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James Maddison claimed his first goal since February as Leicester continued their recent good form with victory at Brentford. Youri Tielemans had opened the scoring for the visitors early on with a stunning strike, driving an unstoppable first-time effort into the back of the net from outside the box. Foxes keeper Kasper Schmeichel tipped over an Ivan Toney header just before half-time, but the hosts equalised on the hour when Mathias Jorgensen flicked home a header from a corner. Brentford then pressed for a winner, but were caught out by a quick Leicester attack in the 73rd minute. Tielemans played…

Michail Antonio continued his prolific form as he grabbed West Ham’s winner against Tottenham to lift the Hammers into the Champions League places. The forward poked in Aaron Cresswell’s dipping corner to score his sixth Premier League goal of the season 18 minutes from time. Harry Kane earlier saw his back-post header tipped over the crossbar by Lukasz Fabianski, but Spurs failed to capitalise on several decent opportunities. The win moves West Ham to fourth in the table on 17 points, making it boss David Moyes’ best start to a season since 2004-05 with Everton. Lingard rejects permanent move to…

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has pledged to pursue and recapture all inmates who escaped from the Abolongo, Oyo, Oyo State, Custodial Centre of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) on Friday night when the facility was attacked by a group of unidentified gunmen. The Minister stated this while making an inspection visit to the facility on Sunday morning, in Oyo, Oyo State. “I’m assuring Nigerians that the Federal Government will pursue not just those who attacked our facility, but those who have escaped lawful custody. “The attack was unconscionable. I commend officers of the Nigeria Correctional Service and…

In the wake of the one year anniversary of the #endSARS protests and as the CBN launches eNaira on Monday October 25, 2021, Peter Achalla analyses the issues around the planned CBDC and CBN’s technical partner. The Central Bank of Nigeria received knocks from young Nigerians who were active players in the digital economy ecosystem following the crackdown on accounts linked to crypto currency transactions which were ostensibly used to fund the #EndSARS protests. Young Nigerians saw the CBN and its governor, Godwin Emefiele, as dinosaurs with no business running a country’s apex banking institution in the 21st century when…

Residents of some villages in Taraba state have lamented the incessant harassment by Cameroonian soldiers. It was gathered that the soldiers of the neighbouring country have been crossing into Nigeria while searching for Ambazonian separatists. The Ambazonian separatists are a group of secessionists who seek the division of Cameroon like the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The affected villagers claimed that the soldiers invaded Mairogo and Tosso villages in Taraba State, to intimidate them, alleging that they have been aiding the separatists. The residents called on the Federal Government to come to their aid. The latest development was confirmed by the…

A Somali film exploring what people will do for love has won the grand prize at the prestigious Pan-African film festival in Burkina Faso. The Gravedigger’s Wife, written and directed by Finish-Somali director Khadar Ahmed, beat off competition at Fespaco from 16 other movies. It focuses on Guled, whose job it is to wait outside hospital to bury the dead, and what he does to save his sick wife. The head of the prize jury called it a courageous film, Reuters reports. “It is a beautiful film that tells a story with humanity,” Mauritanian film director Abderrahmane Sissako is quoted…

Eleven Pablo Picasso artworks that have been on display at a Las Vegas hotel for more than two decades have sold at auction for nearly $110m (£80m). The works, which were owned by MGM Resorts, featured in the Picasso Restaurant at the Bellagio Hotel. But the company said Saturday’s auction would help it improve the diversity of its fine art collection. The auction featured nine paintings and two ceramic pieces by the Spanish artist, who died in 1973. The collection spans more than 50 years of artistic output. The 1938 painting Woman in a Red-Orange Beret, which features Picasso’s lover…

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has declared a five-day sit-at-home in all states in South East of Nigeria from 5th to 10th of November to compel the federal government to release their leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The sit-at-home order could cause a set back to the Anambra state governorship election which was fixed for 6th November, 2021 by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. IPOB in a statement issued by its media and publicity secretary, Emma Power said “following the adjournment of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s court case to 10th of November 2021, by the Federal High Court Abuja, it…

Colombia’s most wanted drug trafficker and the leader of the country’s largest criminal gang has been captured. Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was seized after a joint operation by the army, air force and police on Saturday. The government had offered a $800,000 (£582,000) reward for information about his whereabouts, while the US placed a $5m bounty on his head. President Iván Duque hailed Otoniel’s capture in a televised video message. “This is the biggest blow against drug trafficking in our country this century,” he said. “This blow is only comparable to the fall of Pablo Escobar in…

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to seek authorisation from the Pre-Trial Chamber of the court to open an investigation into cases of abduction of schoolchildren in several parts of Northern Nigeria, closure of schools, and the persistent failure of Nigerian authorities at both the federal and state levels to end the abduction. The ICC prosecutor’s decision followed a petition sent to the court by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). This development was disclosed today in a statement by SERAP deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare. SERAP had in the petition dated 4 September 2021 urged…