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By Jonathan Nda- Isaiah, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday directed that the budget support loan facility for states which ended today  be extended until other states claims are paid. This was disclosed by the Gombe State governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo after the National Economic Council ( NEC)meeting yesterday presided over by Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa. He said, “Although Finance Minister presented that the Budget Support Loan Facility has been fully disbursed, she announced that the Acting President has directed the facility to continue until other states’ claim are paid.” LEADERSHIP recalls that the Budget Support Loan Facility is an initiative of the Buhari administration to help states get boost in their funding in the light of the dwindling FAAC allocations. The conditional budget support facility was designed earlier this year to provide financial relief to state governments. The facility is based on the implementation of a compr...

\ The Nigeria in Diaspora Monitoring Group (United Kingdom Chapter) has faulted the recent media report, which alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari has been on “life support for 20-days. Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, had in a statement he personally urged Nigerians to pray for the President as all was not well with him. “Like every other Nigerian, I do not wish the president dead, I have therefore maintained dignified silence since we were told that the President embarked on his second medical trip abroad this year,” Fayose had said. NDMG while condemning the claim, described Fayose as a low jobber, who is only out to dent the administration of president Buhari. Adeka Onyilo, NDMG Coordinator, in an electronic statement made available on Thursday, the diaspora body berated Fayose for making crude remark about the office and person of the president. Onyilo said, “It is most ridiculous the story is coming from no other person than the governor of Ekiti ...

  Candidates have been directed to to print their examination slip today 28th June, 2017 for the mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). A statement by the director of Media, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Dr.Fabian Benjamin‎, said andidates slated for the mop-up examination scheduled to hold on Saturday July 1st, 2017  nationwide are to visit the Board’s website on  www.jamb.org.ng  to print the e-slip or their e-mail and profile created by the candidates. He said, ”A bulk sms has equally been sent to their telephone numbers provided by the candidates during the registration. The board implore sthe candidates to ensure that their e slips are printed on or before the examination as no excuse will be entertained.” The board while reiterating its unavowed commitment to deliver on her mandate,urged the candidate to avail themselves of the window of  opportunity created by it widen access and give equal op...

R2-D2 prop from 'Star Wars' fetches a healthy price An R2-D2 droid that was used in several Star Wars  films has sold at auction for nearly $3 million. The auction house Profiles in History said the 43-inch tall unit that was compiled from parts used throughout filming of the original trilogy sold for $2.76 million at an auction Wednesday. There was no information about who purchased the droid, which was the most expensive item offered in a movie memorabilia auction that included numerous props from the Star Wars  franchise. Other items up for sale included Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from the first two films, which sold for $450,000 and Darth Vader's helmet from the original film sold for $96,000. The Calabasas, California-based Profiles in History had estimated the droid could fetch up to $2 million before Wednesday's sale...

  Julia Munslow 35 minutes ago MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, President Trump. (Photos: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters; Carlos Barria/Reuters) “Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough on Friday fired back at a Twitter attack from President Trump, saying he is “not mentally equipped” to continue watching their show.The pair penned a scathing column published in the Washington Post to respond to Trump’s Thursday tweets, in which he referred to Brzezinski as “low I.Q. crazy” and Scarborough as “psycho.” They also appeared on their MSNBC show Friday morning, saying they delayed vacation plans to be there. “It’s been fascinating and frightening and really sad for our country,” Brzezinski said when asked by fellow host Willie Geist for her reaction to the tweets. “I’m fine. My family brought me up really tough, this is nothing,” she said. “But ...

Twenty years ago this summer, Gina Gershon appeared in one of the all-time great warm weather blockbusters, John Woo’s 1997 action classic  Face/Off , in which Nicolas Cage and John Travolta switched faces. Flash-forward to summer 2017, and she and Cage are reuniting in the new film,  Inconceivable , which feels like a descendent of ’90s thrillers like The Hand that Rocks the Cradle  and  Sleeping with the Enemy . “It’s the most normal characters we had both played,” Gershon tells Yahoo Movies, revealing that she and Cage had been in each other’s lives long before  Face/Off . “Nic and I kind of knew each other during high school. It’s a funny thing when you have known someone for a long time; it seems like you’re still 15 or something.” (Watch our full Facebook conversation with Gershon above.) In Inconceivable , which arrives in theaters and on demand June 30, Gershon and Cage play Angela and Brian, a married couple trying to conceive a second ch...

Back in his natural element, President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening gave a freewheeling, 70-minute speech at a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that had all the signatures of his presidential campaign. Appealing to his core supporters, Trump exaggerated his accomplishments, railed against journalists (the “fake news”) and Democratic lawmakers (the “obstructionists” ), and derided as a “witch hunt” the ongoing investigations into whether his campaign c...

    ("Last Week Tonight with John Oliver."HBO) The coal magnate Robert Murray has filed a lawsuit against John Oliver, HBO, Time Warner, and the writers of Oliver's show over the most recent episode of "Last Week Tonight," The Daily Beast reports. In a segment on the show, Oliver took on Murray's business practices and the safety hazards of the coal industry at large. Murray — who runs Murray Energy Corporation, the largest private coal company in the country — filed the suit Wednesday. It says Oliver's program "executed a meticulously planned attempt to assassinate the character of and reputation of Mr. Robert E. Murray and his companies." In the segment, Oliver called Murray a "geriatric Dr. Evil" because of Murray Energy's weakened safety practices, which Oliver contended led to a collapse in one of Murray's Utah mines that killed nine workers in 2007. Oliver predicted during the segment on Sunday that th...

You’ve heard of the red badge of courage that soldiers earn during wartime? Well, Alison Brie earned the wrestling-world equivalent — call it the blue bruise of courage — when she stepped into the ring for Netflix’s new wrestling comedy series,  GLOW . Premiering June 23, the show features the former Community star as Ruth, a would-be actress in ’80s-era Los Angeles who finally experiences her first career break when she’s one of the first women cast in the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, a real-life wrestling league that headlined a cult syndicated series from 1986 to 1990. (Read Ken Tucker’s review here.) “There were a lot of fingerprint-shaped bruises on my legs and butt,” Brie tells Yahoo TV. “One day there was a scripted scene where I was meant to have a large bruise on my butt, and I came into hair and makeup and pulled my pants down. The makeup artist went to make the bruise and said, ‘Oh, there’s already one there!’” According to Brie, as well as the show’s crea...

Derek Jeter’s playing career may be over, but he’s still looking for better teammates. The former New York Yankees legend has been in pursuit of the Miami Marlins for weeks, but he lacks the money necessary to close the deal, according to the Associated Press. [ Fantasy Football is open! Sign up now ] Jeter met with both Major League Baseball and Marlins officials to discuss the possible sale on Thursday, and told them he needed more time to gather cash from his investors, according to the report. His group reportedly bid about $1.3 billion for the franchise. Jeter’s pursuit of the Marlins has hit some snags the past few months. He initially teamed up with former Florida governor Jeb Bush to buy the team, but Bush left the group during a power struggle with Jeter. Bush reportedly had about $20 million invested. While that sounds like a lot of money, it was not considered a huge impediment to Jeter continuing his quest of owning the Marlins. ...

On Thursday night, Lonzo Ball officially became an NBA player, which means LaVar Ball officially became an NBA dad. That, of course, means both are now fair game for the NBA’s most savage tweeter: Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid. Moments after the Los Angeles Lakers selected Lonzo with the No. 2 pick in the 2017 NBA draftEmbiid’s quote tweet clarified what Simmons’ two-word tweet was a reference to:, Embiid and his running mate, Ben Simmons, took to Twitter to go after the Balls:  Embiid’s quote tweet clarified what Simmons’ two-word tweet was a reference to:

Last month, it was comedian Kathy Griffin's infamous beheaded Donald Trump photo that pit the president's supporters against Hollywood. Now it appears that another Tinseltown figure, actor Johnny Depp, has entered the fray, making controversial comments about assassinating the commander in chief. While at the Glastonbury Festival on Thursday in the English county of Somerset, Depp brought up the president prior to introducing his 2004 film, "The Libertine." "Can we bring Trump in?" Depp says to the crowd, which responds with widespread boos, according to videos of the remarks. "No, no, no. You misunderstand completely. I think he needs help. And this is going to be in the press and it'll be horrible. But I like that you are all part of it. When was the last time an actor assassinated a president? I want to clarify: I'm...

Former President Barack Obama wanted Russian President Vladimir Putin to pay for interfering with the U.S. democratic process last year. (Yahoo News photo Illustration; photos: AP) In its final months, the Obama administration debated dozens of options to punish Russia for its cyber campaign to disrupt U.S. democracy, according to a new report. The Washington Post published a deeply sourced article Friday morning on former President Barack Obama’s secret campaign to make Moscow pay for attempting to influence and discredit last year’s presidential election. Last August, Obama received a report from the CIA that Russian President Vladimir Putin laid out specific instructions to damage or defeat then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and help elect Trump, according to the Post. “He also has a personal animus toward Hillary Clinton, whom ...

At this time last year, Ivan Rabb was projected as a future lottery pick. Now, the Cal forward will be hailed as a cautionary tale. The Memphis Grizzlies selected Rabb with the 35th pick of the 2017 NBA draft on Thursday night, a disappointing outcome for a player who entered his sophomore season at Cal with higher expectations. Rabb told Yahoo Sports last November that NBA scouts predicted he would have been taken between eighth and 14th had he opted to enter the draft last year, after his freshman season. The millions of dollars Rabb lost by staying in school an extra year are a reminder of the importance of proper timing for draft prospects. For every Kris Dunn or Buddy Hield who surged up draft boards after returning to school, there are other guys like Rabb or former Baylor forward Perry Jones whose stock plummets after an unexpected plateau. While Rabb knew he w...