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…Says Nigeria can only achieve greatness if we remain together The speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has admonished the Muslim faithful to use the Eid- El Kabir Sallah festival to promote unity, tolerance, peaceful coexistence and the spirit of sacrifice. In a statement to mark this year’s Eid el-Kabir Sallah celebration, issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Turaki Hassan, the Speaker, said Nigeria could only fulfil its great potentials as a nation if the citizens continue to foster unity, peace, security and stability as well as show greater respect and love…

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been pictured in a Liverpool shirt for the first time after completing a £35million from Arsenal. An official announcement from Liverpool is expected at some point before the 11pm deadline with Oxlade-Chamberlain now free to concentrate on training with England. The 24-year-old underwent a medical and agreed a five-year deal worth £120,000-a-week to join Jurgen Klopp’s side on Wednesday. The England international has stalled on a move to join London club Chelsea after a fee was agreed with Arsenal. Looking the part, @Alex_OxChambo. ???? pic.twitter.com/6rh3RHHvZH— Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 31, 2017 Chelsea chiefs have been infuriated by…

Tottenham have had a bid accepted for Swansea striker Fernando Llorente, who had been expected to join Chelsea. The Premier League champions had been close to a reported £15m deal for the 32-year-old, who played under Antonio Conte at Juventus. Chelsea are expected to make a counter offer and Llorente’s destination is said to be too close to call. Swansea are prepared to let the Spain international leave if they can get a replacement in time. Paul Clement’s side had a £12m bid for Portugal striker Nelson Oliveira rejected by Norwich but they are confident of re-signing Wilfried Bony from…

Five South East governors have met with pro-secession leader, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu and his father, in a move to find solution to agitation for the creation of Biafra country. A communiqué released at the end of the meeting with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the South East Governors’ Forum said they deliberated on the demands of the group and had noted their concerns. The Chairman of the forum, Governor Dave Umahi said on Wednesday in Enugu said: “The meeting agreed that the demands by IPOB should not be absolute, rather, the governors shall immediately engage the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, between January and August 2017 recovered about N409 billion and secured 137 convictions nationwide, the acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu said today. He spoke at an interactive meeting with media executives that held in Abuja. “Between January and August 30, 2017, the EFCC recovered N409,270,706,686.75; $69,501,156.67; 231,118.69 Pounds; 610,816.20 Euros; Dirham 443,400.00 and 70,500.00 Saudi Riyal,” he said. “Over a month ago, the Commission recovered over N329billion from a group of oil marketers for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.” The session, which provided media editors from the print, online and broadcast media platforms, an…

The 26-year-old has been the subject of three bids from Italian club Roma since expressing his desire to leave the 2015-16 Premier League champions. The FAF said he had been given permission to miss training to agree a deal before the transfer deadline. Barcelona, Manchester United and Chelsea are also said to be interested. But Arsenal are not in contention to sign the winger. READ: #DeadlineDay: Arsenal to sign Draxler, Man City bid £70m cash for Sanchez Roma’s third bid was reported to be £32m and the club have said they are now looking at other options. A statement from…

Arsenal are attempting to seal a last-minute deal for Paris St-Germain and Germany forward Julian Draxler, 23, – or they will block Alexis Sanchez’s move to Manchester City. (Mirror) Manchester City will make a £70m cash bid for Arsenal’s Chile forward Alexis Sanchez, 28, and have already sent a team of legal and medical officials to South America to get the deal done as quickly as possible. (Independent) City’s hopes of signing Northern Ireland defender Jonny Evans, 29, from West Brom are hanging in the balance, with France centre-back Eliaquim Mangala, 26, not keen on moving the other way. (Telegraph)…

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had a medical at England’s training camp on Wednesday night and will join Liverpool for £35million on Thursday. Jurgen Klopp has snatched the Arsenal star from under Chelsea’s noses after the Premier League champions agreed their own deal to sign Oxlade-Chamberlain earlier this week. But as Sportsmail revealed on Wednesday, the 24-year-old was stalling on a switch to Stamford Bridge as Liverpool prepared to hijack the move. READ: Leicester’s Danny Drinkwater demands transfer to Chelsea Chelsea chiefs have been infuriated by Oxlade-Chamberlain’s snub given the amount of work they have put into landing him. It leaves their transfer…

25-year-old man, Mustakeem Ahmad killed his colleague from Myanmar for allegedly introducing him to smoking that led to throat cancer later. Ahmad, a cook at a west Delhi restaurant shot his colleague on Thursday and was arrested on Friday. The unforgiving cancer patient told his interrogators that he was so consumed with hate towards the victim that he purchased a pistol and practiced firing to ensure that he did not miss his target. The victim, 25-year-old Inayat, had been working as a cook at a restaurant in Uttam Nagar, Delhi in India for the last 18 months. Ahmad too had…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has assigned Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to henceforth chair the concluding part of the ongoing negotiation between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU, an umbrella association of lecturers in the nation’s universities, is demanding the full implementation of the 2009 agreements reached with the federal government bordering on improvement in welfare and payment of backlog of salaries and entitlements, among other issues. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, confirmed this development while fielding questions from State House correspondents after the meeting of the FEC in Abuja on…