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There is no agreement in place for Manchester United forward Henrikh Mkhitaryan to join Arsenal in exchange for Alexis Sanchez, a source close to Mkhitaryan has told the BBC. It is understood Sanchez has agreed personal terms with United. But neither Arsenal nor United will sanction the deal without Mkhitaryan travelling in the opposite direction. The 28-year-old Armenian is believed to be deliberating over the move and is in no rush to make a final decision. United pipped Arsenal to the signature of Mkhitaryan from Borussia Dortmund for £26m in July 2016. READ: No fraud in Ross Barkley £15m transfer…

Merseyside Police says its officers have found no evidence of a crime in the £15m transfer of Ross Barkley from Everton to Chelsea in the January window. An investigation into the Liverpool mayor’s claims that there may have been fraud involved in Ross Barkley’s transfer from Everton to Chelsea has found no evidence of criminal activity. Joe Anderson, a lifelong Everton fan, wrote to the Football Association (FA) and Premier League after the 24-year-old England midfielder’s £15m move. He claimed the “circumstance” of the deal “warrants serious investigation”. The force’s assistant chief constable has written to both organisations, stating police…

A man in Kenya has been charged with having unnatural acts with two goats belonging to his neighbour. The 35-year-old man was accused of killings the goats immediately after committing the heinous act. The prosecution presented the carcasses of the two goats as evidence before a shocked courtroom in Kangundo, east of the capital Nairobi. The accused told the court he was tortured and beaten by police who arrested him. READ: Lanzarote: Seven African migrants die trying to enter Spanish island The magistrate ordered the man be taken to hospital for treatment following the alleged beating and released him on…

Spanish police in the Canary Islands say seven African migrants have died trying to reach the island of Lanzarote. Five people were found dead in a drifting inflatable boat and two others died trying to swim to shore. About 20 survivors are being treated for hypothermia by local medical services. Lanzarote is about 150km (93 miles) from the Moroccan coast. A 2017 report by the Spanish Commission for Refugees (CEAR) revealed that migrant arrivals by sea to Spain tripled in 2017 compared to 2016 figures. The number was fuelled by a surge in the numbers of Algerians and Moroccans, while…

A four-year term is not an eternity. About three years ago when political forces were aligning and re-aligning against the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that eventually paid off and sacked that regime Nigerians had thought the historic merger that gave birth to the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be able to fashion out a new socio-economic Nirvana for Nigeria via bogus promises but today although the visually impaired cannot see what is on the ground they can, at least, feel the impact of the abysmal failures of the Buhari-led Federal Government. The ongoing longing and yearning for a…

A ‘fit and well’ man’s attempt to contain a sneeze put him in hospital for a week after he ruptured his throat. The 34-year-old unnamed man found himself unable to swallow or speak when he held his nose as he sneezed, causing a spontaneous perforation of the pharynx. It’s an unusual condition that occurs after trauma such as vomiting or heavy coughing. The pharynx is the part of the throat that is behind the mouth and nasal cavity. He told doctors at hospital in Leicester that he had developed a popping sensation in the back of his throat and this…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has begun monitoring the lifting of petroleum products from Gombe Depot to other states in the North East. Hajiya Altine Sani, Gombe State Commandant, NSCDC, told newsmen in Gombe on Tuesday that the command was mandated to begin the assignment. Sani said the aim was to ensure that the products arrived at the designated locations without diversion or any problem. She said the exercise started on Monday and so far all the tankers that left Gombe arrived at their destinations safely. “Even for those within Gombe metropolis, the exercise was successful,” she…

A couple in California, United States, has been arrested on charges of torturing 13 children and holding them captive for years. Authorities made the shock discovery on Monday. The 13 children were found malnourished, with some shackled to beds in the dark. Authorities said they were alerted after a 17-year-old girl managed to escape the house on Sunday and call police using a cellphone she found. She was so emaciated that officers said they originally thought she was just 10 years old. The 13 victims at the house in Perris, California ranged in age from two to 29, the Riverside…

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has commended the Nigerian Army for its plan to site a tertiary military hospital in Sokoto to serve as centre of excellence for military related diseases. A statement issued on Tuesday by Tambuwal’s Spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, quoted the governor as saying that the hospital would be the first of its kind in the country. Tambuwal said that the hospital would also serve as a research institution with United Nations standard international public health laboratory. He said the government had already provided a space at the Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital for temporary use by…

The Federal Government expects to net considerable tax revenue this year through the implementation of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS). The scheme, an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Finance that provides a time-limited window for taxpayers with undisclosed income and assets to regularize their tax status, according to Mr. Tunde Fowler, Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) had earned the Federal Government the sum of N17billion by early December 2017. Another N6billion was netted by the end of last year. The scheme, which terminates on 31 March, has been widely lauded as the solution…