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Check out Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg grinding through the miles in the San Francisco marathon today, His Nigerian homebody, Ime Archibong, can't help but grin and encourage him with a fist bump. Yes. You can do it Mark!

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is boasting about how his group's release of hacked Democratic National Committee emails is affecting the US presidential election -- and says it has unreleased information about Hillary Clinton's campaign. "We have more material related to the Hillary Clinton campaign," Assange told CNN's Anderson Cooper on "Anderson 360" Friday night. "That is correct to say that." Assange has been coy about how WikiLeaks came into possession of internal Democratic party cyber information. The FBI and Justice Department are investigating a computer hack of Democratic nominee Clinton's presidential campaign in addition to its examination of intrusions of other Democratic Party organizations, two law enforcement officials told CNN. The revelation comes just days after the leak of thousands of Democratic National Committee emails -- US officials allege Russian hackers -- prompted major turmoil within the party, caus...

To Instagram Another day, another beauty pageant scandal.  Miss Universe Honduras  Sirey Morán  was stripped of her crown and title, and she will not be able to participate in this year's Miss Universe pageant. The announcement came later this week as the organization claims that she had not complied with her contract, according to  LatinTimes . After that, things got a little crazy.  Of the incident outlined below, she issued the following statement to E! News: "It is very unfortunate this has happened and I am very disappointed and hurt, violence is never the answer. I am working with proper authorities here in the United States and Honduras and I am confident in how they are handling this situation for me." Morán didn't stay quiet and quickly fired back at  Carlos Rivera , the director of Carimaxx, which is the organization that has the rights to the pageant in Honduras. Photos: Mi ...

Lt. General Alani Akinrinade served in various capacities in the Nigeria Armed Forces, as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) from October 1979 to April 1980. He was also Chief of Defence Staff until 1981, during the Second Republic. He was later appointed Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Development (1985–1986), Minister of Industries (1988 – 1989) and Minister of Transport (1989); he later became a member of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), a pro-democracy group, during the Sani Abacha regime. What’s your take on Buhari’s statement that the 2014 National Conference report is best for the archives?  At first, I wanted to believe that he was misrepresented, and that it was not the vein in which he meant what the media reported. But as time went, even his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said something almost to that effect: that the country doesn’t need restructuring, but diversification. The APC’s National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, also said something ...

New couple alert? Nick Cannon  and TLC's  Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas  are "hanging out," a source  tells  E! News. "Nick and Chilli [have] been hanging out on the low. [They've] been friends for some time and just recently this summer they have been hanging out romantically," the source reveals. Cannon added more fuel to the romance rumors on Thursday during an interview with E! News at the Los Angeles premiere of the documentary  Gleason . When Chilli was mentioned Cannon said, "She's amazing. She's an outstanding person but you gotta ask her what's going on." What else did Cannon  reveal  about his personal life? E! News

Odom (left) goes partying again Instagram It's been, to say the least, an eventful week for  Lamar Odom . The former athlete  was reportedly removed from a flight  out of LAX to JFK Monday evening, but by Tuesday, he'd arrived on another flight  in his native Queens, New York.  "He came to get his confidence back," a friend of Lamar's told E! News. "He's been through a lot this past year...He wanted to feel like himself again." His return to the East Coast has, so far, included several visits to local strip clubs. On Thursday, Lamar and a few guy friends were at a restaurant called Made in Mexico from 11 p.m. until around 2 a.m., a source confirmed to E! News. From there, walked to Playroom Lounge uptown, where an onlooker noted he "was very friendly and took pictures" with fans as they approached him. At the end of the evening, Lamar and his friends went to a pal's home in Queens. Lamar visited another strip club, Fa...

David Cameron  has announced that he will be stepping down from his position as the UK Prime Minister on Wednesday (July 13), making way for  Theresa May  to take his place. The 59-year-old British politician, who has served as the Home Secretary since 2010, will be receiving the job by default as no one else seems to want. The only other contender,  Andrea Leadsom , quit the race on Monday. Theresa  was on the “remain” side of  the Brexit vote , though she has promised to implement Brexit to go along with the wishes of the voters. “We’re not going to have a prolonged Conservative leadership election campaign. I think  Andrea Leadsom  has made absolutely the right decision to stand aside and it’s clear  Theresa May  has the overwhelming support of the Conservative parliamentary party,”  Cameron  said in a statement. “I’m also delighted that  Theresa May  will be the next Prime Minister. She is strong, she is co...

Snapchat Even Kanye was impressed as his full plate of food quickly became squeaky clean. "No testimony needed from my husband," Kim joked while showing an empty dish. As an added bonus to the afternoon gathering, Kim gave fans a glimpse of  Saint West  as she held him in her arms for a brief moment. The night would later come to an end after a game of Taboo and Cards Against Humanity. While Kim and Kanye have been keeping their son away from the spotlight, baby Saint continues to be loved by his entire family. "Saint is a really happy baby," a source recently  shared with  E! News. "North and Kourtney's kids love seeing Saint. Kourtney and Koko are helping Kim and giving baby Saint major love." Our insider added, "Kanye is so amazing with kids. He has a very warm, gentle and protecting side to him." E! News

INEC The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, has said Nigerian politicians and not the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should be held responsible for the recent inconclusive state of elections in the country. Entwistle made the assertion at a press briefing with select journalists in Abuja at the weekend. According to him, rather than blame INEC, Nigerians should hold politicians responsible for the recurring impasse in election results in Kogi and Bayelsa States and others. The ambassador said: “Politicians often fail to adhere to the principle of nonviolence which leads to disruption of the electoral process.” INEC had come under severe attacks for declaring elections held in some states inconclusive, especially in Kogi and Bayelsa States, Speaking on the state of the nation’s economy, the American envoy advised the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to give priority to the power sector in other to bring the much needed change pr...

Senate Floor The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, will tomorrow appear before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs to explain the reason for perceived lopsidedness in the appointments of ambassadors by President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari had in May sent a list of 45 ambassadorial nominees made up mainly of career civil servants to the Senate for confirmation. But there has been a stalemate in the move to confirm the nominees by the Senate as a result of a series of complaints and petitions against the appointments from both senators and some citizens. The development prompted the Senate to suspend the screening and confirmation of the nominees and eventually resolving to summon the minister and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) over the matter. While THISDAY learnt last night that the minister had confirmed his preparedness to appear before the committee tomorrow, such assurance had not been secured from the SGF. While summoning the duo ...

The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s position that Nigeria’s unity was not negotiable, saying Nigeria could only remain united if all ethnic nationalities agreed to live together. ARG, a pan-Yoruba socio-political and economic organisation, also condemned a public statement made recently by the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), in which it expressed strong support for the president’s position that the unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable. A statement by its National Chairman, Hon. Olawale Oshun, pointed out the different reasons why the unity of Nigeria should be renegotiated. In the statement, the ARG noted that neither Buhari nor ACF loved Nigeria more than those advocating the renegotiation of what binds it together as a country. It said the unity of Nigeria was only sustainable by the voluntary acquiescence of the component ethnic nationalities and rejected the president’s position that Ni...

Trading by banks on behalf of their clients on the Nigerian Interbank Foreign Exchange (NIFEX) has shown increased foreign exchange (forex) allocation to the importation of raw materials and industrial machines by manufacturers. A review of the returns on forex utilisation and source of funds for the week ended July 1, 2016, which was published by some commercial banks last week, revealed an increase in the volume of forex allocations to the sector. For instance, Zenith Bank Plc’s returns on forex utilisation which put the volume of its transactions at $115,066,665.95 showed that it transacted business with a total of 434 customers. Most of them were corporate customers who bought the greenback from the bank for the importation of industrial raw materials and spare parts, among others. Also, Diamond Bank Plc sold the $42,158,753 it purchased from the NIFEX to 184 of its customers, mainly for the importation of pharmaceutical raw materials, raw materials for construction, agr...

Mr. Chika Emehelu, a 36-year-old Nigerian businessman in South Africa, yesterday appealed to the federal government to persuade the South African government to pay him compensation for the losses he incurred during the wave of xenophobic attacks in the country in 2013. Emehelu, a native of Udi in Enugu State, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Johannesburg that he lost more than R800,000 (N12 million) in the May 2013 xenophobic attacks in that country. The businessman, who is married to a South African and has three children, said his three shops at Portnolloth, a community in Northern Cape Province of South Africa, were looted during the attack. Emehelu also said local authorities in the province came and took an inventory of the items stolen and destroyed, promising to pay him compensation. He however said nothing had been done since then, adding that his family members were going through hard times. Emehelu also said he had submitted all relevant documents to...

Yunusa "Yellow"Dahiru, the alleged infamous abductor of the 14-year-old girl The man accused of abducting a 14-year-old girl, from Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Mr. Yunusa Dahiru, alias Yellow,  finally left custody after spending over four months in Okaka Prisons in the state capital. It was learnt Dahiru was immediately taken to his state, Kano, in company with a team of his defence lawyers who usually flew into the state during court proceedings. It was further learnt that contrary to speculation that no Bayelsa indigene was willing to stand surety for the suspect due to the ethnic and religious sentiments being whipped up, the person who eventually fulfilled the bail conditions was from Bayelsa. Dahiru’s team of lawyers had been battling to free their client from prison since March but without success. The development followed the stringent bail conditions handed down to the suspect by Justice Ajiya Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, Yenagoa. Justice Nganjiwa had ...