WORLD NEWS: Goodness!!! Leaked Islamic States files has 64 Britons linked to it

The Forefront understands that as many as 64 Britons or people with links to the UK have been identified among thousands of Islamic State files leaked to Sky, an investigation has revealed.

The dossier also has details of around 500 'graduates' of two training camps in Syria.

The camps are the same as those revealed last year where recruits were being trained for missions abroad.

NEWS: NIGERIA - UPDATE OF CBN CALABAR EXPLOSION FROM THE POLICE; 3 DEAD, 10 IN CRITICAL CONDITION

The Cross River Police Command has confirmed three persons dead and 10 in critical condition due to Friday’s gas cylinder explosion at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Calabar.

Mr John Eluu, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

NEWS: NIGERIA - One person injured as fifteen others were rescued in Lagos boat mishap says NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Saturday confirmed that one person was injured as 15 others were rescued from a wooden boat which capsized at Grinaldi Port near Tin Can Island, Apapa, Lagos.

ENTERTAINMENT NIGERIA - Peter Okoye of the PSQUARE releases a new single without Paul. A sign of going solo?

Peter Okoye, Nigerian musical artiste and one of the PSquare, dropped a new single on March 3, titled ‘My eyes’.

The singer dropped the single on YouTube, and contrary to their usual practice, did not feature his brother, Paul on it. The star is presently promoting the single on his Instagram timeline; even as his legion of fans have been sending their feedback.

FOOTBALL: RAFA Benitez has a clause in his contract to leave if Newcastle United are relegated

Rafael Benitez has confirmed his deal at St James' Park contains a break clause if the club are relegated from the Premier League.

Benitez was named as Steve McClaren's successor on a three-year deal on Friday as the club, who sit 19th on 24 points, attempt to escape relegation to the Championship.

FOOTBALL: Van der Sar makes penalty save in first match after 5 years

Edwin van der Sar showed he still has the magic goalkeeping touch at 45-years-old when he saved a penalty on his first game for almost five years.

WORLD NEWS: ITALY - AUSTRIA - Six Killed And Several Missing In Alps Avalanche

The Forefront has learnt that a large avalanche in the Italian Alps has killed six people and several others are missing, Italian media are reporting.

The avalanche happened on Monte Nevoso (snowy mountain) near the Austrian border and as many as 10 people could be buried.

At least two of those killed were attempting to make their way to the summit at the time.

FOOTBALL: SATURDAY ENGLISH FA CUP (photos) - Lukaku destroys Chelsea as Costa sees red

From Goodison Park

Everton 2-0 Chelsea (2nd half)Lukaku77', 88'

Chelsea crash out of the FA cup.

FOOTBALL: SATURDAY LA LIGA MATCHES

Barcelona 6-0 Getafe (FT) Rodriguez 8' OG, Munir 19', Neymar 32' 51', Messi 40', Turan 57'

FOOTBALL: SATURDAY ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP MATCHES. RESULTS AND PHOTOS

Norwich City 0-0 Manchester City 

World News: North Korea - Submarine belonging to North Korea missing amid tension

A North Korean submarine has apparently gone missing, according to reports.

The vessel is believed to have suffered a failure during an exercise and is presumed to have sunk.

News: Nigeria - Update on CBN Calabar explosion; 2 confirmed dead and 25 injured

The Forefront understands the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has attributed yesterday’s fire incident at its Calabar Branch in Cross River State to gas explosion.

A statement signed by CBN’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Ugochukwu Okorafor, said the fire, which broke out at about 12 noon in the banking hall of the premises, was apparently caused by a gas explosion from air conditioners in the building undergoing some refurbishment at the moment.

FOOTBALL: VAN GAAL ADAMANT MANCHESTER UNITED'S PLAYING STYLE IS WORKING

Louis van Gaal has firmly defended the style of play he is trying to implement at Manchester United, saying only results are missing at this point.

The Red Devils slumped to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of fellow Premier League outfit Liverpool in the Europa League round of 16 first leg on Thursday, prompting many to once again call for the Dutchman's head.

FOOTBALL RUMOUR: Manchester United consider Ibrahimovic move

Manchester United are considering a move for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, according to L'Equipe.

The Swede's contract at Paris Saint-Germain expires this summer, with the 34-year-old's next destination still unknown despite links to China and the United States.

WORLD NEWS: LEAKED IS FILES HAVE PARIS ATTACKERS IN THE LIST

The names of several jihadis who carried out the Bataclan theatre massacre in Paris are documented in leaked Islamic State files, according to German media reports.

Among the thousands of IS registration papers were those of Samy Amimour, Foued Mohamed-Aggad and Omar Ismail Mostefai, said public broadcasters NDR and WDR, and newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

WORLD NEWS: TECH - WOW!!! DRIVERLESS CARS FOR UK ROADS IN 2017.

Driverless cars will be allowed on Britain's motorways next year, George Osborne is to announce in the Budget on Wednesday.

Tests will begin on a small number of roads within months before pilots are carried out on 70mph carriageways later this year.

The first trials are expected to be carried out on roads in Milton Keynes, Bristol, Coventry and Greenwich.

WORLD NEWS: US ELECTION 2016 - TRUMP CAMPAIGN CANCELLED IN CHICAGO DUE TO SECURITY CONCERNS

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has cancelled a rally in Chicago due to security concerns.

Violence broke out at the University of Illinois after an announcement was made that the rally would be postponed.

Supporters of Mr Trump shouted "We want Trump! We want Trump!" while protesters who packed into the university's arena cheered.

WORLD NEWS: IRAQ - Thousands of Iraqis stage anti-government protest

Report reaching the desk of the Forefront has it that about tens of thousands of Iraqis have taken to the streets of Baghdad for the third week in a row to demand a political overhaul.

Gathering on Friday in the capital, protesters heeded a call to gather by powerful Shia cleric Muqtada al- Sadr, who is pressuring the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to push on with a plan to form a cabinet of independent ministers.

NEWS: NIGERIA - POWER CRISIS BLAMED ON VANDALISM AND SABOTAGE SAYS LAI MOHAMMED

The Federal Government has blamed the prevailing power situation in the country on gas failure as well as sabotage and vandalization of power infrastructure, while apologizing to Nigerians for the hardship which the situation has imposed on them.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said all efforts are being made to rectify the situation and ensure a gradual improvement in the power situation.

NEWS: NIGERIA - HMM!!! NUPENG SAYS FUEL SCARCITY MAY LAST TILL THE END OF MARCH

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Friday said that the ongoing fuel scarcity in the country might linger till the end of March.

The South-West Chairman of the union, Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, made the disclosure in an interview in Lagos.

Korodo said that from all indications, loading of petrol at both NNPC depots and private depots were very slow.

WORLD NEWS: NORTHERN IRELAND - Police Foil Murder Attempts In Northern Ireland

Police in Northern Ireland say they have thwarted "a number of murder attempts" since last Friday's van bomb in Belfast.

Officers had warned that other dissident republican attacks were likely after a booby-trap bomb exploded beneath a prison officer's van.

The 52-year-old escaped with leg injuries but police chiefs remain concerned about the capability of those who violently oppose the peace process.

WORLD NEWS: US ELECTION 2016; DONALD TRUMP USES TACT TO SURVIVE RIVALS ATTACKS IN REPUBLICAN DEBATE

Donald Trump has emerged from the latest Republican presidential debate still on course to secure his party's nomination for the White House.

On the eve of critical primaries in Florida and Ohio, the billionaire tycoon avoided unseemly clashes that have dominated headlines in previous debates.

He also deflected attempts by his chief rivals, Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, to pick holes in a campaign message which has mobilised extraordinary public support.

WORLD ENTERTAINMENT: James Bond Film Set Designer Sir Ken Adam Dies, aged 95.

Sir Ken Adam, the production designer behind the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car and James Bond sets, has died aged 95.

He was most famous for his work on the 007 films of the 1960s and 70s, including the villain's headquarters in 1962's Dr No and the Aston Martin ejector seat.

Props created by him featured in Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker.

FOOTBALL: RAFA BENITEZ NAMED NEWCASTLE BOSS, REPLACES STEVE McCLAREN

The Forefront understands Newcastle United have announced Rafa Benitez as their new manager, as the Spaniard takes over from Steve McClaren at St. James' Park. 

News: Nigeria (Updated Photos) - More photos of CBN Calabar explosion scene

Several roasted alive!!!

Breaking News: Nigeria - Explosion hits CBN in Calabar, many feared dead

The Forefront has learnt that at least eighteen people were on Friday morning roasted while others sustained third degree burns in an inferno at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, following an explosion at the premises of the Bank located at Calabar Road by the Millennium Park . 

World News Health Breakthrough Article: Breast cancer trial destroys tumour in 11 days

Using Herceptin together with another powerful breast cancer drug before surgery could shrink or destroy tumours in just 11 days, a study has found.

Some patients may be spared chemotherapy if they are given a combination of the drugs Tyverb (lapatinib) and Herceptin (trastuzumab) immediately after diagnosis, according to the research by a team of British doctors.

Breaking News: Nigeria - CCT trial of Senate President Saraki adjourned to next Friday.

The prosecution and the defence counsel have agreed on next Friday, March 18 for the argument of the motion on jurisdiction of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to try Senate President Bukola Saraki on a charge of alleged false asset declaration slammed on him by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).

WORLD INNOVATION ARTICLE: HEALTH - Labels To Help Identify Added Sugar In Foods As Scientists Develop Test

A food labelling campaign is hoping to be the first to offer consumers a way of identifying foods which are low in added sugar.

Scientists have developed a test which distinguishes between a product's total sugar and added sugar content.

If it meets the low added sugar grade, the product is eligible to gain a Sugarwise logo.

NEWS (NIGERIA): LASSA FEVER OUTBREAK - 3 persons dead and 10 others infected with Lassa Fever in Bauchi State

No fewer than three persons have died from a fresh outbreak of Lassa Fever, while 10 members of a family are currently infected with the virus in Bauchi State.

The Executive Chairman Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Ibrahim Gamawa, who said this yesterday in Bauchi, added that the 10 new cases were recorded in a single family at Jaye village in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state.

FOOTBALL (PHOTO): Sir Alex Ferguson's look at the Anfield stands sums up how Manchester United fans are feeling at the moment

Louis van Gaal’s unbeaten record against Liverpool came to a devastating end for Manchester United fans tonight.

The Dutchman had won all five of his previous games against the Reds but the Red Devils were woeful as they lost 2-0 to Jurgen Klopp’s side.

WORLD WEIRD NEWS: US - Gun sense mum shot in the back by four year old son in Florida

A Florida mother who runs a "gun sense" Facebook page is recovering after she was shot in the back by her four-year-old son while she was driving.

Police saw Jamie Gilt in distress in her pick-up truck on Tuesday afternoon in Putnam County.

The 31-year-old said she had been accidentally shot by her son, who was sitting in the back seat.

NEWS GIST: NIGERIA - TINUBU'S DAUGHTER LEADS PROTEST AGAINST APC GOVERNMENT

The Iyaloja General of Nigeria, Chief Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, on Thursday, led market women to protest the non-inclusion of market women in President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress administration.

Tinubu-Ojo who is also the daughter of the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu led several women who converged at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja.

NEWS: NIGERIA - NNPC WORKERS CALL OFF INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Workers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and its subsidiaries, yesterday, called off their industrial action after a lengthy meeting with officials of the Federal Government and senior executives of the NNPC.

The workers, under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), said the deliberations which had the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, ended yesterday morning with positive outcomes.

WORLD NEWS: US - Torrential rain leaves five killed in Southern US

Five people have drowned after torrential rain brought flooding and forced evacuations across three southern states.

Louisiana officials said a six-year-old girl was killed as her mother lost control of her car in Ouachita Parish.

In the same state, a 63-year-old man died when a car was swept off a flooded road and a 22-year-old man has also been confirmed dead.

News: Nigeria - Senate says Ibe Kachikwu is in order as regards NNPC restructuring

The Senate’s Committee on Petroleum said the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, did not contravene any law in the restructuring of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

Chairman of the committee, Sen. Tayo Alasoadura, made this known while briefing journalists shortly after a closed-door meeting with Kachikwu at the National Assembly in Abuja on Thursday.

NEWS: NIGERIA - COURT GRANTS BADEH #2BN BAIL AS EFCC PROMISES TO TENDER $1M FOUND IN HIS HOUSE

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) told a Federal High Court Thursday that it will tender the $1billion its agents allegedly recovered from the Abuja home of former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Alex Badeh.

Prosecution lawyer, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN) said this while arguing his counter-affidavit to Badeh’s bail motion.

Badeh was arraigned before the court on March 7 with a firm, Iyalikam Nigeria Limited, on a 10-count charge of breach of trust and corruption.

NEWS: NIGERIA - MTN PROPOSES #300bn FINE SETTLEMENT DEAL WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

The Senate Committee on Communications has faulted the court settlement arrangement between the Federal Government and the Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) is being conducted regarding the N1.04 trillion fine imposed on company.

The committee also frowned at the alleged shutting out of the Ministry of Communications Technology and the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) from the deal.

FOOTBALL: Vialli says Conte is a great choice for Chelsea and the Italian Mourinho.

Former Chelsea boss Viali believes Conte is a great choice for the club and is a Mourinho-kind of personality.

It has been revealed that Conte visited Chelsea’s training ground recently and is close to agreeing a three-year contract worth £6.5 million per year.

Meanwhile, the 46-year-old is also expected to inform Chelsea that Roma midfielder Radja Nainggolan and Bayern Munich’s Arturo Vidal are his two priority transfer targets this summer.

NEWS: NIGERIA - TIGHT SECURITY FOR CCT CHAIRMAN IN PREPARATION FOR RESUMPTION OF TRIAL OF SENATE PRESIDENT SARAKI

It is about 24 hours to the resumption of the trial of the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki,  and security has been strengthened around the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Justice Danladi Umar Danladi, who returned from the lesser hajj (Umrah) on Monday.

The security privilege is extended to his immediate family.
The judge has barred visitors from his residence and restricted phone calls to only “essential family” members, sources said yesterday.

Saraki’s trial will resume tomorrow.

NEWS: NIGERIA - Goodness!!! 70% January salary agreed for Imo workers

The 18-man joint committee comprising the state and labour, set up in Imo State, has unanimously agreed to pay only 70 per cent of workers salary across board, while making reservations for pension.

The state chairman of Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Austin Chilakpu, disclosed this yesterday at a press conference in Owerri.

WORLD NEWS: BUSINESS - Recent jump in oil price boosts Asia's markets

A jump in oil prices overnight has given stock markets across Asia a boost at the start of trading on Thursday.

Brent crude, which is seen as the international benchmark, climbed 3.3% to $40.94 a barrel, while the price of West Texas crude rose 5% to $38.32.

Expectations that the European Central Bank (ECB) may announce further stimulus measures later was also helping investor sentiment.

WORLD NEWS: North Korea Fires Two Ballistic Missiles into the sea

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, according to reports.

They were launched from the port city of Wonsan and flew around 300 miles (500km), according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.

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News: Nigeria - Update Of The Ghost Workers Probe; Federal Govt. To Probe another 11, 000 Ghost Workers aside the initial 23, 000

The Forefront understands the Federal Government is investigating additional 11,000 workers to know if they are ghost workers, Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun said yesterday.

About 23,000 such workers were uncovered recently, saving the government N2.29 billion monthly.

WORLD WEIRD NEWS: US - Woman Caught Driving With Tree Stuck In Car Face Court Trial

A woman is facing a court appearance after being filmed driving a car with a tree wedged into its front.

Police in Roselle, Illinois, said the tree was thought to be around 15ft tall.

WORLD NEWS: IS Registration Forms Identify 22,000 Jihadis

The Forefront has learnt that tens of thousands of documents, containing 22,000 names, addresses, telephone numbers and family contacts of Islamic State jihadis, have been obtained.

Nationals from at least 51 countries, including the UK, had to give up their most personal information as they joined the terror organisation. Only when the 23 question form was filled in were they inducted into IS.

FOOTBALL: Manchester United former goalie Van der Saar comes out of retirement

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is making a comeback at age 45, coming out of retirement to play for his old amateur side VV Noordwijk one more time.