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Barcelona have made a bid to take advantage of the sanctions placed on Chelsea by trying to sign three of the club’s Champions League-winning defenders – Germany’s Antonio Rudiger, 29, Spain’s Cesar Azpilicueta, 32, and Denmark’s Andreas Christensen, 25. (Telegraph – subscription required) Real Madrid and Wales winger Gareth Bale, 32, is a target for AC Milan this summer. (Rudy Galetti – Calciomercato) Manchester United expect Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, to leave the club at the end of the season, halfway through his two-year contract. (Football Insider) Leicester City hope to persuade Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans, 24, to sign…

Justice Ahmed Mohamed of the Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted a former Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, on charges of money laundering. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seized the sum of $9,772,800 and £74000 from the former Group Managing Director of NNPC The EFCC alleged that the defendant received huge sums of money without going through a financial institution. More to follow…

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has disengaged Super Eagles’ technical crew shortly after interim head coach, Augustine Eguavoen resigned. NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi said a new technical crew will be announced. “Following the failure of the Super Eagles of Nigeria to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the erstwhile Technical Adviser, Augustine Eguavoen has stepped down from that position with immediate effect. “The NFF has in the meantime withdrawn the two-and-half years contract offered the coaches and terminated the appointment of the entire technical crew of the team with immediate effect. The NFF said a new crew will…

Super Eagles interim technical adviser, Augustine Eguavoen has resigned two days after the Nigerian national team failed to reach Qatar 2022 World Cup. The former international communicated his resignation to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), in a letter following the backlash that followed the 1-1 draw against Ghana. Fans called for the football management led by NFF President, Amaju Pinnick to resign. Eguavoen remains interim manager of Super Eagles – NFF They also called for the interim coach, his backroom staff and some of the Super Eagles to resign their positions.

The terrorists who attacked a Kaduna-bound train and abducted unspecified number of passengers on Monday, have contacted their families. They are yet to demand ransom, the families said yesterday. No fewer than eight people, including Trade Union Congress (TUC) Secretary-General Musa Ozigi-Lawal, TUC Kwara State chapter Chairman Akin Akinsola, National Board of Technical Education (NBTE) director at Kaduna office, Abdul Isa Kofar-Mata and a dentist Dr Chinelo Nwandowere killed by the gunmen. About 41 others were injured. A member of one of the families told our correspondent that the abductors informed them that their family members and many other passengers…

France forward Anthony Martial, 26, could be used by Manchester United as a makeweight in a deal to sign England captain Harry Kane, 28, from Tottenham. (ESPN) England midfielder Kalvin Phillips, 26, has told Leeds United he wants to sign a new contract this summer, which could leave admirers Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle, West Ham and Aston Villa disappointed. (Mirror) Manchester United are keen on Benfica’s £60m-rated striker Darwin Nunez, but their hopes of landing the 22-year-old Uruguay international hinge on qualifying for the Champions League next season. (Telegraph – subscription needed) Nunez has told Portuguese club Benfica that he…

Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested eighty (80) suspects for alleged internet- related activities in Ibadan, Oyo State. Forty (40) other suspects were arrested by operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Commission for the same suspected offences. They were all arrested based on verified intelligence linking them with fraudulent internet activities. EFCC said incriminating documents were found in 35 of the 80 suspects arrested in Ibadan and they are: Victor Abumere, Kehinde Samuel, Adedeji Ibrahim Olamilekan, Akinbowale Emmanuel, Taiwo Azeez, Adenuga Sunday, Sidiku Olubodun, Ekhuemelo Jerry, Agboola Khalid Babatunde, Alex Kelvin,…

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The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has expressed worry over the growing rate of cyber-attacks across the globe, especially in Nigeria. Pantami said this at the opening of a two-day International Workshop on Cyber-security and Digitalisation, organised by the Africa Centre of Excellence on Technology Enhanced Learning (ACETEL), technology unit of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). The workshop is being organised by ACETEL in partnership with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and CEA-SMIA. Represented by Prof. Sahalu Junaidu, the minister said that more malware were being…

The Kwara Police Command have neutralised three suspected kidnappers with the help of Kwara vigilantes group and local hunters. The incident happened at Obbo Ile/Osi forest in Ekiti Local Government Area of the state, the police said. The spokesman of the Command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Ilorin. The statement said the operatives of the Tactical Team of the Kwara Police Command in conjunction with the vigilance team and local hunters, were on the trail of the kidnappers who were abducting and in few cases killing their victims in Kwara South Senatorial District. “Especially…