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A Republican senator said Sunday that a conservative should run against US President Donald Trump for the party’s presidential nomination in 2020. Jeff Flake, a vocal critic of the president, said he did not think he would run but that someone else should. “I have said all along that somebody needs to run on the Republican side, if nothing else, to remind Republicans what it means to be conservative, what being a conservative really means, and what it means to be decent as well,” he said in an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union.” Flake, who is leaving the Senate in January, warned that in his state of Arizona, a Republican bastion in the past, voters are rejecting candidates “tied at the hip with the president.” “And I think that we’re seeing that elsewhere in the country as well. We’re losing the suburbs. “If we had a mass movement from the suburbs for people to move back to rural areas, then perhaps our Republican Party would have more of a future – but not the way ...

Premier League champions, Manchester City are ahead of Barcelona and Manchester United to sign Ajax midfielder, Frenkie De Jong. According to the Mirror UK, De Jong is on his way to City and the likes of Barca and United have given up on the prospect of luring th e  21-year-old away from the Citizens. The report claimed that City’s coach, Pep Guardiola wants the Dutch international to replace midfielder, Fernandinho at the Etihad. The report also claimed that Guardiola aims to build a defensive midfielder to take charge at the club for the next ten years. Meanwhile, De Jong’s agent, Ali Dursun had recently confirmed that City was interest in signing his player. “City are leading the race for De Jong’s signature,” Dursun said. “I can neither confirm or deny this. “You should ask (Ajax director) Marc Overmars. I send all clubs that contact me over to him.” De Jong played full 90 minutes against France in his side’s 2-0 victory over the world champions on Friday in...

The 18 lawmakers of the Ondo State House of Assembly who purportedly signed the impeachment notice used to effect the removal of the erstwhile Speaker of the house, Bamidele Oleyelogun and his deputy, Iroju Ogundeji, have petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the invasion of the assembly complex by hoodlums on the day of the impeachment. In the petition signed by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olamide George, his deputy, Abimbola Fajolu and the Majority Leader of the House, Olugbenga Araoyinbo, the lawmakers alleged threat to live, assault, abuse of authority by the Commissioner of Police, Gbenga Adeyanju, the state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as well as the state chairman of APC, Ade Adetimehin. According to the letter, which was also copied to the presidency and obtained by DAILY POST, the lawmakers alleged that after the plenary where Oleyelogun and Iroju had been impeached, the commissioner of police and the state chairman of APC had maintained that Gov...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, has promised to create three million jobs every year if he is elected as president in the 2019 election. This is one of the key points in the policy document released by the PDP flagbearer today (Sunday), which details a seven-year timeline in which he intends to deliver on his campaign promises. Giving a breakdown of the rate of unemployment in the country, Atiku said, “Close to 16 million people are unemployed, nine million more than in 2014. “Over two million new entrants join the labour force each year meaning the unemployed share of the labour force more than tripled in less than a decade: from 5.1% in 2010 to 18.8% in 2017 “Unemployment for women and young people is at 33%, 70% of unemployed youths are uneducated and unskilled. “Creating jobs and economic opportunities for these people will be vital both for reducing the pool of easy recruits for violent groups and reducing underlying g...

Chelsea boss, Maurizio Sarri, will spend more than £200million in January window following the threat of a two-year transfer ban by FIFA. The money will be spent on four players. FIFA had last week recommended the Blues receive a four-window transfer ban following an investigation into them signing under-age foreign players. The threat will push the Blues to work around the clock in January to bring in a number of targets before the ban hits. Express Sports reports that Chelsea are ready to go head-to-head with both Manchester United and City to sign 27-year-old £50m-rated Brazilian wing-back Alex Sandro from Juventus. Sarri is already on the verge of winning the £70m-race to land winger Christian Pulisic, 20, from Borussia Dortmund. The Italian manager will also pay £50m for 24-year-old right-back, Elseid Hysaj. The Blues are also looking to invoke a £40m buy-back clause in the deal that took central defender Nathan Ake to Bournemouth.

The United States will make final conclusions by early next week over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, President Donald Trump said Saturday, following reports that the CIA had held Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible. Saudi Arabia has repeatedly changed its official narrative of the October 2 murder, first denying any knowledge of Khashoggi’s whereabouts and later saying he was killed when an argument degenerated into a fistfight. Earlier this week, a Saudi prosecutor exonerated the crown prince of involvement in the brutal murder. Speaking to reporters in Malibu, California after surveying damage from wildfires, Trump said “we’ll be having a very full report over the next two days, probably Monday or Tuesday.” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert earlier said reports indicating the United States had already made final conclusions in the case were “inaccurate.” “There remain numerous unanswered questions with respect to the murder of Mr Khashoggi,” sh...