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Leicester City kept Atletico Madrid within reach as they restricted the dominant Spaniards to a single goal in their Champions League quarter-final first leg. Koke had already hit the visitors’ post in the first half when the referee judged Marc Albrighton’s foul on Antoine Griezmann had been inside the penalty area. Replays showed contact was made outside the box but Griezmann duly stepped up to send Kasper Schmeichel the wrong way. Fernando Torres slipped as the goal beckoned in the second half but, that chance apart, Atletico struggled to carve out clear-cut openings against a stubborn Leicester defence. Robert Huth…

Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Monaco earned a vital 3-2 lead in their Champions League quarter-final first leg at Borussia Dortmund. The match was rescheduled from Tuesday night following explosions near Dortmund’s team bus, which saw defender Marc Bartra receive surgery on his wrist, though Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel admitted before the game his team needed more time to prepare themselves. Fabinho put a penalty wide after 17 minutes after Mbappe was brought down by Sokratis, but Mbappe himself put Monaco ahead two minutes later from close range, though he was in an offside position. Sven Bender headed into his…

Cristiano Ronaldo ended a seven-month Champions League goal drought as holders Real Madrid came from behind to beat 10-man Bayern Munich in the first leg of their quarter-final in Munich. Ronaldo, the Champions League’s record goalscorer, scored twice in the second half to end an 11-hour wait for a goal and put the 11-times winners in charge. Arturo Vidal had headed Bayern ahead but then wasted a chance to double their lead when he blasted a penalty over the crossbar. And Ronaldo then twice clinically converted from crosses either side of Javi Martinez’s red card to move to 97 Champions…

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday appointed actress Joke Silver, actor Kunle Afolayan and others into the newly constituted Board of Arts and Culture. The governor urged them to go all out and explore private sector support to nurture new talents and generate events for a sustainable development of the creative arts sector in the State. The Governor, who spoke at the inauguration of the Board at the Banquet Hall, State House, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, said that though the State Government in the last 23 months had covered a lot of ground in terms of design and…

Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court is to be arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on April 20, an official said on Wednesday. The tribunal’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Mr Ibraheem Alhassan, said in a statement in Abuja that Ngwuta would appear before a two-man panel over alleged false asset declaration. Alhassan said that summons had already been served the judicial officer. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government preferred a 10-count charge against Ngwuta before the tribunal. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), said that Ngwuta contravened…

A 48-year-old clearing agent, Mr Francis Stephen, said on Wednesday that his wife is having an affair with her pastor and his younger brother. “My wife is having sex with her pastor,’’ Stephen told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos while responding to a request by his wife, Ogechi, for the dissolution of their 13-year-old marriage. “My wife is sleeping with her pastor, when I got to know I confronted her and she confessed to me. “Apart from having sex with her pastor, she was also cheating on me with my younger brother,” he said. The respondent also said that…

German police have detained a suspect with “Islamist links” following a bomb attack on the bus of the Borussia Dortmund football team. Prosecutors also said one of the three explosives used in Tuesday evening’s attack contained metal strips. Two letters claiming responsibility for the attack were being investigated, they said. Prosecutors are treating the blasts as a terror attack but say the precise motive is unclear at present. Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said the attack was “an appalling crime” and praised the fans of both teams for coming together. A spokeswoman for Germany’s federal state prosecutor in Karlsruhe, Frauke…

The Department of State Services (DSS) says it thwarted a plot by militant Islamist group Boko Haram to attack the UK and US embassies in the capital Abuja. Six people were arrested last month in connection with the plot, the Nigerians spy agency added. There has been no independent confirmation of the agency’s claim. Boko Haram, which is linked to the Islamic State group, has carried out an insurgency in Nigeria since 2009. At least 21 people were killed when it carried out a car bomb attack on the UN headquarters in Abuja in 2011. In a statement, the DSS…

The Federal Government has declared Friday, April 14 and Monday, 17, 2017 as public holidays to mark the Good Friday and Easter celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) made the declaration on Wednesday in Abuja. He enjoined Christians in particular, and Nigerians in general, to extend the spiritual benefits of Easter, which are love, peace, justice, sacrifice and kindness to their daily living, and through this contribute to unity and peaceful co-existence among Nigerians. A statement by the Director, Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Muhammadu Maccido, said Dambazau further urged Nigerians to co-operate…

A 56-year-old driver, Olusegun Agogo, on Wednesday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that stealing is in the blood of his daughters while asking the court to dissolve his 19-year-old marriage because his wife encourages their children to steal. He said that his wife, Olufumilayo, with whom he had two daughters, fights him whenever he tried to discipline his daughters for stealing. “My daughters aged 18 and 14 have penchant for stealing and my wife does not allow me to beat or punish them. “There was a day I came home and met Odua People Congress (OPC) members disciplining…