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Gerard Pique scored Barcelona’s first Champions League goal this season as Ronald Koeman’s side beat Dynamo Kyiv to end their losing start to Group E. Pique volleyed in a superb opener from Jordi Alba’s cross as the hosts found the net in Europe for the first time in more than four and a half hours. Barcelona were comfortable, if not clinical, and success keeps their hopes of reaching the knockout stage alive. They sit third, one point behind Benfica, who play Bayern Munich later. Barcelona headed into this fixture on the back of 3-0 defeats by Bayern and Benfica, managing…

VP recalls time as Lagos Attorney-General, says, “without public office, I wouldn’t have been able to make the changes required” On a day young Nigerians are commemorating one year of #EndSARS, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is asking youths to take to active politics in order to make desired changes. Prof. Osinbajo said to transform society is largely dependent on the actions and decisions of those who occupy public offices, noting that, this is why young people in Nigeria must get involved in politics. He said this on Wednesday at a virtual forum where he interacted with Nigerian Fellows of the…

The magnificent Patson Daka scored four goals as Leicester boosted their Europa League qualification hopes by coming back from behind to beat Spartak Moscow. The Zambia international has had limited opportunities to assert himself in the Foxes first team this season, but demonstrated the clever movement and composure in front of goal that prompted them to part with £22m to sign him from Red Bull Salzburg last summer. City have struggled throughout this European campaign and had looked to be on course for another damaging defeat in the snowy Russian capital as Spartak took a 2-0 lead. Alexander Sobolev fired…

The Taliban praised suicide bombers who died during the war against the former government and its Western allies and offered their families sums of cash and promises of land, the movement’s interior ministry said in a statement. Sirajuddin Haqqani, the acting interior minister who has a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head as a “specially designated global terrorist”, met the families at a ceremony at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, which was itself targeted by suicide bombers in 2018. Official photographs of the meeting on Tuesday obscured his face. “In his speech, the minister praised the Jihad and sacrifices…

A bomb attack on a military bus in central Damascus has killed 14 people, Syrian state media say. Two explosive devices attached to the vehicle blew up as it passed under Jisr al-Rais bridge during the morning rush hour, Sana news agency reported. Although Syria has been embroiled in civil war for a decade, such attacks in the capital are increasingly rare. Soon afterwards, army shellfire also reportedly killed at least 10 people in the opposition-held north-west. Israeli airstrikes kill 11 Syrian troops The region is the last stronghold of the rebel and jihadist groups that have been trying to…

Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna, today, October 20, 2021 sentenced of one Mesheal Luka to six months imprisonment following his conviction on a two count amended charge of cybercrime and other internet-related fraud brought against him by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The defendant variously posed as an American citizen and induced his victims to send him money while pretending to be in romantic relationship with them. Count one of the charge reads: |”that you, Mesheal Luka, (M) between January and August, 2021 in Kaduna within the jurisdiction…

President Vladimir Putin of Russia will not attend the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. No reason was given for the decision not to attend, but a Kremlin spokesperson said climate change was an “important” priority for Russia. COP26 takes place in Scotland’s largest city from 31 October to 12 November. Russia’s decision is seen as a blow to efforts to get leaders to negotiate a new deal to stall rising global temperatures. “Unfortunately, Putin will not fly to Glasgow,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that climate change was “one of our foreign…

A Federal High Court, Abuja has set Wednesday, November 22, 2021 as the date for the arraignment of Senator Stella Oduah over allegations of fraud while she served as the minister of aviation from 2011 to 2014. Oduah currently serves as the senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District at the National Assembly. Her trial was initially scheduled to hold before Justice Inyang Ekwo on Tuesday, October 19. However, it was postponed due to a public holiday. It was gathered that Justice Ekwo had, on July 12, threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the former minister if she failed to…

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has gone on trial in France accused of complicity in an attempt to blackmail fellow footballer Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape found on his phone. He has ridiculed the charge against him as a “masquerade” and did not appear at the court in Versailles. The case dates back to June 2015, when the two footballers were at a France training camp. The saga rocked French football and both players lost their team places. Karim Benzema, 33, has since returned to the France team and scored in Real Madrid’s victory in Kyiv on Tuesday in…

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, October 18, 2021, arraigned one Olaniyan Gbenga Amos ( aka Crime Alert ) and his company, Detorrid Heritage Investment Limited before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State on a 35 -count charge bordering on conspiracy, operating business of other financial institutions and obtaining money under false pretense to the tune of N35, 000,000.00 (Thirty-Five Million Naira). The defendant was arrested following petitions by victims, alleging that Amos through his company, Detorrid Heritage Investment Nigeria Limited (DHIL) popularly known as…