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Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as holders Real Madrid controversially overcame Bayern Munich in extra time to reach the Champions League semi-finals. Needing at least two goals to progress, Bayern led when Robert Lewandowski confidently drilled in a penalty. Madrid struggled to find rhythm at a nervy Bernabeu before Ronaldo headed in Casemiro’s precise cross. Bayern responded just 36 seconds later as Sergio Ramos’ own goal forced extra time, which the Germans had to play with 10 men after Arturo Vidal was sent off. Ronaldo was standing in an offside position when he fired in Madrid’s second – and then…

Leicester City’s Champions League adventure ended with a spirited 1-1 home draw against Atletico Madrid on Tuesday. Atletico Madrid reached a third Champions League semi-final in four seasons as Leicester City’s dream run came to a halt following a 1-1 draw at the King Power Stadium. Having claimed a 1-0 first-leg triumph courtesy of Antoine Griezmann’s controversial penalty, Diego Simeone’s side were typically efficient in Tuesday’s return leg – Saul Niguez’s first-half header rendering Jamie Vardy’s goal immaterial. As shock Premier League champions last season, the Foxes have rarely wilted in the face of improbable odds, but the requirement of…

The naira firmed against the US dollar at the parallel market on Tuesday, closing at N398 to the dollar, as the Central Bank of Nigeria sustains the supply of dollars at all markets. The naira appreciated from the N410 it posted at the segment on Friday. It was traded at N497 to the pound sterling and N430 to the Euro, respectively, at the same market. At the Bureau De Change (BDC), the dollar was sold at N362 to the dollar, while the pound and the Euro closed at N495 and N428, respectively. Trading at the interbank saw the naira closing…

Daily Mail reports that a 42 year old Chinese man has been rushed to the hospital after he broke his penis during a night of vigorous sex with his wife. According to reports by the Media house, the man, 42, identified as Dai from the Guangxi’s Nanming city was rushed to hospital with symptoms of ‘eggplant deformity’ with swelling, pain and dark purple bruising, following the incident and doctors had to perform an emergency surgery on him. Dai was said to be having sex with his wife on the night of April 8, 2017, when his penis snapped after he…

A man who identified himself as Moses Edwin, a prophet in an orthodox church in Lagos was on Friday arrested by men of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command for stealing $500 belonging to a customer who was trying to convert $5,000 into naira. Edwin, 50, who also is a bureau de change operator was arrested beside Airport Hotel, Ikeja along with another member three days after stealing $500 from $5,000 bills presented to them by one Adebayo Lookman for conversion into naira. Bayo Lookman, a member the National Youth Service Corp serving in Lagos, was…

Africa’s Ecobank, which operates in nearly 40 African countries, said on Tuesday a recession in Nigeria and a strong US currency had caused it to report a loss for 2016, sending its shares five percent lower. Nigeria accounts for 40 per cent of Ecobank’s revenues and is in its second year of recession, brought on by lower oil prices which has caused chronic dollar shortages, frustrating businesses and households. “Our group revenues remained resilient despite a tough year of macroeconomic headwinds including a weaker economic environment, particularly in Nigeria, and the strengthening of our reporting currency – the US dollar,”…

…urges Retired HOS, Perm Secs To Continue Adding Value To Governance Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday described the State Public Service as the most progressive in Nigeria, just as he urged retired Heads of Service and Permanent Secretaries to continue to add value to governance and contribute to uphold the excellence which the State is known for. Speaking at the opening session of the summit of Association of Lagos State Retired Heads of Service and Permanent Secretaries (ALARHOSPS) held at Adeyemi Bero Auditorium in Alausa, Governor Ambode said over the years, members of the association had contributed…

A suspect arrested in Russia on Monday has admitted he was behind the St Petersburg metro bombing that killed 14 people, Russia media say. Abror Azimov, who was born in 1990 and is reported to be from Kyrgyzstan, had “fully confessed” to organising the blasts, his lawyer told Russian media. He is the ninth person to be detained in connection with the 3 April attack, which was carried out by Kyrgyz-born Russian Akbarzhon Jalilov, 22. More than 50 people were injured. Russian security services previously said they believed Abror Azimov “carried out training of the suicide bomber terrorist Jalilov”. Police…

Following the judgment of the Supreme Court, the Lagos State Government will execute the General-Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, CPA, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Rev King and others on death row in Lagos prisons soonest. The nation’s apex court had on 27 February, 2016 upheld the judgment of the Appeal Court which passed death penalty on King, saying the condemned reverend must die by hanging. State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem at a ministerial press conference on Tuesday in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria said the state government was reviewing the matter with a view to taking a crucial…

One of Spain’s top criminal courts on Tuesday summoned Mariano Rajoy to testify as a witness in a major corruption trial, a first for the conservative prime minister. “They have called him as witness,” a spokesman for the National Court that deals with major corruption cases told AFP, adding no date had been set yet for the hearing. Rajoy will take the stand as part of the so-called Gurtel trial, which centres on a vast network that allegedly saw companies shower former lawmakers and civil servants from his ruling Popular Party (PP) with bribes in exchange for contracts. Altogether, 37…