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Kylian Mbappe became the youngest player to reach 30 Champions League goals as Paris St-Germain rounded off Group A with a win over Club Bruges. The hosts were already guaranteed to qualify for the knockout stage in second place, behind Manchester City, while defeat sees Bruges finish bottom. Mbappe all but put the game to bed inside seven minutes, scoring twice in quick succession for the home side. Lionel Messi also scored twice either side of a Bruges consolation. Mats Rits beat goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma with a slotted finish for the visitors, who created several good chances. Mbappe’s first came…

Atletico Madrid reached the last 16 of the Champions League after beating Porto in an extraordinary match that saw three players shown red cards. Antoine Griezmann scored one goal in Portugal and had a key role in the two others as the Spanish side finished second in Group B behind Liverpool. Atletico led 1-0 through Griezmann when Yannick Carrasco was sent off, before Porto’s Wendell saw red. Porto’s Agustin Marchesin, who was not on the pitch, was also shown a red. Substitute Angel Correa made it 2-0 to Atletico in the 90th minute, while Rodrigo de Paul added a third…

A trailer conveying agriculture produce has killed 17 school children on Tuesday afternoon in the Grammar School area of Ojodu Berger in Lagos state. The school children killed by the trailer are students of Babsfafunwa Millenium Senior and Junior Secondary School. Chronicle NG reports that some students were injured as a result of the accident and have been rushed to the hospital. The unfortunate incident happened as students who have closed from school were returning home. The accident has since impeded vehicular movement even as law enforcement officers are trying to resolve the traffic situation and clear off the trailers…

says this could be responsible for jailbreaks across Nigeria Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola has said that at least 74% of inmates in Nigeria’s correctional service are suspects awaiting trial. Out of 68,000 prisoners, only 17,000 are convicts, Mr Aregbesola said on Monday during an event to inaugurate a pilot for virtual courtrooms. He said the “overwhelming number” of remand prisoners, as well as causing overcrowding in the facilities, were largely responsible for the recent increase in jailbreaks in the country. In the last year, more than 5,000 inmates have escaped following attacks on several prisons. Most of them remain on…

England midfielder Jude Bellingham has been fined $45,000 by the German Football Association after questioning the appointment of referee Felix Zwayer for Borussia Dortmund’s Bundesliga match against Bayern Munich. Bellingham criticised Zwayer after Dortmund’s 3-2 defeat on Saturday, referring to the official’s six-month ban for a match-fixing scandal in 2005. The 18-year-old has been fined for “unsportsmanlike behaviour”. Dortmund will not appeal. During Saturday’s game, Zwayer turned down Dortmund’s appeals for a penalty before giving their rivals a spot-kick for a Mats Hummels handball. Robert Lewandowski scored it to give Bayern victory. German FA investigate Bellingham’s comment about refree’s match-fixing…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has called on the Nigerian government to penalize indigenous oil companies responsible for the devastation of host communities where they operate through its relevant agencies. Lawan made the call in his concluding remarks after the Senate considered a motion on “the extremely urgent need to stop the continuous crude oil and gas blow out spill at Santa Barbara well 1, OML 29 operated by AITEO Eastern Exploration and Production Company Limited in Opu Nembe, Bayelsa State.” The motion was sponsored by Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo (Bayelsa East). The lawmaker, while coming under order 42 and 52 of…

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, December 6, 2021 secured the conviction of five internet fraudsters also known as Yahoo Boys for offences bordering on cyber fraud before two justices of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. The convicts: Adeniyi Samson, Ezekuse Kingsley Somtochukwu, Nwadei Oluwapelumi, Ibrahim Ibrahim Mobolaji and Akinola Habideen Kasumu were prosecuted on separate two count charges each except Kasumu that was tried on one count. The defendants, upon arraignment, pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to them. While Samson, Somtochukwu and Oluwapelumi were…

Incumbent World Boxing Federation (WBF) International title welterweight champion, Nigeria’s Rilwan “Baby Face” Babatunde, has declared that his opponent for his forthcoming title defence will leave the ring in a pitiable state. Baby Face will defend his title against Ghana’s Justice “Qwick Action” Addy at GOtv Boxing Night 24 on 24 December at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. The bout is one of the three title duels among the six fights slated for the event. Baby Face was reacting to Qwick Action’s boast that he will dismiss him in to time. “He has invited trouble by saying he will defeat…

African Public Relations Association (APRA) aligns with position taken by Akinwumi Adesina on discriminatory travel restrictions Since the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa, nothing has evoked a throwback to that dark era in history as the current discriminatory travel ban against Africa by Europe and Canada at the outbreak of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 virus. Interestingly, of all the continents, Africa has the lowest infection and mortality rates. The current ban, which started with South Africa and now extended to 13 other countries, is completely illogical, considering that China, the United States and Germany are the leading Red…

The Senate on Tuesday received the Finance Bill 2021, transmitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly for consideration and passage. The request by the President seeking the passage of the bill into law was contained in a letter dated December 7, 2021, which accompanied the bill. Buhari in the letter explained that the request for the passage of the bill was made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 58 and 59 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended). He explained that the Finance Bill, 2021, seeks to support the implementation of the 2022…