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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the coordinated suicide bombings on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, as the president of the traumatized nation promised to dismiss senior officials who had failed to act on warnings about the attacks. As Sri Lankans buried the dead from the half-dozen Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 350 people, the Islamic State issued a statement boasting of the suicide assaults. It also distributed an online video showing the person Sri Lankan officials suspect of having led the attack In the video, the man believed to be the chief suspect, Mohammed Zaharan, a little-known extremist preacher from Sri Lanka, leads masked, black-clad disciples pledging fealty to the Islamic State. There is no proof that the extremist group did more than provide encouragement for the suicide bombings, part of its decree calling for attacks on others considered infidels by Islamic State ideologues. But the release

Lagos State Governor-elect, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday said that he was confident of victory at the Lagos State Gubernatorial Electoral Petition Tribunal. L-R-Mr Obafemi Hamzat, Lagos State Deputy Governor-elect; Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor-elect; Mr Demola Seriki, APC chieftain, on Tuesday signing a response to two gubernatorial electoral petitions filed against APC at a tribunal in Ikeja. Reports have it that Sanwo-Olu expressed the optimism when he came to the tribunal sitting at the Ikeja High Court Complex, to sign a response to two petitions challenging his victory at the March 9 governorship poll. The petitions were  filed by Chief Owolabi Salis of the Alliance for Democracy and Prof. Ifagbemi Awamaridi of the Labour Party. Sanwo-Olu arrived at the premises at 11.14a.m. alongside the Deputy Governor-elect, Mr Obafemi Hamzat. After the signing, the governor-elect told NAN:  “What we came here to do is to put an official deposition to the challenge by two guber

The National Council of Women Societies, (NCWS) on Tuesday called on the ninth National Assembly to appoint more women as principal officers and head of committees. Mrs Gloria Shoda, National President NCW The National president of NCWS, Mrs Gloria Shoda made the called in a statement in Abuja that women who won seats in the National and states Assembly should be given opportunity to serve in various committee as leaders. According to her, I am appealing to the ninth national assembly to ensure that women who won seats in the National Assembly, be appointed principal officers and heads of Committees. “We also appealed to the states assembly to do a similar process. “This will go a long way to encourage women to put in their best in the service of their father land. “In the outgoing National Assembly,  only one woman was made a principal officer- Senator Biodun Olujimi, Deputy Minority Whip, and later on became Senate Minority Leader. “In the seventh National Assembly, in 2011, H

A brilliant Nigerian girl who got admission to study in eleven different foreign universities has become an internet sensation over the great feat. Franka poses with 10 admission letters she got from foreign universities   This Nigerian lady got 10 foreign admissions letters to study for M.Sc in ten different foreign universities. Franka Anyama is right now searching for a sponsor. Read what the young lady, who couldn’t contain her joy, has to say: Relevance has always been a measure of one’s value and to add value to ones life, one must pursue interest and goals with vigour. My name is Franka Anyama Undie a Cross River State indigene. I grew up in a family where we have to compete for everything, — _compete for who was the best in academics, House chores and board games_ . I developed a passion for technology, business, management, arithmetics and record computation which led me to studying Accountancy as my first degree. During my degree program, I was very active in

Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth and other members of the Avengers superhero team on Monday celebrated the final chapter in a 22-movie saga that ranks as the movie industry’s highest-grossing franchise of all times. At a lavish premiere in Los Angeles, hundreds of industry important personalities, cast members, fans and media watched the first showing of “Avengers: Endgame,” the three-hour action spectacle that has been held tightly under wraps. The movie begins rolling out in theatres around the world on Wednesday. Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Chris Evans (Captain America) and others walked a purple carpet underneath a giant, spinning Avengers logo set up inside the Los Angeles Convention Center. A cavernous exhibit hall was turned into a movie theater with a large screen and stadium-style seating. “I’m excited that I’m finally going to get to see the movie,” said Paul Rudd, who plays Ant-Man and, like other cast members, had n

France's World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick against Monaco in a shirt paying tribute to the Notre Dame All of the 1,000 Paris Saint-Germain shirts with a large image of the Notre-Dame in place of the sponsor's logo sold out within half an hour and the profit has been given to emergency services, the club said on Monday. The jerseys were replicas of those which the French champions wore in their Ligue 1 victory over Monaco on Sunday. "Notre-Dame" replaced the player names on the back of the shirts "500 on the internet, 250 in the megastore, 250 in the Champs-Elysees," PSG tweeted in reference to how the tops were sold. Killian Mbappe and the Paris Saint Germain (PSG) celebrate goals during the french Ligue 1 match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and AS Monaco (ASM) at Parc des Princes stadium on 2019, April 21 in Paris, France. (Photo by Julien Mattia/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Each shirt cost 100 euros ($122) but the Parisian

© Ian MacNicol/Getty Images Sport Celtic v Rosenborg - UEFA Champions League Qualifier Celtic have announced the desperately sad news that former club captain Billy McNeill has passed away, aged 79. The club’s official Twitter account tweeted just before 9am on Monday morning to confirm the news. McNeill had been suffering from dementia from 2010 onwards and also had trouble speaking. In a short statement released by the club, Celtic say McNeill was ‘surrounded by his family and loved ones’ during his final moments. As a player and a manager, McNeill’s contribution to Celtic will never be forgotten. Part of the legendary Lisbon Lions squad, McNeill, who became the first Briton to lift the European Cup, captained Celtic as they beat Inter Milan. After hanging up his boots, he won four titles and four cups during his time with Celtic as a manager, enjoying equalled amounts of success in the dugout. Regarded by many as one of, if not the all-time Celtic great. source: