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Paul Pogba will undergo surgery on a recurring ankle injury and is expected to spend another month on the sidelines, Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed after his side’s 2-0 defeat to Arsenal on Wednesday. The French World Cup winner made his comeback after nearly three months out in a 2-0 defeat at Watford
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By Dirisu Yakubu The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Thursday, threatened to suspend the operations of Turkish Airlines in Nigeria in the event of failure to improve its services to the public. The foremost aviation regulatory body in the country premised its position on what it called poor condition of service as manifested in the
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Brazilian superstar Neymar arrived in hospital Friday for an operation to mend the broken bone in his right foot that has ended his season at Paris Saint-Germain and overshadowed Brazil’s World Cup preparations.
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IF the Nigerian Army had anticipated the knocks it received following the setting up of Operation Python Dance 11 in the five states of the South East, perhaps it would have shelved the idea. Its intention to mount obstacles and check points associated with the usual military activity two days before its take-off might have been responsible for the controversy generated by the exercise. As a result of this controversy, the resultant effect was the whittling down of the scope of the operation in the five states after the initial brouhaha.
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WARRI—DELTA Ijaw Women Initiative, DIWI, yesterday, urged the Nigerian Army to keep soldiers away from the riverine communities, as women in the oil communities require development and peace, not Operation Crocodile Smile that military authorities plan to launch in the South-South and parts of South-West.
Read MoreArewa youths gave their fellow Nigerians a Quit Notice and they get a song and dance from the Buhari administration. IPOB youths who did not threaten other Nigerians get Python Dance from the same government. How is that fair?
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REACTIONS and allegations have filled the air waves following the decision of the Nigerian Army to set up an operational outfit code named ‘Operation Python Dance 11 (Egwu Eke 11) in the South Eastern part of the country. The exercise, which officially began in all the five states in the zone on September 15, would end on October 15. It is the second in 10 months, as the first exercise took place from November 26, 2016 to December 27, 2017.
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The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has said that he is currently in talks with the presidency to bring an end to the Operation Egwu Eke II or Operation Python Dance II currently being launched in the south-eastern states of Nigeria.
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A knife-wielding man attacked a soldier on Friday, the latest assault to raise questions over whether France’s anti-terror patrols are a target for extremists.
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By Anthony Ogbonna A legal practitioner, Chuks Nwachukwu has, during an interview with Channels TV, said that the recent launch of a military exercise tagged “Operation Python Dance II”in the South Eastern states by the army is illegal in that the south east is not in a war situation.
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