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Chelsea midfielder Danny Drinkwater declined an England call-up but manager Gareth Southgate says any talk of club-versus-country rows is “nonsense”. Drinkwater is lacking fitness and news of his decision comes after six players pulled out of Southgate’s squad for friendlies with Germany and Brazil. “The players are injured and cannot play,” Southgate told BBC Radio 5 live. “I am not a manager who wants to reel players out until they break. I don’t take risks with players.” READ: Asisat Oshoala named best striker in Chinese Women’s League He added: “I have man-to-man discussions with them around where they are at…

Nigerian international and Dalian Quanjian forward Asisat Oshoala has been named 2017’s best striker by the Chinese Women’s Super League. Oshoala’s award crowns a successful season at her club which won the Chinese Women’s Super Cup on Tuesday, with Oshoala scoring two goals and providing two assists in the final. Posting the news on her Instagram page, she dedicated her award to fellow Super Falcons footballer Onome Ebi, calling her “my precious and loving sport mum, my sister and my best friend, who has pushed and encouraged me”. She described it as a proud moment in her life. “All Gold…

FIFA has overturned a decision by Sierra Leone’s Football Association (SLFA) to set aside Isha Johansen from her role as president, ruling it ‘invalid’. Last month, the SLFA Executive Committee ruled that both Johansen and her general secretary, Chris Kamara, should be removed during a trial brought by the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). “We deem that the dismissals are invalid and the SLFA President and General Secretary remain in their function,” stated Fifa Secretary General Fatma Samoura. The ACC may take issue with the decision since its rules state that public officials indicted with corruption charges must be suspended until…

An Egyptian groom, Osman al-Alsaied, has been seriously injured after he was hit by shotgun pellets fired by a guest celebrating his wedding. The groom suffered grave injuries to his testicles, thigh and hand and is being treated in hospital. Osman al-Alsaied, 28, was enjoying his last night being single when the weapon was accidentally fired at him rather than into the air. Police say the gun was negligently fired by a 26-year-old man. They say he fled soon after the incident but was later arrested and is now being questioned. READ: No more watches, pens at JAMB CBT centers…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), organiser of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), has banned the use of wrist watches and pens during the conduct of its 2018 test. The board’s Registrar, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede disclosed this to newsmen on the sideline of the sensitisation workshop for Computer Based Test (CBT) centre owners on Wednesday in Lagos. According to him, the workshop was to appraise the registration and conduct of the 2017 examination. “What we are doing here today is to appraise the registration and conduct of our past examination and we have taken some lessons from our…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has urged President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday to order the release of a pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim group leader, who has been in custody for nearly two years since clashes with soldiers. Ibrahim Zakzaky, who heads the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, and his wife should be freed “on health grounds”, lawyer Femi Falana said in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. The cleric lost the sight in his left eye during two days of unrest in the northern city of Zaria in December 2015 in which soldiers allegedly killed more than 300 IMN members. Now he…

The Permanent Secretary of Niger State Ministry of Education, Alhaji Yahaya Garba says Malam Mohammed Mohammed, a Vice Principal who impregnated a female student, Miss Faith Danjuma has been suspended. Garba told newsmen in Minna that the ministry had written to the office of the state Accountant-General after the findings and recommendations of a committee set up by the State’s Secondary School Education Board, demanding the accused to be placed on half salary. According to him, after the ministry received a report on March 28 that the accused had impregnated a JSS 3 student, the ministry directed the board to…

Travelling abroad? Or do you want to pay for your kids school fees? Then you need forex from a reliable source, and your best bet is United Bank of Africa (UBA). UBA has made it easy for Nigerians looking to spend the Yuletide abroad or for those looking to pay school fees get forex by walking into any of their branch nationwide. With UBA, your foreign currency can be placed on a dollar debit or prepaid card for security reasons and also for convenience of the holder. But with UBA, cash is also an option. READ: EFCC recovered N738b from…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday in Austria said it recovered loots totalling N738.9 billion or $2.9 billion between May, 2015 and October 20, 2017. The anti-graft agency said the monies recovered were from Nigeria’s former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, the FCT Police Command among others. The agency’s acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, stated this at the ongoing 7th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption holding in Vienna. Spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, gave account of Magu’s engagement in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. In a presentation…

Virginia House of Delegates candidate Danica Roem (D) has defeated longtime Del. Robert Marshall (R), becoming Virginia’s first openly transgender elected official, according to The Washington Post. Roem’s win in Virginia’s 13th District also means she is poised to become the first openly transgender person to be elected and seated in a state legislature, advocates say. Her win comes alongside Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam’s (D) victory in the governor’s race Tuesday, the first major victory for Democrats since President Trump took office earlier this year. Roem, 33, was up over Marshall, 73, by more than 10 points with roughly 90…