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Arsenal have completed the signing of France striker Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon for a club record £46.5m fee on a five-year deal. The fee – up to £52.6m with add-ons – will surpass the £42.4m Arsenal paid Real Madrid for Mesut Ozil in 2013. “Arsenal are the club that plays the best football in England so I really wanted to come here,” said Lacazette. The 26-year-old is expected to travel with the squad this weekend for two friendly matches in Sydney next week. Those games will be followed by a match against Bayern Munich in Shanghai the following week. Lionel…

Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has agreed a contract extension believed to be worth £500,000-a-week which will keep him at the club until 2021. The 30-year-old, who joined Barca aged 13, will sign the deal when he returns to training from pre-season. “The club is very happy with the renewal and commitment of Messi, the best player in history,” said the La Liga club. The Argentina forward has scored a club-record 507 goals in 583 matches since his competitive debut in 2004. Messi, who is currently on honeymoon after marrying childhood sweetheart Antonela Roccuzzo, is also La Liga’s record scorer on…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today ordered the Federal Government to “immediately release to Nigerians information about the names of high ranking public officials from whom public funds were recovered and the circumstances under which funds were recovered, as well as the exact amount of funds recovered from each public official.” The judgment was delivered today by Hon Justice Hadiza Rabiu Shagari following a Freedom of Information suit number: FHC/CS/964/2016 brought by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The suit followed disclosure last year by the Federal Government of funds recovered from some high-ranking public officials and private…

The Senate on Tuesday called out Nigeria’s acting President Yemi Osinbajo to a constitutional fight over Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The Senators unanimously resolved today to suspend all confirmation requests from the executive until decisions of the legislature are respected by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. One of the decisions was the non-confirmation of Magu twice by the senate. Senators now wanted Magu sacked immediately. In a four-prayer motion unanimously adopted by the lawmakers, the Senate frowned at a statement credited to the Acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo that the Senate had no…

The Police have commenced investigation into the cause of the multiple vehicular accident which led to the death of seven persons along the Enugu-Markudi Road in Enugu State. Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ebere Amaraizu, said this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Enugu. He said that twelve persons who sustained injuries in the accident are currently receiving treatment in hospital. READ: I blindly married HIV positive wife for love, Man tells Court He said that the accident happened by 8 a.m. on July 3 at Ebe-Egede community along Enugu-Markudi Road in Enugu State.…

English captain Wayne Rooney will make a stunning return to Everton by the end of this week. The Toffees are also poised to continue their mega summer spending spree with the £20million capture of Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud. Rooney, 31, has been withdrawn from the Manchester United squad that will head to the USA on Sunday for their pre-season tour. Sources close to both clubs say the move is on and the word from Old Trafford last night was that the deal was all but done. United’s 253-goal all-time leading scorer will go back to Goodison 13 years after he…

Guinness Nigeria Plc has now received clearance of the issue documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission and approvals from the Nigerian Stock Exchange to list the new Guinness Nigeria shares on The Nigerian Stock Exchange. This comes after the shareholders’ of the company approved the Rights Issue in January 2017. The funds raised will support the Company in executing its strategy in the context of ongoing external economic challenges. The company plans to raise N39,700,688,598 by way of rights to existing shareholders, on the basis of 5 new shares for every 11 shares held by shareholders, whose names appeared…

A businessman, Emeka Ndu, on Tuesday told a Jikwoyi Customary Court, Abuja, that he `blindly married an HIV positive wife out of love.’ Ndu was responding to a divorce petition filed by his wife, Ella. “Before we got married, I and my wife went for a HIV test, my wife tested positive, while I tested negative. “Because of the love I had for her, I still went ahead to marry her against the advice l got from some of her family members,” he said. He stated that he was warned not to marry her because of her attitude, that if…

The Senate on Tuesday resolved to suspend all confirmation requests from the executive until decisions of the legislature are respected by acting President Yemi Osinbajo. In a four-prayer motion unanimously adopted by the lawmakers, the Senate frowned at a statement credited to the Acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo that the Senate had no power to confirm the chairman of the EFCC. Osinbajo was quoted as saying that the Senate only had the power to confirm Ministerial and Ambassadorial nominees. The decision of the Senate arose from a motion raised by Senator Ahmed Sani following a letter requesting the confirmation of…

Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham has signed a new five-year contract at Stamford Bridge and joined Swansea City on a season-long loan deal. The striker moves to the Welsh club, where he will be managed by former Chelsea assistant first team coach Paul Clement, having enjoyed a fruitful spell at Bristol City in the Championship last season. During his time at Ashton Gate the young striker impressed, finding the net 26 times in all competitions. Abraham’s goal in a 2-2 draw against Sheffield Wednesday, his 16th in the league, ensured he became the highest-scoring teenager in Championship history. READ: Alexandre Lacazette…