Two of the Chibok girls who absconded from Boko Haram captivity in 2014, Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu, read a letter, praising U.S. President Donald Trump, during their visit to the White House.

The White House released photos of the girls on Saturday, saying during their visit, Joy and Lydia "read the President a letter about their experience".

They said in their letter:

Mr. President, we urge you to keep America safe and strong.

We know that some people are trying to discourage you.

Do not be discouraged. You are right to keep American safe and strong.

Not only for America. But for the world.

If America is not safe and strong, where can people like us look for hope, when there is danger?

Finally, we urge you to keep making America prosperous.

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US President Donald Trump, vowed, to "move forward in working constructively with Russia," including forming a cybersecurity coalition between the two countries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, had recently denied any interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

John Brennan, former CIA director under Obama, who ran the agency's response to Russia's election interference, chastised Trump for doubting the conclusions of the intelligence community.

Trump signaled on Sunday, that he was turning the page on U.S.-Russia relations, to "move forward in working constructively" and boasting about an "impenetrable Cyber Security unit" he and Putin discussed forming, "so that election hacking, & many other negative things, will be guarded."

Former defense of secretary Ashton B. Carter, who served under Obama at the time of Russia's interference in the election, said, working with Putin to fight cyberattacks "is like the guy who robbed your house proposing a working group on burglary."

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Police in Osun State have arrested producers of illegal firearms around Ile Ife.

Commissioner of Police in the state, who paraded the suspects, including, a 72-year-old Adebowale Aderibigbe and Akeem Nasiru before pressmen in Osogbo on Friday said their arrests were made possible following an alarm that raised.

The CP said three guns and 350 unexpended cartridges were recovered from the septuagenarian while nine guns were recovered from Akeem, who said he is a blacksmith.

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Women's rights activist who was jailed, for defiling Saudi Arabia's female driving ban has opened up about her ordeal.

Manal Al-Sharif, spent nine days behind bars after being charged with 'driving while female'.

She uploaded a YouTube video of herself travelling through the streets of Khobar in May 2011.

Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that forbids women from driving; but the ban did not stop the now 38-year-old from taking control over her life.

"I lost custody of my son, my job and my home (marriage), but I just have to accept the consequences; otherwise, women don't move forward", she said.

Ms Al-Sharif explained that when she got married to her second husband, she seek permission from her father and a 'special permission from the government' because she wasn't allowed to marry a non-Saudi man.

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University of Ilorin, Students Union, held her leadership summit on 8th, July, 2017, at the University auditorium.

The summit was held, in honour of Sen. Rafiu Ibrahim, representing Kwara South constituency.

At exactly 12:53pm, Mr. Gbenga Awogbenle welcomed all to the S.U 5th Edition, Leadership summit & journal Launch, and announced the theme of the summit. Which was tagged; CONSTRUCTIVE UNIONISM: An imperative for visionary leadership. After which he went on to introduce, guests present at the event.

Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin Prof. Abdul Ganiyu Ambali OON, gave his welcome address in his speech titled; ‘Tremendous Progress’, where he commended the effort of the SU leadership, for organizing such programme.

In his words, he stated that, “it is leadership that makes or mars any society and the state of Africa today is a reflection of the state of its leadership. This means that if we want to get it right as Nigerians and Africans, we must be commited to raising a generation of leaders that will make positive change possible in the society through visionary leadership.”

After the Vice-Chancellor remark, the Students Union President, Mr. Shobowale Lukman, read citation of the guest speaker, Mr Fela Durotoye, before he was called to the podium to give his lecture.

Mr Fela Durotoye in his speech titled; "Constructive Unionism, an imperative world for development", hailed, the constructive developmental structure of University Students Union, and rank it as the best in the country.

Durotoye said, “individual success in the midst of collective failure will always lead to collective failure”, as he urged all individuals, to contribute their quota to development, while metaphorically speaking on a sinking boat.

The CEO of Visible Impact, expressed his optimism and undying hope to the future of Nigeria with the stability of academic programs in University of Ilorin.

He said, “This is the generation that will bring the reality of the Nigerian ability", stating that the future of Nigeria is not ahead of us, the future of Nigeria is inside us.

He however, advised students to know, support, encourage, empower and elect the best candidates that has the ability and capacity to steer the wheel of its leadership without violence and peaceful agitation and negotiation with the school authority.

He opined that, governance is divided into two, one is when you take politics out of government and the second thing is when we put democracy into our political parties.

The program proceeded, by the launch of Students Union journal, ‘The Erudite’.

The summit ended, with presentation of awards and taking of photographs.

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Chelsea have completed the signing of Antonio Rudiger from Roma for a transfer fee of £34 million.

The centre-back had been linked with a move to Stamford Bridge last year and the Blues reignited their interest this summer, agreeing a fee with the Italian side last week.

He has a contract with Roma until 2020, but opted for a switch to the Premier League, becoming Chelsea's second summer signing following the arrival of goalkeeper Willy Caballero.

"It's a great feeling because not every player has the opportunity to join a huge club like this," he told the club's official website.

The 24-year-old adds to Antonio Conte's defensive options after the departure of John Terry, now with Aston Villa, and Nathan Ake, sold to Bournemouth for £20m.

Real Madrid star midfielder, Luka Modric, says he is not aware teammate, Cristiano Ronaldo say he wants to leave Real Madrid.

Modric expresses his confident that the Portugal star will be with the UEFA Champion, next season.

The news on the uncertain future of Ronaldo in Madrid, emerged last month, with reports saying he felt bad by lack of support from the club, following allegations by Spanish prosecutors, on tax evasion.

Ronaldo's refusal  to offer clues over his future while at the Confederations Cup has been a concern.

Report has it that, his silence over his plans is causing friction within and among some clubs in Europe.

However, Modric feels, relationship between the club and the former Manchester United star is unbreakable.

"I've never heard Cristiano say that he wants to go," Modric told Marca. "In football everything is possible, but I think the connection and the relationship between Madrid and Ronaldo is so strong that I think he will continue to be a Real Madrid player", he said.

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Neymar has declared his support for Barcelona, to sign his international teammate Paulinho.

Paulinho is currently playing for Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League after a lack of form spell, at Tottenham Hotspur.

However, his disappointing spell in England has not deterred the Catalans, who made €20 million bid publicly rejected by the Chinese club, who insisted he is not for sale.

Neymar told SPORT, "I hope Paulinho signs for Barca", “He is a friend and a great player, everyone would receive him with open arms.

“He's got great quality, everyone has seen what he can do when he plays for the national team."

The 28-year old, has improved in form since his move to China, scoring 15 times in 58 league games for Guangzhou Evergrande.

Romelu Lukaku, has taken to Instagram to confirm his move to United, with photographs of his medical in the United States.

The Belgian striker's, Instagram story opens with a picture of him in a room and the word "Medicals.." written below.

The story goes on to show the striker with wires attached to him, with an emoji above it, captioned "Please come save me".

It also show Lukaku signing a Manchester United shirt for a fan with a caption, "First Manchester United fan I've met.. #Blessed #Thankful" and a final frame of him giving a thumbs up captioned "Finito".

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Police has rebutted reports that suspected kidnapper kingpin, Evans, had disappeared from their custody.

After The Sun Newspaper wrote 'Evans Vanishes', on the front page of its Saturday edition, police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, told PREMIUM TIMES the story was "blatant falsehood".

Citing anonymous sources, The Sun wrote that the suspect might have "escaped, or died" because he was nowhere to be found during a visit to the police command headquarters in Lagos.

While acknowledging that 'Evans', had indeed been moved from Lagos as indicated in The Sun's report, a police source told PREMIUM TIMES, that the move was to put an end to the excessive media coverage of his stay in custody for proper interrogation.

"But the notion that he had somehow disappeared from custody or that police were not willing to give updates about his whereabouts is simply absurd," the official added.

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The results of the Osun West Senatorial Bye-election show that the People's Democratic Party (PDP), has won a majority of the state's 10 local governments, including edging the All Progressive Congress party's candidate.

Results obtained by SaharaReporters from Iwo, Ede South, Ola Oluwa, Ayedire, Ejigbo, Irewole, Egbedore, Ede North, Awo, gave the candidate of the PDP, Ademola Adeleke clear victory with APC scoring 66,116 votes while PDP won with 97,480 votes.

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Photo of Rihanna riding a jet ski with her legs crossed, has gone viral on social media.

"Why is Rih riding a jet ski with her legs crossed?

I'm crying," the fan captioned the photo.

Some fans might think this picture is new, it was taken in August 2011 while Rihanna was on vacation in Barbados with friends and family.

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