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A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck central Italy Sunday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The earthquake, which occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) according to USGS, hit roughly 3 miles (5 kilometers) from Preci, not far from where two powerful quakes hit Thursday.

Both of those earthquakes -- which had respective magnitudes of 5.5 and 6.1 -- did not result in any reported deaths. But the destruction of nearby historic structures prompted people to view the damage as a loss to their cultural heritage.

Rescuers had also expressed fear of mudslides and remained wary about the risk of bringing heavy equipment up narrow roads linking the towns, villages and hamlets in a hilly region of the country.

Those earlier earthquakes happened about 50 miles north of where a deadly quake killed nearly 300 people in August.

In what appears a further marginalisation of the South East zone, the Fed­eral Government has left out the region in projects which President Muhammadu Buhari plans to execute with the pro­posed $29.960 billion infra­structure loan.

A breakdown of how the loan would be spent on infra­structure between 2016 and 2018 shows that none of the projects contained in the gov­ernment’s document is locat­ed in the South East geo-polit­ical zone.

President Buhari had on Tuesday asked the Senate to ap­prove the loan from multilater­al financial institutions to ena­ble his administration execute critical infrastructure and oth­er social intervention initiatives across the country.
The Finance Ministry said the $29.960 billion loan is de­signed to address infrastructure deficit in the country.

But in a statement released to journalists on Thursday on the projects to be funded by the loan, there was no single infra­structural project allocated to the South East - an area most acutely hit by poor infrastruc­ture and an acute shortage of various social amenities.

According to the statement, issued by the Special Assistant to the Minister of Finance on Media, Mr. Festus Akanbi, in­frastructural projects are allo­cated $18.3 billion.

The projects to be em­barked upon are the Mambil­la Hydro Electric Power Project ($4.8 billion), the Moderni­sation Coastal Railway Pro­ject (Calabar-Port Harcourt-Onne Deep Sea Port Segment) valued at $3.5 billion and the Abuja Mass Transit Rail Project (Phase 2) put at $1.6 billion.

Others are the Lagos-Kano Railway Modernisation Project (Lagos-Ibadan Segment Dou­ble Track) estimated at $1.3 bil­lion and the Lagos-Kano Rail­way Modernisation Project (Kano-Kaduna Segment Dou­ble Track) valued at $1.1 bil­lion.

The balance of $11 billion will be expended on Eurobond ($4.5 billion), Federal Govern­ment Budget Support ($3.5 bil­lion), Social Support for Educa­tion and Health ($2.2 billion), Agriculture ($1.2 billion), and Economic Management and Statistics ($.2 billion).

According to the statement, the borrowing has a three-year plan covering proposed pro­jects for 2016-2018 and is ex­pected to be phased over the three year period.

The ministry said that the borrowings are highly conces­sional (non-commercial), with low interest rates and long ten­ors.

The Federal Government affirmed that the funding is being sought from multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), the Islamic De­velopment Bank (IDB), Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) and the China Exim Bank.

The planned Eurobond is­suance in the international capital markets, the statement pointed out, is the only com­mercial source of funding.

But when The AUTHOR­ITY Newspaper contacted Akanbi on the apparent omission of the South East on the project allocation, he said that the loan has noth­ing to do with regional consid­eration. He said that the gov­ernment would still reflect all the regions in the 2017 Budget.

Akanbi said: “I don’t have an answer to your question. This is just a Federal Govern­ment thing that was presented today. It’s not a regional thing. There are other projects like ag­riculture.

“These are strategic things just like intervention for three years’ programme. That does not stop the Federal Govern­ment from planning for all the regions next year and in the 2018 budget. It’s just for sup­port. It’s not the main thing, just an ad-hoc initiative.

“The government is going to sit down and work on the 2017 budget and all the regions will be covered. It has nothing to do with regions. These are specific projects on ground”.

You may remember her as the little girl featured in her father's songs 'Mocking bird' and 'Hailie', the later was named after her. But Hailie Mathers has turned out to be a gorgeous young lady. Eminem whose real name is Marshal Mathers is one of the highest selling hip hop artiste in history.

 Eminem's daughter who is actually in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the youngest credited performer on an R&B song at the age of 6 years and 210 days, has always had a presence swerving in and out of her dad's albums, performing or being referenced on at least nine of his tracks to date.

She is currently an undergraduate at University of Michigan.

See pictures below;

According to TMZ, New York's Metropolitan Opera was evacuated after reports say a man sprinkled an unknown powder into the orchestra pit.

A spokesperson for The Met says Saturday's show of "Guillaume Tell" was cancelled after the incident. Reports say the man fled and cops are trying to find him.

At this time, the type of powder thrown is unknown ... one person requested medical attention, but their current condition is unknown.

Ronaldo celebrates his third goal against Deportivo Alaves

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick -- and also missed a penalty -- in a 4-1 win over Deportivo Alaves that keeps Real Madrid at the top of La Liga.

Real had to come from behind after the home side scored just seven minutes into the match.

The Portugese star scored from the spot 10 minutes later to level the game after a handball decision, then added to his tally in the 33rd minute -- but missed another spot kick in the 79th minute after he was fouled in the box.

Ronaldo recovered from the disappointment to clinch his hat-trick two minutes before the end of the 90, and after substitute Alvaro Morata netted the goal.

Kevin Gameiro fires in his second goal in Atletico Madrid's 4-2 victory against Malaga

Real's rivals Atletico Madrid remain three points adrift despite a 4-2 victory against Malaga.

Sevilla missed a chance to get closer to Real when it was pegged back to a 1-1 draw by Sporting Gijon.

And Barcelona took the opportunity to push Atletico into third after a 1-0 win over Granada in the late kick-off. that effectively earned the points.

Rafinha puts Barca in front against Granada with an overhead kick

The star-studded team was frustrated by bottom club Granada which managed to reach the break at the Nou Camp without conceding.

Barca came close early in the second half when Neymar hit the post. A minute later Rafiinha made the pressure count, shooting into the top of the net from close range

Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that Africa's richest woman, Mrs Folorunsho Alakija became a billionaire during his tenure as President.

Obasanjo made this known at 2016 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum.

The former President was responding to an earlier allegation by Mrs Alakija at the event, that his administration stifled her efforts when she ventured into oil business.

Alakija who took to the podium before Obasanjo, alleged that his administration illegally took an oil block allocated to her company after her family had invested all its savings to strike oil in commercial quantity.

ALAKIJA AND OBASANJO

“This oil block is in 5000 feet depth of water and was extremely difficult to explore. “It took 15 years from the time that we were awarded the licence in 1993 till 2008 when we struck the first oil.



“When this event happened, 60 per cent out of our 60 per cent equity in the business, was forcefully taken from us by the government of the day without due process.

 “We had to fight back by going to court to seek redress and it took another 12 years for justice to be served in our favour. “In all those years it was my trust in God, my perseverance and the support of my family that got me going,” she said.

When Obasanjo spoke, he used the opportunity to respond to the allegation made by Alakija.

“There is a saying in my part of the world that when a proverb touches you and you failed to reply, then you are a coward,” he said.

Obasanjo went on to explain that his administration took the action in line with the Mining Act, which regulates oil prospection and exploration.

“For you to come here and say that, for no cause whatsoever, you were denied what was rightfully yours, is not fair.

“I do not know you from Adam and there is no reason I would have denied you what rightfully belonged to you. “So, you have struggled, and you have struck oil. God bless your heart.

“My delight is to be able to create Nigerian billionaire and I always say it that my aim, when I was in government was to create 50 Nigerian billionaires.

“Unfortunately I failed. I created only 25 and Madam, you are one of them,” he said.

The former President praised the vision of Mr Tony Elumelu for helping to build African young entrepreneurs with his resources.

Female suicide bombers are suspected to be behind the twin explosions that rattled the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday near a refugee camp and a fuel depot, officials said.

The attacks targeted the city's Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons camp and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp.'s Mega Filling Station, the Nigerian army said in a statement.

At least nine people were killed and 24 injured in the two explosions, according to the country's National Emergency Agency (NEMA).

In the first attack the suspected bomber ran into a crowd at the entrance of the Bakassi IDP camp, killing five people, the army said.

Ten minutes later and a mile away, a second blast killed three occupants on a motorized rickshaw at the entrance of a fuel depot owned by the National Oil Company. The army puts the total number of dead at 8.

"While we commiserate with the families of the late victims of this cruel act and wish those injured speedy recovery, we would like to assure the public that efforts are ongoing to track those behind the dastardly acts," an army spokesman said.

"However, it is equally important to reiterate the need for more vigilance and security consciousness among all."









Pictures posted on NEMA's Twitter account show rescue workers at the scene of one of the bombings amid debris and destroyed cars.

Terror group Boko Haram is suspected to be behind the blasts, said Maiduguri military chief Brig. Gen. Victor Ezugwu and NEMA's northeast region head Mohammed Kanar.

Drake gave Taylor Swift the VIP treatment at his 30th birthday bash, including some quiet time with his mom -- normally an early sign of dating.

Sources connected to Drake tell us he introduced Swift to his mom and several of his homies during the Sunday night party in WeHo. TayTay's as she's called by close friends, is not a regular at Drizzy's legendary parties ... which is why he wanted to make sure she met his inner circle, including Mom.

 After all, she's arguably the biggest female music star on the planet.

Hillary Clinton has lost the double-digit poll lead she had at the beginning of the week and now holds a slimmer four-point edge over her rival Donald Trump, a Washington Post/ABC News tracking poll showed Friday.

Clinton now has a 48 per cent slice of the vote, to Trump's 44 per cent among likely voters. On Sunday the ABC News poll showed her with a 12-point lead over the Republican.

Trump has gained ground among independents, at the expense of Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Jill Stein who now have four per cent and one per cent respectively.
Independents now lean towards Trump over Clinton by a margin of 12 points, at 49 to her 37 per cent.

A major swing from late last week when the Democrat had a slight edge. The subgroup has repeatedly swung between the two candidates throughout the fall.

Trump has also recovered ground among whites, especially those without college degrees and women.

Hillary Clinton  with Michelle Obama in North Carolina on Thursday

White women have swapped their allegiance to the Republican by 48 per cent to 43 - a reversal from the 49 per cent to 43 per cent tilt in Clinton's favor which they had before.

The Clinton campaign has spent the week fending off a series of revelations from emails published by WikiLeaks and conservative group Citizens United.

The emails have shown how aides helped Bill Clinton amass tens of millions of dollars in speaker fees and engagements following his presidency. Others showed how Clinton associates tried to help billionaires and donors to the dynasty's charitable foundation get access to Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has admitted he still needs time to adapt to English football after overseeing the worst run of his managerial career.

The Spaniard, who replaced Manuel Pellegrini at the Etihad in the summer, enjoyed a sensational start to life at City, winning his first 10 matches in charge.

But Guardiola has watched his new side's form nosedive in recent weeks and City are now without a win in their last six matches in all competitions.

Guardiola won the Champions League twice with  Barcecelona

Prior to joining City, Guardiola had never gone more than five matches without a win during his trophy-laden spells at Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

And ahead of City's trip to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, Guardiola has admitted that he is still trying to get to grips with the rigours of the English game.

"Many things have changed in the last six games," he said. "In the beginning we were winning and now we're not.

"But, we are fighting, like we were in the beginning. I need time to learn, improve...I am still in that process.

"Maybe this situation will make us stronger for the future. I'm pretty sure of that. For the next period, not just this season but the next season as well."

Lewis Hamilton insists "anything is possible" in what have been labelled his "three FA Cup finals" in the closing month of F1's title battle.

The Mercedes driver has vowed not to throw in the towel even though Rosberg could secure the title this weekend in Mexico.

Hamilton's win in last Sunday's US GP means he heads to Mexico with a reduced title deficit to Nico Rosberg of 26 points, but the gap remains sufficient for his Mercedes team-mate to be able to finish second in every race and become champion. Rosberg will also be crowned champion if he wins on Sunday and Hamilton fails to finish in the points.

But, buoyed by his first victory in three months in Austin, Hamilton insists he has retained a "positive mentality" amid the ups and downs of recent months.

Recounting his fluctuating fortunes since the summer break, Hamilton said: "Spa went well [from the back of the grid]. I had the best pace in the weekend of Monza and then I didn't get the start, which kind of decided that. Singapore obviously wasn't great, then Malaysia was great and then it wasn't great [when his engine blew].

"So I've still continued to keep a positive frame of mind - I've got to. There are still points available, anything is possible. The moment you give up that's the moment you're doomed. I've never given up in my life and I don't plan on doing so.

Fetty Wap ruthlessly cut the lyrics written by a former Remy Boyz member for his mega hit "679" and cheated him out of major cash ... so claims Fetty's ex-homie.

Rapper P-Dice says he helped write the multi-platinum song, and Fetty cut a deal to give him 16.9% of the profits off the track, but in a lawsuit PD says he was scrubbed from the song to avoid the payout.

FETTY WAP AND P-DICE

According to the docs, Fetty verbally agreed to give P-Dice writing credit -- but after they finished recording, Fetty deleted his entire performance and reduced his share of the profits to 5%.

P-Dice -- who appears prominently in the "679" music video -- says the edited version ended up on Fetty's album which debuted No. 1 on Billboard. The music vid alone has topped 238 million views.
P-Dice is suing for damages in excess of $7 million.

SOURCE:TMZ

EKWEREMADU

Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, Thursday paid a solidarity visit to former appointees of former President Goodluck Jonathan's administration. The duo of Femi Fani- Kayode, Director of Publicity of the Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Reuben Abatti, Jonathan Media Aviser were detained by the EFCC for allegedly diverting $2.2b.

Ekweremadu’s visit was supposed to be a morale booster as Ekweremadu reportedly told the detained past officials that they were paying same price of leadership paid by past leaders who were detained on different occasions in the leadership quest for the country.

A letter John Lennon wrote to Queen Elizabeth half a century ago explaining why he was returning a medal was found tucked in the sleeve of a record in a man's attic.

The man who found the letter had bought the record as part of a collection at a used-item sale for £10.
The letter is now valued at an estimated £60,000 ($72,000).

JOHN LENNON

In the letter, the Beatles Legend outlines his reason for returning his MBE (Member of the British Empire) medal.

The Queen awards the medals to those who have left a notable mark in their fields. Lennon, along with the rest of the Beatles, received theirs in October 1965.

The typed message reads: "Your Majesty, I am returning this MBE in protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against Cold Turkey slipping down the charts."

It's signed "John Lennon of Bag".

"Bagism" is a term Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, coined during their peace campaign in the late 60s. Its objective was to break down stereotypes and eliminate prejudice.

ISIS has "executed" 232 people near the Iraqi city of Mosul and taken tens of thousands of people to use as human shields against advancing Iraqi forces, the United Nations says.

The terror group carried out the mass killings Wednesday, punishing people who had defied its orders, a spokeswoman for the UN human rights arm told CNN.

"ISIS executed 42 civilians in Hammam al-Alil, south of Mosul. Also on Wednesday ISIS executed 190 former Iraqi security forces for refusing to join them, in the Al Ghazlani base near Mosul," said Ravina Shamdasani.

Since October 17, ISIS has taken tens of thousands of men, women and children from the outskirts of Mosul into the city. Shamdasani said the United Nations feared the group intended "to use them as human shields against the Iraqi forces advance on Mosul."

There have been other reports over the past week of civilians being killed as ISIS tries to herd people into its last major stronghold in Iraq and the nation's second city against the Iraqi-led operation. of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Mourinho

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has been charged by the Football Association for claiming it would be "difficult" for referee Anthony Taylor to officiate their game with Liverpool.

Mourinho added appointing Taylor for the 17 October match had put "pressure" on the Manchester-based official.

Managers are not supposed to speak about referees prior to matches.

Mourinho has until 31 October to respond to a charge of improper conduct and bringing the game into disrepute.

Taylor issued four yellow cards - all to Manchester United - in the 0-0 draw.

Former referees' chief Keith Hackett was among those to question the Professional Game Match Officials Limited's (PGMOL) decision to assign the match to Altrincham season-ticket holder Taylor, claiming it would be "intolerable" if he got a big decision wrong.

PGMOL stood down Leicester fan Kevin Friend in April when he was due to take charge of the Foxes' title rivals Tottenham in their game against Stoke.

Mourinho foresaw the potential for the FA to take action against him when he spoke before the game, claiming that he "did not really want to say too much more on the matter. I have learned a lesson... by being punished so many times for my words about referees".

A self-confessed wizard told newsmen that he was 'flying from Benin Airport, Edo State to the United Kingdom, before watching a football match going on at the same time in the coven. He made the confession after he was discovered Ajogodo River, Sapele, Delta State.

The self-confessed wizard said: “I was flying in with what is known in the physical realm as ‘Plantain Leaf,’ but it is actually my expensive private jet in the coven realm. “It crashed me into this bridge, when the fuel in it finished. My members will be here tonight to refuel it for me, so I can continue my journey to the UK. “I have to be in the UK to watch football, because there is economic recession, unemployment and inflation in Nigeria.