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Another Us$5.7 million seized in south africa

This story is just so suspicious, is it not just three weeks after South African authorities seized a private jet in Johannesburg which transported $9.3million in cash packed in several suitcases for arms purchase, they have yet again confiscated another US$5.7 million arms deal money from Nigeria, South Africa-based City Express reports. According to the report, the $5.7 million (about N952 million), alleged to be proceeds of illegal transactions, was seized by the South Africa’s Asset Forfeiture Unit of the National Prosecuting Authority. The transaction was said to be between Cerberus Risk Solutions, an arms broker in Cape Town, and Societe D’Equipments Internationaux, a Nigerian company based in Abuja. However, the deal fell apart after Cerberus which had earlier received R60 million (N1.02 billion) from Nigeria in its account at Standard Bank, tried to repay the money as it could not resolve its registration formalities with the South African authorities. T
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'Ronaldo more complete than Messi'

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Villarreal boss Marcelino says the Portugal international is a superior player to the Barcelona star as he prepares his side to face Real Madrid Villarreal coach Marcelino says Cristiano Ronaldo is a more complete player than Lionel Messi . The former midfielder says the Real Madrid forward and the Barcelona man are the two best footballers in the world but claims the Portugal star - who will face his side on Saturday - is the greater all-round performer. "Cristiano, taking into account all surfaces, is the best in the world," the 49-year-old told ' El Partid de las Doce '. "He is better than Messi both with his feet and with his head. He is the more complete in the en - he has more resources because [he is good in] the air and hits the ball well with both feet. "Messi has more trouble finishing with his right foot and because of his stature does not dominate in the air. "[And] It is difficult to find a better header of the ball tha
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Chimamanda ngozi adichie listed by Time's magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been selected as one of TIME magazine’s 2015 100 Most Influential People in the World. Her selection was based on her unique position as a literary success and an influential cultural voice. Adichie studied political science at Eastern Connecticut State University, and has a Masters degree in writing from Johns Hopkins University and a Masters degree in African Studies from Yale. She has held fellowships at Princeton- where she taught a writing course-and Harvard. She is the first Nigerian recipient of numerous prestigious literary awards including the Orange prize, the National Book Critics Circle award, the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize and the Nonino Prize for fiction. She has, most recently, been shortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC prize, the most lucrative literary award in the world. In addition, she was listed as one of the top twenty fiction writers under the age of forty by The New Yorker magazine. She has been awarded a Macarth
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