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The Libyan navy says over 30 migrants died and 200 were rescued including Nigerians on Saturday after their boats foundered off Libya’s western coast. The coastguard conducted two rescue operations off the city of Garabulli, 60 kilometres (40 miles) east of Tripoli, spokesman Colonel Abu Ajila Abdelbarri said. He added that patrols had found 31 bodies and 60 survivors from one boat, while all 140 passengers had survived in a second boat. “When we arrived at the spot, we found an inflatable dinghy with several people clinging to part of it,” he said. Libyan navy spokesman Ayoub Qassem told AFP…

The Lagos Commissioner of Police, Mr Imohimi Edgal, has given commercial motorcyclists in the state three days to register with any of the two relevant associations or risk arrest. Edgal gave the directive on Saturday during an emergency meeting with the leadership the commercial motorcycle operators as part of measures to ensure that they are well coordinated to promote security. According to him, the two recognised associations are National Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association (NNAMORAL) and Motorcycle Operators Association of Lagos State (MOALS). The police boss said that the registration was necessary for proper identification, warning that commercial motorcycle operators…

Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah scored against former club Chelsea but the Reds were denied a fourth consecutive Premier League victory by Willian’s late goal. Salah, who left the Blues last year after a brief and unsuccessful spell at Stamford Bridge, raced onto Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s ball to side-foot home the opener in the second half. It was Salah’s 10th goal in just 13 Premier League games this season in what has been an incredible start to the Egyptian’s Liverpool career. That's another to Salah's tally for #LFC! He calmly slots past Courtois to open the scoring! ????[1-0] #LFC pic.twitter.com/K0H4tXMT2v— Liverpool FC…

Juventus have activated Bayern Munich winger Douglas Costa’s 46m euro (£41m) buyout clause to make his loan move permanent at the end of the season. The 27-year-old, who joined Bayern from Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk for 30m euros in 2015, has been on loan at the Italian champions since the summer. Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge confirmed Costa’s departure on Friday. The Brazilian has scored once and made four assists in 16 appearances for the Italian champions this season. READ: Man Utd struggle to 1-0 win against Brighton Having played for Bayern under Pep Guardiola, he fell out of favour when…

The International Chamber of Commerce Nigeria (ICCN) has urged the Federal Government to address the bottlenecks at the nation’s borders and seaports to enhance trade and investment in the economy. The President of ICCN, Mr Babatunde Savage, made the appeal on Friday night in Lagos at the chamber’s Annual Award and 80th Anniversary celebration of the ICC Marketing and Advertising Code in Lagos. Savage said that businesses needed adequate power supply, effective communication facilities and free movement of people and goods to thrive. He said that there was need for Nigerian Government to forge strategic alliances with governments of other…

Tottenham striker Harry Kane scored a late equaliser to deny West Brom interim manager Gary Megson an important win at Wembley. The England forward finally broke the Baggies’ resistance by tapping a Dele Alli cross through Ben Foster’s legs on 74 minutes. It denied the away side a first win in any competition since August and they are now 12 games without a win, a point ahead of 18th-placed West Ham. 74 – @HKane meets @dele_official's cross and gets us back on level terms! Come on!#THFC 1-1 #WBA pic.twitter.com/GkvrWF4nRA— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 25, 2017 They sacked manager Tony Pulis…

Ashley Young’s deflected strike was Manchester United’s only goal against Brighton at Old Trafford as they struggled to a 1-0 win. The ball came off Lewis Dunk and was deflected beyond goalkeeper Mathew Ryan who had been in fantastic form all through the game. United’s goal came after a controversial corner kick was awarded to United after Romelu Lukaku and Solly March tussled for the ball. The ball however went off Lukaku. Brighton had been the better team up until Young’s attempt from the edge of the area hit Lewis Dunk before looping over keeper Mat Ryan and into…

Mr Wale Adegbite, Chairman, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Ogun Chapter, on Saturday urged commercial banks to give long-term loans to manufacturers to grow the nation’s Gross Domestic Product. Speaking at 10th Business Luncheon of the association in Ota, Ogun, Adegbite said ‘that by providing long-term loans, the banks would have contributed their quota to Nigeria’s GDP. According to him, banks prefer to give short-term loans to businesses with high turnover in their investments, rather than manufacturers whose investments are usually long-term based. Adegbite said the manufacturing sector had the potential to contribute more than what it is contributing to…

Sevilla head coach Eduardo Berizzo says he will decide next week whether he will continue in the role after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Berizzo’s diagnosis was made public after his side came from three goals down to draw 3-3 with Liverpool in the Champions League on Tuesday. The 48-year-old – known as ‘Toto’ – will take charge of Sunday’s match at Villarreal before making a decision. The Argentine said he does not want to “play the victim”. Initial reports suggested Berizzo had told his players about his diagnosis at half-time of Tuesday’s game, though Sevilla denied that was the…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) spent about N6 billion to establish a business school in the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna. The university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, made this known on Saturday at ABU’s 40th convocation ceremony held at its main campus, Samaru, Zaria. Garba said that the business school had begun as a faculty, covering Accounting, Business Administration and Economics Departments. The vice said that the development gave room for expansion of the departments and introduction of related academic programmes. He said that the ABU’s Faculty of Medicine had been transformed into ABU College of Health Sciences…