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•Ex U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden didn’t damage his country’s interests by making public surveillance secrets" Vladimir Putin.

•Russia’s harboring of Snowden, who is wanted in America for revealing intelligence secrets, sparked a major confrontation with the U.S.

•The CIA has named the hardline chief of its hunt for Osama bin Laden and head of its lethal drone program to lead Iran operations.

•NAFDAC says it has waived 50 per cent on registration fee for locally manufactured products to promote Small and Medium Scale Enterprises.

•A fresh increase in the pump price of petrol is among the contents of a bill that has been approved by the Senate Committee on Works.

The proposed law captioned “The National Road Fund Establishment Bill”,which is part of the 11 economic reform bills was initiated by Senate has been endorsed by the House Of Representatives.

The import of proposed fuel levy charge is that end-users,including motorists, will pay N5 tax on every litre of fuel bought.

The bill states the National Roads Fund would be established with a high level of independence under jurisdiction of Ministry of Finance.

'National Roads Fund shall set aside an amount not exceeding 3% of total monies accruing to it in the preceding year as Administrative Fund'

'The use of National Roads Fund is restricted to routine and periodic maintenance work on roads and the administration of the road network'

The General Secretary, NUPENG,Joseph Ogbebor, said any increase in the price of petroleum products would have negative impact on the economy

The Director of the Centre for Petroleum, Energy Economics and Law at University of Ibadan Adeola Adenikinju asked government to privatise the refineries.

•Denmark lawmakers on Friday abolished the crime of blasphemy, an offence that has rarely been prosecuted in the Scandinavian country.

•Pres.Jacob Zuma's fresh wave of scandal: South Africa’s ruling ANC party asked govt to explain leaked emails detailing bribes & corruption.

Thousands of emails had emerged in the local press exposing alleged misconduct over awarded lucrative government contracts.

Zuma has been under growing pressure to resign from senior ANC figures, trade unions, business leaders, and thousands of marchers.

Zuma,who came to office in 2009, is due to step down as head of the ANC in December, &  as national president ahead of the 2019 elections.

•Broadband companies- Tier II telecoms operators have urged the Nigerian Communications Commission to save industry from imminent collapse.

•Two of the kidnapped Chibok girls who escaped from Boko Haram terrorists have graduated from a high school in Washington DC.

•Breeze FM, a privately-owned radio station, which was demolished by the Nasarawa State Govt, is heading to court to challenge the clamp down.

•FUTA has been designated Centre of Excellence in Geology and Geophysical studies by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board.

•Television Continental, TVC, on Friday sacked 145 workers under its employ as a result of economic downturn in the country.

Prominent broadcasters were said to be among those sacked on Friday as the station could no longer cope with a burgeoning workforce.

Policemen & fierce-looking bouncers were seen at the station in strategic positions, to deal ruthlessly with any unruly sacked workers.

A statement issued by the management of the media outfit said the decision was part of its effort to restructure the enterprises.

It was also gathered that the television station has also shutdown TVC International, with TVC Nigeria now to take  the former’s function.

•Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has appointed 192 Special Assistants to serve as representatives of the government at the grassroots.

•“Probably it is my ghost that has done the double registration.”  Yahaya Bello denying INEC's allegations of double registration.

•36 governors vow to offset workers’ outstanding salaries & pensions when the next tranche of Paris-London Club loan refunds are made available.

•"Abia State Polytechnic has recovered more than N43 million from students who faked the school’s receipts" Ezionye Eboh, the Acting Rector

•Nigerian singer Dammy Krane (Oyindamola Emmanuel), has been allegedly arrested in Miami, U.S for credit card fraud.

According to derails on his mugshot from online reports,the singer was arrested for card fraud, identity fraud & theft (armed and conspiracy).

•Sergio Ramos has described #UCLFinal as a “date with history”, and it is one they have waited a long time for.

•How we're going to tackle today's game is with total tranquility and serenity. We've worked all year for this. - Allegri

•What's most important is that we're all prepared, and we are. In football, you have to give it your all. - Zidane

 •All the trophies, and all the victories we've had this year, have been a sort of training for tomorrow. We have to win. - Allegri

•We know all about pressure at Real Madrid. We're always favourites, but in reality in a final there are no favourites. It's 50-50. - Zidane

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