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Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have signed Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho on loan for the season. This has been confirmed by the two clubs on monday.

Unconfirmed reports say that the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita has resigned over an alleged N3billion contract scam. Mrs Oyo-Ita was absent at the two-day presidential retreat for ministers-designate, presidential aides and other top government functionaries held at the State House in Abuja. EFCC investigation revealed that the quizzed Permanent Secretaries and Directors of Finance confirmed the award of the contracts to the firms associated with Oyo-Ita. It was learnt that they made payment vouchers and other relevant documents available to the EFCC investigating team. READ: Germany repatriates Nigerians 48 hours after Ekweremadu’s attack…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would keep Vice President Mike Pence as his running mate when he seeks re-election in November 2020. “I’m very happy with Mike Pence,” Trump, who is expected to easily win the Republican nomination for a second term, told reporters before boarding Air Force One in New Jersey. At the formal launch of his 2020 campaign, Donald Trump vowed to deliver another “earthquake at the ballot box” in 2020, speaking before 20,000 cheering supporters in Orlando, Florida. The US president warned that “the swamp” he had vowed to drain during his 2016 campaign…

German government has deported a new batch of Nigerian migrants, less than 48 hours after the attack on former Deputy President of the Senate Ike Ekweremadu, by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). According to reports, the migrants have already left Frankfurt Airport at 8 a.m., and were expected to land in Nigeria’s Murtala Mohammed International Airport between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. The number of migrants deported was not ascertained as at the time of this report, it was however, gathered that they were picked randomly from different accommodation centres. It would be recalled Last month two batches of…

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The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has said a recent statement credited to the Federal Government that its leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, planned to seek asylum in India before his repatriation, is campaign of calumny by the government to cover up its “gross misconduct” in a foreign land. The Shi’ites group also accused the government of going beyond its role of supervision to giving instruction on which doctors the IMN leader and his wife could see. It accused the government of refusing to allow them access to their own doctors. A statement on Sunday by the President of its Media…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has stated that the Federal Government will provide micro-lending to about 2.5 million small trades and businesses to the lowest income earners through the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP). Osinbajo stated this at the weekend in Lagos during the Inclusive Business Policy Development Programme themed: African Policy Road Show: Building Robust Policies for Increased Social Investment and Inclusive Business. The Vice-President said the beneficiaries would include traders, women cooperatives, market women, enterprising youths, farmers and agricultural workers. The package, which would be managed by the Bank of Industry (BoI), he said, is in partnership with…

The Nigeria women national basketball team, D’Tigress on Sunday defeated hosts Senegal in the final of the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket to win their fourth continental title. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that victory for D’tigress meant that they also successfully defended the title they won two years ago after defeating Senegal 65-48 in Bamako in 2017. In a keenly-contested final match played on Sunday at the magnificent Dakar Arena which had as much as 15, 000 fans watching, the Nigeria women beat host Senegal 60-55 to win back-to-back continental titles. READ: Rotimi Amaechi gets highest Catholic Knight’s promotion …

A Nigerian man simply identified as Shedrach has been caught trying to have sex with his close friend’s wife in Germany. A video on “Ebalsblog” revealed that Shedrach, a business associate with his friend, got his wife’s number after he (aggrieved man) called him (Shedrach) with her phone. The aggrieved man who expressed his disappointment over the incident stated that his friend who paid them a visit never embarked on the long journey to arrive in Bayern to see him but to sleep with his wife. READ: Five arrested after scavengers, area boys clash in Lagos – Police According to…

Lagos State Police Command has arrested five suspects involved in a clash between area boys and scavengers at Ilepo market, Lagos state. The Command’s Spokesperson, DSP Bala Elkana, said in a statement on Sunday, that the clash was triggered by a misunderstanding when a scavenger reportedly pushed an area boy, who had goods on his head, by mistake. Elkanah said: “On Aug. 18, at 10.00 a.m., one Alh. Adekunle Habib, of Ilepo market, reported at Oke Ode Police Station that there was a misunderstanding between a Hausa scavenger and an area boy from the Yoruba ethnic group. “The area boy…