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Trump attacks Mueller as a 'true never-Trumper' after admitting for first time that Russia helped elect him President Donald Trump on Thursday attacked special counsel Robert Mueller while speaking to reporters outside the White House, calling him a "true never-Trumper" and saying that he never should've been tapped as special counsel. "I think Mueller is a true never-Trumper," the president said. Trump's comments came one day after Mueller's first public remarks on his nearly two-year Russia investigation. Mueller said on Wednesday that if his team "had confidence that (Trump) clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so." Earlier Thursday, Trump tweeted that he had "nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected." But he walked back that statement while speaking to reporters shortly after the tweet, saying that "Russia did not help me get elected." "I helped me get elected," Tru...

A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Thursday ruled that Senator Ademola Adeleke was qualified to contest the September 2018 governorship election. It was reportes that the three-man panel of the court made the pronouncement in a unanimous judgment which upheld the appeals by Adeleke and his party, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Justice Emmanuel Agim, who read the lead judgment of the Court of Appeal, awarded the cost of N3m against the plaintiffs who instituted the suit before the FCT High Court — Wahab Raheem and Adam Habeeb — who were respondents to the appeals filed by Adeleke and the PDP. Adeleke’s and his party’s appeals had challenged the April 2, 2019 judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, which had declared Adeleke ineligible to contest the election on the grounds that he forged his secondary school credentials submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission in 2018. A judge at the FCT Hi...

Mr Babajide Sanwo Olu, Governor of Lagos State whilr reading the inaugural speech, earlier today The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has identified Traffic Management andTransportation as one of the cardinal programmes of his administration as captured in the administration’s T.H.E.M.E.S pillars for the development of the State. The acronym T.H.E.M.E.S represents Traffic Management and Transportation, Health and Environment, Education and Technology, Making Lagos a 21st Century Economy, Entertainment and Tourism as well as Security and Governance. The Governor who made the declaration during his inaugural speech stated that operations of all modes of transportation in the State would be harnessed with a view to addressing challenges in the sector and ease traffic gridlocks in all areas. Towards the achievement of this framework, Sanwo-Olu said further that “Traffic Management and Transportation” is planned to implement the transport masterplan that will full...

After days in detention, a court in Lagos has granted musician, Naira Marley bail.   Naira Marley   The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi has granted bail to Nigerian Musician Azeez Fashola.   His bail came more than 7 days after he was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.   At the resumed bail application, his lead defense counsel Olalekan Ojo for the singer apologized for his absence at the initial arraignment on May 20 due to heavy down poor.   Ojo urged the court to accept the bail application Prima Facie based on the presumption of his innocence in accordance with Section 162 (1)   The defense also pleaded that a liberal approach is taken in hearing the bail application.   The prosecution counsel, led by Rotimi Oyedepo, however, argued that it is not the temporary release of the singer that mattered but the final judgment.   He, therefore, urged the court to grant acce...

Former U.S. President Barack Obama spoke Tuesday morning at a marketing and business conference in Colombia, and it’s no surprise that, as an avid sports fan, he waded into one of the big sports stories in South America for the past decade: Lionel Messi and the World Cup. “Even people that we consider geniuses work with other people in order to develop their style,” Obama said at the EXMA Conference, via Diario AS. “In Argentina, even though Messi is wonderful, they have problems winning the World Cup. “My advice to young people is that we have to recognize very few people achieve great things on their own.” Obama’s comments come on the back of Messi absorbing a lot of anger and rage for Argentina’s failure to win a World Cup during his career. Since making his international debut in 2015, Messi and Argentina have failed to win both the World Cup and Copa America, coming in as runners-up in Russia in 2014, and in South America in 2004, 2007, 2015 and 2016. Messi, always the bri...

According to ​France Football, Monaco are interested in bringing the Ivorian back to Ligue 1 following his unsuccessful stint in England as they look to bounce back from a horrendous league campaign. ​Aurier has fallen out of favour with Mauricio Pochettino and also struggled with injuries, making only eight league appearances for the Lilywhites with the Spurs boss preferring ​Kieran Trippier despite the Englishman having a similarly disappointing season. ​The report states the former PSG defender would provide competition for Djibril Sidibe. Monaco are in need of reinforcements following their close call with relegation, just a few years after winning Ligue 1. Aurier is more than familiar with Ligue 1, having had spells at Lens, Toulouse and Paris Saint-Germain, and won France's top flight twice during his time with Les Parisiens. Interestingly, the rumour comes from French journalist Nabil Djellit, who broke the news of Lucas Moura’s transfer from PSG to Tottenham in 2...

Emery said missing out on Champions League qualification could hurt the club's moves in the close season. "Maybe, but we are a big team. I think Arsenal is a big name in the football world, and a lot of players want to play here," he told a news conference. "We are in one process and we need, in this process, to be strong. When we started this season, the idea was to get more competitive, like a team, to be closer to the other teams, and we did that. "At the moment it's not enough to reach our targets, but we'll continue working in our minds. "The transfers, I don't know for next year, but the club is working to improve and to take all we need to go our way. Also, we have a lot of players with the possibility to improve. "We are playing a lot of young players, experiencing a final for the first time. I am positive for our future, creating our way with young players and getting better in our way." Eden Hazard scored a br...