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Manchester United have accused the Sun newspaper of receiving advanced notice of an intended attack on the house of executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward.

Pep Guardiola has played down suggestions that Lionel Messi could join him at Manchester City and believes the forward will end his playing days at Barcelona

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the 12-year jail term imposed on former Taraba governor Jolly Nyame over N1.6bn corruption charge. The apex court, however, set aside all fines imposed on the former governor by the appellate court. Delivering Judgment, Justice Amina Augie held that the Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold the conviction of Nyame was apt based on available evidence. NAN reports that Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the FCT High Court had on May 30, 2018, convicted Nyame on a total of 27 out of the 41-count corruption charge instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Director, Public Relations and information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said NAF had destroyed compounds housing Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Kaza, Ngala Local Government, Borno. Daramola said in a statement n Friday in Abuja, that the Air Force achieved this through the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE. He said that the air strike was executed on Feb. 5 following intelligence reports that some ISWAP members who relocated from nearby Tongule have settled in the area. According to him, the reports show that some ISWAP elements have set up camps in a…

The Nigerian Army says its troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have heightened the tempo of chase of remnants of Boko Haram/Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the northeast region. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, in a statement in Abuja, said that many of the terrorists were on the run. Iliyasu disclosed that the troops had in recent times, dealt deadly blows on the terrorist elements, who laid ambush along Jakana – Mainok Road. Nigerian Army Sustains Onslaught Against Criminal Elements Nationwide https://t.co/avE6D1CTfQ Cc @Gidi_Traffic @DanBorno pic.twitter.com/2QdiaSOntW — AHQ-DCMA (@ahqdcma) February 6, 2020 He added…

…seeks introduction of sanctions, establishment of Fiscal Responsibility Council The Senate has initiated moves to ensure strict compliance with fiscal transparency and accountability by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government sequel to the consideration of a bill to repeal and re-enact the Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2007. Sponsor of the bill, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (APC, Adamawa Central), in her lead debate, said there are “deficiencies that render implementation and enforcement of the provisions of the Act too administrative, especially without clear cut punitive measures” as consequence for violations. According to the lawmaker, in order to make the Medium Term…

DStv and GOtv viewers can enjoy some world-class long-distance running action as SuperSport features the Lagos City Marathon from Nigeria on Saturday 8 February 2020. The Lagos City Marathon is a silver label IAAF event and one of the most prestigious events on the African athletics calendar. It was first held in 2016 and course record stands at 2:15:04 for Men (set by France’s Abraham Kiprotich in 2018) and 2:37:52 for Women (set by Kenya’s Rodah Jepkorir in 2017). Ethiopians Sintayehu Legese (Men) and Dinke Mereset (Women) are the defending champions from 2019 but there is hope from the local High-Altitude Athletics Club of Jos, Plateau…

A former Kwara State House of Assembly member, Mohammed Adebayo, on Thursday, February 6, 2020 failed to stop the criminal proceedings brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office. Adebayo represented Molete Constituency in the state’s house of assembly. The EFCC had sometime in July 2019 arraigned the embattled ex-lawmaker before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, on a  six-count charge bordering on land fraud. One of  the charges against him reads: “That you, Mohammed Adebayo, sometimes in July 2013 in Ilorin within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Port Harcourt Zonal Office, on Wednesday February 5, 2020 arraigned one Nweite Nneka Anthonia before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Warri, Delta State on one-count charge, bordering on obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N10,977,600.00 (Ten Million, Nine Hundred and Seventy-seven Thousand Six Hundred Naira). The charge reads: “The you, Nweite Nneka Anthonia (“f”) sometime in 2018 in Ekpan, Warri, Delta State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court with the intent to defraud did obtain the sum of Ten Million Nine Hundred and Seventy-Seven Thousand Six…

The trial of Omotola Fawehinmi, an employee of Zenith Bank Plc, who is standing trial for an alleged N700 million fraud, continued with the first prosecution witness, (PW1), Prosper Eyitayo, narrating how the defendant authorised the fraudulent transactions. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Omotola before Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on a five-count charge of forgery and failure to carry out due diligence. One of the counts reads: “That you, Omotola Fawehinmi , sometime in February, 2015 in Lagos ,within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, aided the forgery of a…