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World markets dive as Trump sparks trade, North Korea worries

Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China. Equities were also dented by poor eurozone economic data, and as Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Trump (is) continuing to drive uncertainty over global trade,” said analyst Joshua Mahony at trading firm IG. “European markets are following their Asian counterparts lower, as a pessimistic tone from Trump is compounded by downbeat economic data,” he added. Markets had surged Monday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said they had agreed to pull back from imposing threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, and continue talks on a variety of trade issues. However, Trump has declared that he was “not satisfied” with the status of the talks, fuelling worries that the world’s top two economies could still slug out an economically pain
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NPHCDA ready to deliver optimal health care services in Nigeria.

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said it was committed to delivering optimal health care in the country, through the provision of technical and pragmatic support to states and local governments. Dr Faisal Shuab, Executive Director NPHCDA, disclosed this at the Midterm Review Meeting of the Nigeria State Health Investment Project (NSHIP) on Monday in Abuja. According to Shuab, the establishment of NPHCDA is one of the most important milestones in the evolution of Primary Health Care (PHC), adding that it is the cornerstone of Nigeria’s health system. He said the country had witnessed some progress in the PHC system and health sector from 2003 to 2013, adding that in spite of the gains made in maternal and child health, Nigeria still missed the Millennium Development Goal target in 2016. Shuab noted that the challenges compelled experts to try a different innovative approach, which conceived the “Nigeria State Investment Project” which comme
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AY And His Daughter Michelle Makun In Matching Outfits.

Comedian Ayo Makun aka AY, took to his IG page to share this adorable photo as he and his daughter, Michelle rocked matching outfits posing in front of his Mercedes Benz G Wagon.
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Sacking of Sierra Leone’s former VP ‘void’: regional court.

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma unlawfully dismissed his vice president after he was expelled from the ruling party, a West African regional court said on Monday. Samuel Sam-Sumana was kicked out of the All People’s Congress (APC) in March 2015 on suspicion of fomenting violence, deceit, fraud and threatening party officials. He went into hiding and applied for asylum in the United States, then appealed the expulsion to the country’s Supreme Court, where he lost in September 2015. But judge Chijioke Nwoke and two others at the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), said due process had not been followed. The APC constitution includes a 30-day appeals period. The party expelled Sam-Sumana on March 6, 2015 and he filed his appeal 20 days later. “On this ground alone, it is sufficient to void the applicant’s removal from office,” Nwoke said in a written judgment read to the court in Abuja on Monday. “In all
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Pay workers’ salaries before Christmas, Buhari tells governors.

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed state governments to ensure payment of outstanding workers’ salaries in their various states, to enable workers to “smile to banks”, and to happily celebrate the forthcoming Christmas. Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo confirmed this development to State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with the President in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday. He said workers’ issue took the centre stage during the meeting, saying that the president was so much concerned with those who depended on salaries to feed their families, pay school fees and their house rents. He said President Buhari specifically directed the governors to ensure that they kept workers and pensioners happy by paying their outstanding salaries and allowances from the balance of the outstanding Paris Club refund which would soon be paid to them. He said the President was so much concerned with those who depended on salaries to feed their families, pay scho
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Bale finally back for Real Madrid.

Gareth Bale is set to feature for the first time in two months when Real Madrid host third-tier Fuenlebrada in the Copa del Rey on Tuesday, but Zinedine Zidane has pleaded for patience with the Welshman’s fitness. Bale’s four-year spell in the Spanish capital has been dogged by injuries, particularly in the past year as he has completed 90 minutes just four times. “I want Gareth to be fully-fit but I can’t say when that will be,” Zidane said on Monday, as Bale returned to full training following a thigh injury. “The idea is that tomorrow he can play and he looks good. As always he needs game time and how the matches go will determine what the best route for us to take is. “He will play tomorrow, but I don’t know for how long.” Zidane is expected to make wholesale changes for the clash at the Santiago Bernabeu (2030GMT) with Real already leading the Madrid-based minnows 2-0 on aggregate. Bale is yet to play a single minute this season alongside Cristiano Rona
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