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Liverpool have made Roma’s Alisson the world’s most expensive goalkeeper by signing him on a six-year deal. The Reds have not revealed how much they have paid for the Brazil number one but Roma said the deal is worth up to £66.8m (72.5m euros). When your first @LFCTV interview gets interrupted by the boss! ????????https://t.co/hWeZgjkbRw pic.twitter.com/86SHqpfa3M— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 19, 2018 “In terms of my life and my career, it’s a huge step for me being part of this club and this family,” said the 25-year-old. He has been at Roma for two years, playing 37 Serie A games…

Roma’s director of football Monchi has defended the club’s decision to sell first choice goalkeeper Alisson to Liverpool, noting that, it does not show “a lack of ambition”. Monchi who admits the transfer of the Brazilian is “tough” for fans to take says the club made a good deal. The Reds have agreed a fee of about £66.8m for the goalkeeper. Roma say Alisson is now in Liverpool and “negotiations are advanced”. “When a very substantial offer comes in you have to consider it,” said Monchi. “We weighed up the pros and cons and decided to speak to Liverpool.” “Selling…

About 7.7 per cent of Nigerians are victims of modern slavery a report by the Global Slavery Index as revealed on Thursday. According to the report on Africa, Nigeria ranks 15th in the continent. Eritrea, Burundi and Central African Republic lead the way in Africa. With a staggering population of 180 million about 1,386,000 are reported to be victims of modern slavery although the report noted that it could not take accurate records because of unrest in Northern Nigeria. North Korea and Eritrea have the world’s highest rates of enslaved people, said a global survey released on Thursday that focused…

Canada continues to crack down on the flow of asylum seekers illegally walking across the United States border into its country. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday appointed a minister responsible for border-crossing asylum seekers, tens of thousands of whom have walked across the border since early 2017, as his government comes under fire for not taking the issue seriously. As part of a larger cabinet shuffle, Trudeau appointed member of parliament Bill Blair Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction and “minister responsible for irregular migration.” Since January 2017, more than 30,000 people have illegally crossed the…

By SKC Ogbonnia The outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Peter Ayodele Fayose, is the poster boy of everything wrong with Nigerian politics. To that end, like President Muhammadu Buhari, I should be celebrating the defeat of Fayose’s candidate Olusola Eleka of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) by John Kayode Fayemi of our party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), in the recent Ekiti governorship election. But I am not celebrating it. There are very troubling failures in leadership by the president that only go to translate the outcome to a pyrrhic victory. Thusly, Muhammadu Buhari is celebrating failure, his failure. Below…

A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria has ordered former Transport Minister, Major General Mohammed Magoro (retired) to pay a debt of N104, 061,683 to Skye bank Plc. The judgment of the court was sequel to a debt recovery suit filed by Skye bank Plc against Major General Magoro and a limited Liability company Automobile Manufacturers Company Limited. In a statement of claim dated 20 July 2009 filed before the court by Skye bank Plc, it was alleged that Automobile Manufacturers Company as a customer of the bank applied for and was granted the following facilities: Sometime in…

The Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, says the conflicts between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria are becoming more sophisticated and deadlier. Chambas, who is Head, UN Office for West African and the Sahel (UNOWAS), in a report presented to the UN Security Council, said the violence was a major security threat in the region, warning that it risks changing into terrorist attacks. “Violence between farmers and herders is increasingly a major security threat in the region and risks morphing into the terrorist attacks that have defined the security landscape. “Farmer-herder conflicts…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) primary to elect its candidate for the forthcoming Osun governorship election has been postponed from Thursday July 19, till Friday July 20. The party announced the postponement in a statement issued by Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, its National Publicity Secretary on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement added that a meeting between the Primary Election Committee, chaired by Governor Abdul’aziz Yari, of Zamfara and Osun APC stakeholders would hold in Osogbo, the state capital on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Mr Adams Oshiomhole, the APC National Chairman on Monday, July 16, said the…

Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola has returned to the club as an assistant to new manager Maurizio Sarri. Zola rejoins having enjoyed a wonderful seven-year playing career at Chelsea during which he scored 80 goals, including the winner in the 1998 European Cup Winners’ Cup final. He won four major trophies during his time at the club and was named the best foreigner playing in England at the time. Zola made 312 appearances for the Blues between 1996 and 2003. He brings a wealth of knowledge to the assistant’s role having managed in both the Premier League and the Championship, and…

Liverpool and England midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is expected to miss the majority of the 2018-19 season, says Reds manager Jurgen Klopp. The 24-year-old has not played since injuring a knee during the Champions League semi-final with Roma in April. “It feels like now is an appropriate time to tell people that for Ox, this season will be about focusing on recovery and rehab,” Klopp said. “We have known this from pretty much the day after he got the injury.” Oxlade-Chamberlain missed the World Cup after damaging his knee ligaments tackling Roma’s Aleksandar Kolarov at Anfield on 24 April. Capped 32…