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Police in Canada have confirmed that 14 people were killed when a lorry and a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team collided on Friday evening. The Humboldt Broncos were travelling on Highway 35, north of Tisdale in the province of Saskatchewan. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said 28 people were on the bus, 14 of whom were killed, including the driver. The other 14 aboard the bus have been taken to hospital. Three are in critical condition. In a tweet, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote: “I cannot imagine what these parents are going through”. I cannot imagine what these…

Nice manager Lucien Favre is on Arsenal’s shortlist to replace boss Arsene Wenger at the end of the season. (L’Equipe – in French) Gunners manager Wenger is “confident” 27-year-old Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey, who is out of contract at the end of next season – will sign a new long-term deal at Emirates Stadium. (Mail) Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has made the first move to sign Monaco’s French full-back Djibril Sidibe, 25. (Le10Sport – in French) Gareth Bale, 28, has no intention of leaving Real Madrid this summer despite the Wales forward having been dropped for recent key games.…

The chairman of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, in Oyo State, Bishop Taiwo Adelakun has urged the Nigerian government to stop borrowing to finance the nation’s economy. He was speaking on Friday at the 2018 Greater Pastors Conference which held in Ibadan, capital of Oyo state, Southwest Nigeria. Adelakun however assured President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of the support of PFN through fervent prayers. NAN reports that he urged President Buhari to aggressively look into the issues of security and other challenges facing the nation. Adelakun, who is the presiding bishop of Victory International Church, called for a self-sustainable government. Also…

The state of Texas is deploying National Guard members to the Mexico border following a call from President Donald Trump to stiffen security against illegal immigrants. A Guard spokesman said 250 personnel would be sent to patrol the area within the next 72 hours. Arizona is also planning to deploy 150 troops there next week. President Trump says he wants to send up to 4,000 National Guard members to secure the border with Mexico, until his proposed border wall is built. The states of New Mexico and California have been asked to take similar action to Texas and Arizona. Also…

Lagos State Police say they have commenced investigation into the alleged murder of a Nigerian singer Alizee and her four-year-old daughter by her Danish husband, Peter Nielsen.
 The command’s spokesman, Chike Oti, confirmed the development in Lagos on Friday. 
Oti said that Nielsen was being detained at the State CID, Panti Lagos, for further investigation.
 He said the Commissioner of Police had deployed some crack detectives to the scene, adding that no stone would be left unturned in the case.
 “The suspect is not an Italian, but from Denmark. He has been arrested and transferred to the State CID, Panti,…

The Nigerian government on Friday blasted Senator Danjuma Goje for saying he was yet to see any beneficiary of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Social Investment Programmes. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, also tackled Goje for saying during a Senate Appropriation Committee hearing Thursday that N1.5 trillion had so far been released for the SIP. The vice president’s spokesman described the senator’s statement as unfortunate and irresponsible. He said: “First, we would like to hope that the senator was misquoted. And we call on him to make the necessary clarifications. “However, were it to be true that…

Manchester City were offered the chance to buy Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Manchester United in January, says manager Pep Guardiola. Guardiola said the pair’s agent, Mino Raiola, contacted him and told him the midfielders were available. Pogba, who joined United for a then world record £89m in 2016, stayed at United as Mkhitaryan joined Arsenal. Raiola told BBC Sport he did not speak to Guardiola but did not deny telling City of the players’ availability. A senior United source said they would not have sold Pogba in January, and they would not have sold him or Mkhitaryan to…

Manchester United are confident of signing 29-year-old Brazil midfielder Willian from Chelsea for £30m, with 29-year-old Spanish midfielder Juan Mata set to leave Old Trafford. (Sun) Liverpool’s 32-year-old English midfielder James Milner will not come out of international retirement. (Times – subscription required) West Brom have no plans to appoint outgoing Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy as their next manager after the departure of Alan Pardew last week. (Express and Star) Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw, 22, is wanted on loan by Barcelona after losing the faith of boss Jose Mourinho. (Sun) Ex-Liverpool forward Dirk Kuyt will become Feyenoord’s Under-19 manager…

The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has vowed that those who perpetrated Thursday’s attack in Offa will be arrested and brought to justice. Saraki who took to his Facebook Page to make the declaration said that he had spoken to Kwara Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and they both agreed that no stone will be left unturned until the attackers were brought to justice. Residents of Offa on Thursday, witnessed coordinated bank robberies and attack on innocent people, an act which Saraki described as cruel and promised that the attackers would soon be arrested. “Yesterday’s savage attack on unsuspecting…

The Nigerian singer Kiss Daniel is looking for the fan who handed back a very valuable chain during his performance. He posted on Instagram the moment the fan in the front row gave back the chain: “I really wanna appreciate the fan that gave back my chain when it fell off last night. That’s a fortune right there.” He went on to ask fans to ask find the person for him: “Tag Him pls, I have something for him.” Online news websites in Nigeria say the necklace really could be worth a fortune – 14m naira ($39,000; £28,000), to be…