in that great cradle of civilisation and learning. My other siblings, from my parents’ prior marriages still live in Ile-Ife till this day, except our eldest brother. You can thus visualise my emotional attachment to the land of my birth.</div>
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I received what seemed an angry call a few weeks ago from my older sister who resides in Modakeke. I asked what the matter was because it is very unusual for her to sound irritated. “Help me beg your friend Aregbesola to pay our salaries because he has not paid us for several months,” she thundered. I pleaded with her to cool temper while I tried to explain the little I understood about the debacle. My sister was obviously not in the mood for any rigmarole or semantics but I tried my best to pacify her.</div>
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Weeks after that encounter, it seems the situation has become even worse in Osun with politicians making capital gains of it. There is the inherent potential for blackmail and I’ve taken time to examine some of their claims. Startlingly, I discovered that the Governor is a victim of his own obsession with rapid development. I will elaborate by illustrating my thesis with the story of Bill Clinton when he was Governor of Arkansas. In his autobiography, President Clinton offered an insight into the danger of any government thinking it can solve all of society’s problems in one fell swoop or in the lifetime of its regime. He was desperate to do so much but ended up offending his people who could not endure the pain and sacrifice needed to achieve the monumental results he craved for them.</div>
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The case of Aregbesola is not too different. Love him or hate him, even Aregbesola’s bitterest enemies would attest to the fact that the man is a compulsive workaholic. I first noticed this about him as Commissioner for Works under Governor Bola Tinubu in Lagos State. Alhaji Rauf,as we fondly called him, was the Mr Fix It of that ground-breaking administration. Indeed, this was the reason Governor Tinubu and Aregbesola became almost inseparable.</div>
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In Osun, Aregbesola has embarked on massive infrastructural development. This would not have been too difficult in a country or State where the cost of running government is not so stupendous. But wait for this shocking revelation, the Osun Civil Service has a population of about 35,000, representing about 1% of the State’s population but the monthly wage bill gulps a handsome N3.6billion and a gargantuan N43.2billion annually. This alone devours about 70% of the total budget which is the sad trend across our nation. Please, tell me why our country won’t continue to wear the look of a war-ravaged territory and wallow in misery with this level of government profligacy which does not even begin to help the unemployment mess that our governments try to ameliorate by hiring as much of the citizenry as possible.</div>
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At the end of the day, a government like that of Aregbesola which hopes to pursue personal human development through social welfare would ultimately get stranded in a cul-de-sac. The laudatory Osun School Feeding scheme ensures that over 250,000 students get fed daily during school terms and costs about N3.5billion per annum. Please, juxtapose this against the Civil Service of only 35,000 people gobbling up about N3.6billion monthly. Similarly, the Osun Youth Development Scheme engages about 40,000 youths at N3billion annually. Apart from the number of individuals directly benefitting from these two schemes, thousands of extended families enjoy succour through indirect or ancillary employment and supplementary income freed up by the fact that parents don’t have to undertake these responsibilities.</div>
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Tragically, it seems that the problems facing Governor Aregbesola in Osun, like other states, lies with over-spending on a few while under-spending on the majority. The physical infrastructural projects in Osun are quite ambitious. Hundreds of kilometres of roads have been completed or stalled, including rural, township, intercity and Highway networks. These convinced the people that Ogbeni Rauf, (as he is affectionately called) with his simple style of governance matched exponentially by his appetite for wide ranging and significant development was the Governor to continue to take them to loftier heights and they therefore re-elected him.</div>
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However, in the midst of this commendable work, trouble started to creep in from 2012 with the arbitrary demand for wage increment by civil servants. This was further compounded in 2013 with the steady decline in statutory allocation. The situation deteriorated in 2014 with the crash of international oil prices.</div>
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Much has been made of the purchase of a helicopter by the Government but in a country where transportation is hazardous at best, and a State which demands prompt attention and reaction to various exigencies, faster means of transportation becomes a necessity rather than a luxury. Besides, the Governor has to find the right balance between interacting with his people and the seeming high cost of a helicopter. I would imagine that the people would prefer a Governor able to be closer to their problems by visiting at will. Moreover, when you consider that the cost of the helicopter will be spread over decades and not just years, clearly this is not as frivolous an investment as many would want to suggest.</div>
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What is the way forward? There are no easy answers or solutions but we must start somewhere. I believe so much in social welfare if properly managed and would never canvass for its abolition no matter the challenges today. It elevates majority of our people and it would spell unmitigated disaster if abruptly guillotined.</div>
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In the short run, great dividends will come if labour unions sit at a table with Aregbesola and his team to agree on cost-cutting measures. It may be necessary for workers to sacrifice part of their increased salaries or may have to suspend receipt of some arrears until the situation improves. Any short term solution is bound to bring anger and frustration but we must always be realistic and practical about these problems. The other option is mass retrenchment which I will never support because of its potential to increase social anguish and ignite violent unrests.</div>
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While it is easy to canvass for a sustained drive for internal generated revenue through indirect taxation and levies, we should be careful not to kill businesses or run the few employers of labour out of town.</div>
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The medium and long term solution rests in government attracting domestic and foreign investment through the creation of an enabling environment that allows businesses to thrive. Fortunately, Osun State has always been an agrarian State with significant cash crops like cocoa. It has plenty of arable land and is close enough to Lagos State and the oil producing regions of the South South to tap from businesses which need support there. While I do not advocate that Government should wholly establish these businesses, the State can source for the investment and take a modest equity participation that will also enable it to directly benefit from its astuteness.</div>
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Osun is not the only culprit in this non-payment of salary scandal and it should not be singled out for victimisation. Politics should never be played at the expense and certainly not to the detriment of the people.</div>
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My thoughts and prayers are with our dear Governor as he courageously battles to redeem his State.</div>
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<b>OONI ADESOJI ADEREMI – 35 YEARS ON</b></div>
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Time flies. It is 35 years since <i><b>The Tiger Departed</b></i>. It is poignant that I chose to write about Ogbeni Rauf on the day (3 July) that Oba Adesoji Aderemi, KCMG, KBE joined his ancestors! He not only is from Osun State, but in a sense he was Governor Aregbesola’s illustirous predecessor, being the first Black Governor in Africa, as Governor of the Western Region. A myth and a legend! I pray that in the fullness of time, Ogbeni Rauf will attain some of that status.</div>
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<b>TRIBUTE TO KEEM BELO-OSAGIE AT 60</b></div>
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Our paths crossed fortuitously over two decades ago. Before then, I had heard so much about the perfect gentleman known by different appellations such as “Keem, the whiz kid” or, “Vice Chairman”, as my friend Kola Abiola called him since he felt only his dad, Chief MKO Abiola had the exclusive right to the title of “Chairman”.</div>
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Mr Hakeem Belo-Osagie had achieved so much in his tender age. I was particularly awed by his academic accomplishments which had seen him navigate through some of the greatest schools in the world, including King’s College Lagos, Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard.</div>
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I took keen interest in Keem studying him like a book as I’m fond of achievers and derive much inspiration from them. I was privileged to meet Keem properly through his cousin, Ademola Adekogbe, of blessed memory, a most sociable and generous man who sold him to us at a premium. Kogiro as we called him was the Mr Interconnectivity. It was just impossible not to love Keem from the way his cousin rhapsodised endlessly about him.</div>
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Keem made big waves after buying majority shares in United Bank for Africa. As with most entrepreneurs, Keem decided to streamline the operations of UBA by weeding out some of the tired hands. Of course, we are not used to accepting such goodbye kisses in our climes and all hell broke loose. Keem was pummelled into pulp by the South West media led by The Nigerian Tribune. He was accused of all sorts and we were greatly disturbed.</div>
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Ademola advised Keem to seek my support. And I advised that “Mohammed should go to the mountain if the mountain won’t come to Mohammed. “ I was humbled when Keem agreed to visit the Editors of Tribune in Ibadan. I was fortunate to have a wonderful mentor in The Publisher, Prince Wole Awolowo, now with his God, and the Chairman, Chief Mrs Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, the grandmother-in-law to my best friend, Adedamola Aderemi, and these powerful contacts came in handy. I booked a private suite at Kakanfo Inn for our meeting and Keem was able to convincingly articulate his mission to the editors, including Biodun Oduwole and Folu Olamiti, who had edited my first weekly column in Sunday Tribune since 1987. We left Ibadan triumphantly.</div>
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A few years later, Keem invited me to handle the PR for him when he brought Moneygram to Nigeria. We attended most of the meetings together with his associate, Phillip Ihenacho at the Moneygram offices on Bond Street and Belgravia. Keem agreed to most of my suggestions except having his photograph taken. I later persuaded him using the example of Richard Branson who advertises his own products to maximum effect. I invited the godfather of photography, Colin Ramsay, to set up some esoteric gadgets for the photo-shoot, and Keem was very pleased. I will never forget Keem’s amazing support in those trying days in London.</div>
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What I find incredible about Keem is that he’s never forgotten those interventions at critical moments. I ran into him twice in recent months at the British Airways lounge in London, first with his daughter and second with his old Harvard Professor. On both occasions, he regaled them with stories of our adventures and I was deeply touched.</div>
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I’m happy to have this opportunity to felicitate with Keem on the occasion of his 60th birthday. What can one wish a man who has attained most of his set goals in life? I can only pray for his continued good health, more services to mankind and God’s expansive protection over him and his family.</div>
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A toast and a standing ovation!</div>
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<i><b>Dele Momodu writes Pendulum for ThisDay newspapers</b></i></div>
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<b>ABUJA, NIGERIA - President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday fired his Chief Security Officer, Abdulrahman Mani, and requested the State Security Service (SSS) to redeploy him out of the presidential villa, sources in the presidential villa and the State Security Service said.</b></div>
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The presidency has yet to officially announce the development, but it was learnt that Mr. Mani has since been replaced by Bashir Abubakar, who, until his appointment was an Assistant Director in the Bayelsa State Command of the SSS.</div>
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Mr. Mani has in turn been redeployed to the Ebonyi State command of the SSS, sources said.</div>
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The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, directed all enquiries on the matter to the State Security Service.</div>
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"I don't speak on security matters, so you may have to ask the SSS", Mr. Adesina told <b><a href="http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/186080-buhari-fires-own-chief-security-officer.html">PREMIUM TIMES</a></b>.</div>
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The spokesperson for the SSS could however not be reached for comments.</div>
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Sources familiar with the matter, however, said that the president ordered Mr. Mani removed following repeated complaints that he was blocking people with genuine appointments from having access to the President.</div>
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"He was becoming excessively overzealous and overbearing", one source said.</div>
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<i>PREMIUM TIMES</i> learnt that Mr. Mani first angered Mr. Buhari when he engaged the president's aide-de-camp, Mohammed Abubakar, in what appeared a power struggle.</div>
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Mr. Abubakar, a Lieutenant Colonel, had issued a memo ordering personnel of the State Security Service out of inner Aso Rock and restricting them to guarding the "outer perimeter" of the presidential villa, saying personnel of the Armed Forces and the police, trained as Presidential Body Guards (PBGs), are to "provide close/immediate protection for Mr. President henceforth".</div>
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Lt. Col. Abubakar said SSS operatives should steer clear of areas such as "Admin Reception, Service Chiefs Gate, Residence Reception, Rear Resident, Resident Gate, Office Reception, C-in-C Control Office, ACADE Gate, C-in-C Control Gate and Panama".</div>
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"However, the personnel of the DSS in conjunction with other security forces are to man other duty beats/locations located within the immediate outer perimeter of the Presidential Villa", he said, without providing reasons for the action.</div>
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But in a June 26 response to Lt. Col. Abubakar, Mr. Mani, rejected the directive and gave a counter order asking his colleagues to disregard the spirit, intent and content of Col. Abubakar's circular.</div>
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Mr. Mani, who pointedly accused the ADC of grandstanding, overzealousness, limited knowledge and outright display of ignorance, insisted that Lt. Col. Abubakar's circular "grossly misrepresents" President Buhari's directive.</div>
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He however did not say what the President's exact directive is.</div>
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Mr. Mani, a personnel of the SSS himself, continued: "Though further actions have been initiated in this regard, including routine redeployment of close body guards out of the villa, and deployment of new ones, it is important to state that the duties hitherto performed by the personnel of the DSS (SSS) in the Presidential Villa and/or any other Key Vulnerable Points (KVPs) are backed by relevant Statutes and Gazetted Instruments of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.</div>
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"Among others, these roles include close body protection of the President in line with standard operational procedures and international best practices.</div>
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He added: "For the avoidance of doubt, Section 2 (1) (ii) of Instrument No. SSS 1 of 23rd May, 1999, made pursuant to Section 6 of the National Security Agencies (NSA) decree of 1986 which has been re-enacted as Section 6 of NSA Act CAP N74 LFN 2004, empowers personnel of the DSS to provide protective security for designated principal government functionaries including, but not limited to the President and Vice President as well as members of their immediate families.</div>
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"It also mandates the DSS to provide protective security for sensitive installations such as the Presidential Villa and visiting foreign dignitaries. For this reason, personnel of the DSS who are on this schedule are carefully selected and properly trained both locally and abroad. Furthermore, continued background checks are maintained on them to confirm suitability and loyalty.</div>
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"In fact, the issues raised in the aforementioned circular tend to suggest that the author may have ventured into a not-too-familiar terrain. The extant practice, the world over, is that VIP protection, which is a specialised field, is usually handled by the Secret Service, under whatever nomenclature. They usually constitute the inner core security ring around every principal. The police and the military by training and mandate, are often required to provide secondary and tertiary cordons around venues and routes.</div>
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"However, all over other security agencies including the army, the police and others have their roles to play. It is on this note that heads of all security agencies currently in the Presidential Villa and their subordinates are enjoined to key into the existing command and control structure. They are to work in harmony with each other in full and strict compliance with the demands of their statutory prescribed responsibilities.</div>
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"Meanwhile, joint training programmes and other incentives will be worked out in the days ahead to ensure that all security at the Presidential Villa are properly educated to understand their statutory roles and responsibilities. This is with a view to avoiding obvious grandstanding, overzealousness, limited knowledge or outright display of ignorance in future".</div>
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<b>Atletico Madrid are reportedly plotting a huge summer transfer bid for Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla.</b></div>
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Madrid boss Diego Simeone has attempted to sign the Spanish play-maker, who has made over 100 appearances for the Gunners in the past two seasons.</div>
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The transfer battle is set to continue this summer as Simeone searches for a replacement for the imminent departure of Arda Turan, but the <i><b>Daily Mail </b></i>report that Arsenal will only consider a huge bid for the attacking midfielder.</div>
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Cazorla ended last season as Arsene Wenger's first-choice central midfielder, leaving a move to Spain unlikely.</div>
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<b>JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Two suspected rhino poachers were shot dead by rangers in Kruger National Park.</b></div>
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Rangers on duty were patrolling the South African park, which is roughly the size of Wales in UK.</div>
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During their rounds, they spotted three men thought to be seeking rhinoceros horn.</div>
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A park official confirmed an exchange of gunfire had occurred at dawn and that two of the poachers were killed.</div>
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"There was a shoot-out and two of the tree suspected poachers were fatally wounded", said a spokesperson.</div>
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South Africa is facing a rhino poaching crisis, statistics from the government suggest more than 1,000 of the animals were killed last year.</div>
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They are hunted for their horns, made mainly from keratin which are thought to possess medicinal qualities.</div>
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The government plan to move the rhinos from Kruger National Park to safe zones away from poachers.</div>
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<b>CALIFORNIA, USA - A California mother and her teenage son have been reunited after 15 years apart, all thanks to an old family photograph posted to Facebook.</b></div>
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Before this week, Hope Holland hadn't see her son Jonathan since he was 3 years old, when his father kidnapped him and fled to Mexico, <b>NBC</b> reports.</div>
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But Hope kept the faith and never stopped searching for Jonathan, who just happened to be looking for her, too.</div>
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While Hope spent years working with child services and private investigators to try and track down 18-year-old Jonathan, it was a Facebook search that ultimately led to their reunion.</div>
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Last year, back in Mexico, Jonathan posted an old photo of him and his mother to the site in hopes that she or his older brother might find it.</div>
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And find it they did, this past January. ''I'm happy he wanted to know me,'' Hope told <i>NBC</i>.<br />
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After a tearful reunion, and several hours speaking with border officials in Tijuana, the American-born teen and his mom flew back to Campbell, California to spend some much needed quality time together.</div>
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But things weren't always so joyful for Hope, who says she became suicidal after years of fruitless search for Jonathan.</div>
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Coastguard Rescues Baby Forgotten At Sea By Sunbathing Parents

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<b>MELDA, TURKEY - This is why you should always keep your eyes on your kids when you're at the beach.</b></div>
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A ten-month-old baby has been rescued after she was found floating nearly 1km out at sea in an inflatable toy.</div>
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Turkish coastguard made a dramatic rescue after strong winds took Melda Ilgın Çanakkale beach in Turkey out towards the Greek Island of Lesbos.</div>
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The Turkey's <b>BGN News</b> say the child's parents had forgotten they had left her in the flotation device.</div>
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Other people at beach tried to reach the infant but the current was too strong and they called the coast guard.</div>
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At least 20 people were arrested on Saturday, Hamas officials said, a day after about 100 members were detained.</div>
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Journalist Khaldoun Mazloum was among those arrested on Friday. His wife, Ibtihal Mansour, told <i>Al Jazeera </i>that security forces came to their home to take him away shortly after midnight.</div>
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"This is not the first time they arrest him. They always present him with charges related to the material he writes for media outlets," Mansour said.</div>
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Adnan al-Damiri, the PA security services' spokesman, said the arrests were not related to political activities but were made for security reasons.</div>
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"We will not allow that the West Bank disintegrates into carnage and wars just because Hamas wants escalation," he told <i>Al Jazeera</i>.</div>
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Though Abbas formally reconciled with Hamas last year to form a unity government, distrust remains.</div>
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Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri condemned the arrests as a "dangerous escalation which blocks efforts and reconciliation".</div>
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"These arrests are part of the security coordination between Israel and the Palestinian Authority," Abu Zuhri said.</div>
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Dozens of Hamas supporters protested in Gaza on Saturday morning, calling for the release of the detainees from PA-run prisons.</div>
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Mother, Daughter Give Birth Same Week For The Same Man

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<span style="font-family: '';"><b>MPUMALANGA, SOUTH AFRICA - The babies are brothers, one is nephew to the other, one is an uncle to the other, one is a grandson of a mother and one is a brother to a mother. A mother is a grandma to one of the babies, the other mother is a sister to one of the babies. Such is the difficulty of establishing the relationships that exist among these four people. If this were a riddle, we bet no one will get a solution quickly. But it's a true life story of what happened in South Africa.</b></span></div>
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A South African woman, Mildred Mashego, and her daughter Patricia, have entered the record books as the first mother and daughter to give birth to their babies in the same week and for the same man.</div>
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<i><b>Times Live</b></i> reports that 38-year-old Mashego of Casteel, South Africa, was pregnant when she learned that her 19-year-old daughter was also pregnant, and the two were due just days apart.</div>
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But her anger turned to shock when she found out that the man responsible for her daughter's condition, <span style="font-family: '';">Vincent Malumane,</span> was the same man who was going to be the father of her child.</div>
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Patricia was the first to put to bed a bouncing baby boy, with her mother following suit four days after.</div>
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The sharp shooter Vincent Malumane, admitted that he secretly had sex with the mother and daughter.</div>
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"I cannot go back now and explain what happened. All we have to do is focus on making sure that the children are properly cared for."</div>
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Mother Mildred admits that during her pregnancy, she was bitter that her daughter had slept with her boyfriend and had even considered having an abortion over the fact that her daughter was carrying a child from the same man.</div>
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However, after their babies were born, Mildred decided to forgive her daughter for the sake of her grandson. They are raising their children together.</div>
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<b>CAIRO, EGYPT - Wadi Degla has suspended midfielder Ahmad al-Marghani after he posted critical comments on Facebook about his country's president.</b></div>
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An Egyptian Premier League football team has suspended one of its top players for the rest of the season after he posted comments online critical of the country's president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.</div>
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Wadi Degla kept Ahmad al-Marghani on the bench from Thursday's Cairo derby with al-Ahly - days after he used Facebook to criticise the president's handling of the <a href="http://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2015/7/1/militants-launch-major-attack-in-sinai-on-coup-anniversary">recent militant attacks</a> in Sinai.</div>
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The club later decided to suspend Margahani for the season for his comments.</div>
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Marghani <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ahmed.m.mohamed.98499">posted</a>:</div>
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You told the people come out and let me to fight terrorism. The people filled the streets even though [fighting terrorism] should've been your job in the first place. </div>
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Ever since then everyone is dying civilians, soldiers and policemen and where are you? All we ever get from you is words.</div>
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He called Sisi a "failure" and held him responsible for the killed servicemen in Sinai.</div>
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Is a state of mourning not going to be declared for them and the television soaps cancelled? Or are they not as important as the state prosecutor?</blockquote>
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A team representative <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIVjoVexr-o">called</a> to a popular talk show and said: "We've suspended him for the rest of the season, everything he's said is unacceptable on the national level.</div>
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"He can say what he wants when he's with his mates at a cafe but not on social media when he is representing the team."</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2015/7/3/egyptian-football-team-suspends-player-after-anti-sisi-comments">al-Araby</a></b></div>
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Egyptian Football Team Suspends Player Over Anti-Sisi Rants

CAIRO, EGYPT - Wadi Degla has suspended midfielder Ahmad al-Marghani after he posted critical comments on Facebook about his country...